A beautiful, incredible 8-month headache

After months of work, I finally put a gigantic project to bed and sent it off to the Netherlands. It was a blast to draw, even more fun to paint in photoshop, and a horrible Defcon-1 all-nighter-inducing race against time to get the goddamn thing sent off... But it turned out okay, I think.

I definitely want another pair of shoes for this one.

A great day in PBG history

So last night three of the most prolific (and reclusive) print artists in The Business had one hellava blowout opening at Phone Booth Gallery. I had the good fortune to hang out with all of them over the course of the last few days, and help out directing traffic for the MASSIVE print-signing effort that went on before the show.

Got to see all those beautiful screen prints up close, and talk with the people who love these guys' work. Pretty often it was the artists' first time seeing the prints in person too! Yes, that's Rich Kelly's mom. I had a blast. Tons of people all there to celebrate a group of really talented artists, and geek out together. I talked to at least 30 complete strangers over the course of the night, all happy to be where we were, all really great to chat with about prints, movies, art in general...



Some trivia fodder for you:

Ken Taylor (and possibly all Aussies) produces a unique pheromone that attracts cats. Also like all Aussies, drinks like a fish and is one of the most chilled-out guys I've met in a long time. Signed my Moby Dick print right before taking off for six flags today.

Martin Ansen and I completely disagree about whether Wipeout is better than Episode I Racer (although I only have the N64 version and he told me I gotta get Wipeout 1 for the PlayStation to do it justice). Last night was his first time signing a print in about 5 years, and he signed over 65 in an hour!

Rich Kelly's mom is one of the nicest people I talked to all night, even after I almost shooed her out of the gallery at the start of the show. Also Rich draws pretty good I guess. We geeked out for a minute about how much fun it is to draw hands.

All three of em are really nice, down-to-earth guys, so if you see them at a show sometime, stop by and say hi. Just don't ask them to sign postcards. And don't ask Ken if they have roads in Australia.

Studio shots

PBG just put up a blog post about my piece for the recent Blue show, with a couple shots of my workspace thrown in, showcasing the piece and my love of blue cheese and B-list science fiction toys.

Also if you missed it, here's a link to an interview I did a while back with the Examiner, possibly one of the most coherent to date! Although for some reason the interviewer decided to rename all my pieces without telling me...

Oh You Are Sick....

Been on an internet-less hiatus for the past month, trying to convince the caring people of Verizon that my service transfer request IS as simple as it sounds. You ever read about how one ant is really dumb but the colony as a whole is a very intellegent organism? Verizon is the exact opposite: their individual people usually care, but they have no efficient way to talk to one another, so every time you call them you feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog day... But enough of that.


Another amazing Phone Booth Gallery Show is up and running, this one dedicated to David Lynch's art and films. GREAT turnout last night, and a lot of really enjoyable art on the walls. Picked up a Rich Kelly print I've been salivating over for a while too.

If you missed the show, it's going online sometime today at Phoneboothgallery.com. Definitely worth a look.

Haven't done nothin but NOTHIN here in a long time.

Thought I'd post a few pics of some work from the Mundane show for some equal-opportunity perusal. 

Lemme know what you think, the rest of 'em are up (for SALE) at Phoneboothgallery.com till the end of this month, including a print of the one in my last post, which is twice as big as the original and came out wicked-sweet.

Chekkiddout.