Javier Bardem

...as the iconic Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men. This is from my on-going series I like to call Better Late Than Never: Finishing Projects From The Back-burner. This is acrylic, 11" x 14" before cropping it in photoshop.

Christian Bale

Here he is as Dicky Eklund from The Fighter, a very great Oscar worthy film. I haven't seen everything that is generating Oscar buzz, but Christian Bale stands a good chance of getting his first long overdue, well-deserved nomination, and hopefully a win.

This is acrylic on illustration board, 11" x 14". I say it all too often, but after staring at this for too long I'm not 100% sure about the likeness. If you haven't seen the movie, keep in mind he lost a considerable amount of weight to play a malnourished crack addict.

Jay Cutler

Something compelled me to do a painting of everyone's favorite pouty dope faced quarterback. As is usually the case, this is 11" x 14" acrylic on board.

Also...GO PACKERS!

Happy 76th, Elvis!

Acrylic on board, 11" x 14".

Randy Moss

Acrylic on board, 11" x 14"

As part of a New Year's resolution that will be heavily focused on finishing what I start (preferably in a timely fashion), this is the beginning of a series I'd like to call "Better Late Than Never: Finishing Projects From The Back-burner."

Anyone who knows who this is won't need me to explain his story, but this painting was started the same week the Vikings (namely Brad Childress) mysteriously released Moss after he rejoined the team for only 4 weeks.

Needless to say, this would have been a bit more topical had it been executed the same week it was started, hence the title of this series.

Happy Birthday Ray Nitschke

Acrylic on board, 11" x 14". He would have turned 74 today.

Prints for sale! Email me at zack@zackwallenfang.com.

Happy Birthday Steve Buscemi

This is a painting I posted earlier this year, but what the hey, he turned 53 today.

Leslie Nielsen

Played around with acrylic on chipboard for the first time in a year last night. Finished this morning as The Naked Gun played on Comedy Central. I'd like to think they'd be playing it even if Leslie Nielsen didn't pass away only two days ago. It must have been at least the 50th time I've seen them air it this year.

Bela Lugosi

This is acrylic on water color paper, 8.5" x 11".

Tony Dungy

Here is another case of me feeling like I had a good direction/vision in the beginning but kind of got lost along the way. This got much thicker and layered than I intended and I am not pleased with the process!

With many of my recent posts being NFL stars, I thought Tony Dungy (former head coach of the Colts and current sports analyst) would be a good segway into some more Halloweeny type of stuff for the month, as he kind of has that Nosferatu appeal.

This is acrylic on 8.5" x 11" on some kind of blotter paper.