Category Archives: arrow deco
ArrowDeco form no.1 – a sculpture
when i was asked to participate in the new show for Quint Contemporary Art (Homing In), a show which required a piece with size limitations (no larger than 2 feet wide), i didn’t have anything ready to go. i usually try and have a new piece for every show, but i didn’t get much [...]
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mural commission
i’ve yet to get shots of this piece installed, but here it is outside of my studio just after completion.
spray paint on three 4′ X 8′ aluminum panels. they’re installed on a backyard fence next to a pool, with about as much separation in between them as you see here.
i didn’t get paid much, [...]
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first painting of 09
during one art-night awhile back, my friend jan (john) was looking through my sketch book picking out the pages he liked best. among a couple others he chose this as one of the drawings he liked:
he said it reminded him of joan miro. i suppose i can see the connection. although that wasn’t the [...]
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published!
back in may i was asked to do an interview about Adapta Project for Where Traveler. if you’re unfamiliar (as i was) with Where, they are a travel info publisher who puts out books, magazines, and maps. as i say, i wasn’t really familiar with what they do, so i was expecting the [...]
3 drawings and a new show
first, i did this mirrored subway car drawing (based on the R36 ) a few weeks ago for a painting i’ve yet to start:
then i photocopied it a couple times, cut it out, and taped it together to make a neat little subway car skyscraper that sits perched on a shelf in between some art [...]
sold
thanks jill!
art show, iron man, and comic-con
last weekend was really fun. it was comic-con, i was part of a cool group art show, i had friends in from out of town, i had 4 days off from work, i got to meet and be semi-insulted (all in fun) by ashley wood while he signed my poster and gave me a [...]
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metrotham
NYC’s super hero disguise will be revealed on july 26th 25th.
11 art night sketches + 1 spankin new painting
here’s some sketches from my art night book. the last time i posted stuff from this book was back in january . so these have all been done since. i usually try to do one every sunday. they’re all done with a 7b graphite pencil and a white charcoal pencil. [...]
ArrowDeco meets Bird and Beckett