This series began by tracing portions of the Chicago Police Beat Map onto canvas. The locations of the precinct headquarters are identified with stars. I wanted to identify locations in Chicago that I spend the most, some and very little time. I recently re-mixed these canvases by applying text. The…
A Portrait of the Proper Adapter – 2013
I was doing a series of portraits. To warm up before each portrait I executed a fairly realistic version of one my favorite adapters. Once I got loosened up I would move onto the portrait. It wasn’t until much later that i started thinking of these paintings as portraits as…
You Know Why – 2013
It’s up to you. Face or No Face There are two versions of this video Me and Pei can’t decide She prefers no face. I prefer the face The image isĀ animated oil stencil prints. The song was made on the iPad. “You know why they keep on coming around… …and…
CG mags from 2013
These are magazines created in my Computer Graphics class in 2013. The first 7 weeks of the course students study basic illustration techniques. During this time we also review basic 2D design elements and principles. In the last 7 weeks all students are responsible for designing and self-publishing their…
JOHNS OLD CAR – 2013
One of the first songs that I ever wrote with other people originally called Girls Ride. We probably played this song ever time Plato Township ever jammed for the first few months. The images come from my hard drive – deciding to choose only the footage that was already black…
With your Fist – 2012
With your Fist and with your Feet was an acoustic guitar and vocal recording that i put into a shared folder at the Plato Town Ship. What came out the other end of the collaborative server was much different – “…are those birds?” The video was an experiment in video…
Album – 55 – 55 – 2012
The band 55 passed through my life The following is available as evidence. I played bass on these tracks 55 by 55
AD SPACE – 2012
For these oil-collages I tore up dimestre crime novels from the 40s I focused on the advertising near the end of the books. It reminded me of the adspace that i often have to design into my clients websites. I devided to execute some artworks that also had to be…
FADED – 2011
You want to show your video at my gallery? I want to show my paintings to your friends. SWEET
Art Rock and Talk 1 – 2011
CADWEST Studio eavesdropping – interjection – collaboration – SWEET