Tonight Saturday Nov. 26

Great little spot in downtown Victoria. Fort St. Cafe.

Food, Drink, Art Tonight at 7:30 pm til 12:00am.

The Phillips Typsy Wagon

The culmulative efforts of the Phillips Brewing Co. Art Dept.
( Russ Papp, Chris Dobell and Shawn O'Keefe )
We presented the Typsy Wagon, seen here on full display at the 4th
Annual Rifflandia Music Festival.This Beer wagon is equipped
with 32 individual beer taps. Yeah...32! So fun to work on.
Thanks guys. I can't wait for the next project.

Phillips Rifflandabrau 2011

Here is the new Rifflandabrau Pilsner label I made for Phillips Brewing to ring in this years Rifflandia Music Festival. Now available in Showcase 12 packs and soon to be on tap at various venues! Enjoy.

Rifflandia / Livestock

Here is a sneak peek at my Blackalicious Poster for this years Rifflandia Music Festival.
Livestock poster show opens tomorrow. See you there!

OPENS FRIDAY, AUG. 26th
7pm | By Donation
12 new and original screenprinted posters by 12 local artists, including Luke Ramsey, Shawn O’Keefe, Tim Huesken, Matt Salik & more!

KingShit Magazine

 This was a little while back but I forgot to post it. I guest Art Directed KingShit magazine, which entailed creating spot illustrations ( below ), making headers and custom fonts for all the pieces. Awesome guys. Great mag. Pick one up.

The Great Canadian Beer Festival

Linework illustrated on paper, scanned into photoshop and coloured. To be used for posters and Tees.

Vinyl Countdown

14" X 14" Acrylic, Ink & Aerosol on Birch ply discs

Record Art Show

Broken Box Landscape

I found a broken plywood box on the side of the road and liberated it like the great eco hoarder I am.
The sun was finally out so I took the opportunity to head outside with my paints and put a coat on it. Well... a couple hours and a margarita later and it's turned into a landscape of sorts. It's not finished quite yet but I thought I'd put it up here anyway. Happy Springtime peoples.

 

First Edition

My screenprint for the very limited edition Olio/Anteism "First Edition" Book. The Book is available through Anteism right now.

The Woodpile Collective " We Never Close"

Hope to see some friendly faces at my WP collective show this Friday night. Should be a fun Fools-eve!

The National Parks Project

Here is the movie poster I made for the NPP. Take some time and explore the site, a really amazing project.

New Paintings

 Mercer Trail - 20" X 24" - Acrylic & Aerosol on wood panel - 2011

Tod Creek Trail - 12" X 36" - Acrylic & Aerosol on wood panel - 2011

NPP / Winterlude 2011

A poster that I just finished for the National Parks Project ( www.nationalparksproject.ca ) and their performance at this years Winterlude in Gatineau, QC.

and the bees

"Opposing Theories on love". One off, handpainted Acrylic Screenprints with Aerosol.

Last Paintings of 2010

Quadra Tree. 16 X 20" Acrylic & Aerosol on panel. 2010

Haida Gwaii Mist. 20 X 16" Acrylic & Aerosol on canvas. 2010

The National Parks Project

A poster that I created for the National Parks Project's early Sneak Peak in Banff this past week.

In 1911, Parks Canada was founded, becoming the world’s first national parks service. On the eve of its centennial, FilmCAN and Primitive Entertainment, in conjunction with Parks Canada and Discovery Canada, are pleased to present The National Parks Project (NPP), a collaborative film, music, television and new media project that features contributions by more than 50 of Canada’s most acclaimed filmmakers and musicians.

In the tradition of the Group of Seven, Margaret Atwood’s Survival and other cultural touchstones, the National Parks Project aims to explore the elemental ways in which Canada’s cultural imagination is shaped by the wilderness that defines our identity, and the technologies that inform our day-to-day lives. From May to October, 2010, the project will send groups comprised of one filmmaker and three musicians to a park in each province and territory, to collaborate on a short film and soundtrack that reflects their experience of the landscape.

The result will be a collection of 13 films that showcases both the country’s natural diversity and the breadth of its artistic talent, and celebrates thespirit of creative collaboration. The complete collection will be distributed theatrically, through film festivals and special screening events, and will ultimately be available online via an immersive interactive piece. The project will also be featured in a thirteen-part documentary series, airing on Discovery World HD in Spring 2011.

Woodpile Street Art Documentary

Syd at Grounded TV http://www.getgrounded.tv/ shot a short doc with my painting collective "The Woodpile" a little while back. It's finished and up on the site. Turned out really nice, thanks for the hard work Syd.
Direct link:
The Woodpile Collective - Street Art Documentary

Hallowed

My contribution to the C.H.U.A show ( Carnivorous Huminoid Underground Artist ), to launch the new Absolute Underground shop & co-inciding with the Zombie Fest. I've made a series of 6 handpainted silkscreen prints on vintage comic pages mounted on wood panels. There are some other zombie paintings and prints that I have in there as well. Stop by and check 'em out in person. 1215 Government St (under Trounce alley).

Sunday Chores

Morning comes early when the night goes long...but this is how it goes when the shit gets done!

Caught the first rays of sun yesterday morning with the Woodpile Collective and Syd Woodward of Grounded TV. Hung some Art drops around town. More pics on the Woodpile site and look for a short doc on Grounded TV in the next while.

Sasquatch Sighting

Painted a custom deck for G's friend Z. Young shredder and fellow Sasquatch enthusiast.

New Landscapes

Bones of the Sun

I have 8 new landscape paintings up through November at Ferris' Upstairs. It's a great place to chill out with a cocktail as well as some amazing food and atmosphere. Check it out if you find some time.

Warrior and Mankind

My prints for Yves Laroche "works on paper" show. September 30th, 2010

Look Forward to the Past

I don't usually post other people's work on here, as this is more of a folio blog than a traditional blog but I like to think this desktop image courtesy of Randy Laybourne might be my new design mantra. Check out more of his Daily Desktops and other super cool artwork at: http://www.lookforwardtothepast.com/

Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal

If you are in Montreal this Thursday, check out Other's book launch and coresponding artshow at Yves Laroche. I have a couple of handpainted prints in the show as well as some other art amigos ...Harley Smart, Ryan Thompson, Luke Ramsey... Looks like it will be a really good one.

Rifflandia3 X Livestock3 X Trust36

Raw Panels
White Ink Silkscreen
Screen on the vacuum table
Aerosol between layers
Joey at Olio asked if I would contribute a poster design to this years Livestock poster show which celebrates some of the participating acts of the Rifflandia Music Festival. I was fortunate enough to choose the musician that I wanted to represent (Tommy Guerrero) How sweet is that? I helped print my poster design which was a 5 colour print on Birch panel. I had some fun customizing each print with aerosol and even a little fire (see video). We printed a series of 50. My print as well 12 other artists prints are for sale and on display at Olio in Victoria. Tommy is performing as part of Rifflandia at Phillips Brewing company on Friday Sept. 24th. Stoked to see him play.