March Love and light

Switch plates, hand painted for the house, classroom, office, or studio. Purchase HERE

Switch plates for November 2

Another set of hand painted switch plates for your Spaceship, Mosque, Boat, or dorm room. To purchase, go HERE

Switch plates for November

Here are some new switch plates for November, hand painted, made for adding a bit of color, mood, or decoration to a room. Purchase HERE

Switchplates October

Some new joints for the month of October, new section coming soon to follow. And for folks who want to know a bit more about how I paint these, here are some process photos for any and everyone interested in making their own switch plates for gifts or to sell.

The first thing you will need are acrylic or plastic switch plates. You can purchase these at any hardware store usually. I use these plastic ones and I scratch the surfaces up real good so the paint will adhere well.

The second thing I look for is color and inspiration. I keep several files of photos I take, scraps I find, images, illustrations, textures, whatever that inspires me visually. And I usually base my patterns or designs off of those. 

Next thing you will need are tools. I use various brush sizes to apply paint with large broad strokes or tiny details. The paint brands I use vary, but I generally use acrylic because it dries within minutes. A rule of thumb is to get something that is affordable and long lasting (ie: it wont break in a day or become useless, but won't cost you a month of groceries). Feel free to use whatever you like though, you can use spray paint, oil, acrylic, pastel, glue and collage-whatever. As long as it looks fly to you and the recipient can use it.

Now, when you paint. You want to get a palette to hold the paint while you mix it. It can be a glass plate, old cereal box, or fancy plastic palette. Anything that gets the job done! 

You start painting by adding a base layer, which is a light coat. Let it fully dry. Then you add pattern elements in coates or add color slowly one at a time. I generally mix colors one base at a time and it varies from 3-10 layers of pattern or detail. Make sure you cover all the switch. Let each layer dry before adding a new layer.  When you are done you can add a gel medium matte or gloss to protect the painted layer.

And voila, you have a hand painted gift or unique art piece to sell. 

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Switchplates: Love and light #2 August

Another set. Handmade, unique, for your house, office, classroom, or studio. PURCHASE

Hand painted: Switch plates for August

Love and light is back. I'll be selling some new-ish joints soon in Oakland , but thought I'd post some up first. STORE

Love and light switches - June

New joints, perfect for homes, offices, studios, or class rooms. Chill vibe. These are hand painted, unique, one of a kind pieces. Purchase

Single switchplate for May

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September (2012) Love + light switches

Fresh from last night's art night! Enjoy....

July Love and light Switches

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May Love & Light Switches 2012

The new joints for May painted in a storm, with hail, flying pigs, and thousands of crawling menacing lobsters. Nah, just the new ones painted in a car.  Heres a nice Mos Def joint to get you moving them shoulders.

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Collage of Switch Plates (Love+Light)

Here are a few Switch Plates I've made over the past year and a half since I decided to get back into painting these. The process of painting these is always fun to do in pairs, which is why there are usually two per color combination. There were many more i did, which I usually gave away as gifts to close friends.; the rest were sold.

The idea of getting back into painting these was an artistic release. So much of my work is focused on figures, scenery, and typography. Painting these allows me to do none of that and all of it. Over the years there have been many close friends of mine kept the switch plates i painted for them years ago. I'm honored. Here's to a little love and light at the flip of a switch. Peace.
-Rob

January Love and Light Switches

Newness, heres the link to get em in your spot. Love and light!

Positive Wall Affirmation- "Action!"

Here is the first PWA of the year, a very fitting word for a mountain of when, "Action!" (link)

December Love+Light Switches

Last pair of the year folks. Light switch plates for gifts or for you. Man, a whole bunch of them got scooped up at Pueblo Nuevo last weekend. Gotta make some new ones.

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Positive Wall Affirmation: "Step Frwd" (forward)

The new year is about to start! This is a reminder to let go of things that are weighing us down and move forward "now". In case you've just tuned in PWA- (positive wall affirmations) are meant to have a good reminder near you in your home, office, studio, classroom, etc. In the past the words I've painted like "Breathe" or "Health is Wealth" have helped me and the folks who purchase them to live a bit lighter. I make these by using hand made or found materials and paint. Hope you enjoy.

This is the fifth in a series of small paintings I'll be doing which are:
-Hand painted
-Positive Word Affirmations
-Typography & Symbols
-Made for wall hanging

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November Love and Light Switch (switch plate)A

hh, fell off with my switch plates. But I'm back on it and more to come as usual. What do you think? I was having fun with the brazilian color combo. Heres the shop listing

September Love and Light Switches

Its the end of a busy month. Lots of work, projects, and making space for rest. Here's the latest in the light switch series. For the new viewer to this, I have been painting these as a way of small income, abstract release, and practice for many things. If you know someone who just got married or just moved into a new home, tell em! To see my etsy shop and more like these GO HERE.

Positive Wall Affirmation- "Health is Wealth"

Here is the fourth in my PWA (Positive Wall Affirmation) series. I started these as a bridge to several things. One , making positive reminders for myself and anyone else who could use them. Two, to practice painting typography and building tiny things. Three, I'm going to be raising funds for my kids school, so ten percent of any pwa sales will go to my kids school. Hey im in the PTA, except we dont call it that. Its a bilingual school so we call it Unidos y Adelante! Check out the rest of the series by clicking the tags, then keep your eye out for magazines that might feature an item like this. More to come! This phrase because......if I have my health I feel wealthy.

Health is Wealth

PS: This series was featured in the Etsy Artists of color Blog .Check them out if you haven't yet.

April Love & Light Switches

Here are the April joints, some more interesting handmade stuff coming soon because they're fun to make. Whats life with out fun?