FEATURED IN THREE EROTICA SHOWS - IN THREE CITIES!
Yeah so check it. 2010 is off to a very quick start as I'm in the Dirty Show 11 in Detroit (3rd time juried in overall) and also will also have a brand new large canvas in Naughti-Gras 3 in Saint Louis. Oh and there's more, on the same night as NG3 will also have work here in Kansas City at cool gallerycalled Slap and Tickle for their 3rd Annual Erotica Art Show.I'll have 3 pieces in the KC show, working on a brand new never before seen 10' x 20" canvas. Working on the final layers now.

Here's the info for the Kansas City show @ The Slap & Tickle on Feb 5th ... a First Friday event which will be a hot show!
Billed as "Sexy art by local artists and burlesque performances. Plus, live music by Molly Gene One Whoaman Band, Animal and Mati-Matt" more info may be obtained here 3rd Annual Erotica Art Show.

THE SLAP & TICKLE GALLERY
504 E 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108

Date/Time:Friday February 5, 6:00pm-12:00am & Saturday February 6, 1:00pm-5:00pm.
Price: $5 Suggested Donation.

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BEEN MEANING TO UPDATE ... 2 BUSY HUSTLIN' & FLOWIN'
I'm in a traveling art show called the Sketchbook Project Library. This is the 2nd year I've participated. Did 13 illustrations this time around. Please visit my profile page for this project if you wanna know more.

The show kicks off this friday January 29th in Atlanta.
Eventually going on a 5 city tour including Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Saint Louis, and Chicago. Click here for more show info and exact addresses if you wanna attend this sweet ass show!

HEARTFELT HOO HA - IS MY SOLO SHOW NEXT WEEK!
Just made some hot mini posters of this image below. I'll be hustling from here on out to prepare everything! I will have (for the very first time) a series of prints for sale at this solo show. Deuce Bigalow style ... prints for $10!

IN A NEW GROUP SHOW IN NYC @ THE CLIMATE GALLERY
Yep. Still busy as a mofo. Now I understand better how busy OJ must be filing all those appeals, as I have a better understanding of just how busy one individual can be. Ok, seriously, all corny insights aside. Here's the details on my new group show in a hot NYC gallery. Here is what you can expect to see, three new paintings in this show tilted "NEVER THINK small!"

CLIMATE GALLERY
37-24 24TH STREET, SUITE 406
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101

SATURDAY - SUNDAY, 12 - 5PM
CLOSED ALL MAJOR HOLIDAYS

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Oh wow. Lots more to say. I'm also preparing new works for a sweet Halloween show in Saint Louis here on October 24th titled the Riff Raff Halloween Show. I will be showing a triptych. I'll post images once I get my brownass in gear and create'em.

Also still have work showing at this location in Atlanta for arthousecoop.com

Art House Gallery
309 Peters St
Atlanta, GA 30313

And I am actively preparing for my big solo show here in Kansas City in November 6th at the Keyhole Gallery. Yikes, so much to do and yet so little time. But I like it when the pace quickens like this, I crave it. I will have (for the very first time) a series of prints for sale at this solo show. Deuce Bigalow style ... prints for $10!

OOOPSIE. BEEN TOO BUSY HUSTLIN' TO UPDATE MY SITE HERE.
Been so flippin' busy hustlin' for shows and creating new art that I can hardly have time to breathe. But I like it mad busy and just barley above controlled chaos at times. It makes things very interesting for sure. I still got many updates, but here are a few more. Sit tight for now. As i'm organizing a third and final collaborative group show with a whole new line up of artists. It is going to be a sight to behold. Details will come tonight.

Just had a cool group show opening in NYC this past month.
3 works of art were on display. These were what I call "mini-works" since I usually paint big. All three of these were completed with in the past 10 months. Have not done too many of these mini's but have materials to create a big series of 30 works all similarly themed. I dunno. Have not used red so heavily in awhile, but am really feeling it. Enjoy!

Oh wow. I also got work currently showing in Atlanta. ATL yes! From July 31st till Sept 4th.

Atlanta Airport Atrium Gallery
6000 North Terminal Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30320

Then it goes onto another ATL gallery on Sept 25th. Wish I could be there to see it go down.

Art House Gallery
309 Peters St
Atlanta, GA 30313

Sheesh ... i really NEED to seriously update my Flickr account and am still nerding out on coding up my web site redesign. Good things come to those who wait. yeah right!

HEADLINING A BAD ASS LIVE PAINTING GROUP SHOW IN KANSAS CITY - JULY 3rd, 2009
The place to be is the Keyhole Gallery this First Friday for the Hottest Art Show of the summer.
My idea was to get 5 to 7 other badass Kansas City painters for a live painting silent auction show. The result will be a 14 foot long canvas by 4.5 tall, attacked and visually assualted for 4 hours. There will be 18 mini canvases derived from this monster canvas.

Oh wow. I almost forgot to mention that I got work due for a July show in ATL.
Also got work to be completed for a hot NYC show in July.
And also doing 3 nights of painting solo for the Fringe Festival here in KC on 7/23-24-25. Details will follow soon.
Finally got my Flickr account going go see. I've been horrible about keeping my gallery here fully updated, as I'm redoing my entire web site here soon. Coding it right now actually. I plan to go LIVE with my new site by July 15th.

Anyhow, I'm rambling. Here is a map to my badass live painting group show!

The Keyhole Gallery
1903 Wyandotte Street
Kansas City, MO 64108

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MY WORK WILL BE IN A HOT GROUP SHOW IN CHICAGO - MAY 29th, 2009
So the idea is to create a 12"x12" canvas along with a hundered or so artists to form a "tapestry" 3 rows high. This is gonna be sweet. I'm preparing the canvas surface today on this lovely grey Saturday. Gessoing it to get the surface nice and smooth. It will be dried and ready to sand so I can get started tonight.

I am starting a new series of Mayan inspired tribal masks, this will be the second canvas of the series. The 1st canvas debuted last night in a show here in Kansas City @ The Mattie Rhodes art gallery for their 10th Anniversary Group Show. As soon as I get that new piece photographed (mid June) I'll post it here.

There will be a closing reception for the 10th Anniversary Group Show on June 5th. Details will be provided.

The Galaxie
2603 W. Barry Ave
Chicago, Il 60618

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THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SEE ME @ ARTOPIA!
Interesting night for sure. Funny how you can paint for 13 years and it takes someone in the crowd to point out the obvious. But that is what I took away from Artopia this year. It was a whirlwind of a night as I allowed myself to be carried by randomness and chance. I brought along 3 canvases, as I was not sure which one I would be feelin' that evening. So the "duh" moment arrived when 8 couples throughout the night commented on "loving that piece against the wall". I was taken aback at first cause the piece everyone loved was my "background wood streaky texture" that I laydown so as to build my composition upon. Long story short ... I have purchased 35 canvases and am creating 4 brand new series. Some will be small 10"x10" canvases with minimal linework, others will be abstract compostions, and yet others will be a series of Mayan inspired tribal masks.

Keep checking back, as I will post production shots when I get'em.

LATEST NEWS. SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, SO MUCH TO SAY!
Last night was the opening to the Sketchbook Project vol 3 in ATL. I finally updated my profile page with the illustrations I created and spraymounted into the moleskeine sketchbook. Go here to see the 12 layouts Sketchbook Project Vol 3 - Profile. If you are curious as to what the show set up is like for 5,000 sketchbooks, here are some pics from the opening last night in ATL.Sketchbook Project Vol 3 - Flickr shots ... enjoy!

Here are some racy photos from the Dirty Show 10 in Detroit. Not too much art is able to be seen in these, as these are more performance art based shots. Dirty Show X shots on Flickr, but hey, some will find it interesting. Hopefully I'll get some shots of the actual artwork at Dirty Show X.

I also just got juried into a First Friday showing here in KC for next week 3/6. I was selected for the "Cultures Without Borders" show which is a 3 month 3 venue traveling show. The opening is @ Pi Gallery. I'll be in attendance, so stop by and say hello. The piece I did is a brand new 30x30" canvas titled "Undercover Latin Lover". Details below.

Pi Gallery
419 E. 18th
KC, MO 64108
(basically right next to Grinders on the corner)
Opening Reception is from 6-9pm on March 6th, 2009.

YEAH SO. I AM OFFICIALLY DIRTY. HA. MY LATEST WORK WILL BE FEATURED @ DIRTY SHOW 10
So 2009 is shaping up to be super hot already. Thank you for alll of those who came out the see my latest work at last weekends show in the Crossroads. It was the first new work I've hung in Kansas CIty in 16 months, as all my recent shows have been nationally focused. Good to see friendly faces that night, Man oh man where to begin there is much to update everyone on. Below is a quick rundown of the items commanding my attention these days.

Dirty Show 10 - will feature 1 new painting. The new red one below was juried in. Sweeet! This is my second selection, the first being 2006. Details here

Naughti Gras 2 - is sure to be a wild Saint Louis show. I went last year and it was a blur. Anyhow, I am hauling ass to complete 3 new big canvases for this show.

Sketchbook Project vol 3 - this is a bad ass multicity tour travelling artshow featuring thousands of mini sketchbooks. The interpretation is fluid, so I am experimenting with scans and textures in combo with painting blobs and drips. This is gonna be such a nice challenge as it is a 3"x5" Moleskine sketchbook that I will exacto knife fold into these scans of monkeys, typographic elements, and other odd shit to use as a jump off point to build an illustration. I got 13 full illustrations to complete over the next 3 weeks. Due by Feb 15th. Making stops in ATL, Boston, Philly, Brooklyn NY, Chicago, STL, and Washington D.C. This show is gonna be nutz since there will be nearly 4,000 sketchbooks spreadout on tables everywhere. So I'm going for bright pop colors in some hyperstylized context of heartbreak and some shit. Ya know, but seriously I'll get my sweet friend to take snapshots of the sketchbook before I mail it off for a 10 month nationwide gallery tour!

HERE IS MY LATEST WORK/ENJOY/FUSION OF MY HOTTIES AND MONSTERS!
Yes. I know it has been a grip since an update. Been super busy with new shows and shit. Also working on overhauling my site with a brand new gallery. Which will showcase ALL of my work instead of a handful of paintings. Sit tight, I'm getting all the blog pieces together. I'll be better about future updates via RSS, and am getting into some really hot art shows. So 2009 is already shaping up to be a giant year.

I just did a hot show in STL (Saint Louis) over Halloween. That was an incredible night, 65 artists, about 150 works of art, and I had 4 pieces in the juried group show. The concensus from a curator patron was that my work was "in the top 3 of quality, visual dominance, and vibrancy" so that was a nice confirmation. You see, my goal is to breakout of the midwest market since my stuff is not exactly cowbells and pastoral scenes of barf.

Thank you for your eyes, I truly appreciate all of my fans who have wrote me such heartful words of edification. Often times, these visions I create are born in the dark of night. Pushing way past tired, trying to keep at it past exhaustion, all the while draining myself of all these images. Then to get an email, well that just makes it all that much sweeter to me. Thank you!

COME ONE COME ALL AND SEE ME PAINT LIVE on APRIL 5th!
Yes, for a third year in a row I'll be sharing myself as I create. Details are here
I'll be creating a fairly large piece of 30"x40" and will be depicting Obama. This is gonna be very exciting and fun, be sure to show up!

MY FIRST SHOW IN SAINT LOUIS - A SWEET GROUP SHOW!
"Naughti Gras is an Erotic Art Exhibition featuring fantastic artists in our region that focus within a genre of erotic art. We are artists for artists that love seeking out a difference in our region that explains the hidden talents of such that we can creatively express within this type of art show. The show itself is by no means rude, crude, illegal or otherwise, although the human form and expression may offend some it will definitely not offend most. The exhibition is held right before Mardi Gras picks up and is held at the Koken Art Factory (2500 Ohio Avenue) in Saint Louis. This is the first of its kind in Saint Louis, and we hope to carry on this fantastic exhibition for years to come."

I exhibited 3 pieces out of the 160 featured for this show. Overall the event was a blowout as a mere 500 people were expected and over 1,500 showed up, nice!

A PREVIEW OF MY NEWEST PAINTINGS AND SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
I am featured in a group show titled Latino Art Bravisimo in Lenexa. These two new ones are hot off my easel and are the first smaller works I've ever done.
Yes, I am shocked too that I got into a show for Lenexa City Hall. Too funny! Show details below.

Opening Reception: June 28th (Thursday) 6P - 8P.
Lenexa City Hall
12350 W 87th St (Basically 87th and 2 blocks Wesat of Quivera).
Lenexa, KS 66215

MY PAINTINGS ARE FEATURED IN A HOT BRAZILIAN E-MAGAZINE!
First off, I gotta say. There is some hot-ass art coming out of South America. I stumbled upon this magazine and was very inspired by the artists and designers shown. I just had to submit my work to it. Funny enough, but the editor Janara Lopes thought highly of my work and beat me to the punch by asking me to submit work for their current WOMAN issue. I was stunned! So enough talk.

Go look at my work and all the talented artists, photographers, and designers in IdeaFixa ART E-MAGAZINE. Don't be a chump, pull your head out of your culo, go look and get inspired!

I'LL BE PAINTING LIVE FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL PITCH SHOW.
Wanna see me paint? Yes! Then you got 2 opportunities. The first is the formal ARTOPIA event put on by The Pitch. Details can be found in the weekly publication obviously. The other opportunity will be on First Friday 4/6 to promote the Artopia event and will be held in the Pitch Gallery located exactly next to "Bulldog Bar and Grill" on 1715 Main Street. The difference? Well it is two fold. One event is $15 and more of a party atmosphere, and the FF event is free and more intimate. If I were you, I'd attend both events as both are gonna be a sweet-ass good time!

If you want to know more. Tickets to Artopia may be purchased here or go pick up a Pitch.

If you are curious. Yes, I will be creating a brand new painting right before your very eyes.
So show up to see me look like a slob and feel free to ask questions!

MUNNY CONTEST RESULTS - DENVER SHOW
My artwork was in a custom vinyl toy show last weekend. Prizes were awarded for the top three Munny's created, and there are some awesome ones!
If you are curious, go and look at the sweetass creations submitted by all the talented artists.

Oh yeah. My munny creation is available for sale via online auction. I am excited about that. I'd be more excited if they spelled my last name correctly.
Talk about humbling.

Well, it is nearing on the end of the year. I am focused on creating all new paintings for a solo show in summer of 2007. I'm currently working on 7 canvases and have plans to do another 10 canvases. Time to chill and create. So you won't see many updates from me for at least a month.