SHOTGUN WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE

I finally finished my collaboration with John Casey just in time for Tall Tales: Collaborative Projects by John Casey & Friends which opens at Swarm Gallery in Oakland on Saturday, October 1st.  The show is a MUST see! John dished out drawings of hands and pants to a fantastic variety of bay area artists and the resulting body of work is an exhibition of those collaborations. Muito bein! 

Shotgun Willie and the Hand Jive
Acrylic and photocopy on Rives BFK

-=>>> M A M A + R O U X <<<=-

Opening Friday September 9th at Missing Link Records in Arcata, California
MAMA ROUX, new work and old gris gris home made in Oakland by me.
DJ Mantease will be spinning records which is the real event to not miss. His record selection is pure top shelf and his presence is transcendentally luminous, like the star you never knew you always loved.

night tripper

So be there cool bear.
1073 H St. 6-9 p.m.
Bring cash for cool art merch and records from Missing Link!

-= Double Time =-

How long has it been since you've listened to the Jungle Book soundtrack? It's completely brilliant!

Salty dog

-=>> N O R T H W A R D <<=-

SOLO LOBO

Tomorrow i'm gettin' behind the wheel of my automobile to listen to 5 hours of classic rock while I drive north and north and north............

"Come in" she said, "I'll give ya- shelter from the storm".

All to deliver this card.

CHET BAKER

Very few souls can sweep my soul away like Chet Baker can. 

And because of this, I will draw him.

ROCK AND ROLL REDUX

I taught a 3rd/4th grade art class in Walnut Creek this summer. It was exhausting to say the least but also pretty inspiring and hilarious. Children's minds access art in the most beautiful and unapologetically imaginative way. Their aesthetics and intentions aren't questioned, just put onto paper and then they're on to the next thing. They undoubtedly taught me more than I did them.

The whole shebang for parent teacher night

Our final project was Rock and Roll Redux. Everyone drew the name of a real band and one of their albums out of a hat. The students then made album sleeves out of 12" squares of tag board and fake vinyl records out of black tag. There were three rules: 

1.) The band name has to be on the album cover

2.) The album name also must be on the album cover

3.) You can listen to the music from that album but you can not look at the original cover art

Blue snake, blue cookie, blue tree and blue cheese

Those are saguaro cactuses, birds and hearts