The Board Swap on Saturday, April 10th

Austin Surfboards had their first annual board swap this past Saturday, and it was a lot of fun. I displayed my 7'6" Frierson quad for sale, but no one bought it.. that's ok though, it's one of my favorite boards and I'll just wax and ride it this summer again ! Here are some photos of the 6'3" custom fish swallowtail that I painted for Austin during the event..

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3636002&id=284376244569

Board Swap at Austins Surfboards tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the board swap at Austin Surfboards on 19th street (10:00am-4pm) I'll be selling a sick 7'6" Frierson quad with a crazy custom painted deck, plus a surfboard painting demo on the lawn.. hope to see you there!


http://www.austinsurfboards.com/boardswap10.htm

St. Patrick's Day update

Well, today is March 17th.. St. Patrick's day! I am 1/2 Irish, so this day has always been important to me and my family. When I was a kid, my Dad used to paint small green footprints on my sister's and my face while we were sleeping (on the night of the 16th) and he and my Mother would leave gifts under our pillows that were from the leprechauns!

I've been pretty sick with a bad stomach virus for the past 2 days, been out for the count, but I'm gettting back in the groove now and I estimate that I will be firing on all 8 cylinders soon. So much stuff on the horizon for the next few months! I'm currently finishing up a new logo for a friend's new surf company, am in the midst of working on 2 commissioned surf paintings, plus the caricature season is starting soon, I have a gig this Saturday in fact. The Beach Street program at the oceanfront is where I create most of my caricatures during the "on" season, I am paid by the city of Va Beach via contract to sit out on Atlantic Ave between 20th and 25th streets for 3 hour sessions in the evenings all summer.. a good gig (This will be my third season working for them). Also the Steel Pier Classic art show and surfing contest is coming up during Memorial day weekend, and I will have my tent set up again this year by the Jetty, selling my custom surf art, skateboard decks, and custom surfboard paintings. In the next few weeks, I will be officially opening my online store on my website (www.thebobzone.com) where I will be selling prints, I'll be keeping everyone posted! If you go to my fanpage, you can enter the "guess the sketch" contest and possibly win one of my prints this month in fact...

My friend Austin Saunders (owner of Austin Surfboards) is having a board sale/swap on April 10th, I am entering a 7'6" Frierson performance board with a wyld painting on the lower deck.. it will be for sale at this event, so check it out...

This past month during Austin's art show, I painted a new custom shaped Austin shortboard and the pictures are up on my facebook page and fan page. My friend Carrie Copenhaven and my wife took video footage of this event as well, and I am currently in the process of editing this movie. I hope to have it up on youtube in a week or so! I'll keep everyone posted...

L8r!

...Bob

The Art Show, Saturday Feb. 20th

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, and I'm getting back to my blog.. This past Saturday was the art show at Austin Surfboards, and it was a great time! My wife Heather and I arrived at the surf shop at around 4:30 pm to set up, and by the time the show started at 6 pm, we were ready to go. Austin had a new shortboard ready for me to paint, and for the next 3 hours I gave a painting demonstration (a groovy wave design). Several other artists were there too, and they also had a complimentary beer tasting by the local brewery "Gordon Biersch". Go to my facebook fan page to see the pictures! (You can get to the fan page by clicking on the Facebook "F" button located on the back of my Volvo on my website, www.thebobzone.com