June 14, 2008

Commission, Painting

I have just completed three paintings for a client who was interested in letting me explore different modes of transportation a french bulldog might find useful. I came up with three simple solutions: 1) by french bulldog/sparrow crossbreed 2) by french bulldog hot air balloon 3) by french bulldog propeller hat. These works are being shown in a transitory place (a hallway) in a work place and therefore I wanted to create artwork that had motion, humor, and the hint of the outside. The work space also has a lot of brick and natural wood so I wanted to compliment that by working on wood panels and instead of building layers with paint, I worked with stains and washes. I feel like the backgrounds in all of these pieces came out pretty awesome and the layers really give depth to the pieces. Anyhow, take a look at the images and I hope you like them!

June 3, 2008

Commerical, Illustration

I designed a skateboard deck for a company. I decided to use one of my giant robots getting tricked into having his big metal shoelaces tied together. I figure a giant robot has a much further distance to fall to the ground than you or I and therefore the plummet would probably slay the metal menace.

June 2, 2008

Commerical, Illustration, Sketch, Digital

my friend hiroki from tokyo has asked me to create a shirt for his label. I have attached the original sketch so that you can see how the original design first looked. This is a LE shirt (500) that will be available in their tokyo store and online fall 2008. keep your eyes peeled.

May 14, 2008

Painting, Canvas, Collaboration

Here are some images from the Circus! Show that opened on Thursday, May 1 2008 at 111 Minna Gallery. These photos were taken by Gabe Scott who is the lead curator at 111 Minna Gallery. For more images of this show and other current works by myself and kelly tunstall please visit www.111minnagallery.com.

April 1, 2008

Painting, Canvas, Found Object, Installation, Collaboration

San Francisco artist Kelly Tunstall and I have been collaborating on pieces for over two years at this point. Our work really works well together and I want the world wide web to see some examples or our work together.