Featured Artist

This month I am one of the featured artists on the website Creep Machine. You can find out a bit more of my background as well as a handful of some of my favorite paintings that I have created. Be sure to check out the other artists featured on the site as well.

Music That Has Been Inspiring Me Lately

It's been a Log time since I have given Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire a listen & the Squirrel Nut Zippers. Both are exquisite bands to listen to. I love the lo-fi sound they both have on their albums.
I also love the usage of violins & Katherine Whalen's nasally hi pitched voice. It reminds me of music you would listen to in a decadent Victorian era home, while playing spooky parlor games.
If you like older jazz from the 30's & slightly cabaret sounding music I think you would enjoy both the Squirrel Nut Zippers & Andrew Birds Bowl of Fire.

Time Out For Happiness

Things have been happy lately & it's been nice to express that in paintings. I ts nice to stop and smell the flowers, so to speak. As usual clicking the thumbnail will take you to my sites gallery.

New Painting & The Treasure Hunt

Yesterday I posted a treasure hunt on all the online networking sites I am a member of. The prize was hidden in the city of San Jose CA. The prize was my most recent painting & some of my new stickers. As usual clicking the thumbnail will take you to my websites gallery.. Enjoy ^_^

Dreamland Fairies

I have a new painting completed and in my gallery. Enjoy!

Stickers Are Here!!!

The New JacobMantia.com stickers have arrived!!! They came out very nicely. If you would like one, send your snail mail address to BlackHeart@JacobMantia.com and title the subject as (Free Sticker Giveaway). Limit 3 per person.

Diaboli Levitas Imperium

A few years ago, before I had this blog I used to paint a reoccurring theme of girls who were Demonically possessed holding hand puppets. This week I felt like returning to that theme one last time. The paiting is titled, Diaboli Levitas Imperium (Sescenti Sexaginta Sex). clicking the thumbnail of the painting will take you to my websites gallery.

Two New Paintings & Some Sketches As Well

This week I finished two new paintings. The first is of a fellow artist I know named Sara, the second is a continuation of the Psychedelicatessen series. Psychedelicatessen Phase II was inspired by my research on sacred geometry which led to research about the Mandlebrot Set . The center eyeball thing that is emanating from the girls fingertip was inspired by the Mandlebrot Set. I hope you enjoy viewing these new paintings, they were both complete bliss to paint. Here are some of my preliminary sketches I did for these paintings.

Music That Has Been Inspiring Me Lately

Lately the music that has been inspiring me is obnoxiously loud fuzzed out psychedelic rock and music from the 60's. I stumbled across a band by the name of Aqua Nebula Oscillator last week and I can't praise them enough on how amazing they sound. They mix the great loud sound of Blue Cheer with a spooky acid induced vibe with both male and female vocals. If you are fan of loud fuzzed out psychedelic rock I urge you to check them out here.

Llamas & Chickens (they just go together)

This painting was for a good friend of mine as a birthday gift. She has a great imagination & her friendship can be very inspiring at times. I just loved how it turned out so I posted it to my gallery.
Clicking the thumbnail will take you to my websites gallery.

New Sticker

I recently got a new sticker to give out to people who support my art & website. They will be available for free once I get the first shipment.

The Grand Adventure Of Snail-Boy

I painted the Snail Boy skipping his merry way along a dead log in a deep cool forest today.The final snail boy is slightly different than the sketch but I feel it still retains the essence of the original sketch. I had a lot of fun painting this one. The music that inspired me on this one was Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. I am still working on my book of collected sketches and I am happy to say it is coming together very nicely. As usual, the thumbnail will take you to my websites gallery.

Snail Boy & Forgotten Forest Paintings

About 2 years ago, I painted a pretty picture of a fallen log in a forest. For the longest time I've had it set aside until a character came along in a sketch that seemed to fit. Well, last week I finally drew something that I think fits perfectly. It's a boy in a snail costume with a backpack made from a giant snail shell. Typically I don't publish sketches before I paint the picture, however I feel very inspired and certain about this one. I hope you enjoy the sketch, and the painting that will follow it.

Working On A Better Publication

For the Past month and a half I have been working on my 2nd sketchbook publication. I know it seems to take forever but I am about halfway finished. I'm exited because I found ways to keep costs down & make a cheaper product with more content.

PsycheDelicatessen

Today I finished a painting that I had on the back burners for a long while. It was inspired by the music of Wilburn Burchette. Clicking the image will take you to my websites gallery.