My wife bought a couple pairs of TOMS shoes and I couldn’t help but paint a set of them. We just put them for sale on Etsy!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/95613814/day-of-the-dead-toms-size-11

I have a collector coming over this week and I’m hustling to finish some pieces. Here is one of them, I still need to make a frame for it!

This is a huge event for me – I painted 10 pieces for this awesome Dia de los Muertos fiesta in Los Angeles!

I’ve had three cases this week of people taking my images and putting them on things to sell and make money off of. It’s so not cool. Everything is copyrighted by me. I took the time to paint each and every painting to earn money to support my family. It’s not fair for someone else to steal images so they can make money. Take an art class and learn how to paint in your own style. The easy, short way is never the best. It will give you bad karma. Sorry, just venting. It makes me so mad. Especially when we ask people politely to please stop using my art to sell for their own commercial gain and they respond like it is MY fault and don’t even offer a courteous apology.

These are for a customer, I now build all the frames too!

New Times’ Jackalope Ranch blog is hosting a cool series with a reporter working with me on craft projects. Check them out! Colin is doing a great job!

Week 2 – DIY Bobbleheads

Week 1 – Glittered ornaments