Sharif I. Carter

Photo Documentary.

It's been a great year of non-stop live painting at Basic. I end the year WANTED.. Queria: Jediah and Queria: Aurie

Stop Fuckin Wit Me at the DJ booth.. Scream and Leah

Back at the DJ booth working on The Catwoman and Leah

The Bitch is back. The neverending layers of hair have turned 2-tone on Leah: The Jack of Spades

In the studio flowing the brushstrokes.

Live painting under moonlight on a crisp fall evening with good friends. SoCal doesn't get any better than that for me.

In the studio touching up this piece from 2013. Sometimes you gotta let your shit breathe for a while.

There can only be one. Enter the Dragon motherfucker!

Laying down the first layers of Eartha Kitt as The Catwoman by the DJ booth listening to my own soundtrack

R-Rated.

The thing about chaos.. it's fear. You Live.. You Die....

I'm Just a Dog Chasing Cars.. I wouldn't know what to do if I caught it. ..

Wipe that grin off your face.. Mississippi Flush Nurse Joker

And though you fight to stay alive.. your body starts to shiver..

First Lady of the Mississippi Flush Gang. The student has become the teacher..

Django Unchained and Sean Connery: 007 progress live at Studio 1.

Added a translucent leotard to finish the piece.

Prince update. This is the second draft after the first was destroyed. I Want To Be Your Lover

Laying down some brushwork detail on Django Unchained

Django Unchained and Machete Kills progress live at Studio 1.

Machete agrees.. Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, and Ghostbusters are cult classics. Mississippi Flush: Machete

Mississippi Flush member. I think you better do whatever the hell he says..

Motherfuckers you don't want to Fuck With. That's what the Mississippi Flush Series is all about. Jack Bauer and the motherfucken Jules Winnfield

Always wanted to say that. Jack Bauer from 24

huge fan of the infamous CTU agent and badass motherfucker of my generation. This piece sets off the Mississippi Flush Gang series.

experimenting with every shade of gold to replicate the Goldfinger scene. Queen of Spades: Jill Masterson

I Love Goooold...Queen of Spades: Jill Masterson

piece for the upcoming Immortalized group show at Distinction Gallery. The iconic woman behind the best scene in James Bond: Goldfinger

In the spirit on the incoming geek invasion, I join in the hysteria at Claire de Lune with a group of talented SD artists.

That's me live painting in the window of Distinction Gallery. Revisiting the Bitch Jack of Spades: Don't Take It Personal. Yes, that's Cathrine Edlinger-Kunze's $8k painting on the wall. Can you say steady hand?

I broke Prince #1.. here's Prince #2...King of Clubs: Prince

The force is strong with this one. Progress on Ace of Spades: Misty Copeland with The Queen Debbie Harry watching you.

progress on the untouchable glamour of a classical ballet dancer
Ace of Spades: Misty Copeland

DJ's spinning I said my, my...Flash is fast, Flash is cool.. Queen of Clubs: Debbie Harry of Blondie

big props to Blondie for over 40 years of music. Some of my favorite songs growing up are from this group. Queen of Clubs: Debbie Harry

In full color tonight for the b&w show. King of Spades: Kurt Cobain and Jack of Spades: Snoop Dogg rockin it. another good night a Basic.

Holding it down in the studio listening to some Nirvana. King of Clubs: Kurt Cobain

Kicking off Summer early with a sketch of the left-handed grunge icon from my hometown. King of Clubs: Kurt Cobain

Laying down the base layers of King of Clubs: Prince

Had some big ass leftover wood panels so decided to paint another icon from my favorite decade. King of Clubs: Prince

working all the way live on Jack of Spades: Snoop Dogg and King of Clubs: Ziggy Stardust.

King of Spades: James Gandolfini on display with Queen of Clubs: Jennifer Lawrence. It was an absolute honor to display with my friend and mentor Daniel Jaimes.

added more highlights to the hair and cleaned up the fingers and white dress. This piece sold and is one of my favorites of the Royal Flush Gang series.



Queen of Clubs: Jennifer Lawrence
2014
Royal Flush Gang
Opague Watercolor of Maple Panel
32" X 48" X 2.5"

another strange night a Basic. I got most of my work done late and to the sounds of DJ JoeMama. King of Clubs: Ziggy Stardust

second piece for consideration to the San Diego County Fair. King of Clubs: Ziggy Stardust inspired by the glam rock king David Bowie.

Finished piece for show. King of Spades: James Gandolfini

working on King of Spades inspired by the late actor James Gandolfini.

applying detail to King of Clubs: Mick Jagger while listening to the Rolling Stones.

progress pic of Queen of Clubs: Jennifer Lawrence. She's almost done but need more detail cause I'm a perfectionist.



Queen of Clubs: Jennifer Lawrence
Royal Flush Gang

Catch if quick. made huge progress on King of Clubs: Mick Jagger with Jennifer the Queen of Clubs along to assist.

Sketch of my new piece, King of Clubs: Mick Jagger. A possible submission for this year's San Diego County Fair competition.

Tonight, I will be working on another piece from my Royal Flush Gang series.



Jimi Hendrix: "I Got My Club Right Here Baby"
Royal Flush Gang: Dead Man's Hand

This shows was about video game art. I'm not a gamer, but can relate to the folks cause I threw down with a Commodore 64 back in the day.
Tonight, I worked on another piece from my Royal Flush Gang series. This is the Queen of Clubs inspired by Jennifer Lawrence from the film "American Hustle".

starting to lay down the paint on Jenny. This one will be called Queen of Clubs: Jennifer Lawrence.

Another angle of the bad boys Jimi and Tupac

Yes, it's single awareness day and I'm throwin down at my favorite spot! I brought Jimi and Tupac to the jam with beats kickin all night by my boy DJ Pokkey

Fine tuning King of Spades: Tupac

OK, I admit I got schooled on Garbage Pail Kids but I still don't get why they were so popular. Began applying first layers of paint on Tupac. I brought The King of Spades: Paul Walker along to assist.

Mixed emotions tonight. With the Jack of Spades series I get to express how I really feel. These pieces reflect what I'm saying inside. Thanks to paint and canvas I get to express it to the world without opening my mouth.