Police State

Admittedly Critical Mass can be a little obnoxious, but even as someone who rarely bikes and almost always drives a jacked up truck, the antithesis of a bike, in general I support their message. This video (via bb) is a little long and self-righteous as well, but no matter what you think of Critical Mass it very much underscores the reality that the police are extremely willing to lie and fabricate evidence and statements in order to get their way, and are very afraid of citizen surveillance because it stops their ability to perpetrate false arrest and generally facilitate a culture of fascism.

Tiger Whitehead – III

There is still some minor touch-up required (the water around the big bear most obviously) and of course it needs a frame, but I think this is coming along quite nicely. You can click it to zoom in to a higher resolution version (although it looks better in person — my camera just can’t capture the subtle tone gradients, as well as the fact that you can’t really get just how textured it is).

To those who’ve been asking I’ll probably set up an online shop for both originals and prints soon. Thank you for the support in this!

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Painting and Flowers

I mostly finished work on the painting based on the Johnny Cash song “Tiger Whitehead”… At the urging of many people, I’ll set up an online store for both originals and prints hopefully in the next month. I need to get a charger for my good camera so I can take shots that accurately capture the pictures. You can click this to jump to I Need More Life where there’s a high res photo.

Also, a few people had written me asking me to do tattoo designs for them. I forgot who wrote me (sorry), so if you’re still interested, please drop me a line and I’ll get drawing.

Other than that, it rained a lot last night and everything is in bloom and very pretty…

Yeah, you heard me.

The context is on Caitlin’s page.

Too big for a four year old bike!

So because she outgrew her last bike — a 12″ bike that was a present from my neighbor, as his youngest had outgrown it also — we built a new bike (15″ I think) for Nefarious. It’s a pretty pink bike (of course), and has every kid’s favorite accessory, a PA and siren. We biked all the way around the pond at the park, and then some more at home… Very fun!