under new management

hey all,
just a quick post of some drawings, im starting my new painting (finally) been really busy with work and life and trying to pay rent. oo, and playing with my nephew.
heres a self portriat i had drawn this summer late at night.


here are some pages from my sketch book, doodles while waiting for the subway or laundry and what have you.





more paintings to come!

said skills to pay bills

hey all,
as usual, been very busy with everything, painting, working, galleries, traveling and the like. for those who havent seen it and can, you should go check out the four person show at destination featuring our buddy john ryan solis. and of those in pennsylvania (any one?) you need to see jake smileys solo show. both great work.
so as promised, here are some photos of my work at rickys near union square. the faces a little fucked up but im not really bothered by it.



here is a watercolor portrait i did for a company, may get used for something, but not really sure. so watercolor really isnt my thing and i dont have that much practice with it, but i was pretty pleased with the way this came out.


and to bring in the full circle of what ive been up to, here is the birthday card i made for my friend. super cute. had a lot of fun making this one.

oh, the top says "happy birthday" in japanese.

im currently working on a bunch of illustrations for a bag line for the UFC thats taking up most my free time, but there will be a new painting from the peer pressure/bad vibrations very soon. also, im toying with two other ideas for a a short series of paintings for the near future. one on phone booths in the city (for no real reason other than to get better and painting and scenery) and the other "how you make me feel", a fun personal project with the intent for others to be able to relate it to their own experiences.
peace out!

show me the side streets in your life

hey all,
so as promised, here is my most recent painting from the on going series peer pressure/bad vibrations. the piece is entitled "panic obscura". as you can guess, its about drugs. it is also about the convenience of modern life during adolescence. the colors are a bit off though, cant seem to get the scanner to do what i want lately!


also, here is are some more sea creatures from the deep. one is a gift for a friend which will be mailed out super soon, promise!



in other news my illustrations i had done for the hair salon shears hustle and blow are up in the window of the store rickys on 3rd ave at 14th st!! i will have pictures to show off soon.

velocity of love

so as an illustrator, ive been trying to figure out what it is that i want to illustrate and display in my work. its always been a point of worry for me, not finding a spot i was comfortable with or felt honest in. it seems like a lot of fuss over finding out what it is that i really just want to do when the answer is as simple as just doing what it is i want to do. but the details ive been hung up.
a few days ago i had read a hand full of old journal entries i had made about nothing in particular, but they all had a reoccurring theme. that is im overly enthusiastic in a very unadulterated way about my interests. i realized i was rarely wavered by others apathy. and for a moment i felt i had become someone other than myself. but then i remembered that totally stupid and that i will always be the over enthusiastic romantic, just now im older and more is on the line, but i have more ability to pull out of the dangers i may face. i am an observer and an appreciator, i view the world romantically and try to understand the foreign. I feel sure of my self, but with out thinking of my self at all.
anyways, as this translates into illustration and work, i feel that subjects like anxiety, love, confusion, adolescence, cuteness, and energy really interest me, and i feel an infinite sea if idea in those places. this whole thing will take time and more thought and more struggle, but thats part of the adventure to it. bring it

anywho still havent fixed or finished any painting paintings, been doing tons of other things, lots of shit happening. but here are some exerts from my sketchbook. these are all done while riding the subway.

old fashioned

hey all,
its been kinda crazy past few days, too much to get into, and you guys dont need to hear personal problems or ridiculous shit. anywho, here's a page from my sketchbook, i will have a new painting up soon, sadly it got wet (gouache lifts up if it gets wet again) so i have to repaint one spot. in the mean time, the destroyer of worlds on the way to work

Labor day away

hey all
labor day weekend is finally over, spent it the most appropriate fashion. went to the prospect park zoo (which is now a short walk from my place!) and got to see a ton of monkeys and the fat lazy red panda. so there will be some cute animals popping up here in the near future.
heres some stuff from the sketchbook vault




heres a piece from my series peer pressure/bad vibrations. this is a weird one, but i really like it. i just finished another one last night, wicked intense. more will be up soon