Drawings for work to come

Here's a series that I've been working on and off, on for a while. I've got most of the color work done but want to do a little bit of experimentation with the robots. I'll start posting these one by one in the coming weeks.

Art Shows, Portland (Or) and Kansas City

OIII! I have not shown much sign of life here on this blog page. But I'd like to send an invite for two separate shows I'll be participating in. The shows are within a few days of one another, so one blog for now should do.

Portland, Oregon
"Vinyl Killers 8"
The Goodfoot
2845 SE Stark Street
Portland, Oregon 97214
October 28th

The show will be featuring a long list of artists using vinyl records as their canvas. Awesome!


Kansas City, Missouri
"One year Anniversary celebration for Crossroads BootCamp Gym"
Crossroads Bootcamp
516 and 518 e. 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
November 5th

Tattoo artist Stormy, myself, Tika and animations by Maximiliano Zapata. This show is one night only! There will be music, dancers, jewelry, a fashion show and maybe even some fire dancers! I will be there, so stop by and say hi if you're in the vicinity!



werrrrrrd!

Hunt and Gather

Friday, April 9th is the book release art show for Hunt and Gather at Thinkspace Gallery. The book is a compilation of contemporary artists, and a 3 year project in the works by author Tina Zigler. I'll be contributing a 12x12" painting for the show. Anyone unable to attend the show can view the art at the Thinkspace website. If you would like to know more about the book, have a visit at Hunt and Gather. Thank you for allowing me to take part in this, Tina, and best of luck with the book :)

Peace!

"Busted in 2 Cities" art show!

Friday Jan 29 at the Gallery Bar, New York. i'll be contributing a piece in the "Busted in 2 Cities" art show. part one of the show was in Pennsylvania, now it's headed for New York City. should be pretty sweet. click on the flier for details! Gallery Bar

Happy Fantastic New Super Year

it's the last day of 2009 and i've been thinking back on some the experiences that have come past in the last 365 days. like everyone else, i've had my share of up and downs. and at some points in the last few months, it felt like the downs were coming in large pairs. what kind of drama you may ask? well, our apartment was burglarized, for one. but this blog isn't about any losses or disappointments. it really has been a great year. through the year i've met with friends who i had not seen in years, spent priceless time with family, and even feel like i've learned a thing or two about being me as an artist. blah blah blah blah, who really wants to know all this?!

but seriously, it's been a great year. the new Deseo website is live and running. i want to thank Laz at the Lazarus Group (lazarusgroup.com) for all his help to make this site happen. my girlfriend, my family, co-workers, and all close friends that i don't get to see or talk to all that often. thanks for allowing me to be part of your lives!

although there's a lot of new work that's been posted on the new website, i still have more on the way. this is a sneeeak of something that's still in the works.


happy new years, yo!

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90 Days Around the World

this blog has been bit over due. seems like the last two months have just been roller coaster full of ups and downs! but everything is all good and i have more things to show in the near future.

this a design i created for Methods NYC clothing. their theme this winter season is "90 Days Around the World". i had fun drawing it out. i normally don't ink, but being that final image is intended to have very little color, i did. in order for the lines to stay crisp. i took inspiration from Robert Crumb's comic work for the lines. because the concept is sexy and the little animals added a degree of cuteness, i thought some gritty line work would give it some nice contrast.

if you want to get your hands on one of these shirts, visit methodsnyc.com

werd!

so yesterday i left work 3 hours early to finish off the rest of the paintings that needed to be framed and packaged for the show at
Gallery 1988 . my girlfriend had helped me for about 4 hours the day before, and yesterday it took us about another 5 to finish. i had no idea that it would take so long and without her help i think i woulda gone a bit crazy, trying to get them shipped out by today. not to mention that once we were done framing, we could not find any boxes large enough to ship the center piece. so we improvised with a box we had to cut and reshape in order for the piece to fit. here's a preview of one of the paintings for the art show as it was in progress.

i'm really looking forward to seeing the art work for the show once it's posted online. it's my first group show and i'm excited about both, the venue and the other artists in the show.

werrrrd'em!