Coffee with Dino – Frank Ybarra
Coffee with Frank Ybarra, Frank is an artist and storyteller. His paintings are usually a reflection of his life and interests; family, friends, heritage, youthful memories, food, music and his Arizona upbringing. Frank is a soft-spoken man with a cool demeanor, which is a bit of a contrast to his bright, colorful, fun and lively […]
The Coffee Series or Coffee With Dino
A little over 3 years ago my wife introduced me to the Jerry Seinfeld series “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” on Internet based network, Crackle. I am still an avid fan. Each episode features conversation with a unique comedic personality driving around in a magnificent automobile and sitting down in some restaurant or coffee shop. […]
The RED Dot
The RED DOT! For any artist seeing this little sticker next to your piece, in any setting, is sort of a badge of acceptance. The notion of creating a piece of art from a thought or idea and have it come to fruition before you is an exciting endeavor. Showing your creation to the public […]
We Are All Just People
We are all just people, We are a world of diversity, no mater what group you align yourself with, no matter the ethnicity, color, gender, religious or political beliefs for which you stand we are all just people. For the briefest of moments in the realm of a life imagine what it might be like […]
October: Pink is Everywhere
Given October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Pink is everywhere. A little tip of the hat to all those affected, those whom support and everyone that work so hard to help. “Pink Chapeau” 18×18, Mixed Media on Paper. This piece was created using a mix of drawing, melting ink into paper, digital and color […]
‘Envy’ – Women in Hats
Occasional I like playing with monochromatic style pieces. Although most of my work is pretty vibrant assortments of color, occasionally I like to drift into single hues depending n the mood of the piece. This piece screamed dark and moody colors. As I continue my women in hats series I call ‘Eye-Lids’ a friend of […]
Sincerest Form of Flattery
One quite evening she sat at her computer with a large glass of Chardonnay clicking through Pinterest doing a little fantasy shopping. She came across a fantastic polka dot coat. She wanted that coat. Hours of on-line research and two more glasses of wine lead nowhere. Days passed by, as did her obsession for the […]
Hat Series
I have been working on women in hat painting off and on for the last couple years. I thought it would be interesting to find fun sayings about hats, wearing hats and the meaning of wearing hats. I took a handful of these sayings and created these little 10×10 inch paintings with Mens hats as […]
Fish Booonze
I had this idea to paint colorful tropical fish in water. Sure, I understand there is nothing new about that and has been done a million times by artists with more skill in that arena than I will ever have. However, my little twist was to create that image by just using the skeletal make […]
Hat Study
Recently I have been playing combining water color painting, color pencil and various solvent transfers. This is a image I created using this technique. Although it is an ongoing practice session I like where things are going.