http://www.kedscollective.com/design-your-own/

(i designed a few different pairs of wood grain &/or doilie shoes...

and they got me...

i think i'm gonna buy a pair... maybe.)

kuna yala y colita

2/9 (unpainted) in a series of hand painted screenprints

panama city, panama

panama city, panama. kuna yala mama.

3/9 in a series of hand painted screenprints.

photo (cropped) credit: raphael salazar

today, i am 

23.

aboard the hoy hoy!

photo credit: santiago marcial

RAD!

(worlds first face 2 face tandem)

photo credit to the internet.

i just changed the viewing system on my website today. my eyes burn.

i also added newish photos to the photos sections...

(i think this obviously can be credited to youtube)

these, my friends, are the faces of hope. 

ahhhh. ha.ha.

kelly c

mr. virga

check this out: http://jamesfariasisyawning.blogspot.com/2009/03/23.html

its gooood. 

mostly my sketchbooks are traveling makeshift flower presses... 

also, i just put my website up!

www.breannerupp.com

i've got a few more things to photo/scan and throw up there but thats most of the goods. 

i'm working on a few new projects trying not to fall into the trap of any daily grinds. 

roll!

its bic pencil & gouache on the gallery wall, 52" x 72"

flyer credit: alisa castagna

i'm working at the Gallery at Screen Arts. i typed this up this morning for Friday's opening and sent it out and posted it all over the internet. yeeeeeeeeeea... it should be a tight show from what i seen. Screen Arts on west king st, 6-12pm this friday the 3rd, live dj, free beers, lil bow wow Rap Snacks i hizzope, and of course, the visuals:

'Secret Code' Jesse Reno, Gabriel Shaffer and Thinkmule Group Show

Featuring new works by self taught artists and friends, Gabriel Shaffer, Jesse Reno and ThinkMule (Jeremy Pruitt.) All three artists create work with rich surface qualities and other worldly narratives involving mythological characters and stylized figures. The mysterious stories behind their works spark a dialogue with the viewer, allowing us to make up our own mind as to what the works are about. All the artists have an interest in and their works reflect qualities of visionary as well as primitive art. They share with us their viewpoints of the world around us, and the work transcends our reality to reveal new truths. It seems that life itself and the struggle for expression are the driving forces behind their work and their honesty reverberates through their images. Visually stimulating and mentally arousing, this show is definitely worth checking out

jeremy pruitt.....nuncy,2008

www.thinkmule.com

jesse reno.....that which connects itself, 2008

www.jessereno.com

gabriel schaffer.....doorway to the enchanted mesa, 2008

www.gabrielschaffer.com

jung eun park is featured today on dailyserving.com 

the drawing on there is really nice.

i looked at some more work and loved these:

i was initially attracted to this work cause i have been using coffee and tea for staining alot, and also hand sewing the paper. the last two drawings i did i used red thread too, partially cause it reminds me of cowboys, and also because i like the contrast between the overall, immediate, desaturated palette and subtle, but strong, red details.  

"When I work, I place the large paper on the floor, sit on the paper, or sometimes lie down, and draw something not only in large scale, but also with very tiny details. Therefore, I can feel the touch and the smell of paper with all of my body and senses. It makes me enjoy the moment not only physically, but also psychologically. In the meantime, the paper can be another world where I can imagine and communicate with myself." (www.juneunpark.com)

when i work its usually sitting or standing on the large paper, and when sewing i am under the paper, flipping it around on top of me like a quilt. and i really like this physical relationship to the drawing, being the small maker. psychologically i am connected with the work because its my family, and through these drawings i am making my connection to their pasts. 

coincidentally, i found another jung eun park. who is an illustrator/designer. also born in korea.

red thread!

www.jung-park.com 

jungillustration.blogspot.com

finally, i found a third jung eun park who makes these whimsy drawing/sculptures which, surprise surprise, involve paper and sewing.

www.parkje.com

i can't copy and pictures from the site, so CHECK IT OUT. really.

half of the day i've been on the internet, tempted to call it wasting time, mostly avoiding unpacking and organizing my life at my parents house, but i think its been a pretty fruitful internet adventure.  stealing music and inspiration. finding out that "jung eun park" in korean means "super art star"

photo credit: Robert H. Rupp (Dr/Ret.Cl/Sr)

thats my dad in the drawings, when he was in his 5 year old, wishing to be hop along cassidy. thats me and my dad last weekend after the pomp and circumstance, in his 60 year old. he looks good, huh? its that inner child, glowing out. 

mail collaboration with russell maycumber.

woman king

reductive woodblock print

16x25

photo credits: Kelly Sheridan

one year ago.

"peace-kingdom rainy-day darkly-multicolored hundred-water"

scanned from the taschen book on hundertwasser

he be reppin the streets of puerto rico.

he nars his tail and runs to the kitchen whenever he hears the ice machine.

he pees on strangers and tickles roots.

he ate my shoe and a box of incense.

pancho's a puppy now

but he'll be a dog soon.

a good one!

he has no balls!

panama..... one night: dancing, dirty soles, cheap whisky red bull, new flash, flash flood, polka dots, giraffees, sweet balcony, new friends, old friends, FUN.

two by 4 holding up the bustling balcony

legend of the black foot, casa de ani casco viejo, PTY

 

(that last ones a photogram, too)

leaving the sky to sea, anthony