UPDATE: These pieces are now available individually or as a set on my Etsy shop!
It’s been top secret up until now, but the opening night of SUPER iam8bit has finally been released & it’s coming up really soon! If you live in LA, clear your calenders for Thursday, August 11th from 7-11pm, because this show is gonna be HUGE. Over 100 artists basing pieces on old-school video games, 4,500 sq/ft, food trucks, and music performances should make for an amazing time.
I’ve posted a sneak peek of my pieces previously, but I can now finally reveal all in the set of my A Boy And His Blob inspired paintings:
5 Reasons I Could Never Beat That Damn Game
5in x 7in (each), Flashe paint on wood, sealed in resin
For more info, click the flier below:
Also check out my friend Drew’s awesome ExciteBike inspired piece!
So awesome, right?
On super sale HERE
Once again, I am so excited to be participating in another great Gallery 1988 show! Opening Friday, July 29th, at their Venice location, I Know You Art, But What am I? is a tribute to the amazing Pee-Wee Herman, and should be beyond good.
I based my piece on the first of many scenes from Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure that truly creeped me out. Pee-Wee chains his bike up to an animatronic clown and goes shopping, but when he returns it’s been stolen, and the clown is looking twice as scary..
Outside Bike-o-Rama
8in x 10in (each), Flashe paint on wood, sealed in resin
list of artists (click to enlarge)
It’s heeeerrreeee! I’m so excited to be included in Gallery 1988′s newly released book, Cult Movie Art. The hardcover book was published by Titan Books and includes some really amazing work by some of my favorite artists.. Not to mention some of my favorite movies. Win, win, win.
Book signing / release party at Gallery 1988 Melrose on July 10th.
sweet cover
my Pee Wee piece
my Strange Brew pieces
my good friend, Andrew DeGraff’s amazing Goonies series!
Well, it’s finally done! I’m so excited & honored to once again be participating in Gallery 1988′s Crazy 4 Cult show (and even more excited to be attending the opening this year!) In past years I’ve based pieces on Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Strange Brew, & Goonies, but this year I wanted to take on one of my favorite movies of all time, Muholland Dr. The 1st 10 minutes of this movie are beyond scary..
Crazy 4 Cult 5: I’m Getting Too Old for This Sh*t opens July 8th in LA.
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I Had a Dream About This Place, 2011
22in x 12in, Flashe on wood, sealed in resin
detail of Winkies
detail of bum
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I’ve been busy in my studio painting my piece for the Crazy 4 Cult 5 show at Gallery 1988, that takes place in July. Each artist must base their piece on a cult movie that they love, and this year I’m choosing David Lynch’s, Mulholland Drive. I love Lynch, and I think this movie is a masterpiece. Smart, funny, creepy, and beautifully shot, I remember seeing it for the first time and wanting to turn around, go back into the theater, buy another ticket, and see it again immediately.
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen this before.. I usually don’t reveal my piece until it’s complete, but I think the finish will look much different than the sketch, so no harm done. Everyone seemed to get a laugh out of my initial sketch follies (see post below), so here’s another. First sketch done while on the subway, the 2nd one my final sketch before the painting.
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So excited to be included in the iam8bit show in LA this year! Over 100 artists & illustrators will be included, all showcasing artwork of their favorite old school video games. I can’t reveal my whole set of paintings just yet, but I will say that I did 5 small pieces that all work together as one, entitled:
5 Reasons I Could Never Beat That Damn Game
Anyone guess the game?
Sorry the postings have been sort of slow the past few months, I’ve been doing a million different projects and my new painting series had to be put on hold until the end of the month. While I was working on my new site, I went through an old folder of images and came across this one.. I can’t believe I never got around to posting it!
I did The Travelers (aka: The Hair Curtains) a couple of years ago for a show in Miami, as the sister piece to One Plus Two Plus One.
The Travelers, acrylic on wood
One Plus Two Plus One
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So my ol’ website of 6 years (that’s like 120 in Internet years, right?) is finally getting a complete makeover! I’m expecting it to take me a little while, as I’m trying to edit out a lot of things, as well adding all sorts of new goodies, but I’m excited all the same.
While searching though my virtual junk drawer of old files, I came across a few pieces I painted, scanned and completely forgot about. All of them were done for various gallery shows and have since sold, but I don’t think I ever got around to posting them on my site. Some of them are pretty old (when I used to work with acrylic!), but I still thought a few of you may be interested in seeing them.
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Whippersnappers, acrylic on wood
Indian, Elephant, Bird, Dog, acrylic on wood
Seven Minutes of Heaven, Flashe paint on wood, sealed in resin
I just finished up my Crazy 4 Cult 4 piece(s) for the show over at Gallery 1988! This year I decided to do a bunch of miniature paintings (each panel is 4in x 4in), depicting some of my favorite props, side characters, and other various semi-important elements from The Goonies.
Can you name all 18? (See key after the jump for the answers)
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Here is my 2nd piece for the Twilight Zone show at Gallery 1988 (1st one here).. which we just got word is entitled Another Dimension and will now be opening on May 20th. This piece is based on one of my other favorite episodes, The Masks.
A wealthy old man is sick and close to dying. He invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras party where they must wear the masks he specially had made for each of them.. or else be cut off from their inheritance. The old man wears a skull mask, that later reveals the true “face of death”.
The Face of Death (The Masks), 9in x 9in,
Flash on wood, sealed in resin
I was thrilled to be invited to participate in the Twilight Zone Tribute Show that Gallery 1988 LA will be hosting May 18th. I can’t begin to tell you how fun re-watching these shows for “research” was. Seriously, best job in the world.
My first piece is based on the well-known episode, The Eye of the Beholder. A woman wrapped in bandages who said to be so ugly, that the surgery preformed on her face is her last hope. At the climax of the show, the doctors slowly unravel the bandages (which seems to go on for ages), to reveal a beautiful woman. Then the camera pans back to show that all of the doctors and nurses look ugly and deformed.
The Unveiling, 16in x 16in
Flash on wood, sealed in resin
More info on the opening coming soon.
An old piece I did for a silent charity auction, where each artist was given a blank deck to work on. All proceeds went to benefit a skate park in Knoxville, TN
