Bruce Lee

Here is another Bruce Lee caricature I did.  A good excuse to try out some new textured brushes I am messing with.  I really like the Impasto effect that they are achieving.  I decided to keep this loose and not over render.  I like the loose painterly style.  Below is a work in progress shot with a bit of a close up to show off some of the brush strokes.   Prints available Here. Thank for stopping by, Enjoy !!!!

Bruce Lee

A caricature of The man, The legend, kung-Fu master Bruce Lee. What more can i say about this amazing person that left us at way too early of an age. Here are some of my favorite bruce Lee quotes followed by my painting. Thanks for stopping by, Enjoy!!!! Obey the principles without being bound by them. To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is. Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation. You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world. Showing off is the fool's idea of glory. A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

This sequential page is a homage to one of my favorite genres, the old School kung-fu movies I grew up on.  When I was a young man, my oldest sister would take me to Times Square in New york city every weekend and we would spend hours in the theatre watching kung-fu flicks.  Back then they showed 3 movies for the price of one in most of the theaters, so this was a kung-fu movie geeks heaven.  The movies that stand out in my mind are the Shaw brother films and Sunny Cheba, and Jackie Chan flicks.  Sunny Cheba in Street Fighter, The Five Deadly Venoms, The Kid with The Golden Arms and of course the 36th chambers of Shaolin a.k.a Master killer are among my favorites. 

Rap groups , especially The Wu-tang Clan , were highly inspired by these old genre films.  Wu-Tangs first album was named Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers, they make reference to certain films throughout all of thier solo projects as well.  

One of the most famous fans of this genre, Quintin Tarantino, hired Sunny Cheba and Gordon Lui ( the star of 36 Chambers), to make cameo appearances in his Kill Bill movies. 

Here is my character , DA Shaolin Kid, in a story I call Lil' Master Killa.