Art and Commerce

I am not the best salesperson in the world. I think it's a gene that I don't have. Forget about selling about selling refrigerators to Eskimos (or Inuits as the case may be), I couldn't sell them a blanket.
But you gotta. It's all part of the dance.

So yesterday I spent the day with the lovely ladies of The Pacific Palisades Junior Women's League. My friend and roommate Daniel Pontius, an interior designer, designed a home for their annual holiday home tour and was kind enough to feature my art. I decided to do some pieces for the 2 boy's bedroom's. I looked around their rooms to get some idea's of what they were into. I decided on planes for the 11yr old and a truck and and a guy playing with a yo-yo for the 5yr old. The 5yr old's very into the yo-yo thing. I also did a pair of antique diving helmets for the bathroom. These are obviously the images above.

I didn't know what to expect or how I'd be received. I was pleasantly surprised. The ladies were absolutely wonderful and welcoming. I received several inquiries for commissions and tons of compliments. It was a lot of fun and very inspiring.

So big giant thanks to everyone involved!

more stencil work

Rose Murphy. Acrylic on plexi-glass 15"x17"

untitled. spray paint on foam core 8.5"x11"

Handsome Stan. Acrylic on sticker. 8.5"x11"

detail of #5. Gold Leaf and Acrylic on plexi-glass 16"x17"

look ma! i'm in the paper!

(our clown punks at Brooklyn Bowl)

some of the work that my good friend Heather Corbett and i did for Brooklyn Bowl has been featured in an article in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue of I.D. Magazine.

i'm very grateful to all the guys at Brooklyn Bowl for the opportunity to be part of such an exciting space, and the designer, Tristam Steinberg, for acknowledging us in the article.

today in stencil land

Facade, North 11th and Wythe. Acrylic on vinyl

Brooklyn Bridge. Acrylic on sticker paper 8.5"x11"

here's what i do for myself. i enjoy cutting out teeny tiny pieces of paper for hours on end. i suppose it takes a certain temperament.

there'll be more.

my work will be featured in a home on the Palisades Home Tour on Nov. 8th 2009, and in a solo show coming up in December in Los Angeles. details to follow.

there are also possibly some things that resemble my work in Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Clinton Hill, and Dumbo, Brooklyn. of course i would never do anything illegal, so i don't know how, or if, this happened.

sometimes i miss New York desperately. today is one of those days.

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Apparently, I've started a blog.