new child. got everything here but the wheels, chain, seat and post from my old boss for 20$ the frame-set with its attached parts had been sitting in the back of a warehouse in downtown oakland wear i used to work for a while runs good but i have some upgrades in mind... removing the front derailer, new front load quill stem, new fork, and a bit skinnier tires. but for now its a real fun ride

paintings by 

Albert Oerhlen

a screenshot from "Gerhard Richter Painting", a recent documentary made about the artist that I actually thought was pretty terribly executed.. but had some nice moments none the less. 

 Levi van Veluw's series "Origin of the Beginning consists of photographs, installations and videos in which he draws from his own childhood memories to thematically and narratively develop his own brand of self-portraiture.

Portrayed in this piece is a room with 5 persons sitting at a table. These persons are Levi van Veluw, his father, mother, brother and sister. The room is executed as a life-size installation (4m x 2.5m x 2.5m) in which everything , including the family members themselves, is covered with 20.000 dark brown wooden blocks. (without any digital manipulation)

At first glance everyone is sitting peacefully at the table, the picture of a perfect family unit. Yet this group of figures is positioned in an abstract environment, unrecognisable and therefore far removed from reality. Dimly light and dark in colour the overriding tone of this work is claustrophobic and sombre, exuding a sense of loneliness. 

The awkward silence and dark colour suggest uncomfortable underlying tensions and emotions.
The endless repetition of wooden blocks stands for van Veluw's attempts to gain control of his own position within the familial structure.

 Physique Mécanique

Damien Hirst

Gallagher in Slow Motion from FCTN on Vimeo.

"repeating landscape"

8"x5"

blood on paper

new paintings on small canvas panels

"endless casual"

4x5"

spray paint and ink pen

untitled

4x5"

acrylic

"R Kelly"

5x7"

acrylic and graphite

verry dreamy video when watched on mute.

Zhang Huan

  Impressive

-mutinybikes

new eyewear from Thom Browne 

amazing stainless steel sculpture by Zhan Wang

at the DeYoung museum

in Golden Gate Park SF

worth going there just to see this work.. and the James Turrell

it is currently 6:26am. i woke up at about 4:00am... wide awake. painted for a little while, ate a bowl of special K and watched this:   now im going to attempt to return to sleep.

early summer at home in LA

finished work, sketches, stuff, things

via sendtown

this is whats up 

at home in LA for 3 weeks, giving myself that time to complete a 5' by 5' work that i sketched out on the drive down from the bay. this is what it looks like now(very far from anything..). ill update with more pictures as it progresses.

'Two Parrots with Grotesque Baby' 2010 

by Damian Hirst

"THE UNKNOWN PAINTER AND THE MUSE HE WILL NEVER MEET" 

2011

oil on polyester

290 x 345 cm / 114.17 x 135.83"

JULIAN SCHNABEL

JS/M 11.0144/00

cfa berlin

recent phone pics ~reference,things is see, crits, fun stuff.  

oh and i will be updating with more pics soon.

this is the best video i have seen all year.. jesus christ

project that i have been working on: powering a rotary tattoo machine with a solar panel through a voltage regulator to allow adjustment of volts entering the gun. its all coming together. i will be tattooing myself with it durring the 2012 INTERFACE SHOW at CCA at the end of the semester! im excited.

my set up for my Jr Review at CCAC

if i could just have the side of this truck.. 

most recently finished painting

head over to my "recent works" page to see more!

new painting im starting today... 

Tito Mouraz