A few years ago (I can't remember if I did this one in 2004 or 2005), I got the bright idea to paint skateboard decks.  I ordered one off of eBay, thought some more, and ordered another 10 blank decks.  I'm not much of a painter, but I did get one done, and this is it.  And now I've still got 10 decks laying around my garage.  I may putter around with one in the next week or so while I'm on printmaking hiatus.




Funny story, I took this deck with me to one year's Emerald City Comic Con, betting that no one else would have any painted decks there.  I was right about that, and it did stop a few people who wanted to check it out, but one guy took a look at it, and then told me, "That's pretty cool, but I could do something even sicker."  Paraphrasing, of course.  It's been a few years, so I don't remember the exact wording.  It's entirely possible that he can and later did.  But I got my stuff done and had a table at the show while he was wandering around, running his mouth about what he could do.  And I've been there every year, and I don't recall seeing him with a table and finished work.  Good luck with that, dude...

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