trying to hold my cigarette like a man

cool graffitti at krog street

some nice work at krog street in cabbagetown.

lets just hope those assholes in khaki shorts and flipflops dont paint over this

in pea-soup green.

bloody lip and a clean cut look

had a bloody lip from being punched in the face.

then i got all cleaned up when it healed and i could kiss girls again.

going nowhere fast in painting

just spinning my wheels and wasting time.

top work is an "in-progress" work.

Big time "in- progress", in reality

zero progress and more fuck off drinking time.

dont know what the fuck i am doing anymore.

also, the bottom piece is the piece i did for

the new street gallery vinyl show. big fucking deal.



-m

Recent Paintings and drawings

ANDRAS: the grand marquis of Discord

The Goetia reports of the demon Andras: "He is a Great Marquis, appearing in the Form of an Angel with a Head like a Black Night Raven, riding upon a strong Black Wolf, and having a Sharp and Bright Sword flourished aloft in his hand. His Office is to sow Discords. If the Exorcist have not a care, he will slay both him and his fellows. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits."

Some explanation may be useful in clarifying this description. By a night raven, an owl is intended. Black wolves were once fairly common in Europe. Both wolf and owl were considered to be animals of evil.

The magician performing the evocation is called the "exorcist" in the English translation of the Goetia preserved in manuscript in the British Library (Sloane ms. 2731). We would not apply the term exorcist to the magician today since the magician is calling the spirit forth to visible appearance, rather than driving it away. However, the term exorcist was once used more generally to describe someone who commanded spirits. Magicians traditionally had at least one assistant, usually more than one, to help them in their rituals. They stood inside a magic circle for protection -- if the evoked demon could tempt or deceive the magician or his assistants to step out from the circle, the demon could then injure the careless human beings.

Dana Haugaard and his 25th birthday

this is from my buddy Dana's birthday at the Yacht Club.

we had a fucking blast. i think he did as well.

below is a picture of the two of us. he on the right, me on the left.

the other pic is me faking out the large group of people posing for a picture they thought i was taking of them.

-maxwell