I finally got my girls and one big banana available for prints up on Society6.

IF YOU CAN'T SEE YOU, I CAN'T SEE YOU!

Reference Library show & Colby Poster Printing via Gravel & Gold

Garry Knox Bennett... In the beginning, there were roach clips.

via Velvet da Vinci

I used to hike hours to get to an island waterfall that entailed descending into a valley,
scaling a muddy slope I swear felt like a 90-degree angle,
with only an old hemp rope and tree roots to hold onto.
Of course all this effort involved a prize,
which was the amazing aforementioned waterfall that spilled into a pool.
My favorite thing to do was get inside the fall, that was as tight as a closet,
and feel the pounding gush of water fall on my head.

Kevin Francis Gray sculpture via Hi-Fructose. Hair via Sang Bleu

Forward, onward, creative thinkers...

Mariko Mori



When I was island-bound, my friends and I would swim in the ocean during a full moon's night, and watch our wading shadows lightly reflected straight down onto the sand floor. Some nights I napped near a rocky cliff till the sun broke on the horizon. The marriage of the sun and the moon.... I love the concept of this artist's piece
--I wish I could sleep there.


Mariko Mori & Ross Lovegrove



I like this conversation... There's this Star Trekiness with an aesthetic sensitivity going on.

I've started selling a few illustration and graphic design prints on Society6. Minis and smalls! Purchase from this link and enjoy free shipping till Dec 9th.

These visuals and jaded chicks want to hang around your walls...

Eli McFadden

George Herms (via OHWOW)

Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal AW 2012-13
(via A MAGAZINE & Vain and Vapid)

Kiki Smith

"You can have tremendous talent, but it doesn't mean that you care about it."
- Kiki Smith

Someplace with a Mountain

I just watched a film on sea water rising, ironically only a few days after the tsunami. The film made me cry & cry & cry & cry.


Lauren McKeon, To the stars through difficulties, 2011
(Luggage Store Gallery: BULLET TRAIN LA/SF Round Tripp show, 3/12 to 4/16/2011)



This film was part of the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. The atoll islands of Poluwat are not far South from my home islands of Guam & the Northern Marianas. Back home, I've already seen the waters rise, and beaches washed over. One of Guam's smaller surfing beaches is now underwater in less than 7 years. They've even installed a pier. This rapid change is very, very scary.

During director Steve Goodall's Q&A, he confessed he was distraught over the fate of the Poluwat islanders, as he has heard no word from them since the tsunami disasters. I wholeheartedly pray they survived it.

A quote from one of the island leaders, "We ask if you can include us in your plans for the future."

For more information on this movie, which will view on PBS btw, please check out the website: www.someplacewithamountain.org. They are in need of helping hands...

How do I get here?

Sigmar Polke, Untitled (Lens Painting), 2008
(via PERFECTION OF PERPLEXION)

Different levels of defacing

A few weeks ago, my friend & I took a stroll around my neighborhood, and noticed a few things...

Funny mustache-defacing of mural by artist Rocky Villanueva. It was originally clean-shaven, like this. Located next to The Summit.





Typical deface tagging of Banksy chief on Sycamore at Mission (near 17th St). We noticed someone tried to preserve the piece by painting around the original figure. This "save" resulted in a more abstract result of the original, I have to admit I quite like. Photo of original before.




Defacing in the manner of delightful inspiration! Banksy birdsong piece that sparked an entire mural. I love this kind of stuff. On Erie at Mission (near 14th St).

The Simpsons x Banksy

Collaboration, exploitation, theft, social commentary? It's all about the message. I love Banksy.

Comic relief + food

Koki Tanaka

Pattern play

I've been watching a lot of sweet video shorts inspired by films by the great Charles & Ray Eames. I find it soothing to watch these process stories unfold, especially when accompanied by cinematic jazz. Seriously... watching a slew of these in succession probably lowers my blood pressure by ten points. It's quite mesmerizing to watch the pretty colors and patterns dance before your eyes.



Additionally, I've been revisiting past collections by Italian design house, Marni, and found it a nice coincidence that this sweet Marni post-Spring 2010 promo vid landed in my YT subscriptions. Maybe the Marni folks like the Eames' too huh?



A few of my fave Marni Spring/Summer collections




With all this color & pattern play, I wanted to share this wonderful screen print I found while thrifting. I believe this is a print etching. When viewed up close you can see the color overlays, and some texture embossed onto the paper. It's titled Home is Where, and there's a some writing near the bottom that reads "Home is where the bird is." Very sweet...

Natura

Cosmic space, deep blue sea, within the recesses of our brains, our souls... it all feels connected.




Down below. Sea creatures via Kahi Kai.


Inspiration and brushes. Tulpa via MARS-1.

Here's the soundtrack. 2010 propsRadio (click to listen).


Inner exploration

Yinka Shonibare

I like Yinka Shonibare's convergence of color, texture, textiles, racial identity, appropriated culture, fashion, debauchery, and his reinterpretation of Western art. It doesn't hurt that he's charming as heck either. (images via acidolatte)


How to Blow up Two Heads at Once (Gentlemen), 2006


How to Blow up Two Heads at Once (Ladies), 2006


How to Blow up Two Heads at Once (Ladies & Gentlemen), 2006


Gallantry and Criminal Conversation, 2002 / Boy With Fishing Rod on Stilts, 2006

Auerglass

Concept, performance, costume, art, collaboration... Amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing!

the waxing hour

I recently went to the Altman Siegel Gallery, and discovered this amazing painter Devin Leonardi. The use of light is electric. More images from the show here.

around the corner

Despite these two galleries being around the corner from my home and work -- my consistent holing up in my studio has made me miss some visual relief from my computer screen.

Mission gallery, Ratio 3, showcases work from Lydia Fong (aka Barry McGee). McGee discusses some of the work influences, and the need to produce this art under the Lydia Fong persona. In particular, he talks about the preciousness of the glossy ink, face drawings that take up one corner of the space. The grouping of their frames appear something like a family tree.


video: KQED Gallery Crawl

A Moment for Reflection: new work by Lydia Fong
September 5 - October 18, 2008
Ratio 3 Gallery
San Francisco

Fleeting..

壳, originally uploaded by 安星安心.


皱纹, originally uploaded by 安星安心.

Indian Summer is here. I already feel the faintest chill creeping into the night. Got to milk these days for all they've got.