My Name is Graham Clark. When I am not writing comedy or doing stand up I am probably painting to help raise money for various causes. Instead of a paint brush I paint with my beard, the one that is attached to my face!Tumblr (3.0; @beardpaintings)http://beardpaintings.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgh7uuTik1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am selling this beard painting on <a href="http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Beard-Painting-Graham-Clark-Stop-Podcasting-Yourself-/140704403009?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item20c2a2ce41" title="ebay">ebay</a> right now. All proceeds from the sale of this old west Spiderman portrait will go to Project Limelight. Learn more about them here: <a href="http://www.projectlimelightsociety.org/" title="http://www.projectlimelightsociety.org/"><a href="http://www.projectlimelightsociety.org/">http://www.projectlimelightsociety.org/</a></a></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/17676083936http://beardpaintings.com/post/17676083936Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:31:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsxh3zT5La1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is me with the painting I completed at Paul Anthony’s Talent Time. I took an audience suggestion of what to paint and the winning suggestion was “a banana on a skateboard”</p> <p>You can bid on it one ebay, with all money going to Senior Animals In Need: <a title="check it out here." href="http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Beard-Painting-Graham-Clark-SPY-/140619367882?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item20bd9145ca">check it out here.</a></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/11339106754http://beardpaintings.com/post/11339106754Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:52:47 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsxf2zF0fc1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is me standing outside The Little Mountain Gallery on the eve of the first beard painting gallery show.</p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/11336892301http://beardpaintings.com/post/11336892301Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:08:59 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqmjxfzEtN1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is gonna be a fun night! All proceeds from any sales go to the charity of the buyer’s choice.</p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/9492126694http://beardpaintings.com/post/9492126694Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:12:51 -0400<a href="http://katiejgarnham.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/graham-clarks-beard-painting-art-show-for-reals/">Hooray! The wonderful Katie Garnham was so kind to write an entry on red bird suite.com about the beard paintings. And the beard painting art show that is coming up on Sept 22nd. Check it!</a>http://beardpaintings.com/post/8943019220http://beardpaintings.com/post/8943019220Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:23:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmasrMtbn1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is my ode to Machete, the great Danny Trejo character.<br/><br/>It is brown, black and ochre acrylic on 9” by 12” canvas board.<br/><br/>All proceeds from the sale of this item will go to Oxfam Canada in their pursuit of aiding the victims of the famine in East Africa. The donation will be matched by the Canadian government. <br/><br/>You can read more about that here: <a href="http://www.oxfam.ca/what-we-do/emergencies/east-africa-food-crisis-donate-now">http://www.oxfam.ca/what-we-do/emergencies/east-africa-food-crisis-donate-now</a></p> <p>You can view the ebay post here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3ml775k"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3ml775k">http://tinyurl.com/3ml775k</a></strong></a><br/><br/>Thank you for your time and consideration.</p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/8647883098http://beardpaintings.com/post/8647883098Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:22:00 -0400Danny TrejoGraham Clarkbeard paintingsbeard painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpldybuSF91qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am currently busy working on an art show and so I am selling two works I had meant to keep for myself in order to donate as much as I can to the aid work being done in East Africa.<br/><br/>It answers the question, “What if famed sportscaster Don Cherry was a gorilla and had his own brand of cereal?”<br/><br/>It is red, yellow, black, brown, ink, purple and green acrylic on 9” by 12” canvas board.<br/><br/>All proceeds from the sale of this item will go to Oxfam Canada in their pursuit of aiding the victims of the famine in East Africa. The donation will be matched by the Canadian government. <br/><br/>You can read more about that here: <a href="http://www.oxfam.ca/what-we-do/emergencies/east-africa-food-crisis-donate-now">http://www.oxfam.ca/what-we-do/emergencies/east-africa-food-crisis-donate-now</a></p> <p>You can checkout the ebay listing here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3c3g757"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3c3g757">http://tinyurl.com/3c3g757</a></strong></a></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/8632225156http://beardpaintings.com/post/8632225156Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:32:00 -0400beard paintingsGraham ClarkDon CherryGorillaPinkos<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loo5ykhE7R1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a painting I did of Dolly Parton. I gave it to Lana Gay from CBC Radio 3 as a thank you for her support of my goal in buying my friend Ryan a new wheelchair.</p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/7876213240http://beardpaintings.com/post/7876213240Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:59:00 -0400beard paintingsDolly PartonGraham Clark<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnvz4ngxVT1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is the latest beard painting up for sale on ebay. It is my ode to the great Don Rickles.</p> <p>All proceeds from the sale of this painting will go to buying my friend Ryan Lachance a new wheelchair.</p> <p>You can find out more here: <a title="http://tinyurl.com/6ycepnx" href="http://tinyurl.com/6ycepnx"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ycepnx">http://tinyurl.com/6ycepnx</a></strong></a></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/7283512976http://beardpaintings.com/post/7283512976Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:38:00 -0400beard paintingsGraham ClarkDon Rickles<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln7h6dRABC1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I call this fella the hooded seal. It is acrylic on 7” by 9” canvas board. As always, this was painted with the beard on my face.</p> <p>All proceeds from the sale of this guy go to buying my friend Ryan Lachance a brand new wheelchair!</p> <p>You can check it out on ebay here: <strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6btttxp">http://tinyurl.com/6btttxp</a></strong></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/6798279816http://beardpaintings.com/post/6798279816Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:08:00 -0400beard paintingsGraham Clarkhooded seal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmsuvr064E1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a painting of robots playing leapfrog. It was inspired by the June 28, 1919 cover of the Saturday Evening Post painted by Norman Rockwell. I am selling this painting done with the beard on my face on ebay. All the money will be going to my friend Ryan Lachance so he can buy a new wheelchair.</p> <p>Stop by, won’t you? <a title="http://tinyurl.com/3zo3eez" href="http://tinyurl.com/3zo3eez"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3zo3eez">http://tinyurl.com/3zo3eez</a></strong></a></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/6532802300http://beardpaintings.com/post/6532802300Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:40:00 -0400beard paintingsGraham ClarkRobotsLeap frog<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmhmbaShbq1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is the latest beard painting for sale in a series that is dedicated to purchasing my friend Ryan Lachance a new wheelchair.</p> <p>It is an ode to the Canucks and their fans. The constellation in the stars is Johnny Canuck, a small part of the Vancouver uniform, but for my money, the best part.</p> <p>You can check it out on ebay here: <a title="http://tinyurl.com/3bku347" href="http://tinyurl.com/3bku347"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3bku347">http://tinyurl.com/3bku347</a></strong></a></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/6328759622http://beardpaintings.com/post/6328759622Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:01:00 -0400beard paintings Graham Clarkbeard paintings<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2hx2SUhk1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a beard painting of robots. Measuring 11” by 14”, it is the biggest one I have painted to date. All of the proceeds from the sale of the painting will go to my friend Ryan Lachance so that he may buy a brand new wheelchair.</p> <p>Stop by and have a look-see: <strong><a title="look-see" href="http://tinyurl.com/3pdq7aq"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3pdq7aq">http://tinyurl.com/3pdq7aq</a> </a><br/></strong></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/6039466581http://beardpaintings.com/post/6039466581Tue, 31 May 2011 12:03:00 -0400Beard paintingGraham ClarkRobot break roomRobotsbeard paintings<a href="http://imakeshinythings.tumblr.com/post/5855716317">i make shiny things: Not cool Urban Outfitters, not cool. </a>: <p>Urban Outfitters ripped off this lady’s designs…</p> <p><a href="http://imakeshinythings.tumblr.com/post/5855716317">imakeshinythings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>One of my lovely customers sent me a message today with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=20406666&parentid=W_ACC_JEWELRY&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=15&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=W_ACC_JEWELRY&popId=WOMENS_ACCESSORIES&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=">this link. </a></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lls8mxGIlU1qzy7vt.jpg" width="450" height="380"/></p> <p>And here is my <a target="_blank" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/truche?section_id=6584327&ga_search_query=sterling%2Bsilver%2Bstate&ga_search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5116797">United/World of Love line</a>:</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lls8sd2FOV1qzy7vt.jpg" width="455" height="562"/></p> <p>My heart sank a little bit. The World/United States of Love line that I created is one of the reasons that I was able to quit my full-time job. They even stole the item…</p> </blockquote>http://beardpaintings.com/post/5872434005http://beardpaintings.com/post/5872434005Thu, 26 May 2011 15:37:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj6z1z8M6j1qz88obo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I find Mr. Salazar’s work inspiring.</p> <p><a href="http://sally-michael86.tumblr.com/post/4485684946">sally-michael86</a>:</p> <blockquote>Gah, I love Ehren Salazar’s style so much! <p><a href="http://daveshumka.tumblr.com/post/4369536125">daveshumka</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My friend <a href="http://www.monsterdinosaur.blogspot.com/">Ehren Salazar</a> did the art for <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thecrackling">this new album</a>, and I like art because I’m hella cultured.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://beardpaintings.com/post/5867122462http://beardpaintings.com/post/5867122462Thu, 26 May 2011 11:48:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llnoiqxJTr1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This beard painting is the first in a series that I am selling to raise money to aid my friend Ryan’s efforts to buy himself a new wheelchair. It is inspired by the outfits worn by the legendary band The Ramones.</p> <p>You can view the ebay listing here: <a title="here" href="http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140553975362"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140553975362">http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140553975362</a></a></p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/5769132834http://beardpaintings.com/post/5769132834Mon, 23 May 2011 12:01:00 -0400Beard paintingsGraham ClarkRamones<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkvwj3JQXD1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a painting of what the extinct Irish Deer may have looked like. It is known as the largest deer that ever existed. I sold this painting and gave the money to an organization called <a title="GlobalMedic" href="http://www.globalmedic.ca/">GlobalMedic</a> to aid their mission in Japan following the earthquakes and tsunami.</p>http://beardpaintings.com/post/5306888769http://beardpaintings.com/post/5306888769Sun, 08 May 2011 12:01:00 -0400Beard paintingsIrish DeerExtinctGraham Clark<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhb921Ts381qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://beardpaintings.com/post/3558499593http://beardpaintings.com/post/3558499593Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:42:00 -0500Beard paintingGiraffeGraham ClarkPortraitbeard paintings<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhb93nDLCM1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://beardpaintings.com/post/3558515003http://beardpaintings.com/post/3558515003Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:42:00 -0500Beard paintingsRobocopGraham Cark<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhb90cYUcT1qha342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://beardpaintings.com/post/3558482261http://beardpaintings.com/post/3558482261Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:40:00 -0500Beard paintingCookie MonsterGraham Clarkbeard paintings