Flying House

Playing with line work.

Just another small town

I had to borrow this photo from a fellow blogger and illustrated it. The story behind this is that no matter where you are at, there is always an Mexican food place like this. The photo you are looking at happens to be in the mission district in San Francisco but the it just as well be in East Los Angeles.

Zombie-Fred

Blast from the past

So when I first started painting I was deeply involved with the ‘Chicano Art’ scene. For those who are unfamiliar with ‘Chicano Art’ it is a genre of art that was sparked by racist galleries and museums in the 1970s’ refusing to display Latino art. Artists like Gronk, Carlos Almaraz, and Frank Romero stood up for their movement and protested, created, and hustled till they were recognized for who they were. Many times their art reflected the ‘Chicano Movement’ of the 1960s’. I loved it and still do to a degree. The bright colors and landscapes of ‘La Vida’ that I could instantly relate to. In a computer driven society where there is more information available to the mass public we get distracted with social networking and celebrity gossip. I have my share of hours on tumblr, facebook, hulu, netflix, and whatever else catches my short attention span for the day. Let’s just put it this way if those sites were a class I would have an A: not proud of it. So before the internet and before all those other sites I use to read a lot. Books that were 1000+ pages of just greatness. I drew off of inspiration and such. Mind people I was just starting to paint back then and treated my brushes and paint pretty rough.

           Whittier Blvd. is the heart of East Los Angeles and tend to be a subject that is reoccurring in some of my work. This is the first piece of art I ever did. I traced a picture from a dentist ad and sliced it out with an xacto. This what the result.

     This piece was for ‘Dia de Los Muertos’ and was displayed at ‘Self Help Graphics and Art’ back in 2002 or 2003. I can’t quiet remember. I had pictures of the event but they were lost in a epic computer crash in 2005.

     This was done just for fun. Before I knew what color theory was I explored it. I didn’t even know what a color wheel was. This was done with the left over paints from the ‘Dia de Los Muertos’ piece I did. I uses a ‘Patssi Valdez’ piece as inspiration.

    Keeping up with colorful pieces this was a secret heart I painted as a rocket. Representing the growth of love and passion.

      This was the first time I used oils. It is a heart with wing done on canvas back in 2005.

    Another piece I did for a ‘Dia de Los Muertos’ show in Pasadena back in 2003. I painted over what use to be a bar in the back ground.

    Another look at ‘Whittier Blvd’

What's in my pocket?

Went on a ScribblerToo binge on night(equals)Epic post

Below and the fake tears series below the bird are for fun, after that is a series I did as homage to the 'Scary Stories' books I read as a kid. After that I am just playing with more words. Notice I say "Goodbye Fall, Hello Spring." It is a joke because I live in Southern California where some years it feels like there is no winter. The last two are homage to Lewis Carroll, not Tim Burton. http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/

Just for fun

Untitled 2010

In the making aka still procrastinating to finish it

My latest painting titled “Héroes Latinos,Latino Heroes”
Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros

Los Angeles series

2010 part 2

Sketckbook

Direct from my sketchbook...

New self-portrait

"Digital Self-Portrait 2009"

Self-Portrait

"Me" | Acrylic on paper 2009

Something from the summer

Above is a quick sketch I did of a local steak house I was at last spring. The table was real crowded.




Above is another version of the Lucky 7 Market that I did a few months back. A really quick sketch done in black and red ink.

Fonts

I been playing around with creating my own fonts. This is my first attempt.

The New Yorker with an East LA twist

"Paletas 2" | Albert Ramirez III (c) 2009

Playing with watercolors

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When Something is cool and kick ass.
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To act hard or hardcore, like you about to knock somebody out.

Boy: "Damn girl, you got a fat ass"

Girl: "Shut the fuck up!"

Boy's Friends: "Ooh she gettin beasty on a you, boy!"
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Whittier BLV

Sorry I just relized that I did not post Part 1 of this series. Here it is;


Part 1


Part 2


Just a quick sketch I did in the morning.

Day of The Dead

So this is a little filtered. I could not get the colors right. Just if your wondering the background in red and black feathered. Almost all the rest of the colors match. I might summit this one to a gallery. Still deciding.

These are just a couple of things from my personal collection.