Made this poster for Trevor Dunn’s (Mr.Bungle, Fantomas, Melvins, Zorn…) new band Madlove

http://www.myspace.com/whitewithfoam

http://www.trevordunn.net/

both as a practice in drawing text and as a thank you for creating music with guts and heart.

Also featured in this cast of talented players are Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs 3, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, XiuXiu) on drums and Hilmar Jensson (Tyft, AlasNoAxis) on guitar, Sunny Kim on vocals.

Looking forward to this one.

If you are in the W. Philly area and feel like attending a music show sure to stir your pot then come here:

The online journal PARCEL included some of my work in their latest issue, #5.

You can download it here : http://www.parceljournal.org/issues/five.html

Attended Dr. Sketchy’s life model drawing session last night at the Sanctuary of Fleishcer Art Memorial.  The theme was ‘Sketchy in Wonderland’ so the model’s were adorned in some fashion or another, Alice In Wonderland attire;  I had to go.

Here’s some of the drawings I did:

(two ten minute poses)

(three two minute poses)

(one forty minute pose broken into two twenty minute sessions)

(detail)

I could have spent hours just drawing her tattoo’s.  She had some good ones.

Special thanks to the ladies Cherry Bomb and Key of The Peek-A-Boo Revue! who posed for such unnatural periods of time.  I know that is difficult to do.

a close up:

Life is easy when you have a studio to go to work on art.

Currently working on this commissioned family portrait and a new series of work that combine nature photography with abstract line drawing.  I’m looking at surface textures and tones in a monochromatic scale and listening to lots of ‘atmospheric’ type music of the ambient sort.  (intentionally vague and nebulous)

Spring is almost here.

Thanks to Cobrawine ( http://www.cobrawine.com/ ) for helping me post my latest carry around book in the ‘Books’ section.  It’s titled 08 Autumn. Some of the drawings from this period I want to translate into lino cuts and woodcuts; multi-colored ones.  Hopefully in the next couple months I’ll have some to show you.

Also:

The F.U.E.L. Collection
Grand Small Works Artists’ Reception
Thursday, January 22, 2009
6:00 - 8:00pm
249 Arch Street
(corner of Third and Arch)
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215/592.8400
www.fuelcollection.com
Enjoy refreshments/lite snacks and
meet some of the artists in the show!
FUEL is especially thrilled to host over
200 national and international artists
who have created work for the Grand
Small Works exhibit. View over 500
20-inch-by-20-inch or smaller pieces
of art throughout the entire gallery.
Painting, photography, sculpture,
mixed media and more.

Both shows I am currently in, ‘Grand Small Works’ at Fuel Collection and ‘Siren Song’ at Passional Toys will be up longer than previously scheduled.

The Fuel Collection show will remain up till January 27th and my solo show at Aphrodite Gallery in Passional Toys (620 S. 5th St.) will be up till the beginning of January. (probably till the 4th of 5th).

Hope you are having happy holidays.

Thank you everyone for coming out and supporting me and making the night a joyous occasion!