leaving like sunday morning.

this is going to be my last post before i leave to asia, so i'll try to make it a long one. im coming back early february and ill update with tons of pics. Just finished my last painting for this year. in la at jefferson and 11th street.

There are tons of things that im going to be missing out on. One of it is the dream to reality fun raiser. The show is to help out a fellow dreams to reality member. Alvaro Sanz is going threw hard times in spain so we wanted to help him out in his times of need. The show is going to be january 17th at nucleus gallery. I want to thank nucleus for giving us the space and everyone who kindly donating a piece for the show. It's not easy to email people in this economy and ask them to donate a piece to someone they don't know. So we owe you guys one. here's a little history on us.





this pic was back when parts of bergamont station was being built. parts of bergamont was a graffiti yard.





me, twisto, and the legendary yepso in sf back in 99


and here's the one man who we are trying raise money for.














I don't have many pics in my archive, but that's a little history on dreams 2 reality.

when i land back in la, im flying straight up to seattle to my show at roq la rue feb 13th.

so merry christmas everyone and have a happy new year!

simmer down now.

i was told to simmer down on my stylization and my colors. This illustration is geared towards children, so i tried to follow the directors guide lines and make things normal. this was heavily art directed so when it was over i painted over everything because it looked too pretty. i felt like it needed to be more raw to work. still trying to make it more grimy, but this is how it looks now.
oh and here's the sketch i wished they picked.

brucelee!

im pretty sure this is fake, but i can't stop watching this!

nucleus!

everyone around the area should make it to nucleus tonight! my good friend david jien will be making his debut showing.
this guy is the mother fn truth! his work is really mindblowing!!!!!



also, i want to thank everyone who featured me in there blog all these years. i appreciate that very much!
this is the second time someone emailed me saying they featured me only to find out the piece was not mines :)
this is another artist study on my family portrait piece. does anyone knows the artist? i think he did a great copy.
adam's blog

lite em up!

i've done about 400 matchboxes since i've started school. for my show at roq la rue im planning to do 10 paintings and 300 matchboxes. 100 matchbox per frame. i've never had so much at one point that i've become really attached to them. i know it's a hell of a lot of matchboxes, and i would stop doing them if i felt like i was repeating myself. but i like the new directions they are going, so as long as they continue to evolve then i can't stop:) they are super fun too. im planning to show a small series at this year miami art basel too.

nunnery

this is an illustration for spiritual and health magazine. the article is about a western lady leaving the life of a city girl and crossing over to become a nun. this is my first oil illustration ever. recently i've been doing all my personal work with oils and using gouache and acrylic for commercial work, but when john contacted me he sent me reference of all my oil paintings. with the quick deadline, i used straight cobalt dryer as a medium. here's one of the sketches that the art director liked. just added do thats and it was a go.

wowsers!

this has to be one the most sickest breaking i've ever seen.


this guys painting's keeps on getting darker and darker every time i check out his site. technically amazing tho.

welcome to 1914

man, this month i've been sleeping every night at 8am. it's getting later and later. now i usually wake up at 4pm!!!! can't wait to go asia and relax. this is an illustration for weekly reader magazine. i had a blast working on this project. great article, and great art director.

red forest!!!!!!!

i forgot to take pics of this piece so i stole this image from 1988. from the album cover show. you were given an album of your choosing and ask to paint on it.



also check out thinkspace tomorrow. this show is going to be INSANE!!! the homie ekundayo, mike alverez, kmndz, and jeaneen will be showing. talk about all star line up right! get ready to be blown away.

lastly, i recently release limited edition prints of bigger than and relax.
both edition of 25. i have 10 more of bigger than and 14 of relax. you can purchase it here.
idrewhimstore

investment!

so the news been saying that everyone has been investing in gold lately. they say that money will go down, but gold will never go down. so here it is investors. sketch with gold paint! get it while it's hot!
i can't believe i wasted 15 minutes for that joke:)
but seriously, artwork is the best investment. forget gold!!!!! here's my recent investment. im starting to have more artwork from others than my own work.
jim salvati
the very awesome ekundayo
and someone who doesn't need any introduction.

the infamous david jien
here are some brainstorming sketches and close ups for my solo next year.

illustrative 08

i'll be participating in this year illustrative 08. a show where illustrators get shown love. i thought it was going to be in berlin again, but this year it will be in switzerland.
here's a little about what illustrative is all about. so check it out next month if you are in switzerland.


http://www.illustrative.de/

also, it's kind of a long shot, but if any one knows a place to paint in thailand, cambodia, or korea then i would love to know. legal spots please, not trying to get caught while over there. hit me up if you know.

autism.

i had a hard time with this illustration. im not use to doing random mark makings and chaotic scenes. I had to do the effects with photoshop because i was too scared to mess up the painting. even though i knew it was done with gouache and i could erase it easily, i was still scared. here are two of the drawings that didn't get approved. working with new scientist magazine.

the hive!!!!!!

my friend mike alaverez is having a group show there. his work is superb!!!! the kids better buy his rookie card now, cause after this shit the price ain't coming down! here's a sneak peak for this saturday. he shares a studio with ekundayo and dayo's work for his upcoming show at thinkspace is awesome-o!!!!!!! i can't show sneak peaks for that.


also very last minute, but i was invited to participate in slideshow part 3. the first one was at robert berman in bergamont. the second was at merry karnowski gallery. part 3 will be in wal art gallery. part 1 and 2 was amazing!

respect my charitah!

donating this piece for charity.
i was iffy about doing anything on a product, so i never returned any of their emails.
4th email, im like what the hey, it's for a good cause.

im your pusher.

here are drawings that im showing at 1988sf paper pusher show next week. most of them are comps for paintings that i've added an extra hour on for finishing touches.
also a piece for 1988la crazy for cult show. titled the wizard will see you now. oil on panel.
contact-- gallery1988@aol.com for the painting and gallery1988sf@gmail.com for the drawings.

crx

im nephew just turn 16 and he got himself a crx. seeing his car made me miss my crx. it was my first car. i think crx is a perfect first car because they are cheap and clean. my nephew car is too flashy for my taste. reminds me of a batmobile. the silver crx is a before and after it got stolen.


2 finished illustrations. type is going to be on the top of the green piece, so i wanted to keep that area as clean as possible.
i usually don't show illustrations in a gallery setting because it's a bit too narrative and too art directed. but I think these might work in a gallery....... .

outro.

originally i was saving this one for a group show in 111 minna in a couple of weeks, but a collector wanted it so i had to make up for it with another piece. been extreamilyyyyy behind schedule lately. a friend from paris and portland's been staying with me for a couple of weeks and i've been playing tour guide. feeling really guilty when im painting and they are board as hell, so i try my best to be a good host. it's been a pleasure having them over but im going to go nuts from deadlines when they leave.


found this on my computer yesterday. one of my fav sets.

pres.

my good friend tisto sent me this link. very funny.
http://www.news3online.com/index.php?code=37JSS16U0j104Ilg0Mv7

just finished this illustration. the gutter is going right in the middle of the piece. everything is done with gouache except for the yellow clouds. that is done on ps.

come original or don't come at all!

i've been pasting giant matchboxes head around la. very fun. i thought about printing giant matchboxes, but painting original and pasting them is much more funnier. here's a 30 minute head painting on bond paper.

also, i got home yesterday to finding a email sending me a link to concept art.
the guy is thanking me for giving him the idea........i never gave him the idea???????
you bit it more like. well.........at least he thanked me