Fish, Fish, Got My Wish!
I got the rare opportunity to do some work for Surfing Magazine and their cool art director Chato.
The original painting “Old School New School” is for sale! $200 (shipping and handling included), gouache and cell-vinyl paint on paper, 8.5X11 (you can find that sized frame at any thrift shop:)
What is Awesome? Skinner, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros and me “Scrappers” all locked in a 30′ tall by 260′ around gallery space called )( Space for 14-17 hours a day for seven solid days. Armed with over 100 gallons of paint and Hurley’s credit card we pushed each other to do the biggest and bestest work of our lives. For once we didn’t have any of the typical obstacles (not enough money, not enough time, not enough fun…) to get in the way of doing what we love.
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On June 3rd, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros, Skinner, and Me are flying down to Costa Mesa to make an art show for Hurley at their )( space gallery. It’s going to be so awesome that we’re just calling the show “AWESOME”. I’m treating this like a personal challenge to go to a new place with only some ideas and some paint brushes to make the best artwork I’ve ever made. Being in a show with my best art buddies is a true honor and totally inspiring. I’m looking forward to the collaborations (oops, did I splatter on your painting again), good time (fart jokes), and skating the volcano they made for us (don’t worry I have health insurance).
So stay tuned on the Twitter, the Facebook, and the Flickr for updates about how this AWESOME show is shaping up.
Also, if you can come to the show, you better bring a change of pants because you’ll probably shit the ones you wore.
Opens June 11, 6-9pm (through July 15), Hurley’s )(Space 1945 Placentia Ave, Costa Mesa
I have a new show up at Together Gallery. It’s been really fun to make and Timothy Karpinkski who set the show up for me is amazing.
Here are some words about the show:
The image we all have in our heads of bikinied beach bunnies frolicking in sugary white sand while watching bronzed skinned handsome men shred clean glassy waves of perfection is not surfing in Oregon. Some people don’t even believe you can surf in Oregon, but you can do it, a lot of people do it. These Oregonian surfers are a brave rugged bunch who feel most alive in the challenging elements of the Pacific Northwest. With his first solo show in years, Scrappers will attempt to explain his experiences as an Oregonian surfer using photos, paintings, found objects, and art he’s collected from fellow artists in a show titled OWL: Oregon Wave Logger.
Artwork available online at: Together Gallery >>>
Carlie Armstrong shot me in my home studio as part of her work.place project documenting creative Portlanders in the places they work in. I think she does a darn good job capturing the vibe of the people and the habitats they create in. See what I mean?
Black Wave Red Sun is a benefit art show to help Surfrider Japan do what they can to deal with the environmental destruction caused by the tsunami.
Watch this video of the black wave and you’ll understand the power and destruction that inspired this art show.
Featuring artwork by Bwana Spoons, Scrappers, Manny Pangilinan, Maddie Joyce, Ed Fladung, Jeremy Fish, Corey Arnold, Luke Ramsey, and many more…
The artists involved are donating 100% of the funds raised from sales to Surfrider Japan. Grass Hut is only charging shipping fees for sold artwork.
Artwork will be available through Grass Hut Art Market’s website this Friday, March 18th.
I will have 12 signed and numbered prints like the one below (each with individually painted red suns) available along with some photographs and other pieces of art. 100% of the money spent on the art will go to Surfrider Japan.
A while back I got the total freaking honor to work with the kind folks at OBEY.
By “work” I mean they let me use some of Sharpard Fairey’s art on a cover, but not just any cover. A REMOVABLE COVER!!! A cover that had a dotted line and instructions encouraging readers to cut it out and paste it around town. It was pretty awesome and it worked!
Here’s what some regular commenters at Blogtown thought about it >>>
Thomas James (my new favorite illustrator) interviewed me on Escape from Illustration Island Podcast.
It was cool, I mostly mumble about myself too much, but somehow manage to see beyond my nose long enough to talk about art direction work, illustration work, and what it’s like to work with a creative team.
If you have over 45 minutes to kill and a tolerance for my retarded voice…have a listen here >>>
Sometimes all you need is a good idea and then everything else falls into place.
I heard the newspaper I work for had this tattoo story coming up, so the idea of tattooing the cover onto someone popped into my head. Only in Portland could someone like me have an idea like that and then meet all the right people it would take to make it happen in under a week. Actually it just took one night.
See the slide show here >>>
My son Camper asked for an owl for Christmas, so I decided to make him a book about an owl.
I’ve had this story about a surfing owl bouncing around in my head anyways, so thought this might be a good chance to make a rough draft just for Camper.
I plan on making a second draft of this book, so if you continue reading this draft keep in mind it’s rough.