Not the Artsy Fartsy Kind But...........

[Meridian Blades]

I do like this one artist from New Mexico. His name is J. D. Challenger, and he does a lot of Native American paintings. I like his work because of the level of detail and the amazing colors he uses. I have several of his prints, but I am working on building frames for these two right now.........

First one is called "Wildcat Renegade", and its going into a quilted cherry frame with dark red mat.....

The second one is called "Ghost Dance in the Snow", and its going into a leopardwood frame with dark mat.

Frames are about half way done, and need quite a few more coats of tru oil before I can call them finished.

Thanks for lookin.....L

[El Gringo]

Damn... it took a 2nd look to see the frames; good job on them!

[waterdogs]

I don`t know which artform I like more, the painting or the frame....outstanding on both counts !

[SugarSkull]

Great work on the frames good sir.

Great taste in art also.

[Meridian Blades]

Thanks for the nice comments. I got another coat on today, and will be working towards having these finished soon. The pics of the prints don't really do them justice........ I know people say that all the time, but once they are mounted in the frames and all that stuff I will take some pics and try and get some close ups.

Larry

[Towelie]

Those are all pretty nice. I was thinking of getting something to hang on the walls too but haven't looked very hard. How did you come about this artist? I was thinking movie posters, but I'm not a rapper and my home is too small for a Tony Montana poster.

[Meridian Blades]

Those are all pretty nice. I was thinking of getting something to hang on the walls too but haven't looked very hard. How did you come about this artist? I was thinking movie posters, but I'm not a rapper and my home is too small for a Tony Montana poster.

HAHAHAHA........here's the link.

http://www.jdchallenger.com/index.html

[Towelie]

Great, thanks.

[Meridian Blades]

I did a dry fitting today with everything except the glass, so I can get an idea of how they will look. I took some closer pics of the level of detail not shown in the other pics. For example you can see the hairs individually painted..... I also took a pic of the last pic on the pool table. the red mat in the pic matches the felt of the pool table itself. These along with a third will go in the "pool room"...........Table is 4' x 8'

Thanks for lookin...L

[SugarSkull]

A job well done.

Thanks for the framed print photos.

[Meridian Blades]

These pics are probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I did finally get these frames finished. They were professionally mounted with museum glass / acid free paper etc. Artist is J.D. Challenger

For the Wood Chucks ---->
Woods = Quilted Cherry, Darkened Black Walnut and Leopard Wood all with a Tru Oil finish.

[Bruce2]

Beautiful work.

[Amotek]

Those look damn nice!

[Meridian Blades]

Thanks guys.... I appreciate the nice comments

[Spillway]

Great job on those frames!