messing around with Poe

still looking for Edgar..found some guys who look similar...

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done and done, get on that kids.

more messing around

oh, the gay striking the gay pose just like the gay-esque statue-thing never seems to get old.

check your watch...

yes, it's been a minute I'll admit. But that doesn't mean the Well wasn't flowing.
Here are some recent works. Aesthetically speaking I've been slowly making the transition from recent art school graduate to a working illustrator. It takes awhile to believe that you really are free from the confines of structure, and can just go all out, just creating something that just looks really cool, that doesn't necessarily need to carry much meaning or narrative. Re-finding myself, post school has been a tough process, and I think I am beginning to reach a clearing in the woods. I think my shirt is beginning to fit. In some ways, this period is when things start to get real fun. stay tuned.

sketchbook shots

process

hometown haunted house

So I'm back at my folks in Boston for awhile and my old Elementary School had an annual haunted house and hit me up for some decorations. here's one of the banners I did....

the crisp

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

these pics are from the 'Stuck in the Middle' book signing from a couple years back at ROCKETSHIP comics, Park Slope Brooklyn.

          l to r: Aaron Renier, myself, and Ariel Schrag

          Gabrielle Bell, Aaron Renier, and me @ the table

everyday patterns

Packaging, packaging, me thinks Andy Warhol was onto something...

new work

DeCordova

Some nice stuff this month @ the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts

This or That?

more new work

In the studio

WORK IN PROG in steps

URBAN DECAY DETAILS

   I often find myself drawn to the surfaces of the remnants of graffiti that often appears on our city streets. What interests me is the layering of history that is translated there in. The unspoken rules that respectable graffiti writers follow only adds to the meaning behind the scratch, or in this case; the aerosol. There is weight on that wall, it exudes Human Energy. The abstraction contained within these details is pretty neato. Here are some details.