Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
48 x 84”
2019
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
84 x 60”
2019
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
84 x 48”
2019
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
72 x 60”
2019
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
84 x 48”
2019
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
84 x 48”
2019
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
108 x 60”
2016
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
60 x 48”
2022
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
60 x 48”
2022
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
80 x 92”
Color of Sound
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
60 x 48”
The End Of The Road
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
60 x 72”
2019
The End Of The Road
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
60 x 72”
2019
The End Of The Road
acrylic & oil on canvas.
72 x 60”
2019
The End Of The Road
acrylic, spray paint & oil on canvas.
60 x 72”
2019
Shimmering Tides at LaPerouse Bay
oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on canvas.
64 x 72"
2013
Shimmering Tides at LaPerouse Bay
oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on canvas.
54 x 64"
2013
Shimmering Tides at LaPerouse Bay
oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on canvas.
62 x 58"
2013
Shimmering Tides at LaPerouse Bay
oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on canvas.
51 x 72"
2013
Shimmering Tides at LaPerouse Bay
oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on canvas.
51 x 72"
2013
Backdoor at Sunset
oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
60 x 72"
2013
Pipeline at Sunrise
oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
72 x 60"
2013
oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
48 x 60"
oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
46 x 60"
oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
48 x 72"
oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
In the Void
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
40 x 66"
2008
Above and Below
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
48 x 60"
2008
In The Cosmos
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
60 x 48"
The Apocalypse
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
74 x 58"
2011
What Is The Sound You Hear In The Tube?
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
57 x 81"
Gliding Through Sunset
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
54 x 73"
Radiating in the Bowl
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
54 x 70"
2011
Life in the Fast Lane
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
48 x 71"
2010
Music In The Rain
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
48 x 76"
Behind the Glass Curtain
In the Hibiscus Garden
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
48 x 76"
Fast and Furious
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
54 x 80"
2013
Soul Searching
ink, oil, resin, fiberglass on canvas.
65 x 115"
2013
A Dream Interrupted
Andy Irons
ink on fiber paper,
sepia tone ink, polynesian tattooing on gatorboard.
40 x 60"
2007
Bruce Irons
ink on fiber paper,
sepia tone ink, polynesian tattooing on gatorboard.
40 x 60"
2007
Jaws
ink on fiber paper,
sepia tone ink, polynesian tattooing on gatorboard.
48 x 78"
2007
Pipeline
ink on fiber paper,
sepia tone ink, polynesian tattooing on gatorboard.
48 x 78"
2007
In the Beginning...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment on plywood.
96 x 48 x 8"
I Painted the Universe...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
72 x 48 x 4"
Empty Bowl of Radiance...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
72 x 48 x 4"
Full of Universe and Star...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
72 x 48 x 4"
Galactic Play...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
48 x 60 x 4"
Gate of Soft Mystery...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
42.5 x 53"
Retinal Glitter...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
49 x 42.5"
Play of Energy...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
48 x 43"
When the Sun Melts into the Sea...
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
72 x 49.5"
Mavericks at Dawn
oil, resin, tints on canvas.
40 x 76"
The Left at Mavericks
oil, resin, tints on canvas.
40 x 76"
Sunset Wave
Reunion Island
resin, pigments, tints on plywood.
29 x 48"
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on canvas
66 x 95"
2016
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin, tints on canvas
54 x 80"
2016
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin, tints on canvas
54 x 45"
2016
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin, tints on canvas
57 x 64"
2016
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin, tints on canvas
67 x 64"
2016
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin, tints on canvas
64 x 57"
2016
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin tint, fiberglass on canvas
80 x 120”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil, resin tint, fiberglass on canvas
86 x 80”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
60 x 48”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
84 x 60”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
84 x 60”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
60 x 48”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
60 x 48”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
60 x 48”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
60 x 48”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
72 x 84”
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
2018
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
59 x 36”
2019
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
59 x 36”
2019
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
85 x 53”
2019
BLOOD WATER
red mud, oil on canvas
2020
ink, oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on plywood.
48 x 60"
ink, oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on plywood.
53 x 50"
spray paint, ink, oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on plywood.
38 x 52"
spray paint, ink, oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on plywood.
50 x 65"
spray paint, ink, oil, resin, tints, fiberglass on plywood.
38 x 55"
Julian Schnabel in studio
oil on canvas.
84 x 72"
2011
Julian Schnabel in studio
oil on canvas.
84 x 72"
2011
Julian Schnabel in studio
oil on canvas.
84 x 72"
2011
Julian Schnabel in studio
oil on canvas.
84 x 72"
2011
Sunrise at Diamond Head
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
48 x 60"
Sunrise at Diamond Head
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
48 x 60"
Sunrise at Diamond Head
oil, resin, fiberglass, tints, pigment, cardboard on plywood.
48 x 60"
Sunrise at Diamond Head
acrylic, resin, on canvas.
48 x 60"
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, nylon, plastic, burlap on canvas
84 x 72”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, burlap on canvas
84 x 60”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, nylon, plastic, burlap on canvas
84 x 72”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, burlap on canvas
84 x 60”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, nylon, plastic, burlap on canvas
84 x 72 x 11”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, fabric, burlap on canvas
60 x 48.5”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, nylon, plastic, burlap on canvas
84 x 60”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, burlap on canvas
84 x 60”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, burlap on canvas
60 x 48”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, burlap on canvas
84 x 60”
2019
Returning To The Source
oil, metal, burlap on canvas
60 x 48”
COLOR OF SOUND
THE END OF THE ROAD
The end of the road is where you leave everything you think you know to venture into the world of the imagination . . . .
TIDEPOOLS
Shimmering Tides At La Perouse Bay
Staring into the translucent pools from the side of the lava flow where the menehune’s had built shrines in the far distant past, I saw my future as formless, possibilities endless…
BEHIND THE WAVE
Back of the Wave - Under Water
Flying through barrels of surging, tropical waters, rainbows of color dancing in the sunlight, under, on, behind the foam ball, pure adrenaline, real surf.
INK OIL RESIN & FIBERGLASS
Glass is cut/laid, resin poured, pigment added, pour, squeegee, paint, more color, always more color, no foam but wood, the colors lay on top, swirl, run, mingle, creating retina symphony.
PHOTO COLLAGES
Long flights, sun baked, secret breaks, camera rolling, film burning, insane sequence after insane sequence. Color, black/white stills all tell the story. Friends, waves, warriors, panthers, hero’s, anti-hero’s, sun bleached, sun bronzed, body sculpted, muscles pulsating. Fast as shudder speed the story unfolds and it’s gone, unless caught forever in the magic of the story.
STAINED PHOTOS
Before the immediacy that most of photography is now, there was a time of a slow shutter speed that allowed light to drift across the unprocessed film in a manner that softened the image to a more dream like quality. With the addition of a sepia wash it furthers the image into the realms of imagination.
Lose your mind. Hidden, frustrating, mysterious visions appear.
RESIN PAINTINGS
Hot batch, smoking, resin, ice cubes, crackles, movement slows and the character of the piece starts to individualize, jell, coagulate, crystallize. Saturation of color, beauty, translucence, opacity, all there radiating before me.
In The Beginning…
I started shaping surfboards when I was a teenager, It was a magical experience to create a functional piece sculpture out of foam, fiberglass, resin and pigment, that would test my physical skills in the most challenging tube riding conditions at the Pipeline.
I Painted The Universe…
Pouring pigment saturated resin on fiberglass draped over the shaped foam blank was a marriage between precise control and a complete abandonment of rules. In that crack between those driving forces the mind opens to the void.
Empty Bowl Of Radiance…
Full Of Universe And Star…
BLOOD WATER
I was a teenager when I made my first trip to the North Shore of Oahu to surf and saw the rich red earth that was so filled with life you could just imagine a soft humming vibration when you held its moist richness, it permeated everything with a soft layer of red dust and its nutrient rich content made the island a tropical paradise of abundant exotic vegetation. It made sense that all indigenous people blessed the earth and gave thanks for her bounty.
When the tropical rains turned into torrential downpours and the rivers filled with the deep red dirt and looked like the veins of the earth gushing with life giving blood flowing towards the ocean where it would erode everything in its path till it reached the sea.
One of the great blessing of my young life, when there was only a handful of other surfers on the North Shore and the surf was closed out everywhere, I’d hitch hike to Waimea and sit on the lava boulders watching the huge, thunderous, mountains of water come peeling into the Bay, the experience was electrifying, I was completely mesmerized by the power and the beauty of these ridable giants, at the time, the gold standard of Big wave riding. and the blood red river water was rushing into the break from the recent downpour, it was a natural dance that had taken place since the beginning of time, and I felt truly in tune with the magic of the universe, life’s cosmic dance.
RESIN COLLAGES
OIL PAINTINGS
QUEENS SURF
RETURNING TO THE SORCE
Herb is a collector of stuff. Unlike most travelers the stuff he collects isn’t from a store or street vendor, it’s fragments of the culture that speak to him. On a recent surf trip to the North Shore, he was a guest at a Luau, where the local Kahuna was blessing the taro in the burlap sacks, they were about to prepare. Herb was fascinated by the texture, and the stains on the burlap and after the ceremonial feast the Kahuna gifted Herb with the bags. Adding bits of lobster traps, crab catchers and other pieces of the food chain that have washed up on the beach, they come together as a reminder of how we’re all connected in the dance of Life.
PAINTED PHOTOS
WORKS ON PAPER