Ed Mell studio visit

I stopped by O.G. southwest artist Ed Mell's studio yesterday to talk about art, check out his latest work & pick up a lithograph. For the last three decades he's been one of the most prominent Arizona painters, known for his angular landscapes & skies. Beautiful work. This guy is an inspiration.

New Painting

This is a new painting I've just finished called "Song of Songs". I spent a few weeks working on this and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. The title refers to the Thai text in the halo, which is an excerpt from the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament:

Who is this that grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As awesome as an army with banners?

(Thanks to the enchanting Dianne Garcia for the calligraphy help!)

Kofie & Mac cooperation

My good friend, outstanding artist, and fellow scorpio Kofie from Los Angeles came to Phoenix this month thanks to a Scion art show tour, and we painted this mural together for Pravus gallery. This was the first time we've collaborated together and I was excited to finally make it happen. Good times!

New year, New Studio!

So here are a couple shots of my new studio... I'm pretty excited about it.. Thought I should post a couple shots before I completely clutter it up with crap. I have a couple big art shows coming up in a few months so until then this is where I'll be locked away most of the time.

New stuff..

Here's a shot of a billboard currently up in Phoenix now, right off the 202 freeway. It's an advertisement for local jeweler Oliver Smith using the ink & brush piece I showed a few posts down. I first saw it from a plane window as we were landing at night, super cool spot..

Second thing is another book I have some stuff in, really cool book from Greece called Mural Art: Murals on Huge Public Surfaces Around the World by Kiriakos Iosifidis. Published by Publikat, includes everyone from Os Gemeos to Kent Twitchell to Diego Rivera.

New mural in Miami with Retna

Just finished painting this mural with Retna in Miami for Primary Flight/Art Basel. This wall was HUGE. Retna did a great job with all the text.  I would have liked to work a little more on the shading on the boy, but considering the scale & time limits had to let it be. I think we both would have liked to do more, but overall it still came out good. Thanks to Lynn, Chris, Books & Oscar.

Art Basel- Miami

Gonna be in Miami this week during Art Basel for Primary Flight '08

Last year was fun, this time might be even better. See you there!

New stuff

Here's some new stuff out with my art in/on it:

Hats by Goorin, from the 1333 Minna line

Little feature in a Korean art magazine called Drip

A piece in an art book called Bella 

I also want to apologize for how bad I've been about getting back to people recently. The amount of stuff to do along with the amount of correspondence gets a little overwhelming sometimes, but I really do appreciate everyone's support & patience. I will do my best to get back to everyone as best I can. Don't even trip.

The latest...

After a few months of traveling it's taken a while to readjust to relative normalcy, but I'm finally back in my mode. New studio in the works. A couple big gallery shows coming up next year in LA & SF. Tomorrow marks another year officially on the planet for me... and for the first time in my life I'm actually proud of the president this country picked.

Here are some progress shots of the latest commission piece. More to come...

Milan update: Mac & Ret in Italy

Finally back from Europe, and it was a great experience! Here are some shots from Milan, Italy. Both pieces are collaborations with Retna, and I'm really happy with how they turned out. Thanks to Raptuz & Flycat for making it possible..

Another Dutch update..

Here are two pieces I just did in Tilburg...based on Rembrandt paintings. Many thanks to Dave & Jordan for everything! I'm now in Milan with Retna painting for "Writing alla Ribalta"

Amsterdam update

Here's a panel I just finished painting for Streetlab in Amsterdam- click on the images to see the details, looks better. More on the way...

Amsterdam

I just got in to Amsterdam earlier today... painting for an event called Streetlab ..I'll post updates when possible! Attached is also a sneak preview of my piece for the show at the Mesa Art Center on friday

Recent sketches

Here are some random travel sketches that I like from the last couple weeks...

Montréal: C'est chill for real

I just went to Montreal for Meeting of Styles, had a great time. Here are a few random shots from the trip and two walls I painted there. The background designs on the bottom wall were painted by my girlfriend, Kim. Many thanks to Louis & Yves Laroche Gallery for making it happen!

Things to do in Denver...

Here are some random shots from Denver during the DNC. Many thanks to whoever bought my big "Unity" panel!