All of these original paintings painted by me are available to print and frame for you and can be put on eBay for sale. Or you can buy the original paintings. These paintings as well as digital art is expertly stored in my home. Just email me and ask me which one you want me to put on sale for you on eBay. I have this all backed up on DVD also for sale.
I updated this page Radman_Art Art I Press and this page Radman_Art Art II Best Drawings I hope to do this for every page on this blog.
These are actual images from the original backup files from the Tripod Site I paid for over 10 years. This folder is priceless from the trellixdata_backup file. If you unzip it and sort by date modified it lays out from the first file I ever added. This site changed over to 2d art after I took my first art class at college. Before that it was all 3d art from my first certificate in graphic design of Animation. I have all the original stuff from the 3d site as well and hope to share it someday as it was then. I started naming my art back then for the digital art.
The greatest thing about these images is they have all the original names of all the art. I thought each name up when I finished it or sometimes just before I was done or sometimes before I started. The names of each piece is very big deal and has a lot of emotional attachments.
This was the second series I did when Allen Library canceled me out. Let me tell you something about The Living in the Past series I have only shared once on this blog and before that never:
Quoted from the home page of this blog: "The quality is way better than the one I gave away. I did this for a series of paintings I did for my Living in the past series. I never talked about what this series was all about but I will tell you all now. The Living in the Past series of paintings is dedicated to all the great people of music that have past away. It is one of the greatest series I ever did. I want to put some of it on EBay someday."
If you hold your mouse over the image you can see the name in the address in your internet explorer. You can also save it to see the name. The best thing I can do is quote Radman_art Words Page (what it was originally called before I put a bunch of different stuff in it). Quoting this page: http://radmanart2ndhome.blogspot.com/p/little-radmanart-history.html Go there and search for Living in the Past.
The names of these are very important because they are the names of these legends. So click on clicker.
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| I can not believe this young man is gone. AKA Big Punisher from The Bronx borough of New York City, MTV2 ranked him #11 on its list of the "22 Greatest MCs In 2012. He was great during the height of rap music if you ask me, the late 1990's! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Rios |
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| James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison Jim Morrison of the doors. I did several versions of this but this giant is my favorite. I can see it now in the center of my house and heart. |
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| Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott |
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| Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott to me is ACDC when he left us so did ACDC . I still the band but Bon Scott was a legend to say the least. In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was rated as number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen Of All Time" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Scott |
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| Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) |
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| Brian Jones to me was a legend since my freshman year in high school. I heard from friends as a high school student that he could play any instrument he picked up. He was the founder and original bandleader of the Rolling Stones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jones |
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| Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly |
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| Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly |
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| Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggie_Smalls AKA The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or Biggie. To me he is known as a classic hardcore rapper before there was hardcore. |
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| Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Cobane |
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Cobane Nirvana made skateboarders even cooler. |
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| Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Dimebag_Abbott I am the master of drawing him with his custom super guitar. I have sketched it many times and given those sketches away. They love him around here, I love to blow out my ears with Pantera. |
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| Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Allman Co-founder and leader of the The Allman Brothers Band. |
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| Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presly He is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King". |
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| Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1963 – March 26, 1995) Eazy_E http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eazy-E "The Godfather of Gangsta Rap". |
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| Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) I grew up on his music playing freely on the radio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa |
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| Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) I grew up on his music playing freely on the radio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Some of his songs, concert performances, interviews and public debates in the 1980s criticized and derided Republicans and their policies, President Ronald Reagan, the Strategic Defense Initiative, televangelism, and the Christian Right, and warned that the United States government was in danger of becoming a "fascist theocracy".Zappa expressed opinions on censorship when he appeared on CNN's Crossfire TV series and debated issues with Washington Times commentator John Lofton in 1986. He had always encouraged his fans to register to vote on album covers, and throughout 1988 he had registration booths at his concerts.He even considered running for president of the United States. |
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| Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; Gujarati: Pharōkh Balsārā; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Mercury Best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) |
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| I bought News of the World (1977) when it first came out. I remember thinking I can not wait to hear this album. I thought this is the greatest Queen Album I have ever heard and still think that to this day. |
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| The art work for News of the World (1977) is amazing; by American sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas. |
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| George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) His own work is second only to John Lennon of all the musicians I still liked after they left the band. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison |
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| George Harrison in his younger days shaping me as a young person as all of the Beatles did us folks back then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles |
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| Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (born Jesus Christ Allin; August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG_Allin I wished I never painted this. |
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG_Allin the burger guy told me about this guy then I saw this documentary on YouTube. We had some laughs sing the south park song what would Brian Boitano do www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuRJSsAYxDA instead we sang what would GG Allin do. |
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| Harry Forster Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) I saw him in concert with my dad at age 16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chapin |
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| Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis |
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| Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis You wana have fun look all these up on this page: http://radmanart2ndhome.blogspot.com/p/little-radmanart-history.html I quote from that page:
August, 6th, 2009, on the Living in the Past page.
I just want to say words can not express how I feel about the loss of human life. This series is very difficult to talk about. These people have always been precious to me all my life. And the loss of these people has brought me to grieve. I love to talk about my art to people but when it comes to talking about this series I have never fully talked about it to any one. I suppose I could write a book on my examination of it all. Until then I hope you will forgive me for not saying much about it even online. If I should comment on my series and it seems off handed, it is only because I do not have time to speak in depth enough.
Ian Curtis came out cool. His eyes impressed me so much, that I decided to paint his eyes only. He had this sad expression on his face when he preformed on stage. Ian Curtis was the lead singer for Joy Division. His passing has always made me very sad. I had not known that Joy Division existed in my teen. When I had finally listed to them about 10 years ago, it sounded like my life at that time. It was shocking to say the least! Here is this band I never knew existed and they were playing music that was the sound track to my life in my teens. I have the privilege of having a teen age experience that coincided with what was playing on the radio. In other words the coolest music that came out went right to radio and was enjoyed by me and all my fellow teenagers. Not like today young people seem to have nothing, this has always made me very sad. I do want to say that I remember New Order, because of MTV. New Order was popular during my skate boarding years and I think of the two as connected some how. When I got out to California and worked for the biggest skate board company in the world the radio station out of San Diego played them allot. |
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| John Lennon and George Harrison, this is one of the paintings I gave away to CD Source in Dallas. I quote from the home page of this blog: I had a bunch of art in the CD store; "CD Source" in Dallas for years, and when they called me to tell me they know longer wanted me to have my art on display there; I told this one guy there who I thought was cool, that he could have it all for free. It is the most and finest quality art I ever gave away. |
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| Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes This guy blew me away in the movie Escape from New York (1981). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York I knew he was a great soul singer but his performance was amazing. |
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| James Joseph Brown, Jr. (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) James Brown is the definition of the word legend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_brown |
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| Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin doing this art I discovered she posed nude for one of her album covers. That amazed me and made her my hero even more. Sounds odd but true. Imagine being that famous and posing nude. Taken in it's context of the time how could you not be impressed by that. |
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| Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley Brings a tear to my eye with his music as well as with his life. |
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| Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead |
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| Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia That sad eye look he had always and still does memorize me this painting captures that, |
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| James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison This was the small version I did before the perfect big one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors |
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| James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison Red is a tough color, but this made it great. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors |
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| James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison Red again, but expectable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors . |
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| James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix You have to see this Jimi Hendrix art in person to appreciate it. |
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| James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix If this does not impress you I do not know what will. This should have sold the minute I did it. |
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| John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham Drummer of Led Zeppelin. |
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| John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham Drummer of Led Zeppelin. The most magical drummer ever in the history of drums. |
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| John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles |
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| John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles Imagine of 1971 was my 11th birthday gift from my favorite Uncle. Imagine is the most creative and inspiring albums of my life. Mind Games and Walls and Bridges eco my life on the east coast. |
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| John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles |
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| John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash Boy named sue played on the radio and a childhood favorite of mine. |
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| Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin I like the way this one came out. |
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| Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) I based all my grade school romances with girls on The Carpenters music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter Why do birds la la la la la |
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| Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 7 September 1978) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_moon He blew up his drums. |
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| Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layne_Staley When he died I was going through such hard times it was hard to notice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Chains |
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| Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen; September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Elliot A heavy set woman as a hero? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamas_and_the_Papas |
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| Marc Bolan (pron. BOE-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Rex_(band) |
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| Marc Bolan (pron. BOE-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Rex_(band) When David Bowie said he liked T Rex in a song. That did it for all of us. |
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| Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_5 |
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| Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_5 He died while I was doing this series. Another quote from this page: http://radmanart2ndhome.blogspot.com/p/little-radmanart-history.html : "Jully, 2nd, 2009, on the Living in the Past page. Well I can not believe Michael Jackson died this past week. I found it very upsetting. Like when I heard John Lennon died, it made me want to weep. So I did 2 paintings honoring my Michael Jackson. My parents heard me play my sister’s folk guitar when I was like 8 or 9 years old. They were so impressed by my ability to play songs I remembered; by ear, they bought me a electric guitar and a amplifier and paid for lessons. We were poor at the time; so you know they really believed in me. I formed a band with my brother on drums, my sister on folk guitar and me on electric guitar. My neighbor Luanna on tambourine and back up vocals, I did lead vocals. We played Michael Jackson songs, Bobby Sherman, and The Partridge Family songs, and Osmond brothers songs. I am including a photo of those days that I had a neighborhood rock band, in this weeks comments. From top left to right that is Carla, my sister, Gail (Carla‘s sister), Luanna (lived in the house next to mine) . The bottom right is Chris (my one and only best friend for 4 years) , Me, Scott (Chris’s younger brother), and my brother. We were dressed up in fifties attire that day. Michael Jackson was one of my ideals as a child, I owned Jackson Five music. I liked him and his music long before the Saturday morning cartoon came out. When the Saturday morning cartoon came out, I never missed a episode. The music was outstanding, and the graphics were hand drawn. I love Michael and his music up until the Black or white video and album: I stopped following it after that.. I will never forget Michael’s video saying there is no difference if you are black or white. Thinking to myself; awesome! Also I liked the Beatles cover song from that album, come together, right now, over me. Although I stopped following Michael Jackson ‘s newer albums, I am sure they are cool. Michael Jackson was a pinnacle of pop music. He was the KING OF POP! This world is at a loss because of his leaving." |
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| Per Yngve Ohlin (16 January 1969 – 8 April 1991) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish black/death metal vocalist and lyricist best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. "Before the shows, Dead used to bury his clothes into the ground so that they could start to rot and get that grave scent. He was a corpse on a stage. Once he even asked us to bury him in the ground — he wanted his skin to become pale." During one tour with Mayhem, he found a dead crow and kept it in a plastic bag. He often carried it about with him and would smell the bird before going onstage, to sing "with the stench of death in his nostrils". He also kept dead birds under his bed. Still without this guy I am not sure Black Metal would exist the free way it does today. |
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| Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Lynott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Lizzy |
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| Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Lynott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Lizzy When I heard Phil sing this song on Live and Dangerous I determined then and there to move to cowboy country www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9f_HHV5Pc4 |
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| Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Hoon This painting looks real huh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Melon Blind Melon made alternative music when I was at my most alternative in life. |
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| Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.; February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James People used to call me Rick James when I was too young to know who he was. |
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| Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley When I first heard his music, I could not believe how great the quality was. Rastafarians commanded heroism in my day. |
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| Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Van_Zant Again the reason I live here. |
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| Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie,later named John Beverley (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious Talk about a innovator yet at the same time dark as pitch. |
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| Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie,later named John Beverley (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious Death and murder, how sad. |
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| Tupac Amaru Shakur ( June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur His music was so diverse, that is what I loved about him. |
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| Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Van_Zant Again the reason I live here. Watching them in the movie Freebird actually made me cry at the end. |
