Plastic Portraiture

I’ve been considering buying a fancy dancy camera so that I can take fancy dancier photos. A pal lent me his for a test drive and I did what any new father would do, I photographed some of my old action figures.

My Own Flesh and Blood

Baby Rocco finally squiggled his way into the world on the morning of January 29th. My wife, Heather, and I have been smoking celebratory cigars, talking baby talk and swaddling ever since. Check out the Mrs.’s corner of the web for more snapshots.

Acrylic • The Room Down the Hall

Inspired by an old issue of ReadyMade Magazine, I recently muralized my baby-to-be’s room-to-be. Now that the kid has a place to hang his (or her) bonnet, we’re simply waiting with baited breath and swollen torsos.

Acrylic on Chalkboard • Main Line Art Center

Main Line Art Center recently hosted an event titled, “One Night Stand”. Young artists (defined as 21-35 years old) were invited to contribute up to three original works priced under $500 each.

I decided to price my contributions using a declining silent auction. Each piece began the evening with boundary pushing $500 price tags. Every half hour, the prices were slashed in half. The early evening cherry-picking turned into an art-buying melee as the prices dipped below triple digits.

Water-Based Ink on Belly • Not for Sale

Nursery murals are cliché. Customized wombs are all the rage now.

Ink on Paper • Main Line, Philadelphia

The street littered with drying art during a recent, outdoor, painting performance.

Ink on Envelope • The US Postal Service

One in a series of ornately addressed envelopes used to ship UsedWigs Radio T-shirts. The name has been swirled to protect the innocent.

Acrylic on Canvas • Grape Street

Two custom collaborations painted live at Manayunk’s Grape Street. As you can see, swirly is the new curly.

Acrylic on Paper • Sweet Mabel Gallery

When performing live, I typically invite an onlooker to begin the composition with a shape or two. I then attempt to incorporate the shape(s) into the work. During Friday evening’s reception at Sweet Mabel, a young volunteer began such a collaboration with a small robot. Lacking the ambiguity of a few random shapes, I was forced to complete the piece by adding a giant, robot-eating monster.

Acrylic and Aluminum on Canvas • Burlap & Bean

My contribution to the Red Bull-sponsored competition, Art of Can. I painted the black outlines live on stage during a performance with my band, The Hulihees. The musicians set the stage on (proverbial) fire with a rip-roaring jam as I flung paint onto canvas via a 1″ foam brush. Later, in my studio, I added color with additional paint and sliced up aluminum cans.