Doodle of the Day - Up Close and Personal

Want to get up close and personal with the Grand Canyon? This is the tour for you!

Thank you for following the Doodle of the Day and the paintings, sculpture, drawings, works in progress, and other art by Los Angeles artist Lucas Aardvark :) To see older blog posts and other doodles, click HERE.

Doodle of the Day - A Reason to Occupy Wall Street

The "Kleercut" campaign headed by Greenpeace to stop the destruction of Canada's ancient forest was a success...to be determined. But it was certainly a step in the right direction and motivation for people to mobilize and stay active to end inequities and corporate greed. After all, a corporation has legal standing the same as a person, but a corporation operates only to maximize its profits - if this comes at the expense of the environment and community, then so be it.

Thank you for following the Doodle of the Day and the paintings, sculpture, drawings, works in progress, and other art by Los Angeles artist Lucas Aardvark :) To see older blog posts and other doodles, click HERE.

Green Roast Exhibit and Other Updates

Thank you to all who made it out on Saturday to Green Roast in Redondo Beach for the solo exhibition of many of my paintings. Your support is so very much appreciated :) If you were unable to attend, the art will remain up for the rest of November; please stop in if you're in the area.

Also, I hope the raffle and giveaway of the three mini-paintings was enjoyable! (And no, it wasn't rigged, lol.) Congrats to Elise, Mike, and Melissa.


Please keep in mind that in January my work commissioned by the City of Santa Clarita will be exhibited at the Big Stories Gallery at Westfield Valencia Town Center, 24201 West Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, California 91350. More details on this to come...

Also, in February, my solo exhibition of nature-inspired abstract paintings will be exhibited at the El Dorado Nature Museum in Long Beach, California. More details on this to come as well...

And if you're planning to be around Torrance on November 20th, join me at 6:30 p.m. at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center for a silent art auction, featuring one of my small 6"x8" paintings, to benefit the 24 Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to various forms of art to people in need of healing. The theme at this event is "child like heart" and there will be live music by singer/songwriter, John Torres!

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Little Paintings

Cat Spirit, 5" x 5", oil on panel, 2011.

Sometimes I create little paintings, sometimes as a study for a larger piece, but sometimes simply because that is how best to portray the subject.

It seems that, for whatever reason, there is a trend in many galleries to predominantly exhibit HUGE paintings. But that reasoning doesn't apply to the creator, for sometimes it is more effective for a picture to be small - it adds mystery and intimacy, causing the viewer to inch up close to it, instead of being bombarded by it anytime they're in the same room.

That is to say, a small painting created on a larger scale can lose its effect and intrigue, while the small painting, as it is, can say what it wants to say, and more.

Thank you for following the paintings, creations, sculpture, drawings, works in progress, Doodle of the Day, and other art by Los Angeles artist Lucas Aardvark :) To see older blog posts click HERE.