Prison Rodeo

A recent logo I did for the DJ, PRISON RODEO. As you can tell by the logo the music leans strongly into the outlaw country genre so we cooked up something that would echo those 70's aesthetics when Willie, Kris, Merle, Waylon, and Johnny Paycheck (coolest name ever) were changing the game. Check his instagram @prison.rodeo if you wanna catch where he'll be slinging country tunes, which seems like a rare treat in NYC.

Process sketches below.

One Last Snack

As we enter the final days of "Character and Narrative" let us reflect on the things that almost were before August 15th. I had intentions of putting this lil' guy in the group of pieces I was bringing out for the show but time just ran too short and I couldn't land on a composition I liked so, I regretfully put it aside and got the pieces I was 100% sure on finished up. Luckily, Touchstone Center for Crafts reached out to me after I returned from Colorado to submit a couple pieces to their annual fall benefit and I knew exactly what piece I was going to submit. 

As much as I really wanted to include it in "Character and Narrative" I think I just had to walk away from it and give it time to be worked out in my head. I told some of my students this past summer that I like to think about my work in a cinematic way, in which I take a lot of my cues from how cameras frame a shot to convey an emotion. There's one shot that I particularly love and that is the classic, close-up angled shot from old horror movies when something bad is going down. And that was really all it took to lock the final look down. This, and another piece, will be for sale on October 18th at the Annual Touchstone Fall Benefit at the Pittsburgh Field Club. 

Final week for "Character and Narrative"

It's the final week to see "Character and Narrative" at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, CO. The show wraps up on Sunday the 20th at 5pm so get yourself there before then if you haven't seen it yet. Here's one of the last few pieces from my body of work. 

Haunted Brown Latte Throwdown V

Another Halloween is here and that means it's time for another Haunted Brown latte Throwdown! My good bud Trey Kirchoff has been throwing these bad boys for the past 5 years, mostly at his coffee shops, Passengers Cafe (RIP) and Coffee Coffee Coffee in Cleveland, OH. We used to collaborate on a ton of stuff when he lived in NYC so I always whip up something for him to use for promotion so we can keep the collaborative dream alive. I've included a few others along with our poster for this year in honor of 5 years of the Haunted Brown. 

HAUNTED HOP 2019 EDITION

Here's my latest poster for the GREATEST HALLOWEEN PARTY IN NYC that goes down at the KNOCKDOWN CENTER on OCTOBER 31st (unlike all these posers throwing their party the weekend before or after). These posters are always a fun challenge and sometimes a frustrating challenge in how I can balance a buttload of text along with a fun image. I think I've managed to keep them entertaining while mostly being informative these past 3 years. 

Jonathan Toubin always brings the heat every year and they just keep getting bigger and better. If you've never seen The Make-Up live and have always wanted to, I suggest you bite the bullet and do it this Halloween. Be sure to get your tix asap! Link is included below along with some of my process pics. 

TICKETS!!!

Dirty Dogs and Inflatable Tube Men

I'm posting these here together because I feel like these two, along with the alarm clock piece I posted earlier, are all companion pieces. Yes, I gave all the main characters in the pieces these goofy cartoon faces but I think the mix between Saturday morning cartoon innocence and real life absurdity is the driving point. Along with these, that's probably the best way to sum up most of my work currently hanging in "Character and Narrative" at the Foothills Art Center. The show runs for a few more weeks and then is OVER! FOREVER! Get it while you can. Process pics below.

I Won't Be Needing You Anymore.

This triptych is part of my body of work currently hanging up in "Character and Narrative" at the Foothills Art Center. I made this series a couple years ago and had no outlet for it other than it was something I had been thinking about and wanted to make. I've been really fascinated by my/our love of the outlaw/classic male and moving ahead with the things we love about them and leaving behind the less than savory aspects. I'm also very interested in how they navigate their way, clumsily, through this changing world. Show runs until October 20th.

Sexy Landscapes For Sexy People

A series of landscapes for the "Character and Narrative" show at the Foothills Art Center. On view until October 20th! The last one is based off Francois Lemoyne's painting "Narcissus Contemplating His Image Mirrored in the Water"

HOT DONUTS

"HOT DONUTS" is a collaborative piece between Travis Winters and I for the group show "Character and Narrative" which is currently on display at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, CO. We had originally planned to have this done a couple years back for our show "Bathhouse" but we ran out of time with all the other pieces we were working on. We managed to get it all wrapped up this time around though and I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. Seeing it all now with the backing, I honestly don't think we would have executed the piece as well if we had rushed it for the first show. 

Some process pics below detailing most of the backboard progress. You can catch this piece along with a ton of other work from Tom Sarmo, John Van Horn, Travis Winters and myself until October 20th at Foothills Art Center.