Nichez Office Mural

Can't believe I didn't post this a long time ago, but since I am on a kick to update more... Here is the mural I did for our office over at Nichez. I think this is the first work I did that influenced my newest paintings, which I will put up in a little bit.

Umph! on Vimeo

Hello all! It has been a terribly long time since my last post, sorry to the 2 of you that actually show up here every six months. Anyway, I spent a ton of my free artistic time over the summer editing and stylizing video from the previous winter... and had to set up a vimeo account to show it. Go to http://vimeo.com/mikeflaherty in order to check out my stuff, (which I will update, promise).

Love Life!

This is a set of paintings I got commissioned to do last month. I decided to start adding oil style into most of my future paintings...just to much fun. I love these paintings because of the different layers in them. Hope you dig 'em also!

You are in control of your life.

Here it is, the third oil painting I have ever done in my life. The first two have already been sold, so I need to get pictures to put up on the ol' blog. I am really diggin' oil, seeing as I can do it when it is cold out! I am stoked on this painting, mostly because I am reading philosophy right now, and its true, you ARE in control of YOUR life!

The eye of the beholder wastes true beauty.

Boy, its been a while. I've decided that because its hard to find the right temperature to spray paint in the winter in Colorado, it is time to find a new medium. More on that later... Here is the last new work that I did before the temp dropped below 40 degrees. Enjoy!

Concealed Religion

Found this old church window in my alleyway, the land of sweet shit to paint on, and decided what better than a religious painting to go with my window. Watch out for Jesus's sawed off...

Exhibit A: Nature

Its the year 3030 and nature no longer exsists. So grab a box of popcorn, and head to the museum of nature and science.

Assssspen.

So I spent a little time in Aspen and it sucks. Rich fucks think they own you and everything around them. I think this painting best describes the karma those snooty fucks will feel one day. Just keep being better than everyone else and know it.

Signs, signs, everywhere signs!

We are so lucky to be able to interpret something as anything. Just one example: You see a bird. It could be just a bird. It could be a hunting challenge. It could be a sign of peace. You decide.

Digital Virtual Mobile

You know, I wonder when the amazing experience of human interaction will be extinct. This is a photo of two people I saw talking to each other on their cells while they were two inches from each others faces. I used a really strange lens, thats why it looks like a painting.

Essentials Copyright

A while ago I decided to try a small format painting on canvas, and this is what came out of it. Just like a team of people trying to work together on something, the hand is only functional when all the digits work together. . . otherwise it is just a blunt object. Not so useful.

The Human Billboards

Sometimes commercial art makes me feel like everyone who has ever bought anything because of a label is a walking talking human billboard. What if billboards did the speaking when we slept?