 Made in America Group Show
posted: June 2, 2010
I was graciously asked by my good friend Brad Haubrich to be part of a group show at the newly renamed TRUST gallery, located at 204 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. The show consists of a lot of fresh talent, a couple Ohgers, and a few pretty established folk (Jude Buffum, Mark Price, and Nose Go to name a few).
The theme of the show was "America". I was told it could be about anything about America, and that it was pretty loose to how I could interpret it. I struggled with this because I didn't want to make something serious, political or economical. I had so many ideas that were political/economical, but wanted to keep it laid back. 
Live Free/Trust - Acrylic on Wood
I apologize for the bad photograph. I was in a rush from Manhattan to Philadelphia today and didn't light these right. I wanted to get into hand painted lettering, and did so referencing sayings that are common in America. I lettered these in a way that was inspired by folk art and old signage which I think it pretty cool.
Pursuit of Happiness - Mixed Media on paper mounted to board.
The piece above is 18"x24". I struggled for a while trying to come up with what image would work. The best thing I could think of was to paint an image representing the pursuit of happiness. What can be better than a guy restringing his guitar with rays of the sun?
If you want to come out and see these pieces in person, purchase one of these pieces, or see all the other works at the show... Trust Gallery - June 4th @ 6pm 204 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. Email for inq. - made.in.america.show@gmail.com 
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Why I ♥ Ohger
posted: May 8, 2010
Connect/Re-connect (Diversify your connections), 03.22.10
The School year is done, and the week after class' have ended, I was able to hang out with a slew of people from this site. On Thursday Tae, Mikey B., and the super talented Alyssa Deville with her very generous Aunt, were able to all hung out getting sushi. Afterwords, we all went gallery hopping in Chelsea, checking out the Mark Ryden show at the Paul Kasmin Gallery, the Shawn Barber show over at Josh Liner as well as the SVA MFA SECOND YEAR THESIS SHOW!
The next day I was able to hang out with Alyssa again as we viewed the Student show at Society to see her amazing painting on display. She took alot of photographs so they should be online soon. Then on Friday at the reception at the Society of illustrators, I was able to meet other Ohgers/former classmates, Sara,and Jimmy as he received an reward for his beautiful piece. For me I am honored to be part of this site filled with students and young professionals. When I joined Ohger I was blown away by how many of these people I already followed on Blogger, and now I am one step closer to having a more personal interaction with people my own age that I deeply admire and are going through the same motions getting their careers started. I am also really thankful for a lot of people who have commented on the blog, giving positive feedback, constructive critiques, and sending me emails when they really wanted to tell me that the hand I drew looked really bad and didn't want to look mean in the public space. I have created unique bonds with people in New York, the whole way across to the west coast because of this website. For this, I am greatful to Zimm for going through with making this site, and all those who joined it. Any other Ohgers that are going to be in New York this summer, or other illustrators/designers/web designers/animators/creatives (students or pro's), please let me know when your around and wanna get coffee or something. The more we connect and talk about what's going on, the better we can act as a community. Wither thats under the umbrella of Ohger or as creatives. I am looking forward to hearing from you. (especially you Dadu!) Getting Positive
posted: May 3, 2010
The article that she asked me to illustrate was about a unique masters program at U Penn, called Positive Psychology. The idea of the program was to learn about various philosophical texts that talk about what "the good life" was, and how to engage others into more positive thinking that would lead to living a better life.  I am posting half the sketches I sent to Cathy. Most of the time I send three or four, but I felt the need to really hash this out and work with her on the article. She liked the idea of the women on a bicycle and the metaphor of using tools to bring upon happiness, so I went with that.  Originally, I had a pony tail on the lady, but Cathy thought she looked alittle man"ish". So I made up the hair photoshoped it into the painting.  Thanks again Catherine, for working with me! Hope to to work on another assignment for you soon. If your interested in reading the article Click Here  Grand Central Station
posted: May 1, 2010
In 2008, I was very lucky to scrap together enough money to stay in New York City for an entire week for the ICON5 illustration conference. I stayed at a hostile on the upper west side for $30 a night, while my peers stayed at the Roosevelt hotel at a discounted price of close to $200 a night. Everyday I would take the number 1 train to 42nd street, and took a shuttle to Grand Central Station.
 Every time I would show up to the station, I would see different bits of detail, and ornamentation from past that would bring new life and appreciation of what is being done today.  For the last fifteen weeks for my drawing on location class, I took the time to do some drawings of this awesome station, doing a drawing or painting once a week. These are just some of the few pieces that I really enjoyed and I wanted to share. I tried to focus on understanding how to create a short hand for expressing how something looks without going to head strong into the detail.    |
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