Cat's-paw ...

cat's-paw

Epiphany...

"Epiphany"

Viva la Resolution!!

"Rubric"

A New Year has begun, and like many of you I have chosen to celebrate its arrival with that age old tradition of the Desperately-far-fetched-unattainable-ideal, more commonly referred to as a resolution. My resolution this year is to make, and post, something new every day. I went out and got myself a word of the day calendar, and each day I'll be creating something pertaining to that word, sort of. Sometimes I might just draw stuff.

Whats nice is, this one resolution actually helps me out in three areas where I feel I need some improvement. Firstly it gets me drawing every day, which is a lot harder than it sounds. Second it gets me posting, which makes me feel better and theoretically keeps the internets happy too. And thirdly, since I have absolutely no intention of ever selling or even really showing these pieces outside of this blog, it has the added bonus of FUN.

The whole idea with these things is just to make something, period. It doesn't have to match a theme, or fit a style, or even use a particular medium; its just a thing I made which has some vague correlation to the word of the day.

In other news, this Saturday I'll have a piece in a show at Alpha Cult as a part of Asia Eng's new show "Girl's Poo Flowers". I managed to turn the piece in before I scanned it, so you'll have to check back to see the piece later this week.

Anywho I hope you all had a festive holiday experience, Happy New Year everyone!

Seasons Greetings, now with skulls ...

Just a quick post to wish all you internetters a happy, drunken holiday. Cheers!

Sprawl, finished ... kind of

"Sprawl" 24 x 24

(Detail)

Okay, that took a lot longer than I had initially thought it would. Which further proves my theory that I should never guess about anything, especially time related. This monster is going to be a part of a big show in Spain next year. A concept that is, honestly, still a little to big for me to wrap my head around.

This painting still has to pass inspection from a few more people before I call it 'finished', but as of now it is 'complete'. Everything on the drawing is now on the painting, and while there may be some tweaks for it in the future this things pretty much done. I apologize for the poor quality of the detail, I adjusted the colors as best I could but my little camera isn't the best. Onward to more paintings ...

Shenanigans...

"Shenanigans"

Just a quick post to let you all know about next weeks show at the Hive. They'll be hosting their second annual "Price...Less" show, with all works in the group show under 200 dollars. This cheeky fellow here for example will be going for a palsy $100. They'll also be exhibiting featured artists works from some very talented individuals, including Naomi Nowak, one of my personal favorites.

On a side note, I got to attend my friend Mia's opening last night, and I strongly suggest you all go see it if you have the chance. The work is amazing, which is clearly evident in the fact that she had sold out completely before the show even opened. So if you can stop by Corey Helford and have a look see, you wont be disappointed.

Whats in the works ...

"Sprawl"

Wow, apologies all around for my atrocious posting habits of late. No real excuses to be offered, so instead have a look-see at whats currently crowding out my desk. This 24" x 24" beast is for a show in Barcelona next year. Yes, Spain. I'm pretty excited about the whole project, and I'm hoping I'll be able to attend the big event itself when the time arrives. The show is going to feature all LA based artists, from established giants to up and comers like myself, in a fancy art-based cultural exchange.

Rejoice, however, because there will be some more paintings coming in the near future. So at least for a while I should actually have something to post.

In other news, some of you may have wondered what it is I do for money, since this whole paint-slinging debacle doesn't really bring in the bacon. Well to answer your theoretical question, Internet, I happen to make my moneys building fancy flash websites (the brutal irony in this of course is that I have not once updated my own website in the last two years).

Two such fancy sites are currently up and operational for your general enjoyment and perusal, so if your interested why don't you check them out.

Firstly, there's the new Spyglass Entertainment website. A friend designed the site and I built the interactions and animations.

Then theres the Kid's Science Challenge, this site was a ton of fun to do. I got to design, code, and animate the majority of the site myself, including some sweet video games. Theres even a guest appearance by the Prince of Cake in the Skateboard Science Game. He helped me out with all the designs and decals in that game. The site itself is really cool, its a contest for the young and science inclined, where they can win prizes and help scientists with awesome experiments. So if you've got a wee friend with a hankering for science, you should have them check it out.

Thanks to the teams at A Creative Project, and Zumwinkle.com since theres no way I could have done these things myself.