Seward Arts Festival

The Seward Arts Festival is going to be October 9-11. I will have some stuff up at the Seward Co-op. Here are a couple of brand spanking new paintings I did that are going to be there.
Read all about it:
Seward Arts Festival

sketches

"Labor day... that was the day my dad caught on fire"
Thanks for the story mom.


And some boys sitting across from me in a meeting today.

Greazy Kenny's

I did a show last weekend at Greazy Kenny's Blazin' Burnout Bonanza. It was a car show that had radio flyer drag racing, live music, a pinup contest, and... an art gallery. It was fun and I sold some stuff. Here are a few of the pieces I did for the show:

New Sketchbook!

It's that time of year again... new sketchbook time! Oh how exciting!

80/35 Festival

Saturday July 4th I will be selling my work at the 80/35 festival in Des Moines Iowa. I will have a lot of new paintings for sale along with a ton of buttons and magnets. Come check it out! Hell, bring the whole family! If you don't know anything about it, get the details here: http://80-35.com
These paintings want you to come buy them:

you just have to be tough

Here is a hastily scanned image of my new painting "you just have to be tough"
It's been a long time since I've done something this personal. I feel uncomfortable.

A Fuzz

Here are some pictures that someone sent me who bought one of the pedals I designed. They're super cool!

sketchbook

I just realized it's been quite some time since I last posted anything from my sketchbook. It's actually been awhile since I've posted anything at all. But I have a good excuse... I've been working on a set of custom pedal designs for Z.vex that I'm really excited about. I can't wait until they are finished so I can post them here. But for now, here are some sketches that I have been doing over the past few months:

I can draw dinosaurs...

Here is a little drawing I did for my friend Jeff down at Leviticus tattoo. He said my work was too blobby, so I drew him a nice, solid dinosaur to prove I could do structured, I just usually don't feel like it.

Urban Threads Featured Artist

I am the featured artist for the month of March at Urban Threads!
Go check it out!
Go buy my embroidery design!
UrbanThreads.com

Horseshoe Spatulas Album Cover

Here is the album cover I designed for a band called The Horseshoe Spatulas. This new EP, "Radio Frequencies of Love and Fear Part One" will be released April 2009.
Check them out here: The Horseshoe Spatulas

Bre's family portrait

grandpa's portrait

xmas presents

I didn't have any money this year for gifts, so I just took people's wish lists and made weird little paintings that in some way referenced what they wanted. Here they are:

Shadows and Sound

Friday November 28 I will be part of a group show called Shadows and Sound taking place at Aqua in downtown Minneapolis.

"Shadows and Sound is a four-part event that has spanned over the last year and a half. It has been a collaboration of artists from all over Minnesota including visual artists, musicians, dancers, film-makers, a fashion designers all working together to raise awareness of the diverse artistic presence that thrive in Minnesota."

Here are the pieces I will be showing and selling there:




Shadows and Sound
November 28 2008
8:00pm
Aqua Night Club
400 1st Ave N
downtown Minneapolis

MCAD art sale

The annual MCAD art sale was last weekend. Here is some of the work I had for sale this year.