Friday, May 29, 2009

Terence Guzman's Bike

To celebrate going to Top Fuel from alchohol racing Terence Guzman & Paul Crifasi decided to celebrate with a custom stripe job on Terence's new bike. They have been racing for years and decided to do a little something special to Terence's new toy. Shawn has painted racing helmets for Terence in the past while he was still racing alchohol cars. In the background you can see Paul's racer being worked on.







Something with a bit of hawaiian flavor to start it off..

Followed by a nice island tribal inspired designed warrior's helmet on the rear fender..



Another finished ride brought to life at SED

SED at Robert Taylor ( Part 4)

To finish our 4 part series in SED's painting of the Robert Taylor mural we bring you the conclusion with an image of what Shawn love the most, returning to a school he once attending when he was a child and giving back.


"Shawn poses with the children on Career Day"


To inspire the children to diversity he even put on a small gallery showing of his fine art pieces to show that in any career you can do many things.


A new refreshing image of their school mascot now peers from over head inside the school lunch room.

With a feeling of pride it is Shawn's hope that he not only leaves the school with a beautiful piece of artwork, but a sparked sense of hope in the generations to come to reach for their dreams.

A little touch of home..

Sometimes one needs a little break from the daily grind to relax. So we thought we would take a moment to give you all a small peak into Shawn's life outside of SED.


Country Style Livin


The times he spends with friend's and family to reflect how far he has come..


and in other cases, just to unload rounds of paintball ammo on poor victims on the battlefield with his team mates..

Keith's Tradewind

Keith Murray wanted something with a bit of flair on his RV. So when he approached SED he was quite pleasant in having Shawn pick out a mixtures of pearls to set off the graphics. Here you can see all the before and after images of the project.





"The front side before"


"Before a visit to SED"


"The Final Product Trailer and all"

Can look for Keith and his girl friend Tonia tearing up the road ways this year as frequent visitors to Sturgis and other events Nationwide. Keith has all the fun and all the toys...if I ever decide to grow up I want to be just like Keith.

Cherry Hill

Lead guitarist Matt James stopped by the other day for a little custom work on his axe. You can catch him playing with his band Cherry Hill on June 13th at Wasted Space inside the Hard Rock Casino of Las Vegas NV. It will be worth your wild as these guys have been rock'in for over 15 years.



Front Side of Matt's Guitar...



Back side of Matt's choice in musical weaponary...

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

SED at Robert Taylor (Part 3)

To continue our day one reports of Shawn painting at Robert Taylor Elementary in Henderson, NV. we come back to even more brush work on the giant cat's fur.











But when we pull back our photos reveal just how massive this art piece really is.


Layer by layer from white to orange the dense fur begins to build up.


Then to offset the darker tones strokes of a lighter cream pigment are added to touch off the piece.


With hundreds of happy kids, gallons of paint, and one dead camera battery day one is off to a great start. Still more to come when Shawn returns with his airbrush.

SED at Robert Taylor (Part 2)

No sooner than the last post was made was the pace of this mural picked up.



Shawn quickly begins laying down a serious of whites and orange strokes to bring in the giant cats fur.





Stroke by stroke by line the furious feline comes into view.









Still more to come..

SED at Robert Taylor (Part 1)

Today we are posting to you live from Robert Taylor Elementry. A recent mural project has just began for a Tiger to come to life in the school's lunch room.



Shawn begins setting up his scaffold



Nothing more lovely than a blank canvas



It takes no time at all before Shawn is suddenly swarmed with curious onlookers.



More prep work before the initial drawing





Work continues while a school is practicing for one of their programs.





The first strokes of line made






Something begins to peak out at the audience



Stay tuned and see this beast come to life..

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Grim Repo

Back again is the finished photos of Glen's Grim Repo, a boat we featured a few weeks ago.



Photos can not do this boat justice with the detail work that flows throughout the craft.



At first glance the side graphics reveal even more customization upon closer examination.



From checkers to tribal stroke Shawn topped it off with barb wire that awards the viewer when viewing this boat up close.

What more could a custom paint job ask for besides a hot image of death itself dealing its own deck of cards?


To finalize the paint job is the boat's name to stare at the unexpected victims caught in this water craft's wake.

Expensive Toys

Leo is the proud owner of this very expensive toy. He races these models on occasion at Sunset Park and wanted something that would turn some heads.

Shawn had a lot of fun working on this boat and can appreciate that it was all hand made.

A large detailed paintjob that more than makes up for the size of this small water craft.

A name that is justified...