BOB RINI MAKES ART

  Going through a dusty old portfolio this morning I found an illustration I abandoned halfway through a long time ago. It was for a proje...

Self-portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.  In need of an image for my illustration work, I spoofed the time-honored RCA Victor logo, ...

 A wild T-shirt design for my high school reunion meant to evoke an era when muscle cars like Camaros and Dodge Chargers roamed the parking ...

An "painterly" illustration for the cover of FoodWorks, the magazine for PCC Community Markets. I also did spot illustrations...

The Kensho Tramps by Bob Rini The Kensho Tramps have settled in for the night on the edge of nowhere. You may recognize some of ...

The old chestnut may be true: Every picture tells a story, or maybe it's worth a thousand words.  Regarding art, abstractions mig...

I read the news today, oh boy.

In this still from an imaginary film noir, doomed heavy Robert Mitchum and fallen angel Ingrid Bergman share a blue moment that comb...

click to enlarge Come see my artwork at the Gage Academy of Art . I'm delighted to be part of a group show with Jim Woodring, David Che...

A couple pages from my Moleskine sketchbook. These nifty little sketchbooks fit into your backpocket. By the way, that's Nina Simone a...

A loosey-goosey cartoon rodent loosely inspired by everyone's favorite billion dollar mouse franchise. This mouse, however, has escaped...

"Existential Peanuts" by Bob Rini The Friends of the Nib and Fantagraphics are proud to present "Medieval Thinkers,"...

Here are a couple of pieces influenced by Mexican art. A a painting of a masked Mexican wrestler mariachi encircled by Day of the Dead spir...

The Friends of the Nib will be appearing at Bumbershoot in Seattle, September 4, 5, and 6 from 2:30 to 4pm in the Olympic Room. The Fri...

"Borges by Bushmiller" by Bob Rini    The Friends of the Nib show opened December 3 at Howard House, and will be up for the...

"Step right up!" This snake-charming siren is my contribution to a show of carnival banner-inspired art. I'm interested in e...

Who's been talking? Telling everything I know? Blue Man contemplates beauty in a smoky joint on the edge of town. The music jumps, ji...

"Trio" by Robert Rini This was part of a public mural commissioned by the City of Seattle that triggered a heated debate about p...

These slinky denizens drift through a dark world of intrigue, romance, deception, and double-cross, where disenchanted idealists knock bac...

Never eat in a place called "Mom's," and never play poker with the gods, or even demigods -- regardless of their religion. Thi...

This Fall, David Miller and Derick Avitt commence production of an indie film, "Love in the Year 2000." According to David Miller,...

With the success of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean" it seems that pirates are everywhere. I did this piece for a pirate art s...

click to enlarge comic "A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drin...

This was done with a nib pen and bottle of black ink, for a show with my fellow "Friends of the Nib," a present-day medieval ar...

This illustration was NOT used as part of the promotion for "Chihuly Over Venice." With all due respect, I hold Mr. Dale Chihuly ...

"Fear of Art" is a hard-boiled film-noir, a meta-art about art, in which a big lug of a detective--formerly an artist sent up fo...

Smell the peanuts and sawdust? This is the dog circus. This was commissioned by artist Jim Rittimann , who makes wonderful imaginary creat...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a flat-out genius, no question about it. A brilliant painter, scientist, mathematician, inventor, anatom...