So, now I can finally take some time to talk about the other work I had in the RE-Art show almost a month ago!
As you can see the first set is just a set of custom painted bowling pins. My dad started collecting bowling pins for no apparent reason. I started using them as gifts for people or to shoot at but then I decided one day I would try and do some custom colors. The set of three you see are known as "Joker's Strike". The name itself suggests bowling terminology and the reason for Joker is a double meaning. First off my nickname has been "Joker" for quite a long time and this is my art. That's the obvious one. Secondly, the custom colors I chose happen to be lime green and violet. These colors have been a trademark color scheme for the Joker in the Batman series. Joker is also, ironically, one of my all time favorite villains and characters. I used the basic outline of the bowling pins original stripes but added my flair of color.
Next I had one pin left and I dind't know what to do for this. I was looking at work by Sailor Jerry, one of the tattoo greats, and decided I would pay homage to him and other traditional tattoo artists. The subject matter revolves mainly around American tattoo imagery with a slight new school twist. I used themes tha
t occur mainly in this genre. First off you see the swallow on one side next to a rose and covered by a scroll reading AMOR, spanish for love. Next large part if on the other side and involves a schimitar piercing through a heart, another reoccuring theme in american tattoo art. The rest I decided to use purple nautical stars and randomly placed dots to add some extra embellishment tot he piece. I also decided to allude to modern tattoo by using a spider web rendition on the top of the pin. The title of this work in the who was "Tattoo Pin" but when I rethink things I have decided to rename it "Homage".All pins are currently for sale and I do plan on playing with other color schemes as I did with the Joker pins. What next? Perhaps Superman pins to stay in line with the Comic character theme, but who knows? Enjoy what you see, I'll be posting again soon I hope
"Like most men of power I worship Pan the goat god!"
paraphrased from Duke Phillips.....because it made me laugh
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