Apricot Mantle Art

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Movie poster and DVD box art for a shockumentary entitled "Facing Reality", about real death coming out this Spring 2010.

Brian Gibson of Channel 13 Films came to me and asked if I could do the illustration work for his new film. I said "Hell Yeah" This is what I came up with for the poster, "Death by Burning 10 x 13, Prismacolor Pencil on archival board. and I am working on 2 other illustrations for the box art.


Finished latest Illustration for Channel 13 Films

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I just finished up the last of 4 new pieces I created for Brian Gibson of Channel 13 Films. This one is titled, “Dead in The Mud” It is 13×13 – Prismacolor pencil on archival board. I now begin working on 6 new pieces for the Hive Gallery’s June show. Stay tuned!

Sketch Theatre Holiday FUN!

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Just in time for the Holidays I did this fun little sketch of Mrs. Clause letting Santa know that she is sick of all of his womanizing bullshit. And don’t forget to check out all of the amazing sketch videos on www.sketchtheatre.com

Illustration in The Passenger #2

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I am very excited to say that my friend Christian Marra creator of The Passenger has sent me a copy of the Passenger No2 and It is amazing! It totally blew me away. It is chuck full of awesome art and stories from illustrators and writers from across the globe. I gotta say it would make any indy comic fan very happy to have in their collection. My rendition of “The Passenger” appears on page 026 for those of you who’d like to know.

You can check out Christian’s Blog here: http://passengerpress.blogspot.com/, and you can buy your copy of The Passenger no2 online at his store for just 10 euros
http://passengerpress.bigcartel.com/! A Very cool Holiday gift idea.

The Hive Gallery “King Bee”!

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Jessica and I did a collaborative piece on the custom King Bee toy.

The Hive Gallery Group show and Performances-
King Bee Toy show!

December 5th, Saturday 8PM-12:30AM
$8 at door/ $5 for those dressed in Black and Yellow costume
Show runs December 5th- 28th

Multiversal Group Show at Art Basel

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I will be showing a few of my latest pieces at Art Basel this year…YEE HAW. With many, many other terrific artistic minds.

December 3rd – 6th

Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States – a cultural and social highlight for the Americas. As the sister event of Switzerland’s Art Basel, it is the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past 40 years.

In that spirit, for the duration of Art Basel, WST Worldwide & Kazilla Productions will be hosting the Multiversal Group Show – a unique series of exhibitions showcasing the works of many talented artists from around the world.

Multiversal is the brainchild of graphic artist and Wizard Sleeve Toys founder, Mike Franco and rising star Cassie “Kazilla” Williams. Multiversal will occupy several rooms including a South Florida local artist room, an Art Institute student exhibition, the second Feminality art show Feminality Art Show, a custom toy show and several exhibitions and installations.

Check out all the artists in the show!

Top of the Dome VI

Top of the Dome VI



Opening Reception: Saturday, November 7th, 2009 from 6-10 pm

“In celebration of Dia De Los Muertos, we bring further excitement through art with our newest exhibition “Top of the Dome VI” featuring ceramic skulls designed by Gregg Stone and transformed by the imagination of today’s hottest tattoo artists, painters, sculptors, graffiti artists, muralists, graphic designers and fine artists.

This year’s Top of the Dome promises to bring an extreme level of creativity meant to inspire and stir the curious nature of the roaming soul in search of interesting and intriguing artwork to call their own. Top of the Dome is not just an exhibition but rather an experience you do not want to miss.

In conjunction with the exhibition, featured artist and painter Gregg Stone makes an impact with his collection of eerily beautiful multi-media paintings that reveal his travels thru the avenues and byways of border region Hispanic communities. While the socio-economic underbelly of these locales clearly captivates him, Stone is also keenly aware of the cultural and architectural treasures that often incongruously share space alongside the hybrid flotsam of class inequity, urban anarchy and increasing globalization. Stone transposes this uniquely south-of-the-border visual, along with his sensitive portrayal of people inhabiting it, into the vivid tapestry of images that forms the sum total of his art.”

Additional events:
November 12th: Artwalk from 6 to 10pm with DJ Phyz Ed, live printing by Two Rabbits

Show runs thru November 29th, 2009

www.Crewest.com

Update! SMod Cast Show



Went to SMart Show down at G1988 last night with my wife Jessica and got to hang out with Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes. The painting that Dave MacDowell did with the Frame I made got some great feedback from the patrons at the show. Everyone really seemed to get a kick out of it. You can count on more collaborations from Dave and I in the near future! STAY TUNED

You can check out pictures from the show on my BLOG page and FLICKR stream

Sketch on sketchtheatre.com

I was recently invited by Sketch Theatre to do a sketch. You can watch the video at www.sketchtheatre.com/?p=2887! If you haven’t visited Sketch Theatre yet, you should! It is really cool, you can watch artist do a time lapsed sketch to cool music. It really captures the artistic process at its earliest stage. I did a sketch of Elizebeth Bathory sitting in a bathtub of heads.

Sketch Theatre Interview

I was recently interviewed by Sketch Theatre about my art. You can read it at www.sketchtheatre.com Thank you!

Hive Gallery Tarot Card Show

Upcoming Show I will be in at the Hive with my wife Jessica. Should be a blast. I did the 4 of swords and she did The Queen of Cups.

Featured Piece in Judas E Zine

Hi, I just wanted to say I have a piece in the latest issue of Judas E Zine based out of Ecuador! It has over 100 pages of really cool art stuff! Check  it out! My art is on page 11.

HIVE Gallery September Show


I am going to have a some work at The Hive this Sept! Along with, my friend, and amazingly talented artist Meats Meier. He is doing one of his awesome video projections for the middle room. I am just really happy to get the sweet chance to show my work at the coolest gallery in LA! Thanks Nathan and Jessica.

New Frame in Gallery

I added pictures of Lady Enmity in her frame in my

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Big Tuna Show

Here are the details on my next group show. If you are going to be in or near Decatur, Georgia next weekend this is gonna be a must see show!

“BIG TUNA” / FRIDAY JULY 10 | 7-12 PM
at Alcove Arts Gallery

ALCOVE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY CELEBRATES 6 YEARS!

A tribute to the genius of DAVID LYNCH. Featuring new work from nearly 30 nationally reknown & emerging artists under the influence of this artist’s work:

Chet Zar, Amy Botello, Dan May, Leslie Ditto, Danni Shinya Luo, Aaron Nather, Silvia Ortiz, Aunia Kahn, Aeron Alfrey, Brian Colin, Bryan Cunningham, Patrick “Star 27” Deignan, Dave MacDowell, Ashley Surber, Apricot Mantle, Mark Henderson, Cory Benhatzel, Joe Peery, Justin Kauffmann, James Burns, Macsorro, Matt Sesow, Kelly McKernan, Shaun Thurston, Brent Houzenga, and H.C. Warner …to name a few.

Curious Oddysees FRIDAY NIGHT!

The Show is Friday night in Venice. If you are in the area come check it out. If your not no worries, I will take pictures and post them later.

Thanks everybody!

Curious Oddysses Show


My piece, “Red Alert” was chosen for the group show Curious Oddysses at the C.A.V.E Gallery this June.

Other artists in the show include: Amy Botello, Ashton Trujillo, Bryan Collins, Carl Lozda, Chris White, Cristina Paulos, Gosha Levochkin, Jenna Colby, Jim Darling, Josh Taylor, Laura Plansker, Liz Brizzi, Lora Norton, Matthew Tyan Sharp, Mary Syring, Paul Chatem, Renee Lawter, Ryan Myers, and Walt Hall. Show details »

Stoked Sessions Show This Saturday and Sunday

Just a reminder that Stoked Sessions is this weekend. It is going to be an AWESOME event and show. Phoebe, the lady in charge of the art is a really nice person and even gave Jessica and I a turkey sandwich when we dropped off our works. check out http://www.stoked.org/stokedsessionsla for details and an online preview of the works for sale.

Canceptual [v.3] at Crewest Gallery


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I am going to have a new piece at Crewest Gallery downtown LA for their “Canceptual” show. The artist participated have been asked to use a spray can as the canvas! It will be an amazing show with unique style for sure. You can see the last 2 show’s pieces on Flickr.

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Canceptual (2006)

“Canceptual [v.3]” @ Crewest
Show runs May 2nd thru May 31st
Crewest
110 Winston St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
ph | 213-627-8272

www.crewest.com

Here is the list of exhibition artists so far:
Acme One, Alonys (Marina Blanco Mgr), Apricot Mantle, Auks, BRANDED, Buna, Dan Ruhrmanty, Daniel Barajas, DASH2000, Downer, E73, FLASH ABC, Gape, Gwen Mercado-Reyes and Jose Reyes, HASTE, Jarrod Barton, jason jacenko, Jay Edwards, Jessica Ward, Jose Loza, Just Elias, Kaman Chow, Kelly Thompson, lowbrain huit, MARKA27, Mayra Alamo, Messenger, Negro Picasso (Brian Ross), New Colony, Noah Ptolemy, Rel One, REVEL, Rome, Ruthie Pie, TRAVIS MOORE, Vanessa Hamilton

The Art of Sketch Theatre Show

Saturday, March 21st, 7:00 PM
1015 N Cahuenga Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90038

SketchTheatre.com serves to motivate and inspire artists from all walks of life. The brilliant myriad of artists filmed on Sketch Theatre strip down and expose raw sketches on camera, never failing to captivate and inspire. Sketch Theatre’s first gallery show collects many of the sketches filmed for the website and puts them on display to finally be admired in person.

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