POSSESSED

Here's my second piece for Gallery 27's 'Are You Afraid of the Art?' group show, opening tomorrow night at Gallery 27 Chicago.  Inspired by one of the best/most demented cartoons of my childhood, 'Rocko's Modern Life'.

"Possessed"
Watercolor on lanaquarelle paper
8 x 10.25"

AGGRO CRAG

Here's one of my two pieces for Gallery 27's "Are You Afraid of the Art?" group show opening this Friday, 11/2.  The show pays tribute to classic Nickelodeon shows from the 90's, and it's going to be totally awesome.  I was really excited to depict the famous Aggro Crag from Global Guts for this piece.    I wanted to climb that thing so damn bad when I was a kid.

"Aggro Crag"
Watercolor on lanaquarelle paper, 8 x 10"

Here's a preview of my 2nd piece, (can you guess which show I picked?) which I will post later this week.  Be sure to check out the show at Gallery 27 on Friday if you happen to be in Chicago!

Thanks for reading.

AMERICAN HERO

"The American Hero" is a group show that opens next Saturday, July 7th at Gallery 27 in Chicago.  The show pays tribute to Americana in film and pop culture.  Artist Adam Devarney tipped me off about this new gallery, having recently moved to Chicago.  I believe this is only the second show they've done, (The first was a Wes Anderson tribute show) but I saw the title and was really inspired to do something for it.  If you are a Chicago friend or happen to be in the windy city next weekend, definitely go check this show out, it looks like its going to be really awesome.  Adam will be in it, and a bunch of other cool people too. Check out the show flyer for Gallery 27's address.

This piece took me a little over a full day to paint in total, but the fact that I left it alone after that is somewhat of a personal accomplishment as I have a tendency to want to overwork everything.  I didn't focus on a specific movie or piece of pop culture for this one either, which was nice.  Instead I thought on the much broader theme of violence, and came up with something I think is pretty cool.  Hope you like it.

"Untitled (usa)"

watercolor on lanaquarelle paper, 11 x 14"

You can't see very well in the picture but the frame has some nice red white and blue splatter on it.