New Custom Riviera Giclee's Available!

I just hooked up with a new print company that specializes in Archival Giclee printing and everything I have gotten from there has been absolutely stellar. The Riviera painting is one of the the 1st to be produced as a gallery wrapped canvas giclee- these measure 36"x12"x1.5" (same dimensions as the original) and come signed, numbered, and ready to hang. $100- price includes shipping within the USA. Available here:  Http://www.PinstripeChris.com/Store

New Canvas piece For Sale!

I've been trying some new stuff with the similar twists lately and here's the product of yesterday's fun- and 11"x14" gallery wrapped black canvas piece done using gouache, acrylic, and enamel rather then using markers. Also working from black to white, rather then white to black- definitely has a different look.

For Sale
$150
Available here:
http://www.PinstripeChris.com/Canvas-Store

Today ONLY Sale on this Custom Car Art Canvas Print!

This is the very 1st 18"x24" canvas print of the piece "Straight-8". I continued the artwork over the edges of the wrap by hand using acrylics, then cleared the whole thing. I'm getting on a plane tomorrow so I'd like to get this to a new home, so today only- $125 with free shipping within the states! 

If you're interested send me an Email:  Cruizin4Customs@Hotmail.com 

The Mixed Media Store is OPEN!

The new Mixed Media page of the Store is good to go! Now the most recent canvas/mixed media pieces I've posted are available as 8.5"x11" frame ready prints for only $15, as well as the Originals. Every print is signed, dated, and numbered- Check it out!   
www.PinstripeChris.com/Mixed-Media-Store

New Sharpie Art "Lamborgreeni" For Sale

After taking about a thousand photos, here's the final picture of the piece titled "Lamborgreeni". This piece is a new version of the piece I did a couple weeks back titled "Art In Motion", but sports a huge mix of acrylics in addition to the sharpie art to bring it to life. I went with a number of different application techniques- brushed acrylics, flung acrylics, airbrushed acrylics...all over the Sharpie art. Even decided to go with a carbon fiber like stripe at the top to kind of help keep the mood without dominating the piece with black, white and green. The corner shot is to show that the artwork wraps around all the edges of the canvas giving it a complete and finished look. The colors are nice and bright, but definitely better in person. This is a great piece for anyone who like Italian craftsmanship mixed with abstract art.  I will definitely be doing more of these with some more cool cars!

"Lamborgreeni"
Sharpie & Acrylic on 18"x24" Canvas
For Sale

Original/Print

Original 18"x24" Canvas $650.00 USD Print 8.5"x11" $15.00 USD

New Sharpie Art "V-12" For Sale

So here's the last piece of 2012 I did I call "V-12". I decided on this name because I think it has a slight Ferrari/Italian feel with the Red & white split between a Gold pinstripe, and also because this piece has more of a smooth flow with larger elements rather then smaller more highly complex elements. The piece was really a test of could the art still make an impact with less? I was able to get more detail into the larger elements this way, which I like. Also I like the contrast of simplicity from some of my other pieces. The corner shot is to show that the artwork neatly continues around all the edges giving it a finished look without adding a frame.

Sharpie, Acrylic, Enamel on 15"x20" Canvas
As with always, this was done completely freehand and both the artwork and acrylic wrap around the canvas.

 Original and 8.5"x11" Prints For Sale-
The prints are cropped down to just the canvas piece with no border and color adjusted digitally for clarity. Click here to see the Print Version

Print/Original

8.5"x11" Print $15.00 USD Original 16"x20" Canvas $300.00 USD

"The Sharpie Vs Acrylic Battle" on Canvas For Sale!

So yes, I went a little wacky on this one. When I was finished with the Sharpie portion of this piece I took nice clean photos then realized it was still lacking a little. I didn't want to just full up the piece with more sharpie art (too predictable), but it needed something. Im not sure that THIS something is what it needed, but it did breath some extra life into it. I first spent some time brushing and blending acrylic Red, Black, White and Grey together before splashing them in from the corner. A good friend of mine told me that it looked like a Sharpie Vs Acrylic Battle- and I agree. Aside from the sharpied detail there's just more here-  I like it :)

Print/Original

8.5"x11" Print $15.00 USD Original 18"x24" Canvas $400.00 USD

Sharpie Art on Canvas Complete

 

As it turns out, I really like working with canvas- it has its pluses and minuses, challenges and what not, but in the end, after cars I think this my next choice. The added challenges also help keep it interesting which is a huge plus. This piece came out smooth and sharp and the artwork goes all the way around the corners- this is something someone can just put straight on a wall. There's still a bit of blank space left that I might do something crazy and experimental on... yesssssssss. But as far as blank space goes, I like the look of something that isn't just filled up. So lately I haven't been filling every square inch with sharpie. I think the method of NOT filling up the whole thing is more challenging then just filling empty space. Sometimes, yes, I like to full something up-  but not every single thing   :)

New Sharpie Art on Canvas (Preview)

Yesterday I returned home from the art store with a fresh piece of 18"x24" Canvas to try out-  they were having a sale and I thought, why not? I've tried Sharpie on canvas a couple times in the past (several of which were earlier this year) and have been a little unconvinced that the 2 could work well together. At least to a level of which I could be really happy with and want to share. So I've approached this piece differently-  prepped different, and starting with a different type of canvas (since there are many types). I'm happy to say as a result, this piece has come out GREAT! I've been able to get tight line clearances, and do much more with finer lines then ever. It does pose it's challenges, but what fun is something without challenges? But my favorite part is that I could wrap the artwork around the edges continuing everything and giving it a more 'finished' feel. Hopefully this will discourage the use of frames on pieces like this.

I'm actually done with the piece and waiting for the camera to charge to take the final pics. And I don't like to give everything away in the preview, so only part of it is totally in focus  :)