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“Impermanent Collection” Graphite on paper C “Impermanent Collection” Graphite on paper Composed as a memory box of mundane but emotionally charged fragments, this drawing was the basis for a 2019 concert poster commissioned by the band @thenational. Some images were interpreted from “I Am Easy to Find”, the short film Mike Mills made to accompany the album of the same name, and some images are my own additions. It’s on view now in “Future Channels” at @heythere_projects with many more works by myself and @ryanheshka
“A New Sound” shirts in 2 colors will be avail “A New Sound” shirts in 2 colors will be available for the first time today at the @heavymannerslibrary Holiday Zone. Prints and zines and then much more from many other local makers will be there for your perusal. Shirts are modeled by @akocastuera and Raleigh the folding bike, Ako’s latest new boyfriend. Thank you A & R! Ako and I will be tabling together both days. Come by and say hi!
Good people with good stuffs for you tomorrow and Good people with good stuffs for you tomorrow and Sunday down at the wonderful @heavymannerslibrary. Support makers in your community at the Holiday Zone, 12-7 pm on both Nov 26 & 27. I’ll have new shirts and prints along with some now harder to find zines, prints and more. See you there!
Birder and Cat Person are drawings you can see at Birder and Cat Person are drawings you can see at @heythere_projects and then maybe you can put them in your house someday. I’m putting a link in one of those places you know to look to see all the works of the show. Image 1: a bird in profile is connected, maybe even fused, to the top of a human head which looks straight out at you and, by its expression, seems to be enjoying things. The mouth of the human face is open where inside a small egg incubates on the tongue. Or maybe it waits to be dispensed? Or eaten? What is this relationship? Image 2: The graphic shape of a cat in profile, its tail up and bent over its own body which is morphed together with a human head whose face looks out at you. The face has a funny expression on it. It seems happy but there’s something else there. This person’s brain has been altered. No doubt it is crawling with worms, both physical and metaphysical, that cats have probably deposited into it somehow. This person is in heaven but has also stepped in fresh vomit next to the bed in the middle of the night. The backgrounds are filled with a textured and intense carmine red, while graphically the negative space the red creates is the positive shape of the animals and heads, allowing the cream white of the paper to be the color of the figures. Minimal rendering adds the details which define the human faces and features of the animals. This took many, many sketches to reduce the final works to their most essential elements. Applause please.
A Family Tree For our haunted past and future “Future Channels” opens tonight! At @heythere_projects! Arts by me and @ryanheshka! We will be in attendance
“Friends 4 Ever” A new drawing for the Future “Friends 4 Ever” A new drawing for the Future Channels” show with @ryanheshka, opening tomorrow night at @heythere_projects in Joshua Tree For a preview to all works email heythereprojects@gmail.com Or DM me if you like though my response time will be spotty. I’ll be all over the place for the next couple of days
“Full Hana” A page of flowers for you in “F “Full Hana” A page of flowers for you in “Future Channels”, a show at @heythere_projects in Joshua Tree this Saturday with @ryanheshka. Opening reception is Saturday night, Nov 12, from 6-9 pm For a preview of all works email heythereprojects@gmail.com
Happy Body Cat is a drawing about how cats are goo Happy Body Cat is a drawing about how cats are good at moving Qi around and it will be one of many of my drawings at @heythere_projects in Joshua Tree this weekend for a show with the fun work of @ryanheshka. The exhibition opens Saturday, Nov 12, why don’t you come?
“Ghost Tree” Mixed media on panel (papier-mach “Ghost Tree” Mixed media on panel (papier-mache, plaster, glue, sand, gravel, pumice gel, matte-medium, acrylic gouache, paper, wood) 4’ x 6’ This piece was commissioned by a family whose only direction to me was that they wanted something that felt good for friends and family to gather around, something that welcomed people to their home. A beautiful request! I had been thinking about family trees, tree as home, tree as altar, “Tree Of Life” imagery from various cultures and time periods, and the good old fun of a decorated tree, and working out how these feelings and ideas could come together. I began playing with imagery that spoke of bounty and growth, bursting life, death and transformation, generations and regeneration, while calling up that feeling from how objects and images that live with your family can haunt your childhood and fill your head with wild stories.
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Un-claimable whos and whats in the lost and found Un-claimable whos and whats in the lost and found
regenerative poison life death blurst spread from regenerative poison life death blurst spread from Sketchbook 96
action plants for fantasy forest action plants for fantasy forest
Life forms and blue scapes from Sketchbook 96 Life forms and blue scapes from Sketchbook 96
Drawings from camping Drawings from camping
Red Cave II Red Cave II
Blue eruption Blue eruption
Assembling the bones of new beings Assembling the bones of new beings
waves waves
Some silhouettes from the wild to see in Rakugaki Some silhouettes from the wild to see in Rakugaki at @giantrobot
Some of my drawings will be available in @giantrob Some of my drawings will be available in @giantrobot ‘s big annual “RAKUGAKI” group show featuring drawings and sketches from a wide spectrum of artists. The show opens tomorrow at noon
Blue Flowers Blue Flowers
Pages from sketchbook 95, part II Pages from sketchbook 95, part II
Pages from Sketchbook 95, part I Pages from Sketchbook 95, part I
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