Inked Souls @ Art Whino | Aug 2nd

I painted some custom shoes for this show and I kinda had fun...

RIPPLE Event Video & Pics

The Ripple event went off!! June 20th was International Surfing Day and a big crowd made it out to Art Whino Gallery at the National Harbor. Almost $6,000.00 was raised for the DC Surfrider Chapter to help with a new water quality program in the area. Check out a little video from the event...



Thanks to all the sponsors and everybody who helped make this event a success!
Part of my installation...I actually brought a bag of rocks from the Oregon coast on the airplane so I could stick them on the wall, it came out pretty rad...Live painting I did on Saturday...Me with Mr. Art Whino himself, Shane Pomajambo...The Okoto kids, Joe and Amy came down from NJ (what a barrel of fun they are!), and that's Julie from Surfrider DC who happened to bust her arse for this event...
O Susannah of Art Whino, this girl works her ass off too...The silent auction had some great items...Good shot from artist James Walker...These last few pics pretty much sum up the rest of Saturday night, who knew a case of Twin Fin wine and a grassy knoll could be so much fun? ...


You can check out all my work from the show HERE and if you're interested, contact Art Whino to see what's still available.

Vans Cover Contest Plug in Surfer Magazine

Sometimes you just submit something for the hell of submitting something and sometimes it pays off, in this case, the recent Vans Cover Contest where people can upload a picture or graphic and customize a fake cover for Surfer Magazine. I was just putzing around checking out the contest website and looking at everyones covers and decided to take about 15 seconds and pop in one of my recent paintings, never thought about it again... next thing I know my cover gets a little shot in the mag and an email asking for my address so Vans can send me a free backpack, pair of sandals and a shirt, as well as entering me for a chance at winning cash and the grand prize. Sweeet!

Words of Wisdom

"You're confusing product with process. Most people, when they criticize, whether they like it or hate it, they're talking about product. That's not art, that's the result of art. Art, to whatever degree we can get a handle on (I'm not sure that we really can) is a process. It begins in the heart and the mind with the eyes and hands." - Jeff Melvoin

Bill was great!

We went and saw Bill Maher's stand-up the other night here in PDX... just about gave my self a hernia from laughing so hard. So right and so funny at the same time, how is that possible?

Words of Wisdom

Hahaha...

“An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.” - Ben Shahn

A Painting for Teach!

Just finished up this Fish painting on a reclaimed hollow-core door from The ReBuilding Center. Portland is sooooooo RAD!!! It's hanging nicely in Teacher and Micah's condo. Happy Birthday! I didn't get a super good pic of it, but you get the idea, and here's a detail shot to see all the fun...

Plug from Jaimal Yogis

There are a few nice words about my art over on the blog of Jaimal Yogis. He's an award winning Journalist and photographer who currently lives in San Francisco. He's also releasing a book next year, "Saltwater Buddha: A Surfers Quest to Find Zen on the Sea"