Red Lizard in the Desert Framed Print

This is from a series a radio DJ commissioned from me for 50 dollars. He is KALX Berkeley radio's Jon the Reptilian. Jon has a garden and he wanted tiles painted with desert flowers, cacti and lizards, so that's what I painted for him. He used to go watch my band play, and would play us on college radio, and still does to this day. He gives great interviews of musicians. Everybody from Adrian Belou to nobodies like me. He is a devotee of music, and has his own band named after a species of lizard called Uromastyx. He had a legal fight about the rights to name his band Uromastyx with some old has beens from the '70's I believe it was Styx. Some people believe that, like they own the land of the Earth, they have omnipitent control over the vowels and consonant sounds their mother gave them, mother Earth that is. They don't have the confidence in their artwork, company, or brand that says their product is strong enough to withstand imposters. My band Deadweight was the first with...

Bencasso Art Gallery shows the works of artists with mental health challenges and is affiliated with the nonprofit Culture Scholar Corporation and works to improve the quality of life for those with disabling mental health challenges and preventing suicide. Benjamin Barnes, aka Bencasso manages schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, crippling anxiety, morbid depression, PTSD, and Traumatic Brain Injury, an injury he suffered when attempting suicide in 2007. Both his mother and brother and father are challenged with mental health isssues, and their work is shown at the gallery, among other artists. The art gallery is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit arts organization and all revenue is donated to Culture Scholar 501(c)(3)'s Music for...