It's been a while since I posted here. This is a recent sketch done on a magazine cover dated October 2015. Does anyone know which magazine? As always, click on the image to enlarge.

Time for some Street Ice Cream!

It's gettin kinda hot at the museum. Apparently we have teamed up with a Mister Softy truck in Manhattan to bring some soft serve ice cream to the masses. Look for us near the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. Click the image to enlarge.

Marketing and Promotion V

Yet another screwed up promotional piece from our marketing people. Trying to get a foothold somewhere in the Middle East, we found a cheap rent not far from the British Embassy in downtown Tehran. Confused and angered by our new saying, "The Fastest Growing Art Museum in Town" a group of students attacked our building and looted the place. They even hung some of our paintings upside down. We may have to relocate to Tripoli.

Quirk Museum sticker promo

One of our Quirk Museum bumper stickers was spotted somewhere in NYC. We have no idea how this ended up there but want to thank one of our fans for bringing it to our attention. Remember people, always ask permission before applying your stickers.

Celebrity Endorsement - Danny DeVito

It's Always Sunny in the Quirk Museum when we get a shout out from Danny DeVito. Hey Dan thanks for promoting our twitter page, but next time put a shirt on.

Marketing and Promotion IV

Here's the latest promotional piece from our marketing people. Even though they are really busy trying to find and capture Gadhafi, the Libyan rebels were nice enough to throw this sign together. We're definitely going to have to send them some of our new bumper stickers. Good Luck in Bani Walid!

Celebrity Endorsement - Lil Wayne

A little while back we sort of got into a little celebrity endorsement. The musician and all around nice guy Lil Wayne sported one of the cups from the Quirk Museum Cafe and filled it up with some "drank". We hear he's doing pretty good lately. Weezy F Baby has broken another record this week, for being nominated 19 times at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards! Stop on in anytime Weezy!

Marketing and Promotion II

Here's a more recent example from our marketing people using signage in a crowded area. Is that Egypt? There are a few problems here. The font and font color are all wrong and the guy is holding the sign backwards. At least the spelling was correct.

Marketing and Promotion

As with many museums and galleries the Quirk Museum has worked to promote our brand through various advertising and marketing campaigns. We have worked with a few different agencies over the years and some of the promotions have been pretty successful. Some have not worked out so well.

Here is an example of one of our early attempts at building the brand in a cost effective way.

Apples and Oranges

It's not all about apples and oranges. I have some coyote skulls around here somewhere. This painting is a few years old and it's never been shown before. A world premier right here! It's an 8 x 10 inch oil on panel.

More Green Apples

This still life of a similar subject was painted in 2008. The blue background provides a good contrast to the green apples. I don't remember the squirrels bothering with them until this year. One of our neighbors, who used to feed the birds and probably the squirrels, moved away, so now they are turning to me. If I catch em, they will be painted.

Another Sketch

A small pencil sketch from the archives. Not sure what kind of plant we have here...

New Color Sketch - Some Trees in Orange

I thought I should put a little bit of color in with the other drawings. This marker and color pencil sketch of trees is loosely based on a scene I photographed near a farm in Orange. The mountains and colors are pure fantasy. Click for a larger view.

Milford Beach

Here's a drawing of the beach in Milford, half way between high and low tides. Since it wasn't too far from my house, I spent a lot of time swimming and hanging out there. This is was the view from Botsford Ave., looking east towards Silver Beach.

Another Drawing: My Backyard

This is a view of my old backyard in winter. It mostly shows my neighbor Sandor's chicken coop, smokehouse and garden. To the right beyond that fence is a little bit of my old friend Pete's backyard. There were a couple of big oaks and some nice woods out there until they built those houses. It doesn't look like much, but I had some great times there.

Tres Amigos

I recently finished this painting entitled Tres Amigos (Three Friends). The title may be a little misleading though. It's based on a couple of ventriloquist dummies I picked up for the museum collection and reads like the 3 stages of someones life (mine?): Youth-Happiness, the Sad Clown-Despair and Death. It's also about confronting your fears, since a lot of people are afraid of ventriloquist dummies, clowns and death.

Snow in March

Took a walk in the woods before work yesterday. It snowed Friday night and I wanted to take some shots before it all melted. I figure there may not be much more snow coming my way with Spring on the way. As a subject, I like the high contrast of wet dark trees against a backdrop of white snow. It's almost as close as you can come to a pen and ink drawing in nature.

Found Gold!

There's a good reason to take your dog for a walk on a cold winters day - aside from the fact that Joxer loves to get out and sniff around and pee everywhere. We went for another walk down by the Housatonic river and I found a gold coin. You just never know what's gonna wash up along the shore. Lot's of plastic bottles, a dolls head, all different types of balls, driftwood, etc... Then out of the corner of your eye, there it is, something sparkles in the weak winter sun. You pick it up, and sure enough, it's plastic. I did find a real gold coin once in downtown Bridgeport.

Another Still Life at the Museum

Did another small still life of one of my existing paintings. The original, titled Apples and Oranges, is 9 x 12 inches and the miniature is 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Another painting -a-day type project for me. Painting this small is a great exercise and allows me to look at the original with a new perspective. I should probably be going in the opposite direction by working small first and then larger. When I paint about 20 or 30 of them, I'll have a "Major Mini" art exhibition at the Quirk Museum.

A new still life

I got a few small canvases from a friend and decided to make a copy one of my oil paintings. The original is 8 x 10 inches and the miniature is 2.5 x 3.5 inches. It only took me about 2 hours - kind of like a painting -a-day type project.

To see more of my still life paintings go to: http://www.quirkmuseum.com/painting.html