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Posted in BLOG, Design, GALLERY on May 19, 2010

Poster for Inspired by California Tour…and a ...

This is a poster that I created for Kirby Scudder’s Inspired by California Tour, in which he is traveling the state of California interviewing people as to what it is about California that inspires them. Eventually a film will be made after the three-month trip is complete ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on April 7, 2010

Music Video by Brandon Moore for Sleepy Sun’ ...

Check out this video by Brandon Moore, a good friend of mine, created for Sleepy Sun’s “New Age”. This band, also friends of mine, has been on the road touring the US and Europe repeatedly in the past couple years and getting great reviews. Brandon Moore is a ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on November 13, 2009

New painting, “For the Pups” Oil and A ...

I recently finished this painting titled “For the Pups” as part of the new series I’ve been working on.  The nest is full of small possum babies, being fed by their mother overhead.  I got to use a lot of scraffito, or scratching, to give textures to the small ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on October 27, 2009

A Unique Medium: Brian Dettmer Cassette Tape Skele ...

I had a friend send me a link to this page and it was so good I had to post it up.  It’s a showcase of a handful of pieces created by an artist named Brian Dettmer, who has been working on sculptures of animal and human skeletons created with old cassette tapes.  The dead ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on October 12, 2009

Progress Pic of Mural at TWIST in Downtown Santa C ...

I recently finished this mural at TWIST, a new clothing boutique, that just opened on Pacific Ave. in Santa Cruz.  This is the first pic I have of it, in progress.  It’s been completed now, so I’ll make sure to post the finished piece when it’s photographed ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on October 12, 2009

COMBO: A Collaborative Wall Painting Animation by ...

“Combo” is the second video in the wall painting animation series started by BLU (the first was called MUTO).  In this video, BLU teams up with David Ellis to create another amazing wall painting animation.  They really went all out with this one!  David Ellis add ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on October 3, 2009

Solo Art Show at Twist on November 6th! Downtown S ...

You are invited to come see my new show at Twist in Downtown Santa Cruz this November 6th, from 6 to 10 pm.  We will have music, drinks, and of course, some new paintings! I even completed a mural recently at Twist, so that will also be shown as part of the opening.  Hope to se ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on October 3, 2009

MUTO: An ambiguous animation painted on public wal ...

This is a link to a video created by artist and muralist BLU…you have to see this.  He pretty much created an animation where each frame of the animation is a separate wall painting. This must have taken forever to make!  http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm.  You c ... Continue Reading

Posted in BLOG on October 3, 2009

New Series…Six paintings!!! Picture of first ...

I am working on a new series of six paintings where I’m really focusing on building up layers on the pieces so they show a lot of depth.  The backgrounds are being created with different colors of latex paint, covered with mottled acrylics and then layered over again with ... Continue Reading