I will be having an exhibit with fellow artist(and my girlfriend! :) Caitlin O'Connor in the Annex Gallery in the Mandeville Center at UCSD. It will include some of my new paintings, a large collaborative painting between us and a really exciting and fantastic installation by Caitlin. It's going to be a great show! come on out the reception on friday, May 23 7-10pm for food, drinks, art and some great socializing! send me an email if you need directions or any other info.

Also a few of my paintings will be on display at the Sungod Festival and I will be participating in a CAL PRIG group show May 26-30 at UCSD



My art was featured in the reader art section of juxtapoz.com see it here

Also I will be participating in two group shows in the near future...Beyond Borders 2008 at the Viking Union Gallery at Western Washington University and the 2nd Pool Visual Communication Design Exhibition at (some?) gallery in Turkey.

And I've been selected as an AKA for Tiger Beer's Tiger Translate 2008








Come out and join us for a fun reception!



I was featured in etel magazine #2! go check it out here below is the interview. Well…its a mess. But it’s comfortable. Random pieces of inspiration and art cover the walls. My desk, which runs the length of the room, is littered with papers, paintbrushes, books, unfinished canvases, computer gizmos and a myriad of junk that I have some how created a special bond with. I’m kinda a pack rat. I’d say about half of it comes from my environment, things I see, experiences and anything that is part of my life. The other half is other art and designs. I take pictures in galleries and on the street of art I like. If there is a poster that catches my eye I’ll take it off the wall. That way I can always refer to it and when I’m spacing out I’ll think about it and why I like it. At the top of the list is Skwak, his work is amazing and full of energy. I have one of his shirts and it’s my favorite by far. Also Parra is someone who really has made an impact, the solid colors and wonderful type is just perfect. Additionally, Jon Burgerman, Matei Apostolescu, Steven Harrington and Benjamin Cee are very refreshing artists. I’ve been living in Sydney for the last year and I grew up in San Diego, they’re both pretty rad. I think I may choose San Diego though, the surf is a bit better and it’s close to Los Angeles/the art world. And I’d work as an artist. I would love to be a working artist/illustrator having regular shows and doing freelance work. I think it’s just important that I stay in control of my life, not caught up too much in routine. We’ll see how all that goes, for now I’ll just focus on my work and not worry about it. Don’t be scared to make shitty work, I’ve made plenty. Don’t be discouraged to have your work turned down or receive negative critiques, it happens all the time. Try to avoid skulls and diamonds. Don’t be ashamed to drink cheap beer. And lastly, you’ve really got to motivate yourself not wait for inspiration to come. I have read some good ones lately, but two that stick out in my mind are Modoc by Ralph Helfner and Tomorrow’s Eve by Villiers de l’Isle-Adam. Reading Modoc gave me a completely different perspective of elephants and interspecies relations (no, i’m not referring to furverts, zoophiles or bestiality). I found Tomorrow’s Eve interesting because it made me think critically about how invested we are in technology.