Trenching With The Devil
32x24 Acrylic on wood painting of a reoccurring nightmare I had when I was a kid.
Between Iraq and a Hard Place Original Painting
48x36 acrylic painting depicting a scene from the book Smokepit Fairytales by Tripp.
Price includes shipping.
Where the Girls are Green and the Grass is Pretty Original
48x36 acrylic painting from 2021 by Tripp, depicting characters from the Smokepit Fairytales novel series.
Price includes shipping.
War of the Drill Box
18x24 pen and ink drawing of fantasy warriors battling inside a tool box. This is the original artwork. There is also one small pin hole in the bottom right, but it's close enough to the edge that it'll be covered by whatever frame it's put in.
G in the Jean Jacket Original
11x15 Watercolor Painting of Lovis Glaedwine from Smokepit Fairytales.
Spike's Place (Cutout)
24x36 Cutout Watercolor Painting depicting a scene from the book Smokepit Fairytales. Will come with frame, each layer is taped together and set in place.
Guns of the Cross Original
Watercolor Painting on a page torn out of an old architecture book. 9.5x6.5
Red Raven in the Library 10x20 acrylic painting on canvas
This series was to be inspired by a nightmare I had while I was on the USS Bonhome Richard in 2015. Said dream even made it into the narrative of one of my books.
I was reading in the room from The Raven, lamenting about my wife who was buried that morning, then lightning stuck, she kicked down the door and said “When there’s no room left in Hell, Penelope shall walk the earth.” Then we went out for ice cream and she made me carry a gun in case she turned into a zombie.
This listing is for the one painting. I'll link the others below. If you want all three, contact me wherever you can and I'll give them to you with a group discount.
https://www.smokepitfairytales.com/store/p476/When_There%27s_No_Room_Left_in_Hell_Penelope_Shall_Walk_the_Earth_10x20_acrylic_painting_on_canvas.html
https://www.smokepitfairytales.com/store/p477/Ice_Cream_and_Guns_10x20_Acrylic_painting_on_canvas.html
When There's No Room Left in Hell Penelope Shall Walk the Earth 10x20 acrylic painting on canvas
This series was to be inspired by a nightmare I had while I was on the USS Bonhome Richard in 2015. Said dream even made it into the narrative of one of my books.
I was reading in the room from The Raven, lamenting about my wife who was buried that morning, then lightning stuck, she kicked down the door and said “When there’s no room left in Hell, Penelope shall walk the earth.” Then we went out for ice cream and she made me carry a gun in case she turned into a zombie.
This listing is for the one painting. I'll link the others below. If you want all three, contact me wherever you can and I'll give them to you with a group discount.
https://www.smokepitfairytales.com/store/p475/Red_Raven_in_the_Library_10x20_acrylic_painting_on_canvas.html
https://www.smokepitfairytales.com/store/p477/Ice_Cream_and_Guns_10x20_Acrylic_painting_on_canvas.html
Ice Cream and Guns 10x20 Acrylic painting on canvas
This series was to be inspired by a nightmare I had while I was on the USS Bonhome Richard in 2015. Said dream even made it into the narrative of one of my books.
I was reading in the room from The Raven, lamenting about my wife who was buried that morning, then lightning stuck, she kicked down the door and said “When there’s no room left in Hell, Penelope shall walk the earth.” Then we went out for ice cream and she made me carry a gun in case she turned into a zombie.
This listing is for the one painting. I'll link the others below. If you want all three, contact me wherever you can and I'll give them to you with a group discount.
https://www.smokepitfairytales.com/store/p475/Red_Raven_in_the_Library_10x20_acrylic_painting_on_canvas.html
https://www.smokepitfairytales.com/store/p476/When_There%27s_No_Room_Left_in_Hell_Penelope_Shall_Walk_the_Earth_10x20_acrylic_painting_on_canvas.html
Demon One
It's spooky season, and demons and devils creep me out. So I painted a series of them.
6x8 Acrylic painting on board canvas.
Demon 2
It's spooky season, and demons and devils creep me out. So I painted a series of them.
6x8 Acrylic painting on board canvas.
Demon 3
It's spooky season, and demons and devils creep me out. So I painted a series of them.
6x8 Acrylic painting on board canvas.
Demon 4
It's spooky season, and demons and devils creep me out. So I painted a series of them.
6x8 Acrylic painting on board canvas.
Demon 5
It's spooky season, and demons and devils creep me out. So I painted a series of them.
6x8 Acrylic painting on board canvas.
Early PenelopeWater Color Concept Sketch 5.5x8.5 Circa 2015
Early PenelopeWater Color Concept Sketch 5.5x8.5 Circa 2015
Book Of Souls Watercolor
9.5x13 Watercolor painting I made in my early days of learning the medium, if I remember right, in my barracks room in Okinawa.
Doc Yelling at the barracks Concept art 2014
9.5x13 Watercolor painting I made in my early days of learning the medium in my barracks room in Okinawa. This is concept art for my first novel Smokepit Fairytales. I found it easier to visualize a scene I'm writing if I illustrate it in someway.
Hank meets Penelope Concept Art
9.5x13 Watercolor painting I made in my early days of learning the medium in my barracks room in Okinawa. This is concept art for my first novel Smokepit Fairytales. I found it easier to visualize a scene I'm writing if I illustrate it in someway.
Kali and Blackbeards Head Water color
9.5x13 Watercolor painting I made in my early days of learning the medium in my barracks room in Okinawa.
Penelope concept watercolor
9.5x13 Watercolor painting I made in my early days of learning the medium in my barracks room in Okinawa. This is concept art for my first novel Smokepit Fairytales. I found it easier to visualize a scene I'm writing if I illustrate it in someway.
Wadi Al Salam concept art
9.5x13 Watercolor painting I made in my early days of learning the medium in my barracks room in Okinawa. This is concept art for my first novel Smokepit Fairytales. I found it easier to visualize a scene I'm writing if I illustrate it in someway.
Stockton's Martian Night
11x14 illustration of Cassandra Stockton from the Smokepit Fairytales novel series.
Ketchup and Mustard Doughboy 8x10 Acrylic Painting
8x10 Acrylic painting of a doughboy from the first world war.
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
36x48 Acrylic painting on canvas.
Follow this link to Youtube for an in depth explanation of its meaning and a closer look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBlDGREiw4&t=169s
The Smiling Politician
10x20 Acrylic on canvas.
It’s important to keep in mind that the Lance Corporal didn’t lose, nor did the sergeant, captain or colonel, the people with guns did their job, and considering we enjoyed exclusive victory on the battlefield and still ended up with the Taliban in charge the day we left, is a monumental policy failure caused by the people calling the shots, the people who didn’t pull triggers, the people who sat far away in the safety of their office, the people who smiled at the camera and told America that we’re doing great things against violent extremist groups, the people who were content with churning the war machine while their wallets got fat because a quick war would have been a lot uglier because there’s only one way to effectively fight an ideology.
Our “leaders” were setting policy and strategy for 2-4 year objectives, while the Taliban was thinking in centuries. All they had to do was wait for us to go home.
People are trying to point fingers at one person to blame, but that’s not how it works, and it’s not an easy answer. There was never going to be a clean cut from Afghanistan. Under Bush, we should have left Afghan alone and pushed into Pakistan after Al Qeada, but we didn’t. Obama and Biden ran on a platform of ending the wars and pulling out, but we didn’t, as a matter of fact it surged. Trump started the pullout processes, which wasn’t a great plan, but it was better than nothing. Then Biden fumbled the ball and blamed Trump. I don’t think it would have been any prettier under Trump’s supervision, but when the ball’s yours, the ball’s yours.
