Pawnshop Baby

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Caption: What, you need a loan or something?

This one is 11 by 14.

In my back yard

When I moved into my house, I found a photo album in a trash can in the shed. These are the photos from that album - with captions. A lot of them seem to have been taken in my back yard.

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Caption: Idiot.

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Caption: This is gonna be a great evening.

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Caption: Is this fun or what?

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Caption:Mall ain't safe anymore. Probably nowhere is.

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Caption: Yo, Yo, Yo! Wassup!

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Caption: You saved my life.

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Caption: I aint no criminal and I ain't complying with squat.

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Caption: You'll do what you're told.

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Caption: I'm the one you want.

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Caption: Give it a whirl, girl!

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Caption: Out for a stroll, dearie?

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Caption: A man should face his fate like a man.

Crazy dolphin, good times

What's better than a beautiful dolphin photo? A beautifully embellished dolphin photo. This is in an 11-by-14 frame.

Everybody's got an opinion

Embellished Scene No. 1

This is an 11-by-14.

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Caption 1: Do not fear, citizens -- my squad is here.

Caption 2: That is so corny, doctor.

Attack of the comic trays

I picked up these 5-by-7 1/2-inch trays at Collection Connection, 4315 E. Columbus Drive, Tampa. They're a good size for change, jewelry, stray paper clips, etc. I painted and coated them in scenes from comic books.

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Caption: You don't ever want to know.

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From an ad for Nintendo's Acclaim Remote

Caption 1: ... Stuck in a rut ... The kid was at the end of his rope.

Caption 2: When out of the blue ...

Caption 3: Awesome!! The Acclaim Remote for Nintendo!

Caption 4: Playing with Nintendo will never be the same, thanks to the power to move!

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Caption: You've forgotten who's in charge here. ... Me!

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Captions: It's gone so wrong. All those people ... Coast City ... The universe needs a protector -- a real guardian to right these wrongs. The universe needs me. Time for a new start. Clean slate. A re-made universe. My universe.

I'll be dropping these off at Artpool this week :)

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

I did this tiger collage for Todd and Michelle Foley. It's on a larger canvas than I'm used to, so it took quite a while to piece together. I started by sketching the basic shapes on the canvas. Then I cut pieces from magazines to fill in the color.

Again with the captions

I'd been stocking up on thrift store art that sorely needed captions, so I had a caption party.

The following are the results of said party:

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These are lyrics from a record sleeve.

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Unfortunately, I had thrown away the rest of the Jehovah's witness's flier before I realized I didn't know the answer to the question. :(

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Also lyrics from a record sleeve.