esao andrews is a better painter than you.

one of the best experiences in my art career was working for heide trepanier.

in case you dont already know....im in love with mike giant

i got to watch most of the dithers DVD last night, its really amazing. it was put out by the guys over at fifty24SF which is the gallery connected to upper playground

the video was really amazing and featured nearly every influential underground skate/graff influenced artist. mike giant, sheppard fairey, tiffany bozic, jo jackson, jeremy fish, andy jenkins....so many.

oh....and dalek comes off as a real asshole in his video...justin and i are developing a theory that he's a possible pathological liar...???

takashi murakami, i love you

This is an older digital piece i made last winter, it was featured amongst a small portfolio of digital illustrative work of mine, in the beautiful deacay anthology last spring. you can see the whole portfolio here

as a pug owner, myself, i must say that i send the deepest sympathy out to this animal.

"it is surmised that when people are in a creative state, the cerebral cortex first establishes restful awareness. Creativity exhibits the alpha rhythms of relaxation; subjectively the person feels open and receptive. unline other periods of relaxation, this state is on the look out for something-a stroke of inspiration- and when it occurs a spike of activity is registered by the mind as a moment of "Eureka!" Famous artists and inventors all testify to this experience, and in their work it can have truly profound implications. a eureka isnt ordinary thinking. truly creative people tend to introduce a question into their minds and then wait for the solution to arrive-hence the necessity of going into a relaxed mode."
deepak chopra from "how to know god" on the spiritual connection to the creative state.

I use statements to punctuate or illustrate a concept or idea. the term pink vomit came to me about four years ago as a way of visually describing the way i think about my art. that is, a literal explanation, to describe a conceptual or visceral experience.
pink vomit, in its simpliest form, can be described as the act of eating so much candy and making oneself sick.
it is an opposition.
satiation.
loving something (or someone) to the point that you are left vulnerable.
its over the top.
its consumerism.
its american culture.
its fanaticsm
its celebrity.

tiny palpitation is a more recent idea that developed as i began to add more of myself emotionally to my art. i guess it can best be depicted visually as the heartbeat of a small bird.
tiny palpitation is quiet.
its ethereal.
its philosophical.
its unquestionable devotion and love.
its the idea that knowledge can never be taken away from you.
its beauty in its ultimate form.
its the birth of creation.
its acceptance.
its meditation.

so how does one balance both of these concepts? i guess i dont really know. but there is balance in all life... and there is a reaction to all actions.
i often think of magnets. and circles. geometry and physics.

there is an amount of peace in the realization that life is perfect because it is exactly as it is supossed to be.

...because i lub her.....

I spend a lot of time, here, on the internet, and ive decided to start reviewing artists...(sort of) not that kind of pretentious art forum, "im smarter than you," type review. more of just highlighting cool artists, that other people, besides me, might enjoy.
I dont really know too much about camille rose garcia, but from what ive heard shes 35 and self-taught, and from what ive seen, shes fabulous. her paintings and sculptures are extrapolations from fairy tales gone completely wrong. i have no doubt from looking at her work, that this girl lives in her own world, where princesses and siamese deer flee from the clutches of evil.
see more of her work here:
camille rocks

If youve ever asked the question, "why do people put those big holes in their ears?"......heres your answer.

kits birthday extravaganza

cutest girls ever? i think so.

for sale. "the way to a mans heart is through his ribcage" pencil on paper. 22"x30".

for sale. "introduction to reproduction" pencil on paper. 3'x2.5' click image for larger view.