Every once in awhile a painting makes its way through the stages of studio works under the radar.. The textures are unique, the imagery is well executed, the painting works. Kind of... the artwork is visually pleasing but, would I hang it in a show? Probably not. So the painting ends up in a stack of other artworks that I cannot bring myself to paint over. Sometimes friends will take these off my hands and add to them, bringing new life to the canvas, and a collaborative crea

This past weekend the good fellas at Cryptic Gallery put together a paint-jam in collaboration with Shatzis & Collective Arts Brewing to bring an all day painting event to the Shatzis beer garden Teaming up with artist Denis Barry, John Breiner, and CENT we all spent the day painting a 50' mural for anyone who stopped by If you find yourself in Poughkeepsie, NY treat your hunger and thirst and stop by Shatzi's Pub (202 Main St.). Not only are the food and the beer great but,

This past Friday I was invited by BGW ArtC to create a painting with the Poughkeepsie, NY community to commemorate a fallen member of the community, Mr. John Flowers The concept was simple. We have our canvas, I sketch out a portrait of Mr. Flowers, and then anyone including his friends and family passing by can help fill in the space around his portrait Before I could even finish the sketch there was already a line of kids waiting to help me paint. Even the local police ga