Local Music - HODW

This is one of four exciting graphics I've prepared for Hat On, Drinking Wine's upcoming album, entitled "Plastic Flowers". I've taken a liking to the "rootsy rock and roll" style since listening to the early mixes. I can't wait to get my own copy, and officially jam out to "Practical in Love", "These Stories", and ofcourse, "Plastic Flowers".
Designing an album was a first for me, and I'm up for more music-oriented art.

Koi

A layered and fun artwork featuring koi fish lost in very Worcester-esque green waters.
It's a diptych consisting of two 15" x 30" canvases - one hangs at Maury's Kung Fu Academy at 1326 Main St., Worcester, and the other at the clients house. (Thanks Matt)




---"Koi", in acrylic, pigment, and enamel on dual canvases.

Teenage Zombies

Worcesters upcoming zombie movie really kicked off last week. If you want to be casted or help out in any fashion, feel free to join the facebook group or send an email. All ideas/contributions are valued.

I oversee special effects for the film, and play a character who undergoes quite the character arc.

G.I. Joe

<<< "G.I. Joe" is a mixed media piece I did about a year ago, in oil, acrylic, and collage over found wood.

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I just returned from a meeting with Congressman James McGovern, who is noted for protesting the Darfur Conflict.

One of the latest additions to his Mechanic St. Office is a Darfur related painting I created a while back. (I have no photos of the work). He had good things to say about the painting, and liked the consience behind it, which I appreciate. (Thanks to Tim H. and Joe M. for bringing it all together).

Mannequins

May and June are my busiest months. Dear clients, commissioners, gallerists and whathaveyou, you're projects are well under way.

Check out my latest two cents in Worcester Magazine, and on Channel 11. (?)

These are the mannequins, and yes, they're creepy. This experimental piece exploits the magic of Krylon spray paint, oil, and acryla-goauche.

I don't know where it's going. . .

C-Town Monster

Watch out
for the Chinatown Monster at Space 242 Gallery Boston, in the upcoming Circus Freaks Show!


The 'Freaks' theme seemed to fit the bill for a lot of my work, I had several submissions this time around.

--- "C-Town Monster", in acrylic, spray paint, and collage. Wrapped in a homemade black wooden frame. (not pictured)






Im hanging completed works on the studio wall, and still putting together a feast of art for the next s0l0 sh0w.

I've been thinking about wallpaper recently, and remembering all the times I've spent chiseling away old, gross wallpaper. For the Aurora Gallerie's next show, "Hangin on the Wall", artists are invited to create interpretations of wallpaper and expand upon Worcester's manufacturing history.
Below is my in-progress piece, built from stretched cotton tees over board, and using multi-media to pay homage to wallpaper style.

More info and artwork to come

Tape Man the Third

IN PROGRESS, the diabolical construction of Tape Man the Third.
Tape Man is a local phenomenon that got started a few summers ago, and the mannequins have since spread. (We drew inspiration from tape-cast artist Mark Jenkins.) I've only caught glimpses of the local spinoffs, although competition drives Tape Man further into the realm of installation art. Tape Man the 3rd (with the help of model Alicia) will be built from three layers of 2.2 mm packing tape, with colored duct tape accents. The life-like plastic cast will be stuffed, limb by limnb, with shredded paper.
Traditionally, Tape Man uses urbanity as a stage - wearing clothes, drawing crowds and exploiting art. This Tape Man will take on a new role as an indoorsman, seated and trapped by his own silence.
I only have a small window of time to assemble Tape Man at school each day; rumor has it that he will debut at Night of the Arts.
Today I offer you snapshots of the newly casted torso and arms. Stay tuned for the unveiling of Tape Man No.3, and witness life through the eyes of a packing tape assemblage.