In the making.

Shelter

What is the most basic element to human civilization? Shelter from the storm. We started in caves, and we may end in caves. I don't know what kind of weapons…

Khepri – God of Rebirth

Khepri was the Ancient Egyptian god of the rising sun, creation, and the renewal of life…but why a beetle for a head? Egyptians observed scarab beetles…

Detail Look at a Machine Mind Mobius Strip Drawing

Deus Ex Machina Who is it inside your head watching you live your life? What is this mysterious source of energy and inspiration that allows us to go beyond…

Mission

I have become more mission focused lately. I want people to know that if there is any art or science oriented businesses with a charity function where they…

Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory

Yes, it's official. Vincent Fink is in the Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory. I don't know how to handle it. A bit of disbelief. An artist can doubt…

Next Exhibit: Our Wilderness at Art Museum TX

I have not been posting a lot but rest assured I am alive and well, creating art, working a graphic design job to fund my next art business endeavors. So I…

[UN]NATURAL [S]ELECTION – Solo Show closing

I had a blast in Pueblo and the show was amazing. I sold a couple pieces, a 3D painted object and one of my largest masterpieces, 2021 while setting up the…

[UN]NATURAL [S]ELECTION – Solo Show

I am pleased to announce my 1st solo show out of state and 1st in 7 years! [UN]NATURAL [S]ELECTION is a post-pop-surrealism concept art exhibition. It touches…

Rooster Mini Mural in Houston

Presenting my Rooster Mini Mural in Houston, East Aldine District, at the intersection of Little York & Hirsch. The idea is to beautify local communities with…

New interview with Canvas Rebel Magazine

Delighted to share this interview with Canvas Rebel Magazine! It's concise and honest. I drop some bombs that aren't the usual fare for an article like this,…

Scarab Pharaoh (Bugman)

The Scarab Pharaoh (Bugman) has come I found this preliminary in my sketchbook and decided to render it out. That wound up taking almost two days! I wanted to…

Big Fish City (You Will Own Everything, Eat The Fish, and Be Happy)

More anomalies are popping up around Houston, TX. 24″ x 36″ x 1.5″ oil & acrylic on canvas *SOLD (prints available in the shop) A giant,…

Sphenoid Bone Painting Commission

I had the pleasure of painting a sphenoid bone with Sacred Geometry aesthetic for a chiropractor in Austin, TX. Dr. Riley Blake Anderson DC is a wonderful…

Pi Day Party / Grand ReOpening!

Pi Day Party 3.14 (March 14th) 6pm-9pm 2101 Winter St. Studio B120 Houston, TX 77007 Join us for our Pi Day Party as we once again celebrate all things Pi.…

Year In Review 2023

Happy New Year! A lot of pivotal moments occurred in 2023. Time for a year-in-review… Jimmy TheBlitz in studio with me, Vincent Fink, to talk about what's…

Fractal Lizard Painting

This painting called “Survival” creates the illusion of a chameleon fractalizing into sacred geometry as he is about to eat a butterfly. Survival of the…

Antelope / Action

Last remaining of the original 12 Archetypes from my solo show in 2017 at Bisong Gallery! Who's going to be the one? Iteration 89: Antelope /Action oil &…

Variation on Icosahedron in Art

When I painted the Archetype, “Rigid Path to Wisdom” I started with the Cape Buffalo (which is similar to a Water Buffalo) and a shape I found the most…

WON The Jurist Choice Award at The TRUTH Art Show Pueblo, CO

Extremely grateful to accept the Jurist Choice Award ‘23 TRUTH Art Show at Blo Back Gallery in Pueblo, CO! This means so much to me because it is a reminder…

Fish Bowl Earth Theory

What if I told you… The earth is actually a fishbowl and everything we see in the cosmos is actually a lensing effect similar to a hologram. Where images…

Lotus Effect – Rock/Metal Band Album Artwork

A long time ago the greatest band in Houston dropped the most ripping album to come out of the 4th largest city in the nation. I had the pleasure of being in…

Why do you care?

and why does art matter to you? The art world, and world in general, is rife with corruption. Surely this is great reason to be skeptical of people's…

Why do I create art?

A little introduction about myself and my art. Why do I create art? I make art because it lives and breathes in me. Like a symbiotic being. It is my world as…

"Dean's" – Downtown Houston Painting

I always enjoyed this area of downtown for the live music, culture, and art. Several photos of Dean's and Notsuoh have come up in my work… this latest…

Cat Portrait Painting

Maine coon cat painting! A while back I made this cat portrait for my beloved Beta. He is part Maine Coon and I just adore him as well as Sacred Geometry so I…

50 Artists Houston Book

I am pleased to announce I was included in "50 Artists: Houston". A publication that serves as a time-stamp of the Houston art scene. Each of the 50 artists…

Winter Street Studios Arson Fire Bomb

We had an arson fire on 12/20/22 at the studios and a couple studios are completely obliterated. Many of us still have a lot of cleaning to do and only some…

Acceptance into 15th Surreal Salon at Baton Rouge Gallery

Before the studios were bombed, two works escaped with me as I delivered them to Baton Rogue Gallery for their 15th Annual Surreal Salon! I am over the moon…

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawing Design

I've finally done it! I've completed my Leonardo Da Vinci design for t-shirts and more. After months of research, I've synthesized his greatest contributions…

Change Alert Sound on a Mac

How To Change the Alert Sound on a Mac 2022 + freebie Using a mac, just find the folder in the screen captures at the top of this blog. After you drop your…

Why Did The Armadillo Cross The Road?

Why did the armadillo cross the road? 🚸 Well, the Armadillo has been around longer than roads, so the real question is, why did the road cross the Armadillo?…

Cutting Squares

I once painted a piece called Cutting Squares… It was for a going-away group show that William H. Miller (Billy Boots) put on before he left Winter Street…

2nd Annual Michel Draper Art Show

2nd Annual Michael Draper Art Show Saturday, August 20, 2022 4:00 PM 8:00 PM The Michael Draper Art Show returns to the brewery! Everyday we miss our close…

The Fink Tank – Episode 1: July 5th Pagan Ritual Art @ CERN before finding God Particle

The Fink Tank is a new vlog/podcast series I have started in order to start a dialogue with people in the arts and sciences as well as any topic that…

Dodecahedron at Art Museum Tx in Sugar Land Town Square

So it was quite a spectacle, and might I say, quite insane for me to pop up a dodecahedron on town square of Sugar Land. Right next to City Hall, my…

2022: Apocalypse Now

I feel a heavy shift in energy this year. Something bigger than I've ever felt before. It has intensified noticeably for several years now. Something is…

Bolivar Lighthouse Painting

Commission painting of Bolivar lighthouse near Galveston Let’s take a closer look at the symbolism…btw you can see it before it goes to the collector’s home…

Iteration 107: Lion / Bravery

Limited edition giclee prints available in the shop This one is for the lions out there. Not the sheep. If you are a sheep, please graze on through to the…

Art Car Museum – “What I Did On My Covid Vacation”

I was especially happy to participate in The Art Car Museum's "What I Did on My Covid Vacation" because my piece "2020" was painted at the beginning of…

Iteration 86: Elephant /Salvation of Pain – Print on Metal

Now offering prints of my work on metal! You've got to check out how amazing these things look via this video: 22” x 33” Sheer gloss print on aluminum sheet…

The Big Slide Show 2021

Come ye! You are invited to another free event at Lawndale Art Center as part of The Big Show: The Big Slide Show Saturday, July 24, 2021 1 – 3 PM John M.…

The Big Show 2021 Lawndale Art Center

Big news: I have been accepted into Lawndale Art Center's 2021 Big Show with my Atlas Metamorphosis Stage 1 of 4: Emperor Egg! I am beyond excited. This will…

Iteration 111: The Great Reset

New video up on youtube. Give it a gander! One of my latest works currently on view at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, California. I walk through the…

Pi Day Party & π Movie Discussion

We had so much fun doing the π Day party once again after a covid year off. After eating boxes of pizza pie and delicious apple and peach pie, we discussed…

2021: New World

Enlightened Ones, I once again apologize for the lateness of this opening statement. You can imagine with all the chaos of the first week of 2021 that a lot…

Artist Self Quarantine on Rumble

So this is an interesting new video site that allows you to post without censorship, demonitization and banning, from what I understand, so I thought I'd give…

Corey Helford Gallery – Art Collector Starter Kit 7

This is the piece I sent to Corey Helford Gallery for their annual Art Collector Starter Kit show in Los Angeles, CA Nov. 14, 2020. (see events) Pretty amazed…

Face-Melting Interview with Surrealism Today

Do an internet search on "Modern Surrealism" or "Contemporary Surrealism". Because the first thing that comes up is the Surrealism Today website. Yes, you can…

ARTIST SELF-QUARANTINE – Covid-19 Public Art Performance

Vincent Fink, a Houstonian native and full-time artist is self-quarantining inside his Dodecahedron installation on Heights Blvd. This public performance art…

Dodecahedron – Heights True North 2020

I had the honor of being approached by the Houston Heights Association to create a temporary outdoor sculpture for their 7th iteration of True North. True…

2020: Visions of Vitality

I think he wanted to make order from chaos… There's a lot in this post, so scroll down if you want to get to moral of the story, but a lot of this is…

Black Mirror – Bee Episode – Hated In The Nation

I don't post much thoughts on here for the same reason I am posting this. Weird flex, right? I also don’t watch TV much, but when I do it’s usually something…

The End & Apology

Big things are happening and life is changing. Today will most likely mark the end of a 10 year project: the Atlas Metamorphosis. This ink drawing series is…

Public Art Installation

I don’t want to say too much about it right now, but… I need quotes on fabrication for an approved public art project. Mainly, I need someone who can bevel cut…

The Other Art Fair – Dallas

Saatchi Art is thrilled to launch the leading independent artist showcase, The Other Art Fair, in the heart of Dallas this September 19-22, 2019. Presented by…

Excavating the Triceratops Skeleton

Excavating the Triceratops skeleton from the gold earth. This was a super fun commission from earlier this year and I hope to do more dinos soon! I was…

Dog Days of Summer ARE HERE

Come see all 3 dogs, Ziggy, Prince and Sgt. Pepper in their only public viewing before going to their owner: Tomorrow, 6-10pm Winter Street Studio B8 Lots of…

Dodecahedron Construction Ceremony

ENTER THE ETHER My latest art installation is a gargantuan dodecahedron that explores metaphysical and caporal reality. You are invited to this 1 time showing…

How I Died and Was Reborn at Dream Machine HTX

This event happened in January but it was such a transition for me that it deserves to be in the blog. I’ll start from the beginning of this particular…

Beginning Stage 1 of 4: Perspective Lines + Interview Clips

This was the beginning of Stage 1 of 4: Emperor Egg Which is set in a Mesoamerican style 5-point perspective image to give it a spherical warp. Much like a…

Stage 1 of 4: Emperor Egg – Mayan 5-Point Perspective Drawing Progress

Yes I am insane. This project came to me in a dream almost 10 years ago and I am finally fulfilling my destiny. This is the final stage. I will be the most…

How to Paint a Surreal Sunset – FAST

In only 2 steps! Part instructional/entertainment/time-lapse video of me painting a quick sunset with some surrealistic elements going in the sky. I always…

2019: The Final Stage of The Atlas Metamorphosis

There’s something I want to share with you: Out of the 12 archetypes I painted last year for my solo show, “Archetype: Unknown” at Bisong Gallery, The Stag…

Artist Talk @ Winter St. + more news

** Artist Talk @ Winter St. Studio #B8 2101 Winter St. Houston, TX 77007 11:30am-12:00pm ———————————————————— 12pm-5pm Open Studios at Sawyer Yards **…

“Archetype: Unknown” Solo show at Bisong Gallery

What is your personality other than a collection of experience? Some say nothing is left when you take away all memories that shape self-identity. As time goes…

Iteration 48: Pufferfish Hot Air Balloon Ride Over White Desert Sands

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.” -Carl Sagan Iteration 48: Pufferfish Hot Air Balloon Ride Over White…

Stage 4 of 4: Ink Timelapse

This is it! I finally got around to uploading the inking process from beginning to end, with some views of the final product as well. I sped up the 20 min…

Iteration 1: Mr. Octahedron (intro to Sacred Geometry)

“At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the underlying mathematical structure will be seen. ” -Ian Malcolm By way of acrylic and oil paint…

Surrealism Essay on Iteration 73: Apex Horizon

Iteration 73: Apex Horizon 36” x 48” x 1.5” acrylic & oil on eucaboard panel *available Description: “The feminine is the matrix of creation. And yet we have…

2018: New Year, New mind. (On Death)

Perhaps man’s greatest achievement is making the world seem less hellacious than it really is. – Vincent Fink It’s been a big year of change for the world, a…

Emerging from The Void – Thoughts on Christmas

Iteration 63: Emerging from the Void In the beginning there was darkness, and then there was light… From the light came order and form. Now we are here as…

Interview with Artists of Houston Podcast

Rhonda Lanclos has taken it upon herself to interview artists around the Washington Ave. Arts District of Houston. This is where hundreds of Houston’s most…

Juried into Lawndale Art Center’s The BIG Show

I got accepted to Lawndale Art Center’s The BIG Show! Again! 3rd time submitting and 3rd time acceptance to this annual event. I am so grateful that different…

Inspired By Insects – My Artwork Published in Bookstores

Atlas Metamorphosis is included in the book Inspired By Insects: Bugs in Contemporary Art, which will be available at Barnes & Nobles locations as well as…

Nature Of Ego & Self Beer Release Party

We’re proud to present the 4th installment of our Art Can Series Beer Release, Nature Of Ego & Self Dark Ale. Our Art Can Series features artwork from local…

Too Much: WIN The Creative Struggle with FOCUS

This is where many have faltered in the past: We do too much. Personally, I am just so inspired by the many mediums and subjects to explore. How do other…

2017 is already becoming the most awesome year ever and here’s why…

I’m at Level 32, going to reach Level 33 by April 1st, but even before that, some groundbreaking developments are taking place. It is true, there is no better…

Art Basel Miami ’16/ Spectrum Miami/ Wynwood Walls/ Secret Walls/ Scenes Recap

Hi ya’ll! I’m back in H-Town after finishing the final leg of my #ArtTour2016 this time on the opposite coast of the US of A. I traveled to Miami, Florida…

Iteration 45: Fox Holo

Iteration 45: Fox Holo 24″x36″ acrylic on canvas *SOLD (Limited Edition prints here) This piece was the longest amount of time I’ve spent on a painting at 150…

Accepted Invitations to Participate in 4 of the Nation’s Largest Art Festivals

I was one of 4 artists selected to be a “Map Maker” at Electric Forest, an art and music fest that people travel from all over the nation to visit. I will be…

Art Show Display – Level: Pro

Just got my Pro Panels set up with track lighting all inside a 10×10 tent ready to make an impression at any art fair across the nation, and that’s exactly…

Hindsight

It’s amazing but this is what I have come to understand: You never really know what’s going on behind the scenes of life but you can trust in the fact that…

Take The Time

I am definitely taking my time on the latest couple Iterations. Why? cause this is a legacy I’m creating. Good art takes time. In addition, I’ve got a vast…

2016: I, Voyager

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” Lao Tzu And so I desired a journey that would take me far and…

3D Tetrahedron Pyramid, 1st Iteration in Sierpinski Triangle Fractal

So I’ve been messing around with these tetrahedrons I cut out of wood. I finally made 4 of them and you know what that means??!! Of course!! We get to make a…

Blown Away

September just blew right past me, and October is doing the same. We invested more than ever into our Art Outside booth this year but mother nature reminded…

art swirling around

there’s a butt-ton more that I just don’t want to show all at once! but here’s some peaks… here it is… works in progress… wip… when someone posts wip it means…

August, How Will I Know?

I’ve been loving this month. It’s such a rush for me, every year. I realize I’m on the last 1/3 of the year and I’m in a blaze of inspiration, heat, work, and…

Why DCS file format should NEVER DIE

I decided to make this post because there’s not enough on the topic. All I found last time I checked was someone saying it should to die and I hated that…

Another Week…

Another Week… 3 Really Cool Events All Converge into One Great Week The above photo is from last year’s White Linen Night in the Heights to which has been one…

Balance

This spider I snapped a shot of from my backyard is a Venusta Orchard Spider. A very beautiful being that you should not kill if you see one. Here’s a couple…

Selection for The Big Show 2015 @ Lawndale Art Center

Here’s the piece that got me into The Big Show this year at Lawndale Art Center! See the event page for details on the show. I was overjoyed to be selected…

Stage 3 of 4: Hail King Pupa – Print Release

Stoked to finally take the time to announce this: Release of “Hail King Pupa” Prints from the Atlas Metamorphosis Stage 3 of 4 series The Ancient Egyptian…

Impossible Geometry

How do you navigate around a shape that is hyper-dimensional? What if walking forward brought you backwards? What if “up” brought you back “down”? And, what if…

Iteration 47: XO

This was a reflective piece. I pulled inspiration from the 1st iteration that started the whole series. I wanted to show myself what has changed in the 3+…

lately

here’s what I’ve been up to: commission art, design work, and sold art… see something sweet at Eye Candy this Saturday at Spring St. Studios. Event info…

PURGED – Art Inspired by Objects

Billie Boot left Houston and gave parting gifts to his artist friends to PURGE himself of the past he was holding onto for some unknown reasons. We were each…

Geometric Explosion In My Head

help me get this idea out. I need to see the world through a new perspective. I want to touch life in a way that resonates with every living soul. I want this…

2015: Exploring the Imaginary

I have climbed the highest point in my journey so far, and yet so much more is ahead of me. I took a few weeks to unwind and get ready for the serious work in…

sales

it’s been happening… here’s some recently sold pieces. All are acrylic on panel or canvas except one is on acrylic glass block. I am up for some commission…

Hope to See You

At the closing show this Saturday! you can still stop by the gallery from now until Oct. 25 and the closing reception will be this Saturday, Oct. 18th. Visit…

Arts Goggle

Had a excellent time this past weekend in Fort Worth, Texas at the 11th Annual Arts Goggle. Tons of great artists and had good feedback from the nice…

Platonic Bees

Even though you might have missed a most successful opening; selling 4 original paintings, lovely attendance and conversation reminiscent of a theoretical…

Solo Show @ Galeria Regina

ITERATIONS Latest Works by Vincent Fink Please join us for the opening of Houston based artist Vincent Fink whose work has been exhibited locally and…

Live Nude Drawing Workshop

I will be instructing this workshop tomorrow afternoon at Jomar Visions. Date & time: Sunday, August 17th, 2014 – 2pm – 6pm Cost: $59 (18 spaces left) – All…

Solo Show @ Galeria Regina – Preparation

The Skinny: Exhibition dates are from September 13 to October 25, with Receptions on September 20 and October 18 from 6pm – 9pm at Galeria Regina, 1716…

The Big Show At Lawndale Art Center & other news

Catching up, I saw The Great God Pan Is Dead picked me for one of their top 10 pieces out of the two submissions I got into Lawndale’s The Big Show. All I can…

Shapes of Now

Pachamama T-shirt Design Sketch

So I just felt I had to show what’s going on in the process of one of the most awesome t-shirt designs I’ve ever done. I’m too tired to give all the details…

new geometry sunset

just a quick pic of something in the works, possibly almost done… it probably has a name but I call it a Sierpinski Octahedron cause it’s an octahedron with…

Sacred Geometry T-shirt Design Sketches

I have this great new project in the works. I was asked by a creator who remembered me from when he bought a shirt from me at Art Outside last year to design a…

Iteration 14: Rhino Running Through Fields of Energy – Prints Available!

I’m happy to announce that high quality limited edition prints of my rhino painting are now available! 12″ x 18″ print in 18″ x 24″ mat for $165 10.66″ x 16″…

works of the new

got some new things I’ve been up to:

Walk in the Rain – Custom Wedding Gift

So next time you need a great, one-of-a-kind wedding gift, here’s an idea: hit me up! I painted this one in about 9 hours (two days before the event) so it…

Cat & birds in New York City – painting coming along

I used some photos I took in New York around Queens last time I was there for the buildings in this piece. I also learned that chain linked fences are a bitch…

Catbird 2

Workin on this a lot lately… Gonna be doin the foreground soon and really can’t wait for it!

The Rise of Godkite

Not sure if I ever posted this on here…

Outside the Studio Today

This larva’s Kansas bound…

Latest Happenings

So here’s some random photos of art and the alike that have been in the last day to weekend. Hope you enjoy.

Iteration 24: Desert Subdivisions

worm brigade

clearing the way for the worm brigade…

Hive Mentality

Finally got back to some ink. 1st inked drawing of 2014. Hive Mentality digital colour design for sale 9″ x 12″ original b&w ink drawing for sale as well.…

2014: Atlas Wings of Creation

Can you believe it? It’s been 5 years since a lucid dream changed the course of my life. 4 years since I left the day job to do my own art and freelance 24/7.…

Iteration15: Nile Perch Airing Out in Sun-dried Riverbed

20″ x 16″ acrylic on canvas *available email me about purchasing this piece

Iteration 14: Rhinoceros Running Through Fields of Energy

email me about purchasing a print if you’d like!

Done?

pretty much.

Finishing Touches

I’m done with all the objects and most details and shading. So will do a final sweep of last minute details, there’s a few hieroglyphs on the ship and possibly…

milky way gallaxy

Can be portrait or landscape as there’s no upside down, you dig? Original for $250 and prints available for $35 each hand signed. email me about purchasing…

rhino painting

in progress

Looking Forward To This

Bringing my art to Austin for the 1st time with Point 506 Clothing: https://vincentfink-com-659924.hostingersite.com/event/art-outside-2013/

peak of new painting

almost done with this piece. Got some good responses so far, so hey the blog needed a little dusting… check my calendar to see all the shows I’m doing… Working…

give me a few more hours on this bish

I won’t say it’s gonna happen in the next sitting, as each time I work on it I find tons more things I want to adjust, but it’s only a couple hours away from…

been busy

with all this stuff! Here’s a few thangs keepin me busy this last week..almost forgot to make my weekly post… I really can’t wait to implement some of the…

Iterated Sunset

The geometric iterations continue to float on and reflect the orderly chaos of air and earth. 15″ x 15″ acrylic on panel *available Better photo coming soon…

Siamese Twin Cats

Siamese Twin Cats with skeleton exposed, tree limbs, pupating moths, bird skeleton, Hercules Beetle sitting on dodecahedron…I’m not sure the exact modification…

the crowd is coming in

click image for larger view.

random

cat, food, court, art.

Fractal Skull & Snake with Giant Leopard Moth & Triangular Faces

Dang. That really took a lot longer than I anticipated. I hadn’t inked anything in a while and wanted to make sure I didn’t slack. So yeah… Around 20 hrs on…

new ink work

in progress…

Mural/ Street Art/ Public Art – First Attempts

So other than a stencil and a few thousand stickers, here’s my 1st public art pieces in progress. Both kinda just going off of my usual imagery. I have been…

teaser

while I still decide if I’m done with this, here’s a peak at something new:

sketchbook explodes

most of this is from sunday night I really cracked into this new sketchbook for some future designs… which of these will actually get inked before I move onto…

life drawing iterated

18″ x 24″ Chinese Watercolours, graphite, sumi on Bristol *available *SOLD

Shark Week

So I revamped this design…maybe next year I’ll have it ready to sell before hand or perhaps I will print it for .506 … we shall sea…

Bonsai Tree

Design for sale

millipedes traveling through the 5th dimension

thanks to Lee Sparks and of course, M. C. Escher for some inspiration on this one…and now this is what I ended up with:

Tessellated Hexahedron

that just happened…

Fractal Ants Building Double Step Pyramid

Fractal Ants Building Double Step Pyramid. Need I say more?

wine bottle & glasses painting

Did this elegant wine bottle and glasses painting for friends who just got married. I customized the label to say their last name and the date of marriage on…

pic of the day

This is a part of the 8 ft x 4 ft piece I did last year and never got any good pic’s till today as it was a royal pain in the butt lugging it out into the hot…

Recent Works

So I’ve been hella busy with lots of creations lately. Super inspired today so I thought I’d write an update: Got only a couple shows coming up and haven’t…

Iteration 10: Mr. Symmetry

Native Headdress

design for sale

Premium Anatomy

Humans. You need anatomical exactitude. I paint portraits with a realism to impressionism, and also draw anatomical style illustrations that reminisce the…

Crow’s Skull Nest

Busted out a quicky to keep my hand moving…design printing rights for sale at a super decent price. You know what to do…

Gas Giant

The Pyramids take off as a gas giant collides with their home planet of mostly liquid water. They eject from the surface revealing their full Octahedral shape…

Iteration 7

Iteration 7: Mr. Octahedron Contemplates His Dual on a Mid-Summer Day.

Leveled Land

Check out the blog posts for the show I’m going to be in Brooklyn for this week. Piece is just about done.. I think… Leveled Land

Painting near completion

just gotta render these foreground objects a bit more and I think I can live with it.

painting progress

getting closer to finished…

the new city

sketch of painting in progress for my art show in NYC coming up at Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery, end of the month. Time to hustle!!

Ze Pilintra Painting

For a book cover on English to Brazilian street slang. Not done yet… EDIT: last photo is finished product.

Jam Room

hey there, I have a new band t-shirt design for sale! The sketch for this was the result of a day recording with the band. Went back to it and had some fun…

The Rise of Godkite

Artwork from solo exhibition “Illustrate The End” featuring the art of Vincent Fink, graphic surrealist from Houston, Texas.

Deep Sea Silver

2nd design for Devil’s Metal, this design shows a treasure chest full of silver, the future currency. I’m super happy about this design and it was a lot of fun…

Solo Show Tomorrow!

I hope to see you here! Also on the Upcoming Events page as well.

Yin and Yang Design

Got asked to do something very specific and I’m happy to say it turned out great. Hit me up with your idea for a shirt and let’s have a whirl at it. 🙂

Nazca Lines Design

This one was pretty hard to figure out what I wanted to do with each of the strange geoglyphs in Peru known as the Nazca Lines named after the Nazca…

Atlas Scarab Beetle

New design up for grabs!

Fractal Skull and Snake with Platonic Moth on Full Moon Night

we’re thinking of printing this for Point 506 Clothing if no one offers a good price for printing rights. the original will be for sale at my solo show April…

Metamorphosis Stage 2 of 4: Balloon Ride View

Finally got a photo of this one. I really enjoyed this piece as it pushes the series forward into a mixture of greyscale sumi ink and some asian watercolours I…

Skull with Atlas Nest & Antler

latest drawing from yesterday. I was quite pleased with this and I think it marks the end of a block I’ve had for many days. Hell maybe it’s been months or…

Renaissance/Gothic Design

Here’s something reminiscent of some olde tyme styles from around the end of the middle ages and into the Renaissance period. I’d like to know more about some…

site was down (again)

My apologies to all those who were inconvienced by this, including Role AFM for having tried to launch an article about me, that linked to my site, and had to…

aLive aGain!

listen to http://locallivehouston.com/ today around 4pm! I will be on WHAM to talk art, history, future, physics and let you hear some of the jams I’ve been…

Quetzalcoatl – Aztec Dragon

“Feathered Snake”. One of the major deities of the Aztec, Toltecs, and other Middle American peoples. He is the creator sky-god and wise legislator. He…

exploder

I am exploding with new art in the works! Can’t wait till some of these are done. Need to make time to design some tee’s so I can eat too.

something big…

is a’cookin. this is a 4 foot wide sketch on masonite that I’ve gessoed and sanded smooth. now I’m starting the next stage in the atlas beetle metamorphosis,…

win

Nice surprise today to find that I won a little sum of easy money in an art contest online. 🙂 Can’t beat that. Now let’s raise the steaks so I can travel the…

Discovery Mission 1: Accomplished

I think I have finished 1 of 4 designs for a new line of shirts that have hidden messages showing a future world when monetary collapse has made silver highly…

Back In Black

Had a one of those productive days last Friday when I cranked out about 3 really awesome tee designs and then Saturday heading out to Austin to check out some…

Aztec Headdress

this one took a minute to get back to, and even longer to scan in 7 sections and piece together. Next time I do a 14×17″ ink on bristol I think I might just…

Imaginary Still-Life of Atlas Metamorphosis Stages 1-4

Alas, the end of another challenge that took about 2 months to complete. The imaginary still-life is complete. This was quite a task and my 1st attempt at a…

W.I.P. of the day

almost done with this imaginary still-life, acrylic on canvas. Adding some final shadows beneath the objects and I think we’re done with this one. 🙂

fink ink

finally back in the groove…

Treehouse 2

Imagine a beautiful shape-shifting asian palace in a tree, where as the tree grows, so does the house. The tree and architecture extend into the foggy heavens…

2013: Survival

As predicted, it’s not the end of the world but a time, instead, to reflect and think about if what we’re doing is bettering the world in any way. Sometimes…

yellow tail

Another fish trapped in an iterated time capsule! This fish seems normal on the outside, but when you turn it around, you see that it’s body has undergone a…

snook

I like fish so I painted a snook on an acrylic glass block. Every block is painted on both sides and are very cool to look at under different lighting…

Glass Lizard

I’ve made a bunch of these, but have only gotten the chance to upload 2 of them scanned, so far. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed painting on glass. It it…

Chinese Headdress

Something a little different, yet traditional. I’ve been on this headdress kick lately so I thought I’d try one of these Chinese opera headdresses. They are…

new works to end the year

I seem to be moving faster at the end of the year to squeeze in as many pieces into the 2012 slot and meet my goals for the year. Here’s some of the latest…

Mini Side View

This box might actually be more accurate to the one I saw in my dream, only it’s an orthographic projection instead of my usual multi- point perspectives.…

Front View Completed

Atlas Metamorphosis Stage 2 of 4: Front View was recently completed after having to put it down for many months, I finally added the last touches. They are…

lumberjack

freelance artwork, approved. ba-bang! Hit me up at me@vincentfink-com-659924.hostingersite.com for custom t-shirt illustration.

Egyptian Cat

All Hail Kittehpatra

Chair

Functional art show at Kallinen Contemporary, 511 Broadway, Houston this Saturday. Come by and see all the awesome artwork that serves a secondary function…

WORK

It’s going down.

New art for WHAM

Been working on some smaller items to sell at the Winter Holiday Artist Market (WHAM) this coming weekend at Winter St. studios. It’s the best artist market of…

Winter Clothes

getting you ready for the winter with this new long sleeve for ladies and Cube – Invert tee. Both will be available at Space and WHAM.

Aztec Design

for sale. text for placement. please use the contact page, thanks!

Specimen Jars

new design to be sold and printed. If no one bites soon, Point 506 will print it and make big bucks.

skateboard design

Painted this up over the wee hours of the night and morning in a total of 7 hrs.

screen prints

they came out pretty cool: On sale as well as a limited edition series of 25 screen prints. Each are a bit different from the other. Contact me if you want one.

just do it

So much is happening lately its very hard to keep up with documenting. All my greatest projects are reaching completion points, but they are only milestones as…

Aztec Sunset

Image of the Day

Imagination

Aztec Dragons

dodec sketch

I really didn’t think I was going to spend so much time on drafting this, but I guess it being the last in the series, I really wanted to try making it as…

Design sketches

These two, among many other projects, are keeping me busy and highly stoked lately:

Tetrahedron

The tetrahedron is the simplest system in Universe. This solid is found everywhere in nature. From compound molecules to DNA, it’s a part of everything you’ve…

expanding horizons

so I decided to start four 4 x 1 ft sumi on board pieces two weeks ago. Here’s what I got on three of them that I’m pretty sure are finished and the last one…

Edge of Chaos

I don’t say it’s done until I know for sure or if Gian Palacios tells me to back away from the painting. That hasn’t happened yet, but I’m starting to think…

Shark Week

Always. Design for sale.

Baby Jam

Dre (Lotus Effect singer) already got dibs on this one, hah so I guess it’s not for sale anymore, and rightfully so. This design was sketched during the Gabe…

edge of chaos update

this thing has been sitting in my studio for months waiting on me to put more hours into it, so I’m finally obsessing over it again. Hope to tear away from it…

longevity

7.5 x 10″ acrylic on board *available, framed

Picasso Vandal/Christ Painting Botch – Mash-up!!

What’s better than attaining fame by ruining a famous Picasso painting? How about botching a famous painting of Christ? Pretty good… What’s even better? a…

two of a kind, iteration 4

10×10″ acrylic on board *available

La Muerta

will post more when I rise… and so I made it to another day. here’s more:

Horny Toad

Texas FTW

studies

When drawing animals for the Platonic Solids series of .506 I have become progressively more of a perfectionist from one to the next, making sure they are as…

Air (2)

20×20″ acrylic on canvas available

Michael vs. The Dragon

Here’s what I got by the time I fell asleep last night:

dead angel

I cry when angels deserve to die.

today’s work

here’s some quicker designs I did today while performing other art-ly tasks:

dementia

3rd Iteration

this is my latest installment into a new series of paintings I’m calling Iterations. The 1st two can be seen on my wall art page. Iterations are a…

edge of chaos

getting close to done with this piece that takes up a good portion of my room. this is a city that builds it’s self.

Progression of the Worm pt1

check out this little video I made a few months back… as everything, it’s a worm in progress: Anyone who’s got some good editing tips, be sure to drop me a…

icosahedron

there’s something I find exceptionally pleasing to the eye and mind when it comes to things like sacred geometry and in this case, the most basic possible…

site was down

I do apologize, I’m trying to get some domain issues resolved so if the site goes on the blink again, it will come back, don’t fret! Here’s something to look…

Celestial Ship Ink

will probably take this a little further with some boarders and stuff and try to mix it into a t-shirt design or poster… update: actually I’ve gotten such a…

Building a City

This 4 ft x 8 ft sumi ink on board is the largest project I’ve ever taken on and I plan on it being my best piece. It’s so big it’s hard to move around! I can…

Court Jester

So I finally went to court today. It was a speeding ticket with a bunch of other crap piled onto it. Jim Steele is the main dude at the law office by the way,…

Celestial Ship (sketch)

new fun stuff in the works. this is just one of the many sketches I’m about to start rendering.

Native

might be doing some limited edition signed poster and t-shirts of this, so check back… …on the other hand I just got done printing and sweating balls for 9…

Atlas Tree

I keep coming back to this place. It’s another realm I can escape and reflect. We ride on the atlas boat to the old dead cherry blossom tree to see Atlas…

Icosahedron sketch

Want a free shirt? Any suggestions on what animal to put to the next platonic solid?? This one is associated with water. If your animal is chosen, and you are…

atlas tree detail 1

click image for larger view:

Air

some people never had experience with

inspiration

Where do you draw it from? Inspiration comes from the universe and the people around you. Enjoy this chance you have only once. click image for larger view: 8″…

Friday’s Artwork

Just wanted to post something, so here’s something I had fun with the other day.

Air

“Air” 10 x 10 in. acrylic on board $75 email me about purchasing this piece

beetle love

I was away from my beloved machines for 2 days and so I finally tried a new medium I’ve been wanting to try again for a long time. I really enjoyed it. Working…

CUBE

Will be available on shirt very soon…

fishy

This is the almost complete version. I blended the scales into the geometry smoothly before taking to Glitter Karaoke, where you can see it in person for the…

Rotten Eggs

for breakfast: breakfast is for sale, btw 🙂

Omotai tshirts

I’m really digging the front & back concept from the album. pending approval…

fish (W.I.P.)

Crowded 2

part 2 of the Crowded series. 8″x8″ sumi ink on masonite $175 limited edition of 10 prints: $25 each email me about purchasing this piece

Final Omotai Album art

Wow. This image has changed a lot since the original sketch. I’m pretty about the end product and hope to do more work like this very soon!

New Painting in Progress

work in progress work in progress

Album Cover Progress

Almost done with the front cover for metal band Omotai. Waiting to hear their response… Notice my cool, new, little, easy, newsletter subscription form I put…

MEGASOMA!!

there’s a new bug in town… for album art in progress:

what I want

the warping of space-time neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light in particle accelerator* unfolding hidden spacial dimensions creating organic means…

vanity

Ink on Bristol 9″x12″ 2012 $100 + shipping (comes in protective tube or frame upon request.) Contact: me@vincentfink-com-659924.hostingersite.com

sketches

was doing some album artwork for a client and we took another direction so now, what shall I do with all these cool ideas I pumped out? Well, I’ll post one…

Worm In Progress: Maybe…

…maybe all this will be done this weekend and I can go back to my normal life again? No, I’m sure as soon as this one’s done, I’ll find another idea to obsess…

Chillin’ At The Morgue – process

Ok, 1st process tutorial! I’m going to show the process and completion of this old design that kept getting interest in, but not bites for over a year. Scott…

Crowded 1

Crowded 1 has been sitting around since thanksgiving when I drew the 1st couple faces. Kept pokin’ around at it and remembered that drawing a crowd of detailed…

Acid Dragon – colouring

Finally got around to putting some colour on this dragon. I like him cause I looked at a lot of reference images to come to this composite between a…

Where The Wild Things Are/ Funky Friday

Did this little bitty up today for a school and was happy with it:

Metamorphosis Stage 2 of 4: Front View – In Progress

just wanted to show something that’s been consuming some of my time over the last month. Have added a lot since this pic and it’s about ready for ink. Pushing…

Interview with The Fink

Check out this sweet lil’ interview I did with FUHA, a program that showcases Houston arts and music. It was a fun, candid chat about the art biz and what…

What is Is?

New stuff…

I’ve been busy and I can’t wait to show you guys the new angle I’m working on…do need a camera of my own soon…

Survival

Design for sale. Text is just for placement of your band logo. 5 colors on black. I tried something new with this one and found a very quick way to halftone my…

Acid Dragon Lives

An old dragon that never went anywhere in his life is revitalized and given one more chance to carry out retribution. Will this acid dragon, who has risen from…

Album Cover

Album cover digital painting for MacAdams. They wanted the lettering to look alive and suggested my worm treatment. Really enjoyed this piece… more once I make…

2012: Apocalypse Please

Okay, do the math, the world will far out live us, so the only thing that might end is our monkey asses if we don’t all get involved in bettering ourselves and…

things to do…

make table for a 4 color table-top press get someone to come by the warehouse to help lift 300 lbs. conveyor dryer off truck coming monday (you!) work on cover…

MAXIMUS II

Second design for Maximus. Customer’s only design requirements were to make a 3 color design that’s badass… oh, and a have a place for the band to sign…

Hunter

I was a hunter for 6 hours… ink on bristol board 6 hrs $300 me@vincentfink-com-659924.hostingersite.com

cracking open…

…this new sketch book:-0

eagle sketch

a sketchbook drawing with some symbolism…can you guess what it means??

something

from the sketch book…

ATLAS BEETLE

One of the many ideas in my sketch book, this one was attacked with a Pentel Brush Pen…Atlas beetle hangin out on a tree branch.

Metamorphosis Stage 2 of 4: Praise Lord Worm (view 2)

I might poke at this a little more bout I think it’s finally done.

Bin Kai City 1

hello. I’ve been draring…check it out:

Shallow Grave

Some people are so shallow, they don’t even deserve a proper burial… I started this design in leisure, maxin, relaxin, in the Austin sun at Barton Creek with…

All the stress in the world…

…can’t bring me down at 5:30am today cause I just finished printing a design that I know is going to help take this brand to the top. I hand pulled each of the…

Young Life

One of the fall designs for Youn Life I did… I’m happy to show a quick simple design that took about an hour for final mock ups and colors. I hand drew the…

Drawing A Crowd

Literally… also more variations of the MMA t’s and shorts but I’ll just show you this one for now… still gonna mess with em a little more… me tinks… [singlepic…

Dinosaur Death & Decay

this is a screen shot from the extremely long save time I’m experiencing with this large image. I never showed the client this version as I felt maybe it was…

Flaming Patties!!

Check out this awesome write up on Flaming Patties, a local food truck just started by some great friends of mine. They got me to do their logo too… 🙂 Gotta…

MMA Fighter T-shirt

2nd one in the works for Mazwar, a Brazilian MMA brand and Glover Teixeira is one of the next fighters into the UFC. Google him if you don’t know about his…

Can’t Beat This Dead Horse

I can’t believe we got this old beaten Workhorse to register these two colours. Of course it was trapped like crazy. This sounds wrong if you don’t know screen…

WIP (Worm In Progress)

[imagebrowser id=7] “Fall Down, Beautiful One” rough demo

dinosaur vertebrae inked drawing

this is the result of a lot of fun with Staedtler (pen) and the crushing of dinosaur bones!..damn still gonna add some stuff I think or maybe I’ll leave it…hmm…

Two Headed Wolf Shirt

I thought this was a pretty job I did for a client. Took me longer than I thought it would as I tried to keep this one more solid and basic. Let me know what…

John Cramer Tee

I don’t know.

screen printing tonight

Printing up some t’s for Oceans of Slumber, local metal band order Duane picked up. Still playing with exposure times, but we’ll get er done! Update: here’s a…

dinosaur bones sketch

I tried to get the intricacies of the vertebrae accurately and never tried dino skeleton so it was a tough but rewarding draw. can’t wait for more but want to…

Slowly Adding Content…

I’m going to just drop some of the old archives in this post right here.. for my own records, if not for any other purpose. Updates 6-19-10: Click here to see…

vincentfink-com-659924.hostingersite.com: A Retrospect Glance

Reading my previous logs in my primative, home made version of what I’m now using, (a blog), I have some interesting highlights in my past I will note: The 1st…

getting used to this

Love that I finally got someone to help out with the website… now just to fill it in! So many t-shirt designs and paintings in the works, but I’m not…