Original Art for sale.

Hello my friends. I really appreciate all your letters on my last post, it meant a lot to me to know that there are more people out there that feel like I do.

To be honest, I am about to fall on my face tired. I'll probably wake up tomorrow with keyboard impressions on my face. It has been a wild day. The doctor increased the amount of prednisone to fight off the colitis, and I've been running around like a wild-man. If you don't know, prednisone is a steroid to help your body heal.

I was able to get the "for sale" section on my website started, for the first time ever. I have never put originals up for sale before so this is your one and only chance to own one of my original pieces, unless it is a private commission, which will cost much more.

Ok, going to bed now. lol. Peace and Blessings my dear friends.

WIP,Underpainting and Friends.

Hello my friends. Thank you for stopping by and seeing what is going on. Above is the under painting for the painting I am doing called "Skinwalkers" It is for the Darc Karnivale Book. Tomorrow night I will be close to finishing it, and if it is at a good spot, I will show it to you again then. If not, when it is finished which will be Wednesday night. I am going to show you some of the work from "Mental Scars" but I really need to talk to Richard and Mischa first to make sure I don't post anything that would go against my contract with Viper Productions. I am really pleased with how the splash page came out though. It's Very dark, and it will be shocking to a lot of viewers.

Tomorrow I am also going to do something I have been putting off forever, which is put up some original oil paintings for sale on the Wicked Kitty Website. So, if your a collector, this will be your chance. I will also be offering prints as well of newer works and some older.

There's something I want to talk about, and it is friendship. I have tons of friends on facebook and all over the world. I consider these to be people that like what I do, and I interact with them as much as time permits. One of the great things about doing a convention is meeting face to face with people you have worked with or people that you have met on a place such as facebook. But that is not what I am talking about. I am talking about the very few people you let into your personal life, that you talk to on the phone, you go to visit, hang out with, go places together and you stick together, right or wrong.

I guess the way I think is ancient. Being in the army taught me some things and most of things I still hold dear today. For one is the friends you make. A friend always watches your back, never double deals on you. (Like being friends with your mortal enemy as well, because they are trying to be politically correct.) A friend is someone you can always count on and you know they would never double deal you. In this business I have made "Friends" with people a lot of times because I was trying to help them, only to be stabbed in the back in the end, one way or another. Chances are it involved not being one of the things I mentioned above. George is the only artist that I have helped and befriended that never did that to me. We've had our differences, but we always got through them. I know If I asked something of George, with no question, he would do all he could to help me.

The problem is there have been others that I went out of my to help and be kind to. I called them friend, let them into my life, and took them into my heart, only to be "dissed" in the end. One of them I even set up with Master Horne, to get them the training they needed to be an successful artist. I put my word on the line to Daniel about this person, and said they would make him proud, only to have this person totally "diss" Daniel and the chance he was given. Needless to say, I will never ask Daniel to do that again, because to be honest, how can he trust my judgement now. I gave my word. To a poor southern boy, there has been many times in my life that the only thing I had was my word, and that got me through because people knew they could trust that about me.

This same person also likes to play both sides of the coin. He friended the one person in the world that I truly despise and resent, and he knew this. I had to listen to phone calls telling me what a wonderful person that my enemy truly was. Although I had spent several years with the creep. I traveled the country with this person. I gave them there first start in publishing when I was an art director. I talked everyday on the phone to that person for 3 years. Yes, I knew them very well and was floored when they stabbed me in the back. It took me months to get past it, and this new friend that I had done nothing but help, is telling me that he is friends with the creep, and that I was wrong about them.

Today, I sent this person a letter and told them never to contact me again. I let this build up for almost a year before I just couldn't put it behind me any more. I don't know if I did the right thing or the wrong thing, but it is how I feel. Cheryl wrote some blogs recently about people in my life that have used me. There have been many of them. I guess that's the price you pay for being a nice guy. You become a target for all the bottom feeders out there that will do anything to better themselves, and I am not just talking about the art world either. Sometimes I feel like the only way to protect myself is by becoming a Hermit. But that is hard to do when the world seems to be noticing me now.

Thank you for listening. Sometimes you just need to get some things off your chest, and writing about it has always made me feel better about things. I hope to see you soon. Peace and Blessings all. (Part of me doesn't want to publish this blog, but I feel I really need to. Please forgive me for being negative in this one.)

Feeling better and moving forward.

Hello my friends. It just doesn't pay to get sick. I've got so much work to be doing, and I just can't be down for a few days, but I am doing much better. I made some really good progress on "Mental Scars" today, and expect to just really burn it up here the next few weeks, or years. lol I'll be showing you cutaways of the art soon. Probably tomorrow night I'll give you a sneak look. I also have to get back to finishing up the "Darc Karnivale" project soon as well. I showed the sketches for the next illo last week, and I will try to get that one done within the next few days as well. So bare with me. I am way ahead of schedule on that project, so all is good. But I still have to get a logo done for my friend "Iron Dave" pretty soon as well.

Logos are something I really enjoy doing these days. With all the new programs out, it just makes a pleasure to do them instead of the major pain in the kester that it used to be in the old days. I've also been getting a lot of Video Imaging software lately to, to help with my movie work. With the programs I have now, I can make my own movies, make the music, edit it, add credits, you name it, I can do it. The Imac just rules.

But my new friend Adam told me he has a "Work Station" which must be the bomb of bombs. He said the hard drive cost 20,000 bucks, the monitor, a 32 inch one, cost 15,000 and on and on. But he works for major film companies so I guess you can afford that when you do that kind of work. I would love to see Adam's setup, but he lives way out there in California. Maybe one day.

We're really excited about having Karyn doing the filming of our part of the upcoming documentary. You can see some of her work here

http://www.myspace.com/voodoochildren Look for Tension head. That is a documentary she did that won some awards. Cheryl and me think she will make me look pretty good, and that won't be easy. lol But she is very talented. I've already been putting in "The Word" for her with the people I work with.

I really appreciate all the well wishes from my friends, and even people I really don't know from facebook, but it's like having a second family. On facebook this blog gets a get many responses. I think when people read the blog on Blogger, they really don't feel like they know me, but on facebook, I interact with everyone, so I guess people are more at ease. I want to thank you all for the recommendation new blog sources for me, and I am looking into it.

Well, it's getting late, and I have to go through about 100,000 stills to find just the right ones for the graphic novel. Good night all and I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Peace and Blessings.

It's all good.

Hello my friends. I swear i am going to find a new blog source. This one is so limited compared to all the things I can be doing, so look for that soon. Today has been a mixed day. The bad is that I have ulcerative colitis and I have had a flair up the last few months. So that makes me tired, hurt and go to the boy's room a whole lot, and when there is some "Bad" things going on, it makes it worse. Later this month I am having a colonscopetive thing done. I had one done three years ago and it showed up clear, but at my age, it has to be done every few years. But between stalkers and all the changes that are happening, it's been very stressful, but happy.

The things happening in my career are more than i ever though could happen and there just blowing Cheryl and me away. I have no idea about what I am supposed to say about all of this. I'm just going to work hard and do the best I can. Believe me, I am just an old country boy that is scared to death. Every dream I have ever had is coming true, and I just don't know what to say about it. I am very happy but i don't want to disappoint any of the people who have supported me through these many long years.

We meet with Karyn tonight. She is an awesome, award winning filmmaker that is going to be doing my segment for the Movie Documentary. I will be putting links to her her and the website soon. There are things in the future I have not told you about yet, but Karyn is going to be our filmmaker for those as well, I hope. Cheryl was very impressed with her as well, and thats saying something. I want to thank our friend David for introducing us to her. You tha man David.

Tonight I got started on "Mental Scars" and i swear to you, this is going to rock. I can't show all of it to you, but i will show you "Cut outs" of it as I go, and that will give you idea.

Been a long week, bigtime, so I am out of here. We love you all. Peace and Blessings.

Let's get controversial

Hello my friends. Once again I am having to deal with another nut, but we know I am use to dealing with them. I swear, I think I am a "Nut" magnet. Anyways, I don't know if I ever posted this piece before, but I REALLY want to know what you all think. I am seriously thinking about doing a series of prints promoting the gay community. I am straight, but I have a lot of friends that I love dearly that are gay, and I would really like to do some work that would flatter them, but I have to know that there are people out there that would want to buy them. If you don't want people to know about your business, then you can write to me personally at wickedkittystudio@yahoo.com

Something really cool happened today. I am going to be in a documentary about the movie business. I think it is for only about 10 minutes or so, but it should promote the heck out of me and my business partners and gain us world wide publicity. That sure can't hurt business. They want me to talk about my art and myself.

As my friends I truly hope you will understand what I am about to say and why. I have a woman, her name is Cheryl. She is the love of my life. No I do not want to talk to any other women in any way other than professional. 99% of my female friends are wonderful, but there's always that one crazy one out there that tries to cause problems. Things are going wonderful in our life, so PLEASE leave us alone.

Back to life now. Tomorrow I start Mental Scars, and I am excited about that. Going to make some calls too, concerning local business. I hope you all are well and I do remember everyone in my prayers. Thank you for stopping by and we love you all. Peace and Blessings.