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Me at outsideart in the mission selling my cranerrariums

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Christopher Brown

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Richard Aswad!

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Clint Berges

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L.A. for a day

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Got to visit my cousin Sayre and good friend Tano in LA on the way back. Tano is an awesome artist from Chicago who did a residency at Lobot a couple of years back, and Sayre is my second cousin I never knew who went to undergrad with Tano and is friends with everyone I know from Chicago. It's really strange, my Mom and his Dad were born in the same hospital within hours of each other by sisters, our Dad's are in the same business, we are both artists and have jobs at galleries, do art handling, and artist assisting. This was the second time meeting Sayre and it was rad getting to chill with good homies after such a long few days of partying, working, moving, and driving.

L.A. kinda rulez. I can't belive I'm writing this.

Went to Tano's grad studio at USC. This is a monument to Las Vegas, his home town.

(reverse) gambling problems??

60's Vegas Atomic Girl

Hung out with Butchy and Fey of Pit r Pat. They were house sitting for Daniel and Asma. Amazing view of L.A. and the back of Dodgers stadium.

Butchy models Sarina's hat gift.

Hopper is hiding his deformed hoppy foot which has a kinda double toe thumb thing. Super cool cat!

Moving Mom

2009-02-02T01:20:00.000-08:00

After New years and first Friday's I went to my Mom's to help her pack and move to Arizona.

This is what it looks like when you drive all night after sleeping one hour the night before.

two old trucker guy's were in this 60's truck stop at 5:30 in the morning having a serious conversation about their gun collections.

Arizona at dawn

My Mom and I spotted this private residence along side of the highway.

and a cool ghost town

hay stacks

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January 1st 2009

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Our gracious host as a youngster.

An important lesson!

mark feeling awesome after camping. I actually slept were he's standing for a while because it was pitch black and I heard breathing in the space bean and got all freaked out.

To the beach!!!!! Awww, Such a beautiful new years day!

This dude was totally hanging with us. He was totally stoked!

Sarina was being all majestic and modelesk.

cranestylez

hang ten dudes.

Casper being all majestic too. It's going to be a good year. Such good vibes in the air!

We stumbled across this wizard dwelling as we took a short cut through some woods.

this dog was standing here for over an hour, his owner was a wizard looking bum sitting across the street. He had this little scruffer mesmorized under some spell.

Bolinas seemed to be swarming with wizards. Jah Wizza 1 here owning his new cape.

N.Y.E.08

2009-01-30T15:11:00.000-08:00

Headed to Bolinas to party with Sarina at Graham Nash's daughter's beach house.

assemble the crew

Happy New Years Bitches!!!!!!!!!!

bannana's back! PIZZA BIKE!

2009-01-30T15:03:00.000-08:00

Learn How to Dance at a Rave

2008-12-28T04:40:00.000-08:00

Thanks Jonny. I think this is helping me.

Ninjai

2008-12-28T04:09:00.000-08:00

Ninjai is a great animated story i happened across on fecalface.com. Can't wait for the feature!

Waiting for clearer skys

2008-12-28T02:42:00.000-08:00

I finished this painting for a friend. Its of his wife's family as they prepare to leave the Thai refugee camp they were in to immigrate to America(California). Keven's wife was the baby in this picture being held by her mother. Her grandfather on the right was a governor of their tribe.

This family was from the Lao and Mein Tribes which supported the Royal Lao Government and which the father holding the sign in the painting was a general. They were also supported by secret American involvement.

After the Indochina war in the mid-50's Laos gained its independence from France. Which was followed by a subversive militant Communist uprising that drew the country into an agonizing civil war. Every Tribe was somehow effected by the war, or involved in the war, during the 1960's. Especially when the elements of war arrived on their door step, leaving them no other option but to flee, suffer, die or resist.

These, and other honorable Tribal identity peoples of Laos, produced self-sufficient men, women and children of great courage, who survived the hardships of poverty, drought, isolated lifestyles, who sacrificed and suffered the attributes of generations of war-after-war thrust upon their peoples by other Tribes of their own countrymen, and even by other Clans of their own Tribe, and by hundreds of years of foreign invaders.

Kennedy

Chess Club Playerz Club 2

2008-12-23T05:13:00.001-08:00

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Now way, not now, not ever!

2008-12-23T02:15:00.000-08:00

Jason just showed me these videos tonight. Sharing is caring. I'm totaling using half of his studio right now and he's being so cool about it. Yeah Jason!

Rejected is a super sweet movie, the last animation is Amazing!

Don Hertzfeldt

Liam linch is David Linch's son acompanied by Dan Deacon

One night only - Santa's Workshop!

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Tonight @ Hatch Gallery

6-9pm

One night only - Santa's Workshop!

A selection of the artists in the PREVIEW 09 show will be on hand to create whatever your heart desires for only $20.

and enjoy a not-so-sneak preview of the PREVIEW 09 show at Hatch Gallery.

Hatch Gallery proudly presents 13 artists of various mediums, who comprise half of the artists to be shown in the 2009 season. While PREVIEW 09 will illustrate the variety of work that Hatch will be showing this year, it is also serving as the foundation step towards building a cohesive, albeit seasonal, trajectory of art shows at Hatch Gallery. Starting with Spring and ending with Winter, the ideas and art at Hatch will follow a lifecycle beginning in February with a show that feels young - and as the months pass the shows will develop, as the seasons do (as we do), growing through various mediums, ideas and technologies towards the final somber end in January 2010. Our hope is that through implementing this seasonal schedule, the exhibitions will have a greater ability to dialogue with the audience throughout the course of the year –

Hatch Gallery

492 23rd St - Oakland - 94612

critical lass

2008-12-17T20:18:00.000-08:00

I've never been to a critical mass, but this is what I imagine they're like.

Art News Feed: Zack Houston

2008-12-17T19:49:00.000-08:00

My sources tell me that Mr. Houston, a good friend, just made an art sale to Julian Schnabel over at Art Basel Miami! Congratulations Zack! Keep an eye out for Zack, if you see him buy a poem, Julian did. Or you can say Nate sent you and steal one. Zack is Cranestyle's Kook artist/poet of the month.

Games of the Past: faces of dick

2008-12-17T19:26:00.000-08:00

Get really drunk with your bros and/or ladyz.
Grab any fashion magazine.
Draw dicks on as many unsuspecting models as you can.
Finding new and creative ways to illustrate dicks on people makes this game even more fun.
Laugh your ass off with your friends.

2008-12-17T00:31:00.000-08:00

It's been a little gloomy lately

2008-12-16T18:56:00.000-08:00

Chess Club Playerz Club

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"I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art -- and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position." Marcel Duchamp

Smoke Cat!!!

2008-12-16T16:51:00.000-08:00

Mark Taylor is one of the most prolific and totally rad artists i've ever known. Moving back to Oakland real soon, It's not the same here without your good vibes Mark. This is his show at the old Ego Park, which is now Hatch gallery.

Cherie

the last winter of our discontent

2008-12-16T16:45:00.000-08:00

V G Kids is gone bye bye.

2008-12-16T16:36:00.000-08:00

Matt and Garo here ripping the half pipe that use to be two blocks from my house before it was shut down. Philly John is now printing over at Oaklandish, Which is now located at 34th and Holis, Fort Gallery's last location before being evicted for having rad music/art shows.

John Ream here with his new bike that I put together for him, after his old bike was swiped out of the window at Oaklandish on his first day of work.

I've got to get to Mexico City, I've only made it to Santa Barbara.

2008-12-16T04:09:00.000-08:00

Alianna drinking my friends 30 year old scotch after taking me to the nearest strip club outside of Santa Barbara.

I've got to get to Mexico City, I've only made it to Santa Barbara.

Cat People, prisoner chistmas, playboy man baby, and bible stories

2008-12-16T03:21:00.000-08:00

Brad Neely totally rules

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Nat Russell makes epic sweetness.

I wish it was sunnier...

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Another oldie but goodie

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This painting was in the Lobot grand opening show, the former Low gallery's opening benifit show and Upperplayground's retrospective. Currently it resides in the personal collection of Kevin King. It's one of my favorites.

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RAT TARD BOOM

Chris Pew curated a show with Alika at a hair salon in union square years ago. And he makes sweet paintings

Simon Evans makes rad maps, lists, fake products and other generally awesome work

Animal Collective on the jams

Joseph Grigely is my friend Adam's mentor and he's also a genius and deaf.

Animals I'd like to meet

2008-12-15T20:03:00.001-08:00

Ferrari: Sweet Stylings

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This bike was listed at 25k on ebay about a year ago, almost bought it but thought that a ferrari bike might make me look a little trashy.

I saw this Testarossa down the street from my house.

Fort Gallery

2008-12-15T19:43:00.000-08:00

This is where I work.

jonny 1 time return benefit

2008-12-15T16:49:00.000-08:00

One of our oldest housemates and dearest friends Wizza is coming home after a year in Chicago! It's a little ironic he's moving back into his old room, where Nicole has just finished moving out. JTG finally found his stolen laundry hidden away in her things amongst boxes and baskets. Here are some photos from the benifit party.

my hat tower

modeling for Sarina

Sarina & Adam

Cherie rocking my new hat

Brian rocking my other new hat

Photo of Jonny I was out bid on by a dollar.

Cielle selling veggie dogs!

This lead singer was totally heckling Gibson during his set. He told her "Shut up you ermine coat woman". And I thought he said "Shut up you Irvine Coke woman". She was crazy!

Mural I did back in 2005

2008-12-12T21:01:00.000-08:00

mural on brick for Lobot one year anniversery show, 15' x 30'

Ford F350

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I love these old car cut-aways!

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My Dad tried to get me to draw like this when I was a kid.

My Holloween costume

2008-12-10T15:02:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my new Blog!

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