Production

 Decided to post a few paintings from yester-year as a segway into the new paintings.

Bling. 18x24. Acrylic on Canvas. 2007. $100

Bling was inspired by the idea that we should be more mindful of what we do. The connotations of imagery and portrayal say way more than we could say in defending such actions. Basically, a chain is a chain is a chain.

Black President. 16x20. Acrylic on Canvas. 2007.  SOLD

This was completed a while before Shepherd Fairey's Obama Print which i tend to point out, not to say i was the first to do it, mainly so i can say that this was not inspired by that. President Clinton was socially accepted by African Americans as being Black, as far as his actions were concerned, then came Obama and Clinton being our First Black President, wasn't so official anymore.

Simply Clean x Brandnu

About a week ago, a close friend of mine asked me to design a shirt for his blossoming Car Club, Simply Clean. I asked him what kind of idea he had in mind, given that the screen printing was limited to two colors or less and my current concentration of art didn't really correlate. After some brainstorming kitchen table style with another mutual friend, we came up with something. I thought about keeping it simple, after all the name is Simply Clean. In the same vein, the members modify their cars but do so in a manner thats simple and sexy.  Since each car is customized to compliment the personality of the driver, it was only fitting to design a shirt  thats customizable to compliment the personality of the wearer. Heres a sneak peek.

Simply Nu...pretty much Trial and Error with what paint to use...didnt turn out too bad...pssshh it is my face after all!

Check out The Simply Clean Website...

pick one up...

Artist Jambalaya

Man it feels great to mesh with other artist. Sometimes it feels like some sci-fi movie where the artists are aliens who come to earth to co-exist and communicate through a unique collective consciousness. I guess you could equate it to the borg for all you trekkies. Anyway, its just comforting to know you can bounce your ideas off of someone and be, for the most part, completely understood.

Channeling The Kunta In Us All.

Whilst having dinner with some friends, we got on the subject of Slavery, a huge interest of mine. I suddenly chimed in with the phrase, "I'm Toby in the fields and Kunta in the Streets. We all laughed because it was of course funny, but it was so much deeper than that. 

It was a realization that i was not only the proper well spoken, well integrated non-threatening black guy, but also the black male deeply rooted in his culture, history, and the enlightenment of a people. It was about roles in society, roles that we all play at some point in our lives. Maybe we present our Toby's at job interviews, in the office or with our loved ones but clock out and live our lives as Kuntas. 

A Relationship is Effort I will match your Work.

Ever feel like your spending more time making a relationship work than making life work?

New Basquiat Doc.

Man, dude had so much charisma, ashame the candle burned out before it burned its brightest.

Little Dragon

Little Dragon will grace Orlando by way of Sweden in March. If you are not hip to Little Dragons game you are not cool and we can never be friends. Just kidding or am I?

Took a lil video..till the battery died on the camera...figures