A few days ago, artist and photographer André Smits stopped by the studio to take my portrait… from behind. I am now part of his global art project entitled: “Artists In The World“. André and I got connected through my good friends over at Happy Famous Artists — which is how Mr. Smits has been finding all of his artists, not through a list, but through word of mouth. This is a great series, and I highly recommend checking out the photographs… definitely a new and interesting take.
Recently, I was commissioned by the fine folks at Advertising Week to create a Manhattan-centric collage-painting for their 8th Anniversary. To promote Advertising Week, they created an ad featuring my painting, which can be found in Bloomberg’s Business Week, AdWeek and Fast Company.
The owners of Jake’s Saloon commissioned Artist Jeremy Penn and yours truly to create an old-tyme Manhattan scene on the 11X26 foot exterior brick wall at their 875 10th Avenue location, at the North West corner of West 57th and 10th Avenue. We relished the opportunity to make our mark on the Manhattan landscape.
Three years ago, I was working as Business Director for Fantasy Interactive. At the time, my life revolved around clients, projects, proposals, SOW’s and presentations. Today, I paint for 4-7 hours a day and spend a solid 1-3 hours a day evangelizing, promoting and selling my work. This agency experience and my current role served as the catalyst for showing my #KingsOfHipHop art exhibition at the offices of Publicis Modem on 9/15.
“My one regret in life is that I am not someone else” — Woody Allen. This, no doubt, is a perfect quote for Mr. Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Enjoy the process video below!
Last night, The House of Haiku rocked-out the Brooklyn Historical Society in an hour-long show. MrJeffDess delivered inspiring, “80’s babies” haiku, while Calvin Booker provided not only the beats, but some Apollo Theater recognition-worthy tap dancing. Check out the video, and find out more about MrJeffDess.
BIG NEWS: friend and artist Jeremy Penn will represent the United States of America at The Pan-American Games in Mexico this August. He will be painting a 5’X5′ rose for our nation, one of 42 from around the world. Check out the full press release here. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor for a talented artist.
I am delighted to announce my marriage to Erin Nicole Borbet, the love of my life! This is a painting I created as a gift to our wedding party. Enjoy the video, enjoy your life.
Exactly two years ago, I declared my independence and became a full-time “Professional Location Artist” — my longest career to-date. Since then, I’ve had the honor of being named Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker 2009, secured and delivered over 50 commissions, painted 162 canvases, and created on-location in Manhattan, Milan, Chicago, Minnesota, Las Vegas and Jamaica.
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