After three and a half years my time in Argentina is drawing to a close. In less than 48 hours I’ll hop on a plane bound for the States. Bound for home.
It’s been a wild crazy ride down here, full of ups and downs, like any good adventure should be. I would attempt to put what this all means into context for you now, but the truth is I still haven’t been able to get my own mind wrapped around it. What I can say is that while one adventure is ending, a new one is about to begin. The Orange Gorilla, the mohawk, and I are bound for Los Angeles, where we’ll continue our unending quest for world domination, and making cool stuff (not necessarily in that order).
Until then, I leave you with the last 4 things I made while living in Buenos Aires.
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TO BE CONTINUED
20″ x 34″ (52cm x 86cm) | oil & acrylic on wood panel
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BACK OF SUBWAY PASS #22
pen & pencil on subway pass
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Photo: “One Day. 12 Trains”
I spent a day riding every line in the Argentine subway system. Check out the entire blog post here.
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SUBWAY RIDER: THE LAST STOP
sketchbook | pen & pencil
A few months ago I came up with a new design for the Gorilla Stickers. After almost 8 years it was time for the hairy beast to evolve a bit. I first released this new ape via a couple of paintings (see below), and then recently the stencil version was let loose in the city.
Keep an eye out in 2011…it’s only a matter of time before the new Gorilla Stickers, T-shirts, etc…start showing their face too.
Read the story behind the original Gorilla Sticker here.
MUSIC IN THE VIDEO ARTIST: White Arrows ALBUM: Coming Or Going (RAC Mix) Single SONG: Coming Or Going (RAC Mix)
A few months ago my friend Creeping Elm introduced to the tunes of the WHITE ARROWS and they’ve been echoing off my studio walls ever since. Originating in NY and now calling LA home, this is definitely a band I’m looking forward to checking out once I get back to Socal. The song in the video, “Coming Or Going (RAC Mix)”, along with the rest of the White Arrows discography is available on their website here. The White Arrows can also be found in the following places: http://www.myspace.com/whitearrows http://twitter.com/whitearrows http://www.facebook.com/whitearrows
ART IN THE VIDEO The three gorilla paintings were inspired by a stencil I made about a month ago. Rather than just letting the beast live out on the streets of Buenos Aires, I thought I’d domesticate him and let him live on indoor walls.
THREE GORILLAS 15″ x 20″ (38cm x 51cm)
Latex paint on wood panel
2010
APE FLYER 15″ x 15″ (38cm x 38cm)
Acrylic and Argentine newsprint on wood panel
2010
Above: A recent commission piece for a pilot friend of mine over at Jet Blue. This painting is based loosely off of one of my previous paintings, Big World, the first painting I completed after moving to Argentina.
BOOMBOX PILOT 28″ x 37″ (71cm x 94cm)
Acrylic and Argentine newsprint on wood panel
2010
He started as drawing a couple of months ago in my sketch book. He then lived on in a time-lapse video set to music by Harlem Shakes. In his latest incarnation he is 400% bigger and completely hand painted. Once again, I present to you…The Boombox Pilot.
Above is the original Boombox Pilot sketch. Click to enlarge. Check out the time-lapse video of the drawing here.
MADLY 14″ x 19″ (36cm x 48cm)
Acrylic and Argentine newsprint on wood panel
2010
This piece started as a commission based off of the original Orange Gorilla painting I did earlier in the year. The commission fell through but still thought it was a piece worth finishing.
Click on the image above to see the original Orange Gorilla painting.
This piece, a departure form my regular style, is the second in an exploratory series where I revisit a painting technique I experimented with when I first started painting in which I use a palette knife instead of brushes to apply the paint.
STILLNESS 24" x 24" (61cm x 61cm)
oil on wood
2010
Over a decade ago I experimented with a style on 5 or 6 paintings (see “Untitled #2″ below) that was much different than the style I have developed over the years. It was free and loose, and used a palette knife instead brushes to apply the paint. Last week, after hitting a creative wall in the studio, I decided to revisit that style and see what happened. “Stillness” is the piece that resulted.
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