New Paintinz

Mural Day Coverage

Had a big project this weekend. Got together with like 20 other artists around here for a mural shindig. Had like a 20x16 foot space all to me self, and had the bro butchard m., and halley G. right next to me. Good Friend Rachel Kaiser was down the way a bit and also made some new palz. Anyways the news companies in great falls came out to get some coverage. Got quick interview sections in both videos.

big thanks to Julia Becker for organizing all this. It was a good ol time.

http://www.krtv.com/news/artists-work-together-to-combat-great-falls-graffiti/

http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/Artists-Legally-Paint-Downtown-Eyesore-to-Create-a-Masterpiece-125316868.html

and here's the Great Falls Tribunes coverage

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110711/NEWS01/107110301/Temporary-murals-light-up-blights-downtown-Great-Falls?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage


A while back Rachel Kaiser and I did another mural project teachin a class over at the Square art museum. Here's a little coverage on that.

http://www.ktvq.com/news/former-graffiti-vandal-hopes-to-inspire-young-artists/

here's an interview about the event in the link below

http://www.krtv.com/news/former-graffiti-vandal-hopes-to-inspire-young-artists/

Stay Sweet!

Grizzly (Fathers Day)

Hawk

Butchard birfday

Rift

Electric City Creative Art Party! (Group Show)
I had 10 pieces up in this show. One of them didn't get it's picture taken. Other than that the immediately above and below pieces are my contributions. I am pretty stoked on them.





Setup (nothing like fruited malt liquor in the morning)
40 minute Collab between Sara Rowley, Chris Miller, Rachel Kaiser, and myself.
My breh Butchard M.'s work. The drummer for floods. If this show was an art contest he had my vote as the winner.





Talkin to Sara R. and playing bass in Floods. I love the fuzz bass. Anyways this was a great show. I had a really good time, and I'd actually give my new body of work like a solid B-.

BIG Thanks to ECC at http://electriccitycreative.blogspot.com/ !

Gotta get shots from the show at Taco Del Sol I never followed up on here. See ya!

Sketchbook.. It's the time of the season..

Show 2 montana

You as excited as I am?

I know... It's about time.

First off this is the Morning Light deep V competition. lol I won because I pulled a hulk and ripped the v to new depths. Top left is me, top right is Jude, bottom left Levi, bottom right Matt. Good bro's.
Mural I put up for inspire portraits. I think it turned out well.
Bluethroat SOLD
This is one of Jude's signature 2 tone mountain pieces. Love his work. solid dude.
Cloud piece framed in barnwood. Fuckin frame fell apart during set up. hate that situation, but I fixed it.
Now this one is kinda a laugh. First one to sell, and fastest to paint.
Sunrise in the Little Belts. All three sold.
Collab with Jude. One of my faves I've ever been involved with.
'nother collab with Jude. Chief Sleeping Bowl/Bull
'Nother collab with Jude. SOLD.

Here's a very incomplete update of what the art life has been lately. I had that show with Jude Butchard M. at Inspire Portraits that went really well. Huge turnout. I apologise for both the timestamps and shitty few shots of the artwork at that show. I was half-drunk and felt like spending time with the buddies. Anyways here's a lil some some for ya.

I wanna put a new sketchbook post up soon, got alot of doodlez for ya. Got a show coming up at Machinery Row. More to come soon. and I mean it. I'll stop my slackin'.

A Flood At The Foot Of The Mountains

Jude Butchard M., and I will be showing at {In}spire portraits, opening Friday, March 4th. The body of work in the showing will include the personal work of both Butchard and I, and will also include some collaborative work. This will be the first formal showing of my work in Montana.

This will also be a good time to see a commissioned mural in the alley behind the photo boutique, done legally, by me, Goo.

Photo's from both the painting process for the mural, as well as the work submitted to the show should be coming soon.

ULTRA BLOG BLOWOUT

Lots of work adding up. Oddly this is just a small fraction of what's finished now. Keepin the rest waiting for better photos, pre-show. Having a lot of fun. Been working in the basement of morning light coffee roasters as a sort-of studio space. The lil wooden ufo piece above along with the couple wagon pieces and that mountain range are all on little scrap wood blocks. The piece directly below is a collaborative piece with Jude Butchard. Got a second one of those in the works. Under that is a mural in that fore-mentioned basement. The bluethroat is a canvas piece I find pretty boring. Then those little wooden blocks, then sketches and drawings.

Should have more soon as most of the work for the show is finished. But I keep pumping out more, so that's more I may like enough to show you readers. Anyways, That's all I really got.













P.S. Great Falls has gotten really fuckin cold again. like 10-20 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit.)