So the good people of DicE Magazine hooked up the cover spot. Hands down my favorite Moto Mag, has that DIY feel. Next up, get my Triumph featured once Earl is done. If you’d like to pick up a copy hit’em up at DicE

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer… was Comicon as crazy for you as it was for me? The cover art is currently hanging in the Bristol Museum for the ART FROM THE NEW WORLD show.

Last weekend I had a chance to visit my homie Richard. We watched a lame hockey game and sprinkled in some of the LAKER game. Yeah that’s right, the one that got them into (insert crazy loud voice) the finals with Boston!!!!!!!!! Was so hard to focus on the sports, with his wife painting in the same room. I figure if your reading this, you can care less about the Lakers and would much rather hear about Richards’s wife. I think her name is Brandi Bad Ass Milne, she has a solo show at Corey Helford on the 26th of this month.

I took the trip HB to check out her new works for the show. Needless to say, I was stoked to find a house full of badass paintings… hence her middle name. Was first introduced to Brandi’s work at Gallery 1988 around four-ish years ago. I remember instantly gravitating to what she was doing back then and happy to report that she’s evolving. As you know, to evolve as an artist is a big deal. Similar to skating if there’s no progression, then why bother. Pack it up and do something else. One obvious area that’s different is the sizes of her pieces. Brandi typically paints small and for this show she has stepped out of her comfort zone and chosen a larger canvas. Don’t be surprised if you find her killing a back alley Mural off Melrose.

Before our meet, I had been wondering what would resonate betweens us. When I got there and we started talking, it hit me hard. It was the loss of her mother Vicki and how she’s made it a big part of her paintings. A few years before Brandi lost Vicki, I lost one of my best friends to cancer as well. Ada was my tia that came over from Nicaragua to watch over us wile our parents worked. She raised me as her own and I looked at her as my mother. It was a difficult time in my life and can fully sympathize with Brandi’s loss. It’s one thing to go through that but to make it your subject matter is another. I can appreciate art that is simple and solely created to be eye candy. However when you step out and make it as personal as Brandi has, it elevates the art to another level. One piece for the show was so personal that she had it wrapped as to avoid dwelling on it. Even as I tried to pry she was hesitant to get into the history. I hate to admit this but as we told each others story, I found my self fighting the tears… Yeah I’m a softie. I’m stoked to find her striving and struggling with her work. It can and will only lead to good places. As my favorite expression goes, nothing comes from nothing.

If you find your self alone this Sat, you can buy a real doll or stop by Copronason gallery for the Hi Fructose anniversary show. On a side note, I’m almost done with my piece for the Bristol Museum…. STOKED!!!! The piece is turning into one of my personal favs, it’ll also double as the cover for DICE mag.

Free admission, great art, Live music, and killer food (I really don’t know if the foods going to be killer) Bergamot Arts Complex, 2525 Michigan Ave T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404 - 310-829-2156

Craolas got some goodies for all the boys and girls. The MASTHEAD shirts my pick of the day. Enjoy and happy shopping

Was a fun show, a grip of people came out, hooked up a pen drawing, then jumped over to Toi for dinner with some new friends.

“A Cry For Help”
presented by Born Free USA

Show Runs: Jan. 8th, 2010 through Feb. 5th, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 8th, 2010 7- 11pm

This special exhibit will feature an installation from Bumblebee as well as a group show featuring the works of over 100 artists (view full list here)

20% of all proceeds will be donated to Born Free USA

Born Free USA & Animal Protection Institute
http://www.bornfreeusa.org/

I snuck in a piece last min. it’s now up for auction…

This year, 2009, Juxtapoz is celebrating their 15th Anniversary. To help celebrate, Juxtapoz decided to put together a huge group show and have teamed up with Powerhouse Project in Detroit to help raise money to buy homes in abandoned neighborhoods in order to regenerate one of the symbols of American middle class cities.

To help make this event as big as possible, Juxtapoz reached out to some of their favorite galleries and asked for their help in curating this milestone event.

Had me some fun last night at Craolas show. I’m having such a hard time writing this post. Don’t think I have the words to justify how awesome the show was. Gregs love for his craft is proven on the walls at 1988, I’m inspired to say the least. Do your self a favor, GO SEE HIS SHOW!

As for the scavenger hunt goes, yes I did have a hand in winning the piece. However the master mind behind solving the puzzle was Mr. Mike Borys. He’s also my co-worker at the FAMOUS 42 and the man behind the puzzles at Babby Tattooville. Was stoked to see Jensen and Greg incorporate the hunt into the show, I hope to see more of it in the future. Who knows maybe Borys will do some puzzle work for my Solo show at
gallery 6.9.6.20.25 BD 19.6 May 2011. Thats not my complete show schedule, just a teaser.

Love Yall

Check it out… thanks to the nice people at Monzuki

monzuki

Thats right, tiz the season. A new road to LAs repeat. I’m stoked and the Lakers rawk!!!
As for art I’m almost done with the Corey Helford piece. Its for a Multiplane show…
should be very interesting. I’ve also worked out my schedule for 2010-2011. Super
stoked on it and plan to spill the beans early nest year.

stay warm, hopefully next to someone you love (AAWW)
J_KMNDZ