Preliminary Sketches

Over the last year I've had a growing desire to get back into painting on my free time so I've been gathering photos, both digital and film, of possible subjects I want to work on through the cold winter months. This is a small selection of places I'm strongly considering and some preliminary sketches. 

The first two photos are from my day trip through Holbrook, AZ, a very interesting and surreal place, and the last 2 are from Rochester, NY and Durham, NC. The restaurant in Durham, NC was my cousin's place and they sadly had to close their doors due to a terminated lease back in the fall. Rumor on the street is the building will be demolished for...you guessed it, luxury apartments. I know, same old story everywhere right now. We figured we should immortalize the beloved restaurant and the building that housed it since they both will no longer exist in downtown Durham.

 

Advertising For Coffee

Soooo, I've been doing these a-frame drawings for Gimme Coffee in Brooklyn for about a year now and people seem to get a kick out of them, which made me think I should start photographing them and putting them on some one of my sites. I don't usually try to put too much thought into them, except for a few here and there, which keeps them pretty enjoyable to do. The more spontaneous and ridiculous, the better. It's only when it comes to attempting to erase the marker that an insane rage starts to build inside of me. I wish I could share all of them, but here are the ones I've done since I started to document this job.

The infamous Iggy Pop back-bend he used to do at his live shows. I included a flipped photo just in case someone really wanted to see it.

 My ode to Goblin.

Decision Time

My latest illustration for Steez. Article was about the various choices and sacrifices involved with the life of a sales rep. Thanks again to AD Joe LoVasco.

Online form: Steezminimag

Some rough interpretations of the article:

Now You're a Maaayyyuhhhhnnn

Some real cool dudes, and other recent doodles.

Oh, yea. Stickin' it to the man. Twice. With puke.

Asleep on the Amtrak.