Brontosaurus

Acrylic on Canvas

7 3/4 inches square

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Yeah, I know what you're going to say, "Charlie, there's no such thing as a Brontosaurus, it's really an Apatosaurus.” The Brontosaurus was my favorite dinosaur when I was a kid and you can't take that away from me. That's like a friend telling me he has changed his name and expects me to call him by his new one, not going to happen. Besides, do you know what Apatosaurus means, it means "Deceptive Lizard"...lame. Now Brontosaurus, on the other hand means "Thunder Lizard" and that's bad-to the Jurassic-bone.

Silly Dinosaur...

I'm almost done with my first dinosaur painting. While it was fun to paint, it now seems pretty silly. I'm debating making this my one and only dinosuar. All I can do is wait to see where inspiration takes me, usually I don't know what the final outcome of a painting is going to be when I start.

Dinosaurs

My next 3 paintings will be of dinosaurs. Why? Because they're awesome that's why. I know they're not very thought provoking, but they will be cool. I bought this 3pack of little square canvases yesterday for my little dinosaurs.

Spurious Starry Night

Acrylic on Canvas

15 3/4 inches square

$450

I wasn't going to post this painting, I completed it just before the Kurt Vonnegut portrait. Then today as I was flipping through a Van Gogh book I notice I totally ripped off his Starry Night. Believe me, this was completely subconscious. I know at first glance it doesn't look like it, but the composition is the same. Anyway, I was going to call it Fake Starry Night, but spurious starts with an s and it sounds cooler. Thank you thesaurus.

Finished a Painting

I completed a painting last night. I believe it is the best one I've done all year. Sorry I can't show it to you right now, I won't have our camera until Saturday. I will attempt to paint a mental image for you. It is on a canvas that is 16x20 inches within that there are 2 rectangles. If you are familiar with my work you know I tend to stick to a narrow horizontal or vertical format. So, within those rectangles there is an elephant, a bird, and a man each representing good or evil. It is up to the viewer to decide which is which. I need to get better at describing my work. Hopefully this weekend I will be posting at least 2 new paintings.

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If you have not seen any of my previous work you can go to www.cooleyized.com to get an idea of what I do.

Kurt Vonnegut Portrait

Acrylic on Canvas

9 inches by 12 inches

$400

Okay, so here is my last painting. It is Kurt Vonnegut, my favorite author. If you are familiar with his work you will know that poo-tee-weet are the last words of "Slaughterhouse-Five".

This is my first ever blog. I wanted to create this so I could keep everyone up-to-date on my art work. I am not going to post any of my old work. What I would like to do is show you my current work and my progress on the next piece. Also, this will act as my art diary, I will try to post ideas for upcoming paintings so you know the thought process behind them.