Stephen paints...

T. .'s Room is getting a wall mural...

You might wonder what exactly T. . is. It is the name of my old boss' new baby. More specifically, that is what her name looks like when it is typed on my laptop that does not have a functional " " Key. To locate the missing letter all you need to do is look between the H and the K keys in front of you. Got it yet? Coffee and keyboards don't mix. That is no oke.

Anyway, she will be born soon, so I have to get a move on to complete the mural in the next week. I did what is seen in the photos in 3-4 hours of actual painting/drawing time. Before that, we had some beer and pizza while watching some Scrubs and My Name is Earl. Earl was darn funny, I had never seen it before.

The rest of the room was painted by my friends. They really are doing a great ob pulling it all together. Yes, I said they are doing a great ob. Remember: that key doesn't work.

The baby's bed will be centered on the wall underneath my little contribution.

The photos are bad because they came from my phone. For the record, Samsung phones take GREAT pictures. Other phones...not so much.

Congrats to Tony and Genie who will be wonderful parents.

You Cannot Change Your Answers - Banana

This painting was created for my co-worker and friend Patrick. I posed the question along time ago to he and his then roommate, Mike. Patrick quickly answered banana, Mike then immediately answered pink ... and then they realized what their choices sounded like when put together. My original intent was to paint a diptych. But they don't live together anymore. It's a lost opportunity now.

The Banana painting has been painted numerous times because I kept changing my mind on what to do. It has been burned, scraped and sanded. There are bugs pennies and stickers adhered in places.

I used acrylic paints that were left over from college and some flat black paint left over from re-finishing our new kitchen table. The table is not as finished as the painting at the time of this post.

I need to finish that.

The lady in the corner was based on a Ferrante and Teicher album cover. I glued it to the back of the painting for Patrick.

I drew her using a wax pencil. I think that is what they call them. I'm not sure. The stickers over the eyes did not stick very good, even with spry adhesive. I hope they last. The polyurethane smeared the wax pencil making the woman look kind of ghostly. Not intentional, but it was an improvement to me.