A PIECE FROM MY UPCOMING SHOW

"Little Consumer" From Les Enfants Diabolique
McCaig Welles Gallery
129 Roebling Street Suite B
Brooklyn, NY
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EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE...

...A low budget television commercial comes along, with real people as testemonial "actors" that is so bad (and I mean SOOOO bad) that I actually think it should win special award. This new Cashforgold.com commercial rises to the occasion nicely.

SHOWCARD!

WORKING ON NEXT SHOW

MF GALLERY RETURNS (SORT OF...)

MF Gallery having left their home on Rivington is returning yet again for their 6th annual Halloween show this Saturday the 20th at ITM LOUNGE 463 WEST BROADWAY - here is the piece I did for them, called "Egged"....

NY ARTS MAGAZINE FEATURE

I have a small feature interview in the September/October issue of NY Arts magazine which starts in the magazine and continues on line here....

THE ARMENIAN REPORTER WEEKLY

Sarene Yacoubian is a freelance writer for the Armenian Reporter and she recently did a great write-up of me and my work for this weeks newspaper edition. Here is the PDF version here.

FACE_LESS BOOK

So the faceless and nameless powers-that-be at Facebook pulled my profile off their site for some unknown reason - They haven't told me why - it was just gone one day saying I broke one of their "rules" which could have been a myriad of things. So basically you get no warning (it's just gone), no reason and no response from emails. Period. Facebook does anything but show their own face it seems. At least Myspace has Tom to bitch at.

Anyway most of my friends think it's because someone complained about the art or one of the admins saw the art 's subject matter as inappropriate for their viewers.

I'm tempted to post these version of my work now instead... what do you think?

BUFFALO: THE NEW FRONTIER...

...according to Adam Sternbergh, a contributing writer for New York Magazine who recently wrote a multi-page article here about the New York City dwellers who have up and left the big apple for greener (and more affordable) pastures in Buffalo, New York; A place where Elizabeth and I will be headed in just a few short months.

For those of you who do not know, my wife and I last year bought a gorgeous Victorian Home on the cheap so I may finally have a studio to work in and for the both of us to take a break from NYC. This week's article was a refreshing precursor to us moving. It's a great article that does not bash nor praise Buffalo but sets it up as the place that New York city once used to be years ago to many artists and dreamers - a new frontier. At least our prospects don't seem so absurd to friends and family now seeing it vindicated in print a high profile magazine. Suddenly this move makes us seem like we're way ahead of the curve.

BASTA CALENDAR

Well if you're into German pocket calenders be sure to pick up Bizzarvelag's annual that my Mechanaphobia piece is in along with many other interesting works from artists around the globe. It's a fun little book.

DON GORVETT WOODCUTS

My wife and I recently purchased two stunning woodcuts from a New England artist named Don Gorvett.

We were on vacation in Portsmouth, New Hampsire and came across his printwork which is moving and fluid. We could not afford a final print which is rather costly (and well deserved I might add) due to the process he goes through to arrive at his final print, so instead we purchased two of the "stages" of the work which are really cool in the sense that you see his process with hand written notes on the side of the work, etc...

One piece is called Sea Castles - and the other is a rare black woodcut on butcher block paper of Wentworth by the Sea.

Oh, and they're huge...

THE GREATEST THING ABOUT THE INTERNET IS...

Humans, of course.

And the way they take what you give them and return it back to you either better or worse. In this case better. My art popped up on Fazed.org and someone who went on my site took one of my art pieces and in their own words, "sorry, the look on his face - i couldn't resist! " came up with this simple yet perfect speech bubble.

ANOTHER CLASSIC...

I wish I knew who to credit for this piece of genius I found via "The Googles"

ARTIST A DAY

I was featured on there yesterday - stop by and shoot me a vote or leave a comment.
Artist a Day

JUXTAPOZ ARTIST PROFILE AUGUST ISSUE

I got a nice Artist Profile in the new Juxtapoz august issue. The timing was perfect for the opening of my new show at the Corey Helford Gallery....Thanks Juxtapoz!

SALMXHYPE INTERVIEW

This was a fun interview - read it here

I JUST LOVE THIS....

PROCESS SHOTS FOR PHOBIAS, FOIBLES & FIENDS SHOW

Here are a couple process shots from my upcoming show this weekend...the first one is the final color inking stage of Scarlet and the bottom one is the beginning of my largest piece - 40 inches long - called Sebastian's Last Wondering, which eventually will portray a little boy lost in the woods.

MATT CONLEY REMEMBERED

In the Early 90's when I was focusing more on playwrighting than my art, I reconnected with an old Actor/Director Friend named Matt Conley. He was at the time an ex-college teacher and later a great mentor to me - one of the few I have had in my life - he was always excited about the theater and we used to chat and have dinners (my own little Tuesdays With Morrie, if you will) at a restaurant called Rachel's in Hell's Kitchen where we both lived at the time. He would get smashed and red faced and would snort with laughter at his own tales of chumming around with the likes of Tallulah Bankhead and other starlets. He was a class act and a masterful old-school thespian. We were close for a while there until I moved further uptown and eventually met my wife and I lost touch with him.

A few years ago I was told he might have passed away but no one was sure until today. I came across a website of the last film he acted in. A Indie piece called West Bank Brooklyn that has a notice of his passing on their news page. I don't know when he passed on exactly - after 2003 sometime based on the film's release - I can't find on-line his obituary or anything. There is no remembrance page dedicated to him either.

I phoned him one time when I happened to be at Rachel's, I was thinking about him and randomly called an old number I had for him in my phone -- to my surprise he actually answered! I was so excited to have him come by and meet my wife who was en route. He informed me that sadly he could not because had just had open heart surgery and maybe in a few weeks he could go out again. I told him I'd give him a ring then. A few weeks passed, then a few months -- then years. Now he is gone and I feel sad I never called him when I should have.

I'll miss the days I spent with him I'm sure...and now I always order his favorite dish when I go to Rachel's - the fish soup over linguine. Remember that, Matt? That was your favorite.

NOT-SO-SUBLIMITAL ADVERTISING

There is a great article in the New York Times today about artists whose work get stolen by Ad Agency's for corporate commercials. It raises some interesting points about what is exactly stealing and how the lines have blurred in our recent technological climate - check out the article here