The event was conceived and organized by a handful of the Just-Us League collaborators.  Allied Stone is the host venue, which is stunning even without the artwork (they have also agreed to donate $1.00 for every person that ‘Likes’ their Facebook page!  CLICK HERE).  Oh, and the incredibly gracious Manasha Garcia, widow of the late Jerry Garcia, of the Grateful Dead, has donated three of his original etchings.

Along with many amazing works by Dallas area artists, two of my recent paintings will be available.  So if you’ve ever thought you would like one of my works, what better time than when the money will go to such a good cause…

“Bounty Hunter”

Acrylic on Canvas

24″X30″

Painted live at the most recent Burning Inspirations show in Ft. Worth.

“More Smiles From Strangers 2″

Acrylic on Canvas

24″X48″

I started this one live at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival this past weekend, in the ArtLoveMagic Artists Alley.  It was about 85% done when my session was up and I finished it here in the studio.

Please come out if you’ve ever liked any of my art, if you enjoy art in general and if you want to help send much needed disaster relief and pick up some great art at the same time.

Details:

Saturday – April 9, 2011

7PM – 12AM

2405 Crown Road, Dallas, TX 75229

Entry and Valet Parking are FREE!

Links:

Just-Us League

Allied Stone

Hamilton-Smith Organization

Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth

UNICEF

The upcoming Just.Us League dates are:

March 26 @ Excuses

April 2 @ Excuses

April 29 @ Green Elephant (Playdough CD Release Party)

More info to come on all of the dates.

JUST.US!

Once I finish it, I’ll post a pic.

I’m super stoked about joining the Just-Us League of art super heroes this Sunday!  11 artists collaborate on a huge canvas for 111 minutes.  Definitely come check this out if you can.

Here’s a viddy from the last adventure:

And the details:

Sunday Feb 27

10:00pm - 2:00am

3025 Main St, Dallas, TX

FREE$ to Attend

21+ w/valid ID

Facebook Event Page

Hallway photo by Kelsey Paine - no relation =)

Do you really want an artist who is obsessed with “doing things on time” (big air quotes)?  No.  You want a creative soul driven by reckless abandon.  So here I am, driving this event recap like I stole it, a couple of weeks after the opening.  Look out.

The ArtLoveMagic producers and volunteers had the gallery, the Blue Room and the hallway outside packed with art and artists, and looking rad.  You realize what a great art scene we have when you look around a show like this and see so many of your friends showing and making art.  The crowd was awesome.  There was almost always someone stopping to ask questions about my paintings or just to watch me work.  Although it was packed, there was a cool vibe and people seemed into the art.

It’s safe to say the event exceeded the expectations of everyone involved, as well as everybody who came.  I’ll shut up now, so you can check out the goods.

To the left is an in-process shot of "Year of the Rabbit" that I painted during the show. You can see the source material taped to the wall. On the right is "Voltaic", which people seemed to respond to (who doesn't like sexy girls, right.) -Photo by Schmidty

Another new one, "Futura". -Photo by Schmidty

One of my new "Six Is The New Five" series.

"Voltaic"

"Year of the Rabbit" - This was a charcoal sketch on canvas with a few swipes of spray paint for color blocking when the show began. I got this far between talking to people during the show. I'll post more when it's complete. Oh...the funniest question I got was, "Is that a hamster with a shotgun?" "No, it's a rabbit with an AK47."

"Six is the new Five"

Another "Six is the new Five".

Along with the visual artists, there were bands and djs filling the place with cool music.  In the true spirit of creativity, GOAT headed up the Underground CYPHER.  Basically, 14 of the musicians from the event teamed up to write and record one song…which was then performed live one time ever at the event.  You can check out the viddy below and download the tune HERE.  Awesome.

If you missed the show, all of the art is still on display at the Janette Kennedy Gallery at South Side On Lamar, and will be until Saturday, February 26.  You can also check out a ton of pics of the event and the amazing art in Schmidty’s Flikr gallery HERE.  She also gave me a humorous (i think) name-check in her blog about the show HERE.

There is also a great time lapse video of Dallas artist, Kevin Oberegon, painting live at the event.

I dropped off three brand new paintings, along with a couple of older works.  And I’ll have quite a few more brand new pieces there Saturday.  All of the artists, including myself, will be creating art live.  So you’ll be able to see me start brand new painting start from scratch.

If you love art, you can’t miss this.  If you are new to art events, this is definitely for you.  Check out the flyer below for all of the madness!

Underground (facebook event page)

Presented by ArtLoveMagic

Saturday, 2/12/11, 8PM – Midnight

Janette Kennedy Gallery

South Side On Lamar Lofts

So I painted another Abe Lincoln, along with some red, white, and blue rhinoceros beetles…you know, like you do.

Cody Phillips’ (aka: Mac IX) tire biting snake.

David Rodriguez did a tribute to his ArtLoveMagic co-founder, Michael Lagocki, by painting one of Michael’s characters.

Graffiti by Joe Skills.

Airbrush work by Eddie Walker.

Thanks to Don Herring Mitsubishi and ArtLoveMagic for letting me vandalize a car.

I did a multi-layer stencil of Ganesh (my first time at multiple layers).

The separations could have lined up a little better, but I still liked the piece.  It gave me a whole new a appreciation for the artists that do amazing stencil work.

Here’s a picture of Sarah Jane holding it up for auction…

I wish I met whoever bought it.  I think I remember being shy or something.  I’m so cool sometimes.

Art Conspiracy gets better every year I have participated.  It’s definitely one of the funnest Dallas art events all year!

Source:

(people have commented about the ‘red white & blue’ palette, as well as the ‘blood red’ near the top of his head.  neither were intentional.  maybe I’m dense.  the red was a quick swipe of spray paint, which I often use to quickly block in colors on a new canvas, and it may or may not survive the process.)

(working on two at a time to let the drips dry a little)

‘Abe Lincoln’

36″X48″ Oil (and spray paint) on Canvas

November 10, 2010

This piece is no longer available.

Basically, ArtLoveMagic co-founder David Rodriguez, Sarah Fulk, Charles Harrison, Sarah Zamora and I did our respective art thing while, throughout the night, people mingled and danced, a runway fashion show commenced and local musician, Kirk Thurmond, played a live set with his band.  Proceeds went to the local not for profit, Today Marks The Beginning.

Photo by Jersean Golatt

Click for a full gallery of the evening…

Photo by QC Cong/XO Photography

Full Gallery

(I’ll upload photos of the painting I did once I get the chance to take some.)