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glashaus grand opening (group show)

you may remember that i just recently moved into a new studio. in that very space, this saturday, will be the first art show of many to come. this time around will be an open studios/group show in conjunction with device gallery. in addition to my most recent work on display in my studio, [...]
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3 layer drawing

36″ X 12″, spray paint and rapidograph on 3mil double matte mylar
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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 [...]
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sold

thanks jill!
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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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good news, bad news, good news

so, some new developments since the last post. first, i finished my first spray paint on metal piece. it’s called “who’s afraid of red, yellow, blue, purple, orange, green, black, and white (jacks painting)”. the title is referencing robert irwins huge aluminum panel piece called “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow & Blue³” [...]
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31 on the job sketches

when i used to work at MCASD as a security guard it could get pretty boring. there would be stretches of up to 2 hours sometimes where there would be absolutely no one in the museum. thankfully, during those times we were allowed to sit and read. i did a lot of [...]
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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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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) click to see them bigger all 12 pieces and a red bench: my name on [...]
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