11″x14″ mixed media on paper, 2014. Proposal for tongue-in-cheek instructional pamphlet to be included in the 2014 Shmaltz Brewing holiday beer gift pack. (Ultimately scrapped in favor of this painting)
Tag: Lego
Harry Potter Lego
8″x10″ acrylic on canvas, 2012. About eight months ago, Karen Walrond of the wonderful Chookooloonks blog was kind enough to include one of my custom portraits in her 12 Days of Chookooloonks giveaway bonanza. The winner of the portrait, Leah, and I have just now gotten around to making the painting happen! She and her husband, who were just married this year, both adore Legos and had seen my Boba Fett Lego guy painting. They took some time to carefully consider what sort of Lego they’d like to have hanging on their wall, and ultimately settled on Harry Potter! This little minifigure is actually attached to a keychain, which Leah asked that I omit.
Luke and Leia Legos
8″x10″ acrylic on cardboard, 2012. When Star Wars meets Lego, it’s just impossibly, deliciously nerdy. While I was painting my Luke and Leia 1970’s action figures a couple of weeks ago, I kept giving these two the side-eye… they belong to my husband Greg, of course, who has all manner of plastic geekery on hand. This will hang next to its action figure counterpart in my current show at Uncommon Grounds . The show is selling well, so I’m busily painting new pieces to re-stock! Click here to see my portrait of a Lego Boba Fett.
Lego Boba Fett
9″x12″ acrylic, 2011. At long last, a Lego portrait! This “Lego guy” (that’s the official name for them, right?) is the Star Wars character Boba Fett, Darth Vader’s hired bounty hunter. The toy belongs to 10-year-old Oscar, who shares his affection for all things Lego and Star Wars with his mother Katya. Oscar loves to build Star Wars Lego kits, but he also likes to break them down and make his own creations. Katya will give this painting to Oscar for Christmas. My husband, who has filled a room upstairs in our house with his own Star Wars Lego structures, lobbied passionately for me to paint the Slave 1 spaceship into the background, but was unwilling to cough up the additional fee.
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