The return of Eris of Troy-the Teutonic Crusade
Oil on canvas | 2003-2015 | 16″ x 12″ “Greyface and his followers took the game of playing at life more seriously than they took life itself and were known even to destroy other living beings whose...
View ArticleCrossing the Abyss at Hyaena Gallery
The last time I was at Hyaena was for my Man/son show in 2012-so my return there has been long overdue.Which is apt because ‘Crossing the Abyss’ is themed as “A return to the Dark in the most...
View ArticleCrossing the Abyss on BlumHouse
“David Van Gough… I’m such a fan of his work. He’s in the upper echelon of what’s not being seen out there.” That’s a quote from Bill Shafer of Hyaena Gallery, with some very kind words to Blumhouse,...
View ArticleSuffer the Little Children-at the Dirty, Filthy show III…NSFW
Suffer little children, that come unto me | 12″ x 24″ | Oil on wood panel You could be forgiven for thinking that this ‘piece’ , was an almost satirical evisceration regarding the dark history of child...
View ArticleLa Noche Triste
9″ x 12″-ink on paper La Noche Triste-or the Night of Sadness-references the events of July 30th, 1520,and the bloody massacre that was to signal the end of the greater Aztec dynasty in Mexico. So here...
View ArticleThe Origin of Life
“…some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee...
View ArticleInterview in Body Parts Magazine #5
“I am Inspired by the my own nagging mortality, the need to leave a footprint in the sand I suppose-its the paradox of that terrible truth” Billed as a journal of Horror and Erotica, and featuring a...
View ArticleUnited Nations Group Show at La Bodega
Saturday November 7th, 2015 6:00pm-10:00pm / Free / All Ages La Bodega Gallery 2196 Logan Ave. San Diego, CA. 92113 There’s a cornucopia of talent, from seemingly every corner of the globe (and in some...
View ArticleA Galaxy, Far,Far Away.
A few several million of you, may have already heard that there’s a new Stars Wars movie in the offing, and so here I am working on a little piece for La Bodega’s upcoming exhibit-A Galaxy, Far, Far...
View ArticleGet off my Damned Back
” Organized religion ought to have a great deal on its conscience.” Christopher Hitchens 11″ x 14″ -Ink on Aquarelle paper This one arrived in a couple of hours-it wasn’t too hard really, spurred on as...
View ArticleThirteen pointers on being an Artist and staying there
A good friend recently told me I should procure some of my experience and-dare I say-wisdom,about being an Artist. I’ve often wondered what it is I possibly could have to say that would be of interest...
View ArticleVader crossing Hoth
9″ x 15″ | Oil on canvas A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away-or 1977 to be exact. The year that the behemoth that is Star Wars first arrived, smack bang in the midst of the fawning of peons for...
View ArticleHealter Skelter featured in Real Crime magazine
Almost four years on from it’s inception, the Man/son series is still seeding its way into sidebar press. That the work was almost entirely neglected and ignored by all the usual suspects upon my...
View ArticleCrossing the Abyss at Hyaena Gallery
The last time I was at Hyaena was for my Man/son show in 2012-so my return there has been long overdue.Which is apt because ‘Crossing the Abyss’ is themed as “A return to the Dark in the most...
View ArticleCrossing the Abyss on BlumHouse
“David Van Gough… I’m such a fan of his work. He’s in the upper echelon of what’s not being seen out there.” That’s a quote from Bill Shafer of Hyaena Gallery, with some very kind words to Blumhouse,...
View ArticleKrampmas
Ink and wash on card-9″ x 15″ It’s that time of year again, time for my annual antidote to all the souring eggnog, threadbare tinsel and empty your wallet platitude. So here’s a sketch of one mythical...
View ArticleVader crossing Hoth
9″ x 15″ | Oil on canvas A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away-or 1977 to be exact-the behemoth that is Star Wars arrived, smack bang in the midst of a fawning Queen’s Jubilee, and the gobby sneer...
View ArticleBest laid plans
So the year turns, time to forge plans and make bold proclamations of resolve, or at least little marks in ones sketchbook. This being the first page then, it’s a good a chance as any to announce that...
View ArticleDavid Bowie-Miracle Goodnight
Pen drawing from when I was around 17-1984 ‘The Gods forgot they made me, so I forgot them too. I listen to their shadows. I play amongst their graves.’ David Bowie-Seven Everyone needs a religion,...
View ArticleAztec Ghost Groove
12″ x 12″ | Oil on Vinyl Painted on 12″ vinyl record, for the recent 2nd Anniversary show at La Bodega gallery last weekend, it was began as a study and a play on the once mighty Mesoamerican empire....
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