Fish Plaques

I made these crazy fish plaques out of old painting palettes.. I have accumulated a stack of these things, and instead of throwing them out, I saw something IN them..

Here's the link to see three of 'em: Fish Palette Plaques

The NEPTUNE Festival!

Well September is here and I'm now preparing for the Neptune Festival, which runs from Friday Sept. 24th through Sunday Sept. 26th. For those of you who are not familiar with The Neptune Festival, it's a biggie.. many excellent artists in the show, plus an international sand sculpting contest (I had the privilege of judging it last year with Paul DiPasquale, renowned sculptor), plus a surfing contest, a parade, a marathon, live bands,and many other fun filled events. I mainly concentrate on entering the big shows at the beach (like The Neptune) because a lot of people attend these, plus I am hoping to sell some of my artwork and make many new contacts. Plus the Neptune is TON of fun!! This year I will be exhibiting my paintings, prints, custom skateboards and faux skateboard plaques.. plus some new abstract and far out goodies.. soon to be revealed! More fun that I can hardly stand. Peace... Bob

Here's the link: The 37th Annual Neptune Festival

and here's a link to see 2 of my newest paintings

"Surf's Up" art show at the Artists Gallery

Hey Y'all, I have entered 3 paintings and a surfboard in the "Surf's Up 2010" art show at the Artists Gallery in Virginia Beach. The show runs from August 17th-September 7th,and the reception is on Saturday Aug. 21st from 6:30-8:30 pm. I have a couple of new paintings that are in the show, abstract and sketchy, check em out here

And here is the link to the Artists Gallery

Hope you can make it! Peace.. Bob

First Fridays Art Walk

Well tomorrow is the first Friday in August, and I will be exhibiting my prints, paintings and custom painted surfboards at the "First Fridays Art Walk" at Town Center in Va Beach. The show runs from 5-8 pm, so come on out and check it out! I will be doing a custom surfboard painting demonstration as well. See you there!!..Bob

Here's the link to the event

News Article in the Norfolk Examiner

August is fast approaching and SO much is going on in my art world! I'll be in several art shows in August, a lot of new stuff to do and images to share. Next week I'll be giving the details on all of this.. however, today I am stoked to share a news article written about me in The Norfolk Examiner by Wyn Hall. I met Wyn at the Bayou Boogaloo Cajun festival in Norfolk back in June, and after I drew his caricature, he told me that he wanted to write an article. He followed through with his promise, and here it is!.. Bob

Norfolk Festival Faces: Bob Langston

My print store in online!!!

Well, after many months of tinkering with my website between jobs, art shows, family time and surf sessions, I have finally gotten my print store up and running on my website, www.thebobzone.com. Unfortunately, I have had great difficulty trying to figure out all of the paypal stuff, and so for the time being I decided to accept payment the old fashioned way, by check or money order. People can check out my artwork, decide on which prints they like, send me an e mail with the info and then I send the prints out after the check or money order is received. I still am planning on getting the paypal in place, hopefully by the end of July or early August. Go ahead and check out the prints, and give me a holler if you want some!! I'm really stoked, fun new adventure on the horizon!! Peace.. Bob

Link to the Print Store

The art of Olli Fraenkel

Today I've decided to talk about someone else's art! A few months ago, I became Facebook friends with this great artist named Olli Fraenkel. Olli is originally from Germany, but moved to Bali Indonesia, where he pursues epic waves and creates amazing art. We both share the passion for pyschedelia, and his paintings are so unique, I've never seen work quite like his. Bright colors, winding 3-d cut out paper type effects, graffiti influence and a Dali-ish surreal like dream quality are just a few adjectives that come to mind in the attempt to describe his phenomenal work. I've uploaded some pics of his paintings for y'all to check out, and have included his website link as well. Peace!! Bob

Olli's facebook portfolio

Olli's website and blog