the junk ranch

junkranch

2010-06-26T21:53:00.000-05:00

dry-erase board

forgotten technologies

2010-06-24T21:16:00.000-05:00

i found this guy a good while back and i think i may have posted something about him before but it bears repeating that he freakin rocks! pun intended. i bought the dvd from his site and have been amazed every time i watch it. his techniques for moving MASSIVE blocks and even buildings will astound. do checkit.

GO TO HELL DANNY GO TO HELL DANNY

2010-06-23T19:06:00.000-05:00

gardens of valhalla

2010-06-22T22:44:00.000-05:00

this years garden is the best one yet! tomatoes, onions, peppers, carrots, beets, basil, cilantro, green beans, to name a-few...all doin well. thank-you food, we love you.

Improving Valhalla

2009-05-22T10:13:00.003-05:00

So...I've been doing a little work around the house and here is the most consuming of the lot. the four tall posts will support for the roof for the screened-in portion. Construction is going well despite doing it by myself which usually means some re-do's later when i can stand back and see the work. case in point, the leaning support post under the deck...Oh well...I'll get to that too.

really like this blog

2009-04-16T22:03:00.002-05:00

i will be stopping by this one often.

usaisamonster

2008-12-22T11:15:00.002-05:00

This is a little clip of the somewhat recent usaisamonster show at the werehouse. it is a lil teaser, being kinda short and all, but it gets my rock-jones on. It is always good to see tom and colin and catch up and this time was no diff...we had a potluck dinner, had good chattin and met the two new members, max and (dang i can't remember dudes name!)both played keyboard and it fit really well sound-wise.

rooster relief

2008-12-17T17:02:00.004-05:00

this here rooster is a comission i just finished today. carved from an old 9" plank.

and here is a game where you try to hit 'ol W in the head wich yo shoooooz! its awesome.

Another baby leaving the nest

2008-12-16T19:51:00.003-05:00

Here's one of my babies ready for leaving home. this painting's goin to be livin on southside now. One of the leftovers from my last show and a favorite too, is now finding a home with my buddy, john. there are a few paintings left, i will post some pics later.

andrew brandou's website

2008-11-20T11:23:00.003-05:00

saw this today on boingboing and i felt like sharing. his work reminds me of some of my own work of late and also of my friend kat lamps art as well. we are all different yet heading in similar directions.

gear test

2008-10-03T14:14:00.001-05:00

cool lil diddy

2008-09-08T23:00:00.000-05:00

a new logo for my buddy ryan

2008-08-30T11:52:00.002-05:00

goat premonition

2008-07-13T19:52:00.004-05:00

oscar the goat showed some amazing skills of precognition as he pulled this picture out of a box and ate part of it. not an extraordinary feat on it's own but...on this day kevin was to arrive on his first trip up to our house and not fifteen minutes after the discovery too! it's a strange world out there and each day is a mystery.

"rubort" the robot finished and delivered

2008-07-04T22:19:00.004-05:00

my first commissioned piece of junk sculpture! RUBORT!! He's a sandwich board of sorts...the black areas on his front and back are chalkboard paint. you can see him this weekend at the HEAVY REBEL, he'll be hanging out at tokyo cowgirl's booth and later at their liberty street location.

i love sites like these

2008-06-16T07:43:00.001-05:00

site to see

2008-05-25T22:21:00.001-05:00

stumbled upon this and thought of you.

A New Adventure Begins Today!

2008-05-24T20:51:00.003-05:00

Today is a special day...it is the day that I followed through. What I followed through with is a "space" at the local craft mall. I put up 9 or 10 paintings and a sign with my junkranch.com web address. This is an effort to make good with a promise I have made with myself, which is to rely on my art sales more and my handy-manning less. not that's one is better than the other mind you...it's just that one is more inviting right now. Here's to keeping promises.

You just missed my art show!

2008-05-19T21:09:00.011-05:00

yup...it's true, if you missed the most recent show at the electric mustache gallery in winston salem, fret not as you will be able to see images of the pieces as i post them here as well as my website(junkranch.com). so if you like something and want one of your own...just drop me a line at blobjunkranch(at)gmail(dot)com. this here painting is called "the scarlet arrow" and was sold at the show, BUT for a very reasonable price of 150.00 USD you can have a hand-painted reproduction made by your's truly. thanks, johnthis one is called "endangered species" and is for sale for 250.00 USDthis one here is titled "dang i love me some soup!" and is currently for sale at JUST PLAIN COUNTRY in Walnut Cove for 85.00 USD

RIcky Needham, Ryan Pritts and John Bryan

2008-05-23T22:08:00.005-05:00

Tonight at Gateway Gallery at the Enrichment Center, Ricky, Ryan And John had a wonderful opening, featuring paintings by Ricky, sculpture by ryan and lamps and sculpture by John.

this is one of Ricky's Painting's entitled "Rainbow Rocket Motorcycle"

these are some of John's sculpture

A nice Lamp by John.

this piece by Ryan is titled "damn, i'm outa here".

eli and liz

2008-05-16T09:21:00.002-05:00

eli and lizzy doin the beach thing, looking cute as poop!

eli says howdy from the coast

2008-05-15T12:56:00.002-05:00

just wanted eli to see all of ya'll...say hi now!

mysterious polkie-dotted fuzzball

2008-05-07T09:43:00.005-05:00

this crazy creature pooped-up in our neighborhood recently and has been the subject of intrigue for this blogger...WTHIT??? As one can see from the first photo, "it" appears to be "growing" from or on a tiny twig/limb of this here tree. The HOT PINK polkie-dots let me know that it is probably toxic, not that it looks appetizing mind you. If any of you's have seen a similar botanical oddity, please do comment your experience. cheers. ***UPDATE***Shari Wrote and said:"Howdy Ho, There. Your mystery is solved.

This is a parasitic gall, specifically a wool-sower gall. Ye are about to be the proud pappy of gall wasps."

Thanks Shari, That is exciting!

aaron and the jelly

2008-05-14T10:56:00.003-05:00

Wicked storms follow us to the coast

2008-05-12T08:47:00.004-05:00

we left the tornados at home(winston salem-ish) for the cool cool waters of the atlantic, BUT alas they did find us here at emerald isle, NC. No funnels were spotted by this reporter but plenty of blackened stormclouds with fire-cracker sound effect loops playing in the dark dark.