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new sketch book
i got a cool new sketch book at “stationers” in hillcrest
the dimensions are 5.5″ X 8.25″. it’s made of butcher paper and string, with a corrugated paper cover. pretty cool.
i did a few sketches in it last night at art night. here they are:
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arrow deco – the roots
i was asked to write a bio for the next art show i’m gonna be in. here’s what i came up with:
In my dreams I’ve stood in the basement of New York on the platformed shores of the cities blackened rivers of electric steel. And with the knights of the 149th st bench; [...]
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new drawings, non-photo blue
here’s a few art night drawings. the first 2 are from a couple weeks ago and the last is from last night.
that star has a couple butts on it
this one’s a little hard to see because it’s non-photo blue on chip board. i don’t usually draw like this but…i don’t know. felt [...]
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some old colored pencil drawings and stuff
here’s some colored pencil drawings from a couple years ago:
this one was done during a past art night – it’s a collaboration by myself, joeygold, and gubba:
nice lounging bean by GUBBA
this drawing i did for a friends (an ex art night core member, NICK) short lived ZINE:
it was an art zine, and you had to [...]
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new drawings on fish paper
fellow art nighter, FRIDA, gave me some of this great paper she got while in mexico. it sat in the studio for a couple months until i finally put something down on it. i did these four drawing the same day i made my “black power” collage. here we go:
on these first [...]
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new from my sketchbook
these sketches were all drawn at art night*.
first lets meet my sketchbook:
it says hello.
the most recent one (from this past sunday)
i usually draw in non-photo blue pencil but i didn’t bring any instrumentation this art night. so joeygold let me borrow a ticonderoga hb #2 (which i only had to sharpen once, and it [...]
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a guide to my painting process in 10 steps (kind of)
so, i thought i’d share a bit of my painting process, step by step (well, as many steps as i remembered to photograph). now, this will be a sort of stripped down version because the piece i’m chronicling here is only 3 colors, as opposed to the full color pieces i usually do. [...]
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more phantasmagoria
i went back on satuday, the next day after the show, to take some photos of my pieces and the space in daylight. here’s what i came up with.
these 2 pieces sold:
“EL” & “SUB”
here’s all six cloudscrapers: (#3 & #4 sold)
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all 12 pieces and a red bench:
my name on [...]
how was the show tonight?
first let me say thanks to kinsee and jaime for having me involved in this show. i really appreciate being asked and the praise that you both have given me.
so, when i first saw the space a couple days ago i have to admit i thought it looked a little ragged (it wasn’t that [...]
31 on the job sketches