Happy Holidays

Sorry for the lack of posts. Updates are coming soon. For now, here's Kim Jong-il looking at things.



looking at wood



looking at milk



looking at a fish tank



looking out the window



looking at a labeling machine



looking at corn



looking at a radish



looking at the kitchen cabinet



looking at kim jong-un



looking at pigs



looking at fish


via kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com

You Once Told Me

heritage

I recently went to go visit my parents and went digging through some old family photos.







Just a few I thought were kind of cool. More later.

Revisiting

So, I'm back to doing some actual painting as of late... as opposed to the sketches/(let's call them)drawings I've been doing since... well... the completion of my bfa thesis show last year. I've been enjoying acrylics again a lot lately... I've missed them.

Here's some older work:







New work is next. Stay tuned.

I Feel Like a Teenager

collabo

Collaboration piece r ob and I did last year for our friend Ahren's "Artists for the Betterment of Society" project.



This is currently up at the Reno Convention Center, if I'm not mistaken. Check... it... out...

At Second

All I Want is to Have it All

Letters to a Young Artist

I carry this book with me, everywhere I go.


A passage from Joan Jonas' letter:

"One must know when deciding to become an artist - it is an irresistible attraction - that there are no guarantees of success, rewards, recognition, etc. One chooses or is drawn to a life of producing works that have no practical use in a largely indifferent world. The way is not easy or comfortable. To be an artist you must love art - and you must respect and find a haven for yourself in your work... One should understand fear - fear of failure, fear of not getting this or that. Fear is a device to control us, to stop us in our tracks, to keep us from questioning the erosion of basic human rights. It is the tool of the oppressor. Fear can be a warning. Sometimes I go toward fear, and it is a veil. What are you afraid of?"

Ayako Ono Studio Visit

A few photos from back in March, when we went to Vegas for Ayako's MFA thesis show. We miss you lady! Maybe next, we can visit you in Japan...

Just Like You

Another relatively quick one:


I dig the illustrative quality that it has.

Charles Bukowski

It's Ours


there is always that space there
just before they get to us
that space
that fine relaxer
the breather
while say
flopping on a bed
thinking of nothing
or say
pouring a glass of water from the
spigot
while entranced by
nothing

that
gentle pure
space

it's worth

centuries of
existence

say

just to scratch your neck
while looking out the window at
a bare branch

that space
there
before they get to us
ensures
that
when they do
they won't
get it all

ever.

10 minutes quick

Forest & Hobo Clown

Grizzly Bear + Allison Schulnik:



Allison Schulnik + Grizzly Bear:

Forget Your Bling

I want...

in his studio

A few pictures of mr. r ob brown, working on his copper plate last week:

They Say So Long

Geek Down

Last night we journeyed to The Crosby (and beyond).

Teebs. Always a favorite.

Tokimonsta killed it!


Fulgeance blew our minds.

Kutmah and a few others also did their thing. It was a good night.