Staying Busy

Some really cool projects in the works!  I have been super swamped getting ready for the new year, and all of its endeavors. I managed to get myself into a new exciting medium, which will be revealed in a few months. Until then, I'll keep it moving in the studio!

photo by Carlos Aguilar

Art Basel-Primary Flight

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What is Art Basel?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Miami's annual Art Basel, and the Primary Flight event, here is a great summary of what happens when artists from around the globe, come to one neighborhood, and take over all visual space.

Im currently gathering some amazing photos from our wall, that I will post later in the week. Till then, you can catch a few of the Few and Far ladies painting in the video.

Few & Far @ Miami Art Basel

I'll be heading to Miami, along with these top notch ladies, for Miami's annual Art Basel.

The 12 of us will be composing a mural, that is sure to rock your socks.

In the Studio

Here's Carlos Aguilar getting to work on a collaboration of ours.

This piece is currently in the shop window of Herban Legends, in Seattle.

Traffic Control

Recently, I was able to paint a few traffic control boxes for the City of Seattle, and the Jackson Street Corridor Association. You can find them in Seattle's Central District, along Jackson St.

 

Trainwreck

Now open in Seattle's Ballard/Fremont neighborhood.
Stop by for the best burgers in town.

MTNcolors.com presents Few & Far

Check this out!

The guys from Montana 94 came by to document the Few and Far event in Oakland, this past June.

Few & Far 2011 from MTN COLORS USA on Vimeo.

Watch out! Many of these ladies (and more!) will be at it again, at Primary Flight/Art Basel, this December in Miami. I will be counting down the days till then!

See what the Few and Far girls are up to now, here.

Seattle Weekly - POPchip giveaway

Want to win a mountain of potato chips?

Just photograph one of ten Seattle Weekly boxes that Carlos Aguilar and I painted in promotion for Seattle's REVERB festival and POPchips.

(  Henry in his walrus outfit! Be sure to pick up this issue! )

You can see all ten of the boxes here, along with their locations.

Custom Volvo

Here's Carlos Aguilar and I giving our friends Volvo a new paint job. More photos to come!

Off The Wall

This was a great week.

 Not only did I have great fun with friends, celebrating my birthday, but I also participated some fierce competition in Seattle's second year of "Off The Wall" aerosol art battle, held at the infamous Sodo legal wall.  The wall is divided up into 15ft by 18ft blocks, for each 3 to 4 person team to complete in 5 hours.

Teams are judged upon : originality, theme, color and composition, can control and technique, and unity.

Once the battle began, we realized that our ladder was no where near tall enough to reach the top.We ran to the nearby alley, and lugged a couple of palettes to our section, making the ladder a good 2 feet taller. They smelled like hot garbage, but it was worth the reach.

From the previous year, I knew it was going to take a lot of teamwork to complete a production in 5 hours. Not only that, one of our members flaked the day before, so we knew we were going to have to really rock it. 

  

final touches...

It was getting pretty suspenseful towards the end, and definitely a close call. After judges ( KEL 1st, KEEP ONE, Lucky Lucy) were done studying and scoring, it was announced...by a 3 point lead...WE WON! I stood there, shocked for a moment. I couldn't believe it. Had I seriously won this battle 2 years in a row?!

Big thanks to 206Zulu, Grafcards, SODO wall, and HD Estates for throwing the event.

Greenwood Block Party

Last week, Carlos Aguilar and I knocked out a quick live painting for the annual Greenwood block party.

Big thanks to our friends at Bherd and PaperDiamonds for the photos.

Sometimes the game changes....

Click here to read an article, from SeattlePI, on Bherd's July & August show, titled INC,.

Sneak Peek: CoCA-UNsanctioned

Be sure to visit Seattle's Center on Contemporary Arts on August 13th. Carlos Aguilar and I will be unveiling collaborative pieces, along with works from 11 other amazing artists. This is definitely not one to miss! See you there!

Artists include:179, Carlos Aguilar & Ksera, Zachary Bohnenkamp, CASH, Duffy, Jesse Edwards, Hera, David Joel, Jesse Link, John Osgood, Parskid and Sneke. 

Currently showing at Bherd

Check out the PaperDiamonds Blog for a little view of Bherd's current show.