"Weatherproof" 5"x5" Acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 454... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com">vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

VORCAN is back on the East Coast and ready for Phish tour! After a 3 day drive across the country from the Bay Area to Philadelphia, PA, we made it to Fenway Stadium in Boston, MA for first show of Phish's summer tour.  We had not been back in Boston since our 50 paintings in 50 States in 50 days tour last year.  Fenway is a legendary ballpark and it was quite an honor for everyone to be able to celebrate Phish in such a historic place.  The rain came and went before the show began, allowing the sky to open up and the sun to beam down. A fantastic rainbow formed over Fenway, was a beautiful day at the ballpark.  Phish walked out of the dugout and to the pitcher's mound to perform "Star Spangled Banner" a capella; an appropriate beginning to a stellar night of music.  With a slew of new songs and a healthy glow about them, it is safe to say that Phish is back!.

It was great to meet up with many friends old and new.  More and more words as tour continues, we are rushing back to Jersey to work on an Ocelot painting.  We will painting in the lot at Jones Beach tomorrow as well as a POST PHISH AFTER PARTY! With our good friends The Bridge! The Bridge will be performing at Nutty Irishman (323 Main St.,Farmingdale, NY) at midnight.  If you haven't seen The Bridge, they are one of the best bands performing in the country today and you will not be disappointed!  More words and pics tomorrow, we'll be reporting from the field.  Look for us on the lot with the big orange VORCAN.com banner and lots of original art for sale.

Today's lunch is in honor of the rain staying away yesterday.  See you on tour.




Yours In Art,

VORCAN.com

"You Can't Do That On Television" 6"x12" Krylon latex & acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 453... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com">vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

Back to back lunches. Making up for lost time. We are 110 miles from Wendover, the border town between Nevada and Utah.  Its also the last stop to gamble...we won't be stopping this time, another 110 miles beyond is SLC, our brief destination.  Hopefully we'll be able to stop in Este Pizza before we begin heading East again, its the best pizza in the West, order "The Vortman".

While we were in Portland last week we were commissioned by Portland's own legendary space rockers, No Go Know.  They are about to release an incredible double album to be followed up by a national tour this Summer.  No Go Know's guitarist, Scott Taylor, hired us to paint his massive mothership of a pedal board.  It was an honor and we had a great time painting it while listening to their new album, Time Has Nothing To Do With It.  The album won't be released until July, but visit NoGoknow.net and check out their music and other impressive albums!

Today's lunch is inspired by a television show with the same title.  Besides Slimer, it was this show that one the affection of green slime with children everywhere.










Yours In Art,

50DollarLunch.com

"Butterfly Fish" 12"x6" Krylon latex & acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 452... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com">vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

The $50 Lunch has been out of commission for the past week, we apologize.  I have been hard at work at updating VORCAN.com as well as both 50DollarLunch.com and 500DollarLunch.com.  Look for many new features on VORCAN.com on the days to come...

We are heading to the East Coast this week.  We just left the Bay Area in California this afternoon where we had a great time spending Memorial Day Weekend...more on that in a blog post or two.  Right now we have to fill you in on what we have been up to.  May 16th we locked it down in our Portland Studio AND raged the Portland Art Hop on NE Alberta St.  Vort set up a booth at the Art Hop and had a great time talking with people all day. Many had recognized us from recent shows we painted in Portland and immediately ran up and put on the 3-D glasses.  Many new collectors were made.  Meanwhile, I finished painting 14 new studio collaborations that day.  The following Monday, we were able to spend a little R&R with our favorite Portland artist, Kelly Neidig, www.kellyneidig.com, and went to the Oregon Coast.  We rented beach bikes and cruised around.  I recommend doing this sometime, great form of exercise, a lot of fun, and cheap to rent. Manzanitas, OR is a small resort town on the Oregon coast.  The beach is always impacted with high winds and crazy waves. It makes it a perfect place for Kite Surfers and Wind Surfers alike, there were plenty of them out on the ocean taking advantage of the optimum conditions.

Today's lunch is a new Krylon Collab called "Butterfly Fish", a great piece to hang in any aquarium!















Yours In Art,

VORCAN.com

"Red Fox" 5"x5" Acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 451... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com">vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

Back in Portland tonight working in the studio.  We had a lot of fun painting Izabella in Eugene last night.  Izabella opened the evening and inspired "Absinthe", our newest live line art piece. Seattle based jamband, Flowmotion headlined the evening and "Arigato" was created. We will be meeting back up with them at the River City Saloon in Hood River, OR tomorrow night.








"Absinthe" 24"x30" Acrylic on canvas
Izabella @ WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
5/13/09 FOR SALE







"Arigato" 24"x30" Acrylic on canvas
Flowmotion @ WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
5/13/09 FOR SALE

Yours In Art,

VORCAN.com

"Bubo" 10"x10" Krylon latex & acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 450... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com">vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

This is the second krylon collab of many more to come.  "Bubo" is titled after the mechanical owl in Clash Of The Titans.  He may not actually exist in greek mythology, but he is alive and well in our mythology.  This painting maybe considered "Bubo 3.0", definitely a more stream-lined futuristic version of the original. 

We had a great time painting Blue Turtle Seduction last night at The Goodfoot here in Portland.  I cannot stress enough how much fun Blue Turtle Seduction is! They are a breath of fresh air under any classification of music.  The best part about BTS though is that they don't just fit into any one genre and are not a "typical" jam band by any means.  Their fun infused brand of music keeps people dancing and singing and most importantly participating with the band.  Blue Turtle Seduction inspired two sets of paintings.  The first, "Anger Management", inspired a love affair of prehistoric proportions.  "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Seduction" was created during the second set...the name says it all.  We are looking forward to painting Blue Turtle Seduction again very soon.






"Anger Management" 24"x30" Acrylic on canvas
Blue Turtle Seduction @ Goodfoot Lounge
Portland, OR 5/12/09 Set1 FOR SALE






"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Seduction"
24"x30" Acrylic on canvas
Blue Turtle Seduction @ Goodfoot Lounge
Portland, OR 5/12/09 Set2 FOR SALE


Today we are on our way down route 5 to Eugene, OR.  Isabella and Flowmotion will be performing at WOW Hall and we will be painting.  This will be the first night of a four night run with Isabella.  We will be painting them in Bend, OR tomorrow, Hood River, OR Friday, and we will be back at The Goodfoot here in Portland to close out our tour with Isabella.


Yours In Art,

VORCAN.com

"Bird Of Paradise" 6"x12" Krylon and acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 449... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com">vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

It won't be long until we're back in Hawaii wearing flowers around our necks. I think Cank was longing for Maui when he painted this last night. The last 24 hours yielded 14 new works you'll be seeing on the lunch over the next few weeks. I still see a few more Krylon's Cank plans to finish before we leave for the Goodfoot in a few hours for Blue Turtle Seduction. We've set up the schedule to keep us painting in Oregon until we fly back east for Fenway and Jones Beach at the end of the month.

May This Encourage Art and Adventure in Your Life,

VORCAN.com

"Vista Point" 5"x5" Acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 448... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com">vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

We met back up with our favorite Portland band, The Quick & Easy Boys at The Goodfoot Lounge Saturday night.  They were performing with Brooklyn based, The Pimps Of Joytime.  It was a funk filled evening with a huge crowd of all smiles dancing.  The Quick & Easy Boys played turned the heat on immediately...coaxing lots of screaming and partial nudity...by the time The Pimps Of Joytime took the stage, the crowd was in a frenzy.  They laid down some serious world class funk.  Currently on a national tour, The Pimps Of Joytime are definitely worth checking out if they are in your area.  You will be amazed. Two paintings were created, both are available, if interested, please contact us at vorcan@degivisuals.com.






"After Work" 24"x30" Acrylic on canvas
Quick & Easy Boys @ Goodfoot Lounge
Portland, OR 5/9/09 FOR SALE





"Changing Seasons" 24"x30" Acrylic on canvas
Pimps Of Joytime @ Goodfoot Lounge
Portland, OR 5/9/09 FOR SALE

Yours In Art,

VORCAN.com

"Detention" 5"x5" Acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 447... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan@degivisuals.com. Now onto today's lunch...

Bassnectar always provides his fans with music they love, a mind twisting blend of styles taking the listener on a musical journey...always with a  womping bass beat.  He did just that this past Thursday and Friday to sold out crowds at the McDonald Theater in Eugene, OR and The Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR.  The Gift Of Gab also performed both nights to make the shows even more epic.  We had the honor of painting the music both nights.  "Time Machine" was created during Bassnectar's set on 5/7/09 in Eugene and is available on 500DollarLunch.com.  "Ready For Take Off" was created during Gift Of Gab's set on 5/8/09 in Portland and is also available.  "2012" went home to a new VORCAN collector.  If you are interested in any paintings you see on 50DollarLunch or have any questions, please email us at VORCAN@degivisuals.com.  Pics below...

















"Time Machine" 30"x40" Acrylic on canvas
Bassnectar @ McDonald Theater, Eugene, OR
9/7/09 FOR SALE










"Ready For Take Off" 24"x36" Acrylic on canvas
Gift Of Gab @ Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
5/8/09 FOR SALE












"2012" 30"x40" Acrylic on canvas
Bassnectar @ Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
5/8/09 SOLD

We will be painting Pimps of Joytime and The Quick and Easy Boys tonight at The Goodfoot!

Yours In Art,

VORCAN.com

"Sleeping In Costume" 5"x5" Acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 446... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com. Now onto today's lunch...

A lot of rabbit costumes have been appearing in paintings lately. This piece is one of the few 5"x5" left from our show at L2Kontemporary last month.  Its good to be home in Portland for a few days.  Bassnectar was fantastic last night and we'll have more words and pictures on both Bassnectar shows from the past two nights in one blog from now.  Right now we are on Wednesday, May 6th, and we are still in Humboldt County, CA.  Humboldt Brews in Arcata, CA to be exact.  We had the honor to paint Strings For Industry with Billy Nershi.  The group inspired with a wide range of musical styles over two sets.  Two paintings were created, the first, a new bar drink garnished with an octopus affectionately called "The Gary Coleman." The second set created "Mushroom Chair".  Both paintings are still available, and will be posted on 500DollarLunch.com momentarily...









"The Gary Coleman" 24"x36" Acrylic on canvas ***WARNING: Painting EXTREMELY 3-D!***
1st Set Strings For Industry @ Humboldt Brews
Arcata, CA 5/6/09 FOR SALE









"Mushroom Chair" 24"x30" Acrylic on canvas
2nd Set Strings For Industry @ Humboldt Brews
Arcata, CA 5/6/09 FOR SALE

Yours In Art,

VORCAN.com

"Stick Em Up" 5"x5" Acrylic on canvas

This is Lunch 445... 50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where we put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted. Payment must be received via pay-pal within 24 hours or the next person on the list will be contacted. We accept Paypal, Propay, MasterCard and Visa. Shipping is an additional $25. If for any reason you are unable to comment after registering, please e-mail us at: vorcan[at]degivisuals[dot]com. Now onto today's lunch...

Another quick stop-over in Humboldt turned into an extended stay. We'll be sticking around to paint Strings For Industry featuring Bill Nershi tonight at Humboldt Brews. We had a blast at The Red Fox last night. Cank painted Bassnectar last summer at Sonic Bloom. I saw him at Camp Bisco last year. I hope for many future collaborations. We are going to try to make the show at the McDonald Theater in Eugene tomorrow. We'll keep you posted.

Saturday we will be back in Portland to paint The Quick and Easy Boys at The Goodfoot Lounge w/ The Pimps of Joytime.

Back to String Bands,
VORCAN.com


















"Robot Punch" 24"x36" Acrylic on canvas
Bassnectar @ Red Fox Tavern
Eureka, CA 5/5/09
$500