Lookin for Somethin Else, Found Gold//

Aside from it being in the upper 50's on the last day of January being able to legit skate, day just got a little better//

12ozprophet.com

"EXCAVATED REVELATIONS"
Featuring: ZES & RETNA
Opening February 11, 2012 (8pm - 11 pm)
Known Gallery
441 North Fairfax Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90036




^^you wish you could layer like that!!^^
inspiration for ya right there. too bad i'm neck deep in artwork i owe people..





12ozprophet.com>Los Montana 8.16.11


Dream job, yea..
think the piece could pop more but i just loved his resourcefulness of random objects to create texture and such. right where i'm headed with my work.

Blessing

I want to take your Love with me when i leave this world.

Shall anyone experience the meaning of my Love,

i choose no one but you.

Because i still find myself holding onto your skin,

walking forever aimlessly on that line which defines day & night.

That temptation consumes me.

To chase after a mislead dream than to wake up and loathe reality. 

I have you trapped outside of my Heart, yet suffocating underneath my skin.

And only you can resurface the memory, that feeling,

us.

I spent the latter part of last week writing this in my tiny notebook(literally, it's roughly 3"x5"), focusing the days' emotional peak to write down tiny parts, sentences, phrases which i came up with at any time of day. I carry this thing everywhere for purposes like this. I initially started writing this about a girl, we've gone through a lot and this isn't the first thing i've written about her. A lot of them are more abstract like this one(especially the highlighted part where it may not make much sense..there's a novel behind it i guarantee you). Anyways, i was encountered at university today by a new friend, Bob. He asked if i had a minute for God, explaining his parish for a bit, a current mission trip, followed by small Jesus goodies and thorough logic/connections of people to God. Honestly made my day, this is what I've been lacking for almost a year now..Jesus time. I took this as a sign, because i was wandering through campus looking for food(rarely happens, but it was a nice day to skate and do such), when he sat down with me. JUST now i thought to look back at what i wrote from last week, as i was having trouble looking for an ending or anything else to add in the midst of the weekend stress. It hit me, i wasn't writing about this girl, God had me writing about my own life, and how he's given me rope and how i've fallen with that slack. Drifted away and have found for myself the literal Hell i've put myself through.. i wanted this slack..just to get a better taste of 'life' as other people live it. I've lost my roots, who i am, and even more friends.. it HITS you.

Thanks Bob!


Oh..and congrats to the 500th viewer on my blog, you've earned..another 'tick' on the Total Pageviews.

Latest Piece.. just kidding, but this is to let ya'll know i haven't forgot about you

Lovin the fish eye lens.. if you couldn't tell

Keep On Keepin On

Driving me crazy..it's been WELL OVER A MONTH and i'm still looking for specific parts for this thing. Oh yes, it gets better.. doesn't look like much now but you just wait, shall I ever complete this project from the latter days of 2011.

In the meantime, some good beats. can't stop listening. A favorite among many others off this and previous albums//

NNHS Shoes Demo. 12.9.11

Spent lunch periods 4,5,and 6 painting this pair. I was set on getting two pairs done at days end but this wasn't bad for the first gig. Had a nice crowd, great time, and the sweet hookup! Was a bit rushed at times, with the added delay of starting to peel off the frisket halfway through period 5 to the end of 6th.

Thanks to Shay and Naperville North for the opportunity

Credit to A. Marpo for these flicks!

Welcome the the world..Finally. Shay. January 2012.

The white 'dots' showing where
I applied the frisket  

For the past month I've been working on and off these shoes, these same ones I painted for the NNHS demo on 12.9.11. Literally, these have given me hell. If you're not familiar with liquid frisket, it's a masking tool(obviously liquid) for uses similar to that of a primitive stencil to create texture, hold undertones etc. I found out the hard way that applying this to an unprepared surface such as canvas shoes is neither a time-saver nor a favorite past-time..which is why I'm getting these up so late. I spent a good amount of my winter break struggling to peel this stuff off. These are the 9th pair of shoes I've painted, second pair using airbrush. My first goal was for these guys to be done by  the weekend after the demo..then new years..yea right..21st birthday is more like it- took me long enough. Which reminds me..I've been waiting 3 months since I painted these(Pinks pictured in above post at the NNHS demo) to rock them tonight for my birthday, plans changed, didn't get that chance. Will reschedule for another night. Was nothing short of a great time though!