Get Rad Man

I met Rusty almost 10 years ago at an Arizona skatepark. He had driven there in a beat up van he called The Radmobile from his home in Kansas City, MO, with his best friend, Zach.

Rusty has serious skateboarding skills, but you'll never find him in the limelight. He skates purely for the love of it. He's 100% skateboarder, and he's so much more. Rusty is a talented and prolific artist. His street art is all over Kansas City. The pattern I painted on his seat is a stencil Rusty made for grip tape art. Rusty is intuitive. He has an uncanny ability to locate the best donuts in town, no matter where we're skateboarding. He also rocks the guitar, and he's a formidable Wordfeud opponent.

Rusty Durio is one of the Good People of Skateboarding.

Get Rad Man, 30x40 inches, oil on canvas in wood frame

Detail

Detail

Small Works

I've recently joined a good group of creative people called the Arlington Artists' Alliance. Around this time of year, the group hosts a Small Works show at Cassatt's Cafe and Gallery in Arlington, Virginia. I painted these two 5"x7" pieces for the show. I like making tiny works. One or two days and each is done.

The finished pieces, in cool vintage frames.

Head in the Clouds, 5x7 inches, oil on canvas

Cat Nap, 5x7 inches, oil on gessoed board