Commissioned work

Since I was away in Costa Rica it had been a while since I've done a painting so I felt a bit rusty on the process I go through to get the final product.


The first set of paintings here were requested for Worlds AIDS day. The wood one is recycled and titled "Positive or Negative?" and the one on canvas is titled "The Whole World is Affected". I have always wanted to do a stencil of a world map because of my affinity for travel but this seemed more subject-oriented. They were silently auctioned off at a local organization that raises HIV/AIDS awareness for an event that happens in Boise every first Thursday of the month... called First Thursday. Local businesses stay open late and run events to draw in new customers like wine tasting or silent art auctions.

The third piece was commissioned by the violinist of A Sea of Glass who played at our first house show this year. He was excited about the pieces that were hanging in our house and was looking for a Christmas present for his wife. The painting is of his favorite engagement photo. It was definitely an interesting piece. I had never done a painting this big (24x38) nor had I ever done one with faces taking up the subject of the picture. Most of my pieces are a bit more abstract and less detailed but I had to pull from my drawing background to make sure that ever line in the stencil followed the exact contours of the eyes, lips, nose and mouth. Overall I am super stoked on this piece. I believe it to be one of my better ones. I didn't even give the stencils a test run because I ran out of material and the final is perfect.



Soon I'll be putting up some of my climbing-related pieces in Urban Ascent (used to be Peak Fitness). Steve Lampkins is a committed community-building gym owner and loved the idea of putting up local art in the gym.

Merry Christmas all!

mcfly clothes

Here are some shirt designs from last year including some available from Asana Climbing.

iamclimb article

Alexis Pepe over at I Am Climb e-Magazine and I met last years at the summer OR show in between searching for free merch and rubbing elbows with the pros. I was working the Asana booth and she stopped by to show her continued support of Asana Climbing and found my new blood chillin there promoting my art. She immediately expressed interest in my art as it not only promoted Asana but also climbing (maybe she even liked it a little too).

As she says in the article I went off to Costa Rica and doing an interview was a little difficult so when she asked some Q's over email I gave her all I had. Check it out here at McFly and the "Art" of Climbing

A big thanks to everyone over there.

paintings

After not doing anything with the blog for a while I figured it would be good to start off with displaying some paintings both of climbing and in general. Check them out. Most of the climbers in them are either Boise locals or climb for Asana. The rest are just for fun.


Heres a stencil I made of myself then added some color.



Absolution is a sweet problem out in Reynolds that I may never get on but it sure is photogenic. Here is Craig Hurst pulling down in a dusk session. Photo by Mike McClure.



Here is the resulting painting...it is on an awesome laminated pine shelving that really lets the colors pop.



Here is some recycled tile backer being put to use. The problem is called Tuna Juice and this is Conrad making it look easy. Photo by Mike McClure.



Kevin Jorgeson in Bishop. This is two layers of sheet rock on a cut down 2x4 frame. Original photo by Sarah Gale.



Here is just a chill painting that I was inspired to make when I got psyched about going to the beaches of Costa Rica and climbing. The painting has a frame of cut down 2x4's and the surface itself is of 1/4" plywood nailed to it. (need photographer and climber still)



Mr. President himself throwing down some dyno action. I had taken a bunch of bricks from a job site (I work in construction) and decided that tradition graffiti on brick walls shouldn't stay outside. This came about a week later and weighing as much as it looks. Photo by SuS Edmundson.



An awesome night session on Catalysis in Reynolds Creek and another example of the laminated pine board. Photo by SuS Edmundson.



Another inspired by Costa Rica. This was a retro coffee that already had a great shape for the wave tube so why not right?



My brother got married in Italy and they both like the Evil Dead series. Naturally I made him a memento to remind him. It says "Women are more dangerous than shotguns" a quote from The Godfather.

Restart

The blog is going through some changes...