GEISHA

The geisha as a subject is the most fertile playground I know for line, form, figure, pattern, color, etc.   Many of them can be seen on the main site.

JIMMY ATE PAINT CHIPS

Oscar Kennedy Interview

 OK/ So RAS.... who are you?
RAS./  I am nothing.
 OK/ You are not anything -or- you are nothing?
RAS./  I am nothing.
 OK/ Then there is noone to interview.
RAS./  Yes.
 OK/ Ok. Thank you.
RAS./  Yes. Thank you.

INDUSTRIAL HAIKU

I like haiku. I don't know if I do it right. 7-5-7. Three stanzas. Each complete sentences. Preferrably unrelated. Cohesive as a single unit.





RUNNING HAIKU
A lot of American Haiku does not utilize three distinct and seperate full sentences. For some reason, I do, and sometimes take it a tad further. With Running Haiku, the stanzas, though unrelated, connect or bleed into each other linguistically (Amer. English) and can be read without pause.

Grounds

I often create backgrounds before painting.  The ones done for the Bonsai can stand by themselves and make for fantastic and inexpensive spashes of textural color.

CUPCAKES

An offshoot of 2010's JPOP series, Cupcakes bring a welcoming, industrial elegance to entertaining and centrally focused kitchens and spaces wanting to establish a lighthearted, bold femininity. These urban delights do not sit back and sulk; they're peppy gems with a feel good spunk and punchy attitude.





**Decor Professionals > Completion time 7-10 days / Can match any palette / Gentle, Whimsical, Modern, Fresh, Delicious

WANT ME TO BUTTER IT FOR YOU?

RIOT GEAR

LARGE BONSAI {36in.}

Large Bonsai are a natural progression of the sucessful 24 in. series. At 36 sq. in. they can easily command a room, and the larger scale allows for heightened exploration and increased detail. The blue striped 'Durban Tree' [below] begins to move from cultural asian to african energies. The young series maintains the simple elegance of it's predecessors, and yes, the bases are generally still made of candy and cigarette foils.







**Decor Professionals > Completion time 10-15 days / Can match any palette / Best used to introduce sophisticated or classic energy into contemporary and modern settings.

SMALL BONSAI {24in.}

Bonsai were created in January 2010 as an evolutionary offshoot of the JPOP series. A brazen interpretation on an ancient, cultural icon, RAS. Bonai maintain the same energy of it's mentor, delivering the same simplistic wisdom from a contemporary perspective. They hold their own presence, and at 24x24", are large enough to significantly influence the room. Approx. 25 small Bonsai were created in 2010 and are now available via commission and 36x36".

**Decor Professionals > Completion time 7-10 days / Match any palette / Best used to introduce airy sophistication into contemporary and modern settings.

IMMACULATE HEARTS

Late 2009. I just fell to my knees on my studio stairs and some things burned away from me. I don't know what things, but it was alot, and it had to do with "Immaculate Heart." Something freed from me. I planned on doing all kinds, hundreds... but only made it to four.

FORESTS

From large to small,  zen simple to realistic complexity,  forests are a way to bring the beauty of nature and natural essences into any space.  I always see these as windows, and that I'm looking outside.

IMPRESSION

If I had to paint the same way day in and day out for a lifetime, the impressionist style would be my bag.  So elegant and powerful and beautiful.  When I need to take a break from playing and exploring, I always return to to my impressionist roots.

Technically,  I would be a post-impressionist, but that's too many syllables, and I introduce so many different tricks into my work that the impressionist fathers would probably malign me for bastardizing their baby anyway. But I have to call it something, so with regard to myself, anything with dashes and dots I file under 'impressionist'.

http://www.rodgerschultz.com/s/tags/impressionist

 

NUBS

Nubs are basically energetic representations of flowers that I invented to save myelf from having to study the enless landacape that is the flower.  Generally, I don't engage in symbology or representative danglings, yet to me, Nubs are a cross between a the thought of a sunflower and chakra energy.  Nubs give me a form with which to express joy, and I just happened to pick a floral form.  Nubs basically are the flower of RAS, and I use them often.

 

POEMS & POINTERS

the entire universe is in my heart space.
my eyes only show me what's in my heart space. 
what i hold in my heart space, i see in the world. 
i am literally looking aroundand seeing what is held in my heart.
i am in my heart right now.

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When you relinquish a thought,
I will take a step closer 
to fill the space surrendered. 

Relinquish all thought 
and I will cover the entire distance. 

I will walk into you 
so as your feet hit the earth, 
the pressure will no longer be yours to bear.

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To remove darkness, turn on light.  
To turn on light, see no darkness.

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Fish can have thought about Eagle.
Fish can speak about his thought.
Fish can not speak about Eagle.

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If you are in the pool
And want to experience dryness,
You must exit the pool.

If you are in the mind
And want to experience peace,
You must exit the mind.

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Dear God,
Reveal your Self to me in Full,
Or kill me this instant.

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Hear this. The entirety of your experience is mental. You think you are interacting with objects?  You are projecting thoughts onto neutral objects, then interacting with your own thoughts.

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This is a complete sentence:

I.

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The first thing from nothing must be I.

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One thing existed before the possiblity for word.
It can have no name.
 One thing existed before the possiblity for thought.
It can not be thought of.
 One thing existed before the Mind.
It does not mind.
 One thing is before all.
It is I.

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Every single thought you think is produced by the Mind.

If you try to stop thinking, the Mind will produce the thoughts
"I'm going to be non-functional."
"I'm going to disappear."
"I'm going to die!"

The truth of it is, if you stop thinking,
You will function effortlessly.
You will be everywhere.
You will Live.

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Be honest with your self.
There are no boulders, villians or fallen trees.
The only objects possible on the path to Heaven are your own thoughts.

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The truest Love lets everything go.
It's that simple.
The greatest Joy in the universe is yours today
If you can do nothing to everything.

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This.
World.
Is.
Not.
It.
I refuse to entertain another thought until I Am free.

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I asked God to tell me his name
He told me,
I.

I asked I where I was.
I told me,
Now.

 I asked I where Now is.
 I told me,
 Here.

 I asked I where Here is.
 I told me,
 All ways.

I aksed I where I am.
I told me,
Now here all ways

I asked I who I am.
I told me,
I.

I asked I why.
I told I,
Love.

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Recipe for instant freedom:
1. Start where you are.
2. Don't pick up a thought.

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You know how everything is made of matter?

Well matter is made of Joy.

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Nature of Prayer:
He who imagines his God far away, makes pleas.
He who imagines his God close, commands.
He who sees no distance to God, gives thanks.

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Worldly freedom can not be legislated.
It can only be recognized in an environment that allows it to breathe.

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Love and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
So, which are you?

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Leaves don't require your approval to dance on the trees.
That is why they are so darn beautiful.

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Love does not wane becasue it has no cause.
Love does not hide because it sees no other.

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All suffering is created and experienced in the Mind.
Do not look for peace where the suffering is.

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If you seek, you must not know.
If you know, you must not seek.

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The Mind must enslave something
before it can seek to free it.

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More pointers, word and poems from RAS on Twitter >

MY FAVORITE THING I EVER DESIGNED

It took me 10 years to make this. First cover to my fake magazine.