Mongo's World

Winter 2009/2010 paintings of Erie Shore

2010-02-22T11:37:00.001-08:00

Three Paintings created winter 2009/2010. The first painting is Edgewater States park loan Weeping Willow. It is a favorite of mine to paint standing alone on the point. The last two paintings are views of Lake Erie's waves off Lakewood Park Ohio.

I do portraits

2009-12-14T18:30:00.000-08:00

I like to work in pen, and ink when doing portraits. It saves time, and money for the customer. I could work in color, but it's more labor intensive.

More paintings to click on.

2008-12-21T07:47:00.000-08:00

More paintings to enter this year. I have not been updating much. The first painting is of Lakewood Park in the winter. The second painting is of a surf spot on Lake Erie. Their was a day a few years ago when a hurricane from the Atlantic blew into the lake, and kicked up some of the glassiest waves. The wind was out of the west 40 knots, and wrapped around the point. This is more from my memory then reality. The Last painting is of the willows at Edgewater Park in the spring. I enjoy the surfing in the cove here on a North East.

Subs and Suds

2008-12-21T07:21:00.000-08:00

I painted two more paintings for Subs and Suds in South Carolina.
Carolina Forest Plaza II 4006 Postal Way 100 ft. North of Carolina Forest Post Offices.
http://www.geocities.com/subsandsuds/index.html
The sister of the owner has been giving the paintings as gifts to her brother. The Dragon was his hometowns football teams mascot. The shop is close to the beach, and Jenn wanted to depict some of the activities done in the area in the paintings using the mascot. The Happy Dragon.

Jenn's husband Scott is working on film about Lake Erie surfers called Out Of Place. Check out his blog.
http://www.outofplacemovie.blogspot.com/

Happy Dragon

2008-10-19T13:49:00.000-07:00

Happy Dragon Painted for a Sub Shop.

Steamy Water

2007-02-10T17:05:00.000-08:00

This is a surf spot on the west side of Cleveland on another cold winter day. Sean F., and Vince P. were out that day catching waves on a strong NNE. I do not remeber who the third surfer was.

Edgewater Skyline

2007-02-10T17:02:00.000-08:00

I painted this in a afternoon spent with Jamie, and Scott. My wife showed it at her place of work, and one of her customers saw it. It reminded her of her youth. She used to picnic there with her parents. She is now in her golden years. It brought a tear to eye.

Fusion Freak Out

2007-02-09T07:13:00.000-08:00

Mongo's World online shop

2006-02-26T11:38:00.000-08:00

I started an online T-shirt shop to sell my designs. Most of the designs are surf related. I’ve tried to give them a retro feel of the days of hot rods, beach boys, and Big Daddy Roth. I plan on making designs for the Great Lakes, and Ocean surfers. I will eventually branch out into skateboarding and white water kayaking. Check it out all you cool cats before it’s too late!
http://www.cafepress.com/mongosworld
When you are there click on my Mongo's World logo at the top of the page to go to the next page. Many different designs to choose from.

Surf like a girl

2006-02-25T07:15:00.000-08:00

The local surf club I belong to already has a logo, but the girls in it thought it to be to manly. I then proceeded to make a logo for the girls. This is what I came up with.

Colored pencil drawing of a sunflower

2006-02-25T07:05:00.000-08:00

My wife loves sunflowers, so I made this drawing for her.

Surfing... It's a gas

2006-02-24T11:33:00.000-08:00

More surf art. I've been asked what drug was I on when I produced this stuff? That question gets asked a lot. I don't think I'll touch that question.

Surf Dog

2006-02-22T21:23:00.000-08:00

A crazed (Roth style) rottwieler with a big spiked collar, a can of beer in his hand, cigarette in his mouth, and a Hawaiian shirt riding goofy foot on a crappy little lake Erie wave... wonder who that could be? It’s Wedgie. A friend of mine. He inspired this piece. Brake your chain to go surfing.

Drop In

2006-02-14T15:22:00.000-08:00

I skate and I surf. For a couple of years my friends and I had a building in Collinwood on Clevelands Eastside. We built a half pipe in it, and would skate hang out and wait for Lake Erie to churn up some waves. We also would throw a party now and then. I created this piece of artwork for the parties. To use on flyers/invitations when we would invite guests to the Shack. This design was also used on T'shirts, and other clothing.

Monkey, Tropical Birds, and Butterflies oh my!

2006-02-14T15:03:00.000-08:00

Here is a mural I painted in a babies room. I did what the ownner wanted. He wanted big fluffy clouds. He wanted two trees. He wanted a monkey, tropical birds and butterflies. I put it all in a pot and baked it up. This is what came out. I painted it in Acrylic paints using a brush, and airbrush. It took 5 days working 6 hours a day. The owner of the house seemed happy. He said he could sit in that room all evening with a beer and relax staring at the picture. He wished he had it painted in his bedroom.

American Bald Eagle

2006-02-14T14:52:00.000-08:00

A women called me up out of the blue aking for a watercolor painting of a eagle, statue of liberty with fireworks, and a flag. She wanted to have it made for her boy friend. I hope he liked it?

Buckeye Brewing Company beer lable

2006-02-14T14:20:00.000-08:00

This illustration was made for the Buckeye Brewing Company. The brewkeeper was making a powerful brew. He wanted a large muscular cyclops ponding the heck out of his Marzen Ale to show how much more powerful it was compared to his other beers. This is what I came up with. It was done in color pencil.

German Knight

2006-02-14T13:56:00.000-08:00

This German Knight was done during the late 80's. No client. I jus felt like making a knight. I enjoyed creating this piece. It brings out the kid in me. I always liked armor as a child, espeacially fantasy illustrations. As a kid I wanted to be the next Boris, or Frazetta.

Mural painted in a indoor skateroom called the shack.

2006-02-12T06:57:00.000-08:00

This mural of a under the sea theme. Was painted in the Wagner Surf Shack in Cleveland Ohio. A large half pipe is the focus of this room were surfers/skaters whittle away the winter skating the half pipe when the lake freezes over.

The Wagner Surf Club.

2006-02-11T20:21:00.000-08:00

This is the logo I created for the Wagner Surf Club in Cleveland Ohio. We are all a bunch of kooks who surf in the crappiest surf conditions on the planet. I tried to reflect that in this logo.

Gnome

2006-02-06T06:06:00.000-08:00

Here is a old one I did in the 80's when I was photo retoucher before photoshop when every thing was done with a airbrush. It was done for a women who worked at American greetings who was developing a character for them. I don't think they dveloped the charater, but it was fun at the time.

Dragon in the hand

2006-02-05T10:52:00.000-08:00

A fantasy illustration I did on a slow day at the office. I wanted to create a powerful image of a dragon, and this is what I wound up with.

Surfer Girl

2006-02-05T10:30:00.000-08:00

This illustration started out as a colored pencil drawing and quickly turned into a photoshop illustration. It was around the time I was learning photoshop at my home, and was merging the two worlds together of digital and organic mediums such as Acrylic, Water Colors, and Pens, and pencils. I think it speaks for it's self.

Lake Chewbacca goes to the beach

2006-02-04T19:01:00.000-08:00

Lake Chewbacca can carve up a wave and the ladies dig him.

The Sand Dunes of Hatteras mural

2006-02-03T14:20:00.000-08:00

I paint murals in people’s homes. This group of images is of a mural I painted in a Gold Coast home in Cleveland near the lake. The gentlemen who contracted me to paint the images of sand dunes wanted to feel as thou he was walking through the dunes to the beach. He wanted it to look like Hatteras in North Carolina near Frisco beach.

Lake Surfing

2006-02-03T13:58:00.000-08:00

I surf on Lake Erie during times of the year when the winds blow across the Great Lakes producing ridable waves for us lowly lake surfers. The lakes are often polluted by sewage, and chemical run off after heavy rains. The time when there is surf is usually very cold. Despite all these annoyances I still manage to have a great time. Lake surfing inspired these two pieces I recently made.

Blue Room

2006-02-03T11:18:00.000-08:00

Here is a water color I painted in 2002. Up until then most of the work I did artistically was commercial oriented. I would create whatever the customer wanted without creating anything I was interested in. I would create ads, illustrations of products, exploded views of parts and machines. Instructional manuals. I felt more like a pencil pusher then an artist. In the year 2002 was around the time that I became self aware or a better way of saying this is I woke up. I started to truely enjoy life. I began creating, living for my self. Life was no longer gray any more.

Mongo's World

2006-02-03T10:59:00.000-08:00

Some of my work can be seen on http://www.cafepress.com/mongosworld
http://www.cafepress.com/mongosworld2