Ghostbeard

💡Sometimes it’s an overcast couple of days ahead 🌧️ but the homies in town ☎️ so you gotta swing by the park and lay one up 💨 As for this Cool Cat 🐱he caught a stray while running these alleys acting crazy 💥 breaking glass and talking trash 🗑️ wearing a monocle to keep an eye out for snakes 🐍 at least he went out in style 💎

📚In the land of the Great Lakes 💦 also known as the fresh coast of Otherworld 🤟the winter weather patterns can turn into a polar vortex or an even more intense arctic bomb overnight 🥶 This night in particular was a cold one on the Detroit River ❄️ so the boys got their gear on and went out to play their own version of a “winter classic” game 🏒 Chilly the penguin broke out his old whistle and stripes 🐧 and decided he’d make sure thing were fair 💡Al the octopus even came out to root em all on 🐙 It was a scoreless game when Enzo got hit with an unnecessary roughness penalty 💥and set Cash up for the chance to win the game 💰 That’s if Blu didn’t have something to say about it 🥅 Nobody ever truly knew who won that night given the debate ⚔️ but legend has it that the part of the river they play on each year 💎 has sunken treasure, exotic jewels and valuable collectibles below the ice ❤️

💡Life can be incredibly hard at times… and by no means fair… but it’s important never to lose sight of what matters most and where true beauty lies. Two years ago, in January of 2024 it was determined by paternity testing that a gorgeous and creative 10 year old girl was my biological daughter. Since meeting her in October of 2024, we’ve been growing our relationship… and I will continue to water this seed until it’s my time to depart for Otherworld. I am excited to introduce her to the world of creatives I’ve come to know as my extended family. I’ve wanted to speak her existence online for quite some time. This post is for her future self to look back on one day… long from now. If the person reading this is you, I love you. Trust in what energy you can feel. 🫶

💡Before I was able to make our meeting happen, while traveling for work painting murals, I’d sneak away to paint your name. It helped to cope with my feelings. Art has always been therapeutic for me. Since a juvenile my creativity has been my release… and so, I leaned on it once again.🎨

I’m beyond happy that we found each other in this lifetime… fathering you is honestly the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me. After spending these last months together, I found healing I never knew possible. You are a precious masterpiece. It’s crazy all the similarities we share. Life’s magic is all around us… for me, it’s that feeling when the idea sparks… lost somewhere in flow state deep in the paintsesh… and loving you. Throughout life things can and will feel heavy… and at times they may be. Remember, Heavy is the head that holds the crown. You are a born leader. A Queen. Head up. Eyes forward. Be proud. You are smart. You are beautiful. Stay humble. Be honest. Be kind. Take risks. Always stand up for your beliefs… and know that regardless of where my body rests… a piece of my soul will always be with you.

I look forward to introducing my daughter to the art community as a whole, especially all who have had a hand in helping me live my dream. We’ll kick things off in the Eastside for the Love Show Thank you for your love and support. ❤️

🍬 SweetPhe 🐱 One of the newest Spirit Animals of Otherworld ✨is an eleven year old outdoor cat 🌲 who has been seen in the big city 🏢 all the way out to the farmlands 🌾 in the far east outskirts 🔮 She arrived unexpectedly and filled Otherworld with more love than ever 🖤 Her jokingly playful nature and artistic curiosity helped her make fast friends🎨 so when it was found out by the others 👀 she is the direct descendant of Ghostbeard 🐻 and is training to carry the torch🔥 All the spirit animals rejoiced 🍾 because they’ve always known one thing 💡 that when the bear dies 🪦 so do they… until now 🦴 Big 🫶 to for supporting artists ❤️ and bringing color 🌈 to the Sandwich / Windsor area 🇨🇦

💡💡💡 Just outside Otherworld’s big city limits… if you head south as far as the eye can see 👀 you’ll find Dex 🐍 a pink rattlesnake who still lives life the cowboy way ⚔️ guns a blazing’… with fire in their eyes 🔥 and a feather in their cap 🪶 Dex has been working its black magic on toons for years ✨squeezing the life 💀 out of anyone unlucky enough to have been caught in the desert alone 🕸️ or may have fell into its trap 🤝 Sad to say… Toons hardly listen to the warnings given by Cactus Jack 🌵 or any prick for that matter 🚫 Its gotten so bad, Bey Bee 🐝 the bumble travels between the city and desert tracking Dex’s last known location 🎯 to help toons travel without worry through the desert 💎 Dex’s been at it so long ⌛️they now keep a bunch of understudy buddies who share the same skin 🧪 and most when caught… get trafficked 💰 or eaten 🍽️ This piece was painted with MTN94 🎨 for 2025 in ATX 🤠 Big love to and the rest of the Illfam ❤️ on another successful year 🤟

💡Once your biological clock is broken on earth you are considered dead 💀 In actuality, you have always just been a spirit with a body… not a body with a spirit 👻 In Otherworld, after death, our souls join our new body… it’s that of our “spirit animal”… ✨which has guided and looked out for us throughout life’s journey 👀 It’s in this new form we are able to reconnect with those we’ve loved and lost 🔮 This is the story of a father 🐻 and his daughter 🐱 reconnecting ⚡️He loves to spend time together 🫶 and makes the most of the opportunity to “teach a man to fish”… 💎 Showing her how to slow down and find beauty regardless of the climate 💦Oddly, It’s through fathering her… his soul found healing it never knew possible ❤️‍🩹 “FISHY BUSINESS” 18 x 24 acrylic on Birch Panel 🐟 currently showing for the “Wild Wonders” group show in Atlanta