Yellow lizard Cactus Flowers Wood Print

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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 this nam...

Benjamin Barnes, also known as Bencasso Barnesquiat, is a multi-talented artist and musician based in San Francisco, CA. He received his Bachelor's and Master's of Music Degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with renowned teachers such as Sherry Kloss, Marlon Carlson, Izzy Tinkleman, Paul Hersh, Zaven Melikian, and Don Ehrlich. In addition to his classical training, Ben also studied electric violin, jazz performance, and composition with David Balakrishnan of the Turtle Island String Quartet. As a musician, Ben has played and recorded with a variety of artists including Les Claypool, Mr. Bungle, Dead Prez, The Coup, Carla Kihlstedt, Eric McFadden, George Clinton and P-Funk, Jason Newsted, DJ Disk, Brian...