April 10, 2008

Hey, yeah. Sorry there really isn't much to update on. That and my server switched platforms so it's a little harder to update my website the way I do it. It's actually not harder, it's just longer. Uh, I wouldn't recommend Ipower, if you're looking for a server. I found an anti-ipower forum while looking to navigate the platform easier, which was kind of funny, only that uh, yeah. I signed onto uh, 2 more years. But yeah. I kind of don't want to deal with this right now. So yeah. I'm either going to switch to friend's server, or rework my website. But seriously all I want to do is anything but this.

I'm trying to draw more, so I took a break from painting, found a sketchbook that i like drawing in, and yeah. Also I've been trying push all my shows until the fall. But, there's a recession going on, so you really can't sometimes say no, but yeah. I don't know. I listen to NPR too much. It makes it seem like the whole world is collapsing in on itself. It makes me feel guilty buying bottle water and okay with the fact I can't drive. It also makes me think of stupid stuff like, "I should figure out how to convert all my money into Euros", or other things that sound so brilliant at the time but are oh, so not.

But yeah. I'm in a group show in Seattle, at a place called Suite 100. I only have three pieces in it, and I think the show is sometime this week. Yeah. One of the paintings for it is here.

I put the first sketchbook I finished in a Flickr set here. The first page is from 2007, and pages 2-60 is from March to Early April of this year. I'm hoping to finish 3 like it. They're part of that Moleskine Cahier three pack.

But yeah. Just been drawing and looking for stuff to draw. I went through my reference library looking for everything I wanted to draw but never did, and then I went through my old sketchbooks from my early twenties. And yeah. I really sucked at drawing back then. It's kind of sad.

Oh, what else is there? I've been doing collaborative drawings with friends. Here's one I did with Brendan, and one I did with Zach. It's weird. I don't actually draw with people. I really don't like drawing in public.

Yeah. I guess that's it. Not to make this a total Flickr involved update but my girlfriend is in the MFA program at CCA and she took photos from Open Studios and put them in a set here .

March 11, 2008

I made this drawing for a Year of the Rat themed show in Los Angeles. The opening is this Saturday at Giant Robot on Sawtelle in West LA.

That show in Portland is online. Uh, you can see the other work in it here, on Grass Hut's new website.

Uh, In a group show in Seattle in April. Then there'll be nothing. Until late summer when there's stuff to do in the East. East Coast. Like clam chowder. And Utz. And Papayas. And Cape Cod-ing. And seeing Edward Gorey's house.

March 3, 2008

I made a painting with my friend, Evah. It's for a group show in Portland at Grass Hut. That opens on the 7th. I guess Evah didn't want to do it by herself cause she paints pretty little, but when I had to do my half it sort of looked alright without my stuff on it, but whatever. Here's a link to that painting. I don't know where to put it on my website so I'm just going to link the flickr photo of it. Artist collaborations are pretty sweet. My friend Zach made a whole bunch with his friends for a show in LA. You can see them here.

Nothing much else is new. I went to see the Magnetic Fields, then the Rosebuds, and I made a second trip to Pescadero with friends. Artichoke Soup, Calamari Steak Sandwich, artichoke Bread, Old man with Rocks, "that smell", tacos from a gas-station, a small cemetery, foam on the beach, and hanging out in broken hut watching the sun set.

February 17, 2008

Hey you! I'm updating my website a little earlier than I thought I would be. I made t-shirts on my own, for the first time in 2 years (?). Yeah. The last time I did shirts, I went through my friend, who cuts me a stellar deal, but this time around I went through Ape Do Good in the City. They are awesome folks. Uh, cause, although my friend is a bit cheaper, I'd put an order in and wait forever for them. Like 3 months. Sometimes. It sucked. But with Ape Do Good, the turnaround was three days, and they did an awesome printing job.

So yeah. Also I restocked some sizes in the Oakland shirt. Yeah. Nothing else is new. I bought tickets for a Padres/Giants game. We have this pinata that we're waiting for a reason to hit it with. The same place had pinata's of little girls, and that's kind of weird, cause it's like hitting little girls is cool (?). Hmmm.

Oh, also thanks to We Heart Prints for linking me last week. I e-mailed them, and they linked me straight away. It was sweet.

Friends who updated their sites (that I know of):
Justin Gabbard
Rob Sato
Evah Fan

February 11, 2008

So yeah. I'm in some stuff this month. All in San Francisco.

Feb 16 Printed Matter III. I just gave them stuff I have on this site, but It has a lot of nice folks in it and is always a good show.
Feb 22 Monster Drawing Rally. 8-9 is my time slot that evening. It kind of looks like torture. I did it a long time ago, and it kind of sucked, but I'm getting better at doing things in public. Last month Marci and I did Sketch Tuesdays at 111 Minna an that went pretty smoothly.
Feb 29 CreativemindsSF. 7-9. One night. The Rosebuds are playing. Marci did their last cover.

Uh. I'm in a bunch of other group shows this year, and yeah. Haven't really been doing much. Been watching Civilsation. It's a bit dry but then the guy just comes out with information that's just really interesting. In those moments he's able to break down the most complicated things in a way that someone like me can understand it. Yeah. It's pretty sweet. Also finally saw Deep Water, and I'm finishing up this book on Sherman's March.

Hmm. Just waiting for the baseball season. I follow the Padres a little, so when they come into town I make my way into the City. I actually just like being in the stadium and eating stuff. I bought a hand-held transistor radio for like $8 at Walgreens. When I was in middle school during the summer I followed the Padres on the radio cause we couldn't watch TV. It really sucked cause they lost 100 games a year. But yeah. Now they're kind of okay. All my friends are Oakland A's fans, even the ones from San Diego so it's hard to con people to see a game. Also that and most of my friends don't like sports.

Yeah. Nothing else is new. I put some new stuff in the store section of my site. I'm restocking on some Oakland shirt sizes soon. I'm looking into getting a new t-shirt design made.

January 2, 2008

Hey! Nothing much for the New Year. I was at an opening on Saturday, and was reminded I'm in a show at 111 Minna . It has 110 other artists in it, and it's all 20" x 20" paintings. A 20" x 20" panel is kind of hard to find, so I painted on a store bought canvas. Uh, yeah. the opening is tommorrow night. Super Sweet.

Oh, 111 Minna is in the City, at the corner of Minna and 2nd Street. It's south of the Montgomery Street BART Station. You get out of the station, find 2nd, walk down it, and it's just one block past Mission. Just in case you've never been there.