::Influences::
everything around me influences my work;
the following are particularly noteworthy.
My
Dog
the Riverwest area of Milwaukee, WI
William Gibson (author)
Phillip K Dick (author)
Robert Henri's "the Art Spirit" (book)
odd things people leave on the street
Jack Coggins
Akira and Ghost in the Shell
beaches
David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed
bugs and crawly things
cephalopods
rusty pieces of metal
dreams that I'm falling
The Wire (tv show)
Wire ( band)
Wired (magazine)
Arrested Development
technology Blogs
George Romero
sleeping in the midday sun
urban violence
Blade Runner
other peoples sketchbooks
Star Wars trilogy (before Lucas fucked it up)
The Clash
trails leading into the wilderness
sleeping under the stars
Bonnie "prince" Billy
Tom Waits
Blue Colar neighborhoods
Jim Henson
Warehouses filled with records
remembering with old friends
cutting my Grandmas grass
leaves turning green
Popbot
The GET Down (a milwaukee dance partay)
Sly and the Family Stone
James Brown
People who do what they love
spider monkeys
Brian Eno
drawings with just one line
emails from other countries
fake wars
Jamo's (pub in Milwaukee)
Talking Heads
discrimination and bigotry
Nas "Illmatic"
Johnny Cash
The drive between here and there
buddha
T-shirts
Micheal Jackson (you know... when he was cool in the late 70's)
Micheal Moore
mid 90's Wu-Tang records
Atomic Records and Fuel Cafe
boomboxes
Racine WI
Champaign Il
Memphis TN
Fight Club
the woods around menomonie, WI
fires under the stars
Kentucky Whiskey
minneapolis and st. paul
the designers republic
samurai movies
batman comics from the 70's
treefrogs
politicians who care for nobody
homeless people
Egon Schiele
little black books (Moleskine!)
white colar people
tranformers and GI Joe
The big lebowski & the Cohen Bros.
music on vinyl
James Dean
Rembrandt
Mogwai (the animal and band)
Alien (the movie)
Van Gogh
Chuck Palahniuk
Radiohead
crickets who are fed to other animals
david bowie
Liquin
wine labels
flowers in springtime
bumblebee hives
the rolling stones
a good pair of head phones
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Bob dylan
animals that look at you when you talk to them
cars that can go faster that the speed limit
a good drawing pen
Andy, Josh, Noah and Mark
Apple computers
people who define themselves with one word / religion
watching football with my dad
sleeping in on weekends with my gal
drinking coffee with my mom
talking shit to my good friends
Saggitarius parties and love ins
The mountains in Calorado
my grandmother's strength
Nick Drake
German expressionists
Rhodia notebooks
Spiderman by Mcfarland
lasers
smoking a cigarrette in the autumn
laughing so hard i forget that i'm sad
Joe Sorren
Smurfs
Threes company
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::Places
my work has been shown::
Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL, Hotcakes Gallery group show, December 5-9 2007
Art Central, Calgary, Alberta (Canada), Art Central Group Show, November 4 - December 22, 2007
Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, "Sci-Fi Love Life" two
person show with Bill Dunlap, June 15 - July 15, 2007
Fashion and Textiles Museum, London, UK, “Production
Lines” presented by
4WALL, Nov. 2006
Premium Goods, Houston, TX, “No Rating” group show, Nov.
– Dec. 2006
V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, "Highmath" group show currated
by Arkitip magazine, May - June 2006
The Maverick Room, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), "The Insulin Show"
a diabetes fundraiser, June 2006
Meiner Gallery, London, UK "New Voice: The Launch of 4WALL",
Feb. 2006
Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, "CREEPY" group show, Oct
- Nov 2005
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, "DRAW" group show,
Dec. 2004
Niche 3708 Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, "The Spaceman Anecdote"
(solo exhibition)
Sept. - Nov. 2004
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, The Burning Artist Co-op
in the Boutique, Sept. 2004
Art Makers Market, Menomonie WI. "Ein Ausdruck De Gefuhls"
February 2004
St. Paul Art Crawl / Tilsner Artist Co-op, St. Paul MN., Spring 2004
Art Beat Gallery, Madison WI. "Recent Paintings and Prints from
the Burning Artist Co-op" Feb 04
St. Paul Art Crawl / Tilsner Artist Co-op, St. Paul MN., Winter 2003
Rougue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis MN. "presents the Burning
Artist
Co-op", October 2003
St. Paul Art Cawl / Tilsner Artist Co-op , St. Paul MN., fall 2002
Soo Visual Arts Center (boutique), Minneapolis MN. "Token Male",
September 2003
KM Art, Milwaukee, WI. "The Art is Formally Known as Prints",
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::Links::
These are the dudes i kick it with:
http://www.burningartist.com
These are other folks I've run across or worked with:
http://www.burodestruct.net/
http://www.fecalface.com/SF/
http://www.heavytees.com/
http://www.evolvehappy.com/
http://www.armadaskis.com/
http://www.faesthetic.com/
http://www.thewarlocks.com/
http://drawn.ca/
http://dethpsun.com/
The
Royal Art Lodge
http://www.little-people.blogspot.com/
http://www.madeforyoueveryday.com/
http://www.sherbertmagazine.com/
http://www.bleed.no/
http://www.mumblemagazine.com/
http://www.joeheaps.com/
http://www.redsilas.com/
http://fudgefactorycomics.com/
http://www.beautifuldecay.com/
http://www.non-format.com/|
http://www.robotlove.biz/
http://www.evilmonito.com/
http://www.thinkmule.com/
http://www.iso50.com/
http://www.neuarmy.com/
http://www.designbybuild.com/
http://www.jamesjean.com/
http://www.parskid.com/
http://www.joesorren.com/ |