notes from Broken Velcro Land

"you may not be understood in your world....


...but you are queen of mine"

secret series

got bored at work yesterday.


box portrait series? i like it.

48 hrs

i'm not even sure yet.



i just know what i was told to do.

the men's room.....

...i'll explain later

mgd & goldfishes

more photos to come

let's talk elephants

our first night was a hit!



we play at again on July 15th for Emily Blong's My Velcroe Cabaret and then again at Sean Carnage's residency on aug 5th.
all happening at Sancho Gallery

video coming sooner than later.

nothing

following the completion and delivery of my art to
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, please believe me when i say that i tried to relax and do NOTHING yesterdeay.



no such luck.

i'm cool by sound

I Don't Love Hate Me You

stop breathin

hail sailor

the idea here is to create your own language.




they're being sold individually, 9.6" x 9.6" framed.

This Booger

now with newer fresher members!

kinda really

freckles

i take it back, i love spray paint

done & done

the beginning of frame treatments. i love and hate spray paint.

b i

better than bills

snail mail should never go away.
couple times a week i'll find something amazing in my mail box.



help us keep it alive. send me your address

home?

just sent off the pile of sketches for final comments and/or approval.





i hope there's a market for me out there.

my cloud

t-minus one month until my four person show at
La Lus de Jesus Gallery

please come

caffeine free

so i like most totally told myself i wouldn't stay up past 2.
but as things were calming down a bit i got the go ahead to start the final sketches for Classic Hardware.
these are in the beginning stages.







long story short; goodnight

i always think about dying

it started

GO!

went to otis yesterday to finish up my piece and scan it for the gallery.



on this historical day we were witness to a.b.a.w's house band and their first practice.

the night we died

Artist Bio

JT revised my bio for me.



i'm pretty sure this is what you'll see in the press release.

you take your chance

thinking about changing the hat to a mantilla

chain reaction

5 days



the fool

Dollface

a.b.a.w. at the cemetery.




had some help writing my artist bio from a working professional

ash monday

ten days



count down

modest monster

looks good from afar, but its far from good



first of the promo images sent off to
La Luz de Jesus gallery for my july group show.
when the promos are out i'll upload a proper picture, OR! you can just go to the opening like a true friend. everyone else will.





post script,
fuck kinkos

the devil makes the greatest things

i'm in the indusrty

holy friggin crap, its been a year since i graduated from college which means that senior show was on again.
i'm very proud of some close friends who survived.

Art Skool Radio

finally out kids! at artist preview for for the Kitchen Sync XIV, i was accompanied by Walt! who hosts a radio show on
Only For The Open Minded Distro called Art Skool Radio.



we walked around interviewing some of the gallery staff and some of the artist. i had fun. plus!!! i have a short guest dj set.

professional disaster

not much mention about my job over at Whiskey Cloud Diner, but there i am the chief creative in charge of design and graphics. and i shall soon be switching over to a Wurdpress BUT, not yet.
so please to both of you; keep reading this blog.

cuse, in the months to come i will slowly be rebuilding my website.
deal wit it.

"there's a sailor in the parking lot, ya can't miss it."

got sent some strangely nice photos from my last puppet show.



i can't wait for the time and moola to do it again...
bathlantis, FTE, zero's journey.
they will be perfect.

Modern Idols

my awesome friend and photographer, Shaddy Zeineddine, created a portrait project where several local artist/musicians are photographed in environments that capture the essence of their creativity and eminence in the los angeles underground/indie art/music scene.




Artist Stats:

Weapon of Choice: F Pencil, Waterproof Ink, Sculpy
Special Abilities: Mimicker
Aliases: DJ PopQuiz
Hometown: Los Angeles
Weaknesses: Whip Cream, TMBG, Polka Dots, Glow in the Dark
Sun Sign: Pisces
Heroes: Kim Deal, Jim Henson, JT Steiny

ladies of leisure.

soaked in the sun before the stress causes me to freak out and shut down, not yet.


gabby, simon, & petunia

Fox Stole

scanner issues were not resolved today but i spent most of my day, and i mean most of it, working on my gigantic to-do list.



first of the illustrations executed for Classic Hardware. not done but a goood start.

memory glands

wow, just found a movie ticket stub from 5/9/2002.
almost 9 years exactly.

any who, i've got a lot of work to get done before TFS meets again this week. and things are looking very prospective venue wise. been keeping my fingers crossed though when it all comes back down to reality, shit could fall through easily due to finances or lack there of.



just the first go through, i'm waiting on s'more copy and brainstorming on other directions but we wanna keep as many elements as cohesive as possible.