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“Take On Me”
My piece for the “I Want My Music Video” art show- this one was inspired by the seminal music video with the same title by the band Aha. You know the song. The one played at every junior-high school dance.
“IAA”
I painted this painting 10 years ago in the months after the attack on 9/11. It wanted to capture some of the sadness and the profound sense of hope, empathy, and unity that arose after that tragedy.
10 years ago I woke to the television news coverage of that shockingly horrific scene that was the terrorist attack on New York and Washington DC. It seemed like something from a movie, something that could not be real. But it was. The events of that day had a major impact on the world and, as I reflect on my own life over the past 10 years, like ripples emanating from a stone dropped in a lake, they have directly affected my own life in many ways. From small things like the extra hassel of airport security, canine police running bomb checks at the ferry terminal that I take to work, and a heightened awareness world events, to more personal impacts: A few months after 9/11 I lost my job due to the tech-bubble bursting. That was one of the first ‘big’ setbacks I had ever had in my life. It took my career in directions I may not have taken otherwise. 9/11 sparked an interest in current events, history, and politics that has stayed with me ever sense. And now, my younger brother is fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan. He was only 9 years old on the fateful day that launched the war he is now engaged in. What ever your views are regarding the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of events that have shaped our world over the last 10 years, I hope you’ll join me today in reverencing the lives lost on 9/11 and reflect on how it has affected your own life. Take a moment to think about what is REALLY important to you.
“Turbo All the Way”
Inspired by my favorite NES game (after Super Mario Brothers): Excitebke.
For the Video Game art show at Gallery1988 Venice. The show opens Friday, Sept 16th.
Preliminary sketch for “I Want My Music Video” group artshow- coming up next month. Now I gotta paint it—- http://www.marrsattacks.com/art-show/
As a 10 year old kid spending my leaf-raking earned money at the corner market for a new pack of Garbage Pail Kids cards I never imagined that I would be painting my own version for an official art show.
That’s right! A GPK art show at Gallery 1988 (of course). I am extremely excited to be in this one! Selected artists have been asked to reinterpret the original GPK characters in their own style. Here is my preliminary sketch for “Meltin’ Melissa/Oozy Suzzy”, a card from the 1st series.
A Sonic Blanket
Acrylic on wood panel.
12x12 inches.
About 10 years ago I did a whole series of people wearing headphones. I felt like it was time to return to the subject this time with my current (hopefully improved?) techniques.
“Cacophony”
I’m scheduled for a solo show this January at Dorothy Circus Gallery (Rome, Italy). I’m calling the show “Cinephonic”
Here’s a preview of what I’m working on. I’m exploring the use paint and color to visualize the movement of sound and rhythm.
There’s a little bit of Summer Glau in this color splashed DJ. ;)
“Karmic Theory of Ibex and Gazelle”
This piece is for Gallery 1988’s (LA) 2011 “Crazy for Cult” group show Art inspired by cult movies such as….. duh duh duh duh duh! Hudsucker Proxy.
I am participating in “American Nostalgia” a tribute show to Norman Rockwell. My piece is the one with the kids playing Super Mario Bros. :)
“Stage Presence”
My piece for the annual auction show at Distinction Art Gallery (in Escondido CA). This year’s theme: “Break a Leg: A Homage to Theater”
Details: 12x12 inches. Acrylic on wood panel.
Remember those awkward teenage years when you and your friends played Dungeons and Dragons into the wee hours of the morning fueled by skittles and Mountain Dew? No? I guess it was just me…
(My piece for the Gallery 1988 show: “Camp Firewood”. The show opens June 2011.)
