I Made a Map of California and it will be available (((HERE))) and ((((here)))!!!
My art is part of a national ad campaign to get nice folks like you to come here and eat or food and drink our drinks. Pretty cool, eh? Check it out here.
A little history: About a year ago Travel Oregon made the Book of Oregon as a gift for Dan Wieden (since he’s had the account for 20 years). The book was a collection of ads W+K had made for Oregon and they asked me to make maps of the 7 regions. A year later it’s a national campaign. ZIP-ZINGER!!!
What’s next? Mapping California…stay tuned.
For a couple years now I’ve been painting this mythological beast on empty beer boxes, salvaged wood and anything else I can wipe a brush on. Character-art has always been something I hate because it’s not typically used to express anything human, it’s typically used to sell stuff (cartoons, video games, t-shirts, toys and art). So, to get over this grudge I decided to use the media to sell something that’s at the core of who I am as an artist; the Pacific Northwest.
Loggers are what I usually use to speak about the unique cultural identity of the northwest. By creating a new folk hero (Babe Bunyan) out of two (Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox) I hoped it would remind folks that local mythology keeps you tied to the land, connected to something real through something make-believe.
So from the Northwest comes Babe Bunyan. He bring one solid message Stay Wild.
The toy was sculpted and cast in hard plastic by a local Portland-based toy-maker ARNE.
If you’re in LA go see this show. I’ve got some funny pieces of art in it.
If you’re not in LA go here: http://www.gr2.net/
Man, I can paint some trees.
I swear I would do it all day if it paid the bills.
If you’re in SF go see the show!
I’ll have an original and some prints at this show.
I’m in a show at my own gallery!!!
