Blue Ocean and Sand

Here is a relaxing blue-themed landscape, hand painted by yours truly on an electrical outlet cover.  I sort of imagined myself at a beach, standing off to the side and up a little hill, looking at pebbles and wild grass.

Here's my question: Can an electrical outlet in your living room transport you to another place and time?  Yes.  Yes, it can and I am proving that fact right now as you are reading this and indulging in my beach fantasy.

My outlet covers, Rachro domino flowscapes, and painted records are available to view and purchase on my Facebook page, Records by Rachro.  You are invited to share the info and comment or ask questions there.  They can be shipped anywhere within the United States.

Each outlet cover is protected for durability with UV protectant and an acrylic polyurethane coating.

Poppieeeeeeezzzzz will make them sleeeeeepyyyyy (and let electrical appliances function)

Oh, summer...I love growing things in my garden.

I painted this electrical outlet cover with some bright and colorful red and pink classic poppies.  The baby poppie details in this piece are so tiny---some as small as the point of a pin.  I really enjoyed creating the small details.

My outlet covers, Rachro domino flowscapes, and painted records are available to view and purchase on my Facebook page, Records by Rachro.  You are invited to share the info and comment or ask questions there.

Each outlet cover is protected for durability with UV protectant and an acrylic polyurethane coating.

Plug in, turn on, tune in...to Rachro outlet covers.

Hi!  Along with my tiny Rachro Flowscapes, I've also been painting electric outlet covers!

I am a big fan of functional art, and here I've taken something boring and turned it into something fun and colorful!  Plug in and turn on, man.

They are painted with vivid inks with incredible detail, and are sealed and protected with UV protection and polyurethane for durability.

You can view more at the Records by Rachro Facebook page.

Click right here:  Records by Rachro on Facebook 

They are each available for purchase 😊and can be shipped within the United States.  If you have any questions about any of them, please message me on the Facebook page :)

Tiny Rachro Flowscapes

Come with me on a journey through time and spaaaaaaaace...into my tiny abstract ink landscapes---RACHRO FLOWSCAPES.  I have been painting miniature ink pieces on repurposed domino tiles and they are backed with super strong neodymium magnets, so they will hold up all kinds of things on your fridge with ease, like buttah!

When I painted these, I imagined myself becoming really tiny and strolling through each vivid landscape as it appeared in front of my eyes while the ink was drying.  The details on each one are almost microscopically small, and the photos don't really capture their magic due to the reflective shininess, but it is there and I am in love with every single little fantasy world that came out of these pieces.  Some have flowers or rain; Some have canyons or mountains;  Some are Martian landscapes; Some have purple rain. They are all a little surreal and have an abstract/impressionist/fantasy quality.

My altered domino art magnets are topped with high-quality jewelry grade resin, so they look like glass and will not yellow over time.  So smooth. (They feel really good in your hand, I have to selfishly admit.)  The sides are painted for a decorative finish, usually metallic copper or black.

Each domino is available for purchase and can be shipped domestically within the United States.  If you have any questions, you can just message me on the Facebook page.

You are invited to go to my Facebook page.  Here is the link to the album created just for my dominos. Thank you for looking! Wheeeeeeeee!

CLICK HERE for TINY RACHRO FLOWSCAPE DOMINOES

#altereddominoes #recordsbyrachro #alcohol ink #abstract #tinypainting #resinart #repurposed #flowscape #landscape

Etsy! The Rachro Shop invites you to browse.

What's in my Etsy shop?

Go and see!

CLICK ME!

The Making of Moody Blue

Well, howdy Elvis fans!  This tasty blue vinyl record, Moody Blue, was painted for a person who loves the color purple and who lives in Scotland.  I think this mandala is soooooooothing to the eye!

More photos that show detail will be added later, but for your viewing pleasure and entertainment, here is a video showing the design process, starting from scratch!

Bonus:  accompanied by Pearl Jam

New Records by Rachro Shop on Big Cartel

Hi, everyone! I recently set up a Big Cartel store, to offer a few of my pieces. I hope you'll take a look and share the link. The site is where the actual art is sold (not "print-on-demand" products), so when you buy there you're buying the original pieces and not prints. If there's an available piece you would like to buy and it's not currently offered on the site, please message me privately through my Facebook page and I can probably make that happen. :)

Thanks for looking! Much appreciated.

Here's the link:

http://recordsbyrachro.bigcartel.com

Watercolor Rainbow Mandala with Mystery Creature in the Middle

I love this mandala.  I'm not sure whether the flying creature is a butterfly, dragonfly, bird, or alien life form.  That's up to you. But it is colorful and happy, and deserves to be framed and hung on a wall to inspire freedom.

It is for sale on my Big Cartel shop.  Please click on this link to view it there and purchase it.

http://recordsbyrachro.bigcartel.com/product/rainbow-watercolor-mandala

Red Flower Mandala

Not a record, but what it lacks in circular shape, it more than makes up for in color!  This is a cute little flower painting, created with the brightest ---almost glowing---RED, along with vibrant blues and greens.  The background edges are a very deep, saturated blue.  It is painted on wood and has a hanger attached to the back.  It measures 4.75"x6.5".  It is available for sale on Big Cartel. Here is a link, which will take you to my store:

http://recordsbyrachro.bigcartel.com/product/red-flower-mandala

Rainbow paintings, 072116

New Rainbow painting set! Acrylic on canvas, 3″x9″.  See more of my art at https://www.recordsbyrachro.com or https://www.facebook.com/Recordsbyrachro

One of my watercolor mandalas

One of my featured pieces of art being offered this weekend at BAAMfest.  My records, nebulas, and other various assorted unique objects will be there in the sun and the fun.

Smackwater Jack

I knew that when I had Quincy Jones as my record muse that this one would turn out totally freaking cool. And it did.

The colors on this painted record are much richer in person.  The brown design is a reddish chocolate color and the background colors are a beautiful pale aqua, light blue, and dark blue.  The edges are an orange/rust color.

If you want to hear an incredible, mostly acoustic version of What's Goin' On (made famous by Marvin Gaye), then get yourself a copy of this record.  Unfortunately, this one was too scratched up to listen to, but there's always YouTube or your local record store.

Ce n'est pas un record

This isn't a record, but what it lacks in vinyl it more than makes up for in color saturation and psychedelic goodness.

Let's Dance to Green Onions

This groovy record has some of my favorite songs of all time on it.  Sadly, it came to me heavily scratched with some deep gauges.  But now it lives on in its next incarnation as a Rachro Mandala.

Do yourself a favor and check out this awesome old footage of "Green Onions", by the incredible Booker T and the MG's.

Click right here to see a video of ---> GREEN ONIONS

Meanwhile, back to records.  This is my painted record of The Best of Booker T and the MG's.

Rachro Records in the house...

Have you been looking at my painted records and wondering what they'd look like in your home, framed?

Here's an example, using my recent "Sparks" painted record.

If you would like a custom record painted just for you, please contact me privately through my Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/RecordsByRachro

With a Girl Like You

Hurts So Good, by John Cougar Mellencamp.  This is a 45 record - a departure from my usual LP paintings.

Seeing this song takes me back to my young teen years, back when my Gen X friends and I were the young teen generation that MTV was invented for.  We started high school right as it launched, and we went from a family with 7 local television channels with an 18-hour broadcast day that shut off at midnight to an entertainment explosion 24-hour cable family with 200 channels of never-ending insanity.

What an exciting time.  It changed us all.  The Gen Ys and Millennials that followed us were born into a time of round-the-clock global availability of just about anything and computerized everything at the speed of light.  No need to ever learn about ....w a i t i n g.....  for things.

Because now it's all just right there.

(Do you remember the MTV astronaut?)

Youth.

Donny's in the house

Look at how great Donny Osmond and his crazy horses look on the wall, above the turntable.

Warms my heart.

Full Range of Foxtrot: How Strange

Flashback to 2012, baby!

I made this nifty, green, 10-inch record a few years back, and it now lives somewhere across the country, but I still remember it fondly.

"HOW STRANGE" is the title and it had a foxtrot, conducted by Orrin Tucker and his orchestra.

If you're curious what this song sounds like, it was featured in the film "Idiot's Delight"

starring Clark Gable.

Here ya go:

Click here to hear ---> HOW STRANGE FROM IDIOT'S DELIGHT

I think my design goes pretty well with it.

Here's a rare work in progress photo, which I almost never do.

Love (and maybe geese) will Steer the Stars

This is another painting of a 5th Dimension album, featuring a song I love, Aquarius.

I think I am actually feeling my mind's true liberation now.  It feels good.

And now with extra birds and flowers.

Thank you hippie people, for writing this awesome song from Hair, and letting The 5th Dimension record such a fabulous edition of it.

I smell a theater medley.

Attention, Color Junkies

If you love color, then this post is for you.  This used to be Great Themes from The Classics.

But now it is IN YOUR FACE with lots of green and red and pink and lemon yellow. I hope you like it.  It has kind of become one of my favorites lately.