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Is it HOT & MELTY for you today? Try to stay cool

Is it HOT & MELTY for you today?

Try to stay cool and enjoy the sweetness of summer!

DRAWING OFF INTO THE SUNSET! 🌞I had to capture

DRAWING OFF INTO THE SUNSET!

🌞I had to capture this beautiful CARMEL SUNSET!

📸Thank you @lulasphinx for the wild camera work!

💥TODAY’s NEW YORK TIMES!!! “Toymakers Team

💥TODAY’s NEW YORK TIMES!!!
“Toymakers Team Up With Artists for Tariff-Proof Toys”
💥A nice article in the @nytimes about how some big Toy & Game makes are collaborating with Top International Artists, @markryden @danielarsham & @takashipom The story features my big art projects, TOBY IS SWELL & @uno with @mattelcreations for @mattel 80th anniversary and my @wizards_magic @mtgsecretlair for @hasbro !

Thank you for the lovely photo @colinsuss
The Toy as Art exhibition took place at @coreyhelfordgallery

SUMMER NIGHTS!! Remembering this painting commiss

SUMMER NIGHTS!!

Remembering this painting commissioned for the @newyorkermag about Summer Screenings in Central Park. I love the LA version with @cinespia at @hwdforever & Jazz Nights at @lacma !!

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DAD! And today is also my Pa

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DAD!
And today is also my Parent’s Wedding Anniversary!

I miss my parents everyday but they live deep in my heart.
They have an extraordinary LOVE STORY that occurred during the most HORRIFIC times of the 20th Century.

My Mother and Father first met at the end of WWII. They got married at the Linz-Bindermichel displacement camp in Austria, after surviving such unbelievable loss during the Holocaust. After both sets of my parent’s parents where murdered, and both their towns systematically mass murdered, they found LOVE, and were married for 63 years till my father passed.

They were immigrants who lost everything but found each other, and built a new life here in American and raised their children with a dream. The only reason America was great is because they accepted hard working immigrants into the fabric of this nation like my parents.❤️

POWER TO THE FELINE & THE PEOPLE! My parents were

POWER TO THE FELINE & THE PEOPLE!

My parents were immigrants who survived one of the most horrific events in mankind and was able to create a new life here in America.
249 years ago, the US kicked out their last king. Until recently, America represented Democracy and Freedom around the world. America represented Hope. As it says on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

6 MONTH ANNIVERSARY! Both on FRIDAY the 13th! Reme

6 MONTH ANNIVERSARY!
Both on FRIDAY the 13th!
Remembering BOSKO!

Today is the 6th month anniversary of the tragic passing of my Bosko.
He died on FRIDAY the 13th, December 2024. And this 6 month Anniversay just happens to also land on Friday the 13th!!!

So much has changed in the last 6 months. The spirit of Bosko & Blackie brought me many things, especially having me foster these 5 black kittens for the past month.

Remembering how special the World’s Greatest Flying Cat was.

LET’S TRY TO ENJOY THE RIDE!! With all the tens

LET’S TRY TO ENJOY THE RIDE!!

With all the tension in this country, let’s try to hear the beautiful music of the past, and groove to the hope of peace & love!

This painting is titled “Disko Jockey,” 40.6 x 50.8 cm, Acrylic on canvas

Disko Jockey shows my rabbit Disko riding Manny Moa, a character that symbolizes those loved and lost, from my eries Memento Moa. Disko holds onto reins made of Forget-Me-Not flowers that symbolize remembrance. The moa bird represents a past long gone, and yet this image evokes a playful moment, suggesting how to ride and enjoy and appreciate the spirit of our past, and those who are gone.

This painting was recently exhibited in ART OSAKA 2025 with @megumiogitagallery in Japan!

I’m sending out positive energy and love out there.

THE MIGHTY PAW!!! I loved reading the Blackie the

THE MIGHTY PAW!!!
I loved reading the Blackie the Cat’s Story Book to our 5 foster kittens, teaching them the stories of the Black Kitty History!!
Own a copy of the 1st Edition of this special book published by @hatandbeardpress before it sells out!

We also have 2 black kittens that need to be adopted!!!! @luxepaws

PEPPER is ready to be ADOPTED!🐈‍⬛🖤 MEET

PEPPER is ready to be ADOPTED!🐈‍⬛🖤

MEET PEPPER!!
💥She is also one of the 5 special Black Kitties that @lulasphinx & I have been fostering.
Learn how special she is!
💥Please DM @lulasphinx or @luxepaws to apply to be adopted.
💥The lucky adoptee will get a sweet lil drawing celebrating her new home!
💥And of course, you will be able to rename her and she will have a special place in your family!
💥It’s so hard to give any of them up but we can’t keep all 5! One just found a home and I cried.

MAMBA is ready to be ADOPTED!🐈‍⬛🖤 💥S

MAMBA is ready to be ADOPTED!🐈‍⬛🖤

💥She is one of the 5 special Black Kitties that @lulasphinx & I have been fostering.
Learn about her many wonderful traits!
💥Please DM @lulasphinx or @luxepaws to apply to be adopted.
💥The lucky adoptee will get a sweet lil drawing celebrating her new home!
💥And of course, you will be able to rename her and she will have a special place in your family!

💥TONIGHT!! The PURR ROOM!!🐈‍⬛ 💥Come

💥TONIGHT!! The PURR ROOM!!🐈‍⬛

💥Come experience the Power of Purr at @kittybungalow PURRRR-ROM, Fundraiser & Dance Party with a new incarnation of my PURR ROOM!
💥At Immaculate Heart High in Los Feliz from 6-10p!!!

I also donated some original paintings that all proceeds go to Kitty Bungalow!

💥Get a last minute Tix and Come Out and HELP SAVE KITTIES LIVES while celebrating and having fun!!!!
🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

FOSTERING KITTENS feels like everyday you are the

FOSTERING KITTENS feels like everyday you are the BEATLES 1964!!!

Help kittens find homes by FOSTERING & ADOPTING!! 3 of these babies will need home soon! These kittens were saved by @luxepaws

But contact your locate Cat Rescue like @luxepaws @kittybungalow @rorytotherescue @herehaveakitten and more!!
#beatles

ARE YOU READY TO ADOPT? 3 of these kittens will b

ARE YOU READY TO ADOPT?

3 of these kittens will be ready soon for for a home!!

I’ve been in HEAVEN & it’s been a
challenge fostering all 5 black kittens for @luxepaws with @lulasphinx !

They ALL stole my heart!
Who is special enough to become my Kitty Adoption Relative and take one, two, or three kitties?

THIRD STREET SCHOOL 100th Anniversary YEARBOOK!!!💥🔥❤️

💥I’m honored to create the cover art for my old elementary school’s yearbook cover!

💥Last fall, I created a signed print to raise fund for the school & I gave a lecture to the student body to instill confidence in their desire to go after their dreams!

⚡️In the same auditorium where I spoke, as a 6th grader, I listened to Bob Clampett’s presentation about creating animated cartoons! It gave me the confidence to become an artist!

💥I also got the loudest and longest ovation from the kids that melted my heart.
I also had all the children sing happy birthday to Bosko at the time.

Happy 100th, 3rd Street School!❤️

THE POWER OF PURR!!🐈‍⬛🔥 This Saturday Ni

THE POWER OF PURR!!🐈‍⬛🔥
This Saturday Night, June 7th, at @kittybungalow PURRRR-ROM, Fundraiser & Dance Party with a new incarnation of my PURR ROOM!

⚡️I also donated some original paintings that all proceeds go to Kitty Bungalow!

💥Get a Tix and Come Out and HELP SAVE KITTIES LIVES while celebrating and having fun!!!!
💥At Immaculate Heart High in Los Feliz from 6-10p!!!

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