Artists Healing Japan Fundraiser…this Saturday!
HEY! GUESS WHAT!? A ton of Dallas artists are putting on a show where 100% of the proceeds go directly to Japan relief via Unicef and the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth. Over 200 works of art by 100+ artists will be sold or auctioned while poets, acoustic musicians, bands and djs do their thing!
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:
Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth
(belated) UNDERGROUND Recap
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.
Beautiful Misery
Definitely avoid this show if you don’t like sexy art. 
I’ll be showing some new paintings, including one featuring a local burlesque beauty (more info to come about that).
Beautiful Misery
Saturday, January 22, from 7pm to 10pm.
Cut Salon
620 S. Jennings Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76104
ArtCon5 was awesome!
It took me a while for the update because, well, things take me a while…
The show was great fun. This was my third year and they keep getting bigger and better each time. We hear a lot these days about the poor economy blah blah blah… But here is what I saw: Many of Dallas’ most talented artists happily GIVING away their time and abilities to be part of something positive, powerful and a total blast. There were also TONS…OK, there were no scales, but there were easily many many metric tons of people enjoying the event and reaching deep into their wallets for all the dope art. I even saw a guy bidding up his own bids during the auction…yeah, paying more on purpose (it was the guy that bought the Christopher Walken portrait, which is fitting, because upping your own bids for charity makes you the coolest dude in the room…and you know, Walken is always the coolest dude in the room).
A very nice couple bought my painting. I broke out of the mold for this one with a sexy waif with some antlers. Here are some pics (thanks to Kristy and Trish!):
Just want to say much respect to the Art Con team/organizers, all the volunteers, all the artists, the bands and definitely to the people coming out to enjoy the event.
I’ve added the Art Conspiracy link in the upper right. Check out their site and get on their mailing list. They do a few events throughout the year, so they’re definitely good to be in touch with.
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skateboard done and (almost) delivered…
i finished my board for the Dallas Nomads’ annual skateboard charity show. i’m about to run out to take it to the gallery and i’m stoked to see some of the other boards!! (details about the show soon)
More catch up…
Or ketchup, or cat soup…or whatever you like with your fries. This is another handful of older paintings.
This is the oldest…from probably about 6 or 7 years ago. The subject is a cool kid I know, named Jevon. He’s a lot older now, but, as you can see, this was when he was just growing some chompers. Below are the photo and crummy sketch from which I started. If I remember correctly, his mom said something like “You made him look like a monster!” Oh the blindness of a parent’s love…
The rest of these are from the beloved and infamous Studio 2304 days…or daze…both apply. I’m sure I’m getting these dates wrong, but we were there something like 2005 – 2008. I say ‘we’. It was actually Steve Herndon’s studio, but we both painted there many nights a week. And it was pretty common for other friends/artists to drop by as well. Anthony Mata, Brad Abrams and sometimes Laura Abrams all hung out and/or made art there. If you dropped by, chances are you would be handed a brush and be coerced into doing something creative.
The serious gorilla.
The three below were done for Jet, Ryder and Greyson, my friend Heather’s kiddos. Hopefully I’ll get them shipped to them in Colorado before they graduate high school.
And here is a painting I did for an ‘erotic’ art show. At the time, I was painting a LOT of nude females, so I decided to try to capture eroticism without nudity.
I promise to post some newer work soon!
