What is that?

My colleagues and myself have been working on this installation piece for the past month perfecting it enough so that we can go about it on a grander scale. The end results are amazing and happy to see where the work lead us too. If you would like to check it out you can find it on display outside of SCI-Arc.

Building A Field

For a project in studio we were given two days to make a 6' by 2' kinetic sculpture, but not after some mock-ups were attempted to get to this point. So my colleague and myself were able to put this together by creating a three dimensional armature as well as attach interface to it so that it begins to emote and interact with natural forces, one being wind.

Someone said I should get back up

And so I think I will. Been so busy that I have not taken anytime to myself and I hope that by continuing this blog I can help alleviate my mind from the anchors of my school life. Due to my commitment to school I have not been able to create any new pieces or writings, but have been hard at work exploring materials and what is a field. So through this process my knowledge of how to manipulate something so that I can achieve a great effect is growing. I hope that during the winter break I will have something new to show for what I have gained.

Leaving For A Little Bit

Recently I have been occupying most of my time before I leave for China in 5 days and right now I'm excited, nervous, and just ready to go somewhere new. (maybe to never return again) I also look forward to learning something new about another culture so that I can learn more about myself. In my belief people tend to find themselves much later in life because they do not take the opportunity to discover themselves at a young age. Personally I do not think I have truly realized exactly what I'm capable of, but have a good idea. Right now I'm just about certain it has to be something big, also I need to take a very long journey by myself with no one there to follow me into the deep. Take about 2 if not 3 months to a solitary expedition, and if I die on the way just remember what I had to say. Too many people rush things, and school is certainly one of them. They think that they are getting to the finish line faster than everyone else, but end up holding themselves back so much further. If you are not enjoying school, then take a break, and DO NOT say "that if I do I will not be able to get back into it", because that is not true. We are cognitive thinkers and as such look for education in possibly the most obscure ways sometimes. You can choose to take some of my thoughts with you or not, but as long as you learned a little on your own then something was done. Take a jump, find a release, and expect the best, that way you live a life to your interest.

(Also too lazy at the moment to re-read or fix anything that does not make sense, so I'll let you fill in any blanks that need to be corrected or added :)

I know I have been a little lazy on my post, so I will get back to you tomorrow leave a message after the *beep*

Which do you prefer

Both colors are my favorite and wanted to see how they would look in two different perspectives

Pastel Creation

This piece was inspired by a good friend of my and her artwork. She has a very good ability to draw the human figure and I'm trying to work on that myself. So I hope that I can get to her level one day and appreciate that she is around to help me out. Check her stuff out at Caro's Creations.


This piece was inspired by two friends of mine. One that really has got me interested in working with pastels, who is John Divon, and another that told me his band name is Freakish Blue that has slowly been building new idea's in my head.

The only thing that I remember when painting this is that colors do not always have to make sense. Just like I do, but maybe there is something to make sense of this, you just have to figure it out for yourself.

New Friend

Every time I look at this piece it just makes me happy. So I suppose I should never give the piece up or sell the little guy, unless I come across someone who needs his cheering up more than I do.

Following the Woodworks Psomething

So completely forgot to post this up for a while now and I finished a bamboo frame for the little guy. When I get a chance to pound some nails in the wall I'll post a picture of it hanging.

Eh too lazy right now to think of a good title

Seeing Double Again

Fun stuff making this thing

Sketching Ideas

Been working on some sketches to gain some new idea's for my artwork. Hopefully they inspire something great, been kind of feeling in a bit of a slump.

Taking time our for the night

I think that I want to give this piece to my niece.

Just In the Spare Time

While working on the frame for that little wood works project I finished up this piece as well. Working on a few other pieces that I have been pushing off for some people, while trying to improve my skills and color knowledge.

Following the wood works P2

Following the wood works P1

Thought I would show you where this little piece I'm working on leads too, and hopefully somewhere interesting.

Yay for new paintings

Creative Bug

So yesterday or just 5 hours ago I had the opportunity to enjoy the downtown LA art walk once again. Meeting new people as well as old, and enjoying a very productive day. With all the inspiration and conversations that was around me, thoughts began to swell. I honestly think that we are all artist it is just finding that artist in you. The little bugger is buried deep inside your chest, and once you think you have him he makes a mad dash for your brain. Once it is up there you can finally corner the little guy and put him to good use. But those that leave it may lose it forever if they are not careful. Because it is a mysterious one and will come and go as it pleases, even the best artist loses it, but find him hiding under the stomach somewhere in the back of your ass. This fellow is a tricky one, sometimes when you are feeling sad it cheers you up. When you are feeling mad it brings the ocean to calm your soul. Sometimes when you don't know why it left, it will hide and surprise you when you least expect. I can't explain it and I don't think that I will ever be able too, nor do I know why mine comes and goes. It is just something that you have to catch on your own, so let the hunt begin.

Working On a Lantern

So I have been spending much of my time building this little lantern and so far I'm really digging the process I have been making especially seeing it come together. There are a few more details and pieces that I need to put on it, but it is getting to be almost completed.

A life Emerging

Time for the painting to start jumping out at you. Probably one of my favorite paintings that I have done and really happy the way it turned out.

One Thousand and One Thoughts with No Where to Go

Why do we as humans toil away, always thinking and considering. It is a curse and a gift that we all must bare, thinking of what could happen or what has happened. Dreaming new worlds or new ideas, we are a society of thinkers which we have evolved from our ancestors. It is what sets us from any other creature, because we ask the questions “why?”. It has allowed our civilizations to grow and improve on past mistakes, but at the cost of our sanity. We today have become a culture of so many thinkers that we are all driving ourselves mad, within our own heads. Or maybe it is just me that feels this way, but I ask myself so many questions in so many ways, and going from those results asking myself are you sure about that conclusion. Not to say everyone over thinks, but there is a large majority that does and there is no escape from it, unless you take the right medication. This is the curse that we all have to endure and I fear that as our minds continue to grow, so will the thoughts in our head. Hopefully by then there will be a 24hr dry cleaner for your brain to drop all of those unnecessary thoughts down the sink.

A little piece that I wrote about over thinking.

Not feeling 100%

I recently caught a cold which has hindered my creative process but before the cold I was able to complete a piece for my cousin who gave me an idea of what she wanted and I hope she ends up liking the results.

Eh in no mood to clean

I like the creative mess that my room has become, because I feel the reason why some let their place of living become a disaster is they have immersed themselves in their work. Which is what I have done by being so caught up in my artwork that I do not feel the need to clean. When people clean they clean with a purpose of impressing themselves or others. Yes tidiness is sometimes nice or necessary, but when you have put yourself in a position were messiness outweighs tidiness you must embrace it. It surely does depend on the person but people who are messy are more relaxed, fun spirited, laid back, lovers, and well the clean freaks are these ridiculous uptight snobs that see the slightest stain a permanent blemish to their life. Like I said it surely depends on the person, but that is how you can break up some of the clean versus the messy. It is a new stereotype that I want to create rather than how the old one use to be, so pass it on. I would love to hear your take on your messy beautiful lifestyle, because even during chaos does order come into place.

Really happy about how the background colors turned out the way they did.

I did a smaller painting like this but wanted to make it a bit larger. Think I'll take another photo or at least one that complements the piece a little better.

Can't get enough of this song

What a productive day

Finished work on some business cards and posters for the Visionary Kings. Took a bit of time but extremely happy with the results and hopefully can start spreading the word about the vision that will soon come. Also I think the poster looks like a movie poster and thinking of printing a version like that. Either way they will soon be out for the public to purchase along with some others that I hope I can work on.

A Working City

In the city every day there are people that come and go not knowing a single person by their name, face, or that they even exist. Our city’s have become machines with the people as the dark black oil keeping them going. I cannot say for certain that this is true that the city’s have created a new society today that isolates itself from the rest of the world, but has cause for concern. These high rise building growing more massive everyday making the average person feel less welcome and more inferior as the machine grows. Its beauty at night, with the lights shining out is a cover for its cold and dark interior. A place were everything is run to a specific time or schedule. As people fuel the machine so that it pumps out decay, never finding that balance to what was once civilization. It decay’s everything around it and beats daily. Our lives are always going to be apart of the giant and we will then because of it become the giant itself one day.

This piece I wrote a long time ago, but every time that I do read over it kind of gets me motivated to break free. I'm not talking suburbs either, I'm talking about that great outdoor freedom people once saw before civilization hit.

Little Intense

So this piece got a little intense, but sure did have a fun time playing with the painting process. Wanted to do something with the frame so I suppose this was the best way to incorporate it.

I'm up way too early

This was a piece that took me into the wee hours of the night and happy with the results. I honestly think that I'm up way too early though, because I can feel my eye lids trying to kick them down closed. Also need some suggestions on the frame color because I was thinking about painting over that as well.

True Colors of a Flower

Finally able to frame this piece I did and it looks awesome. I'm really happy with the frame and look forward to selling it to a good home.

Well this is only the beginning.....

and I'm hoping since this is only a beginning that an end will not come. I suppose you can call this a mission statement that what I have to say is what I will accomplish. There is no knowing what it is I will exactly do, but as long as I'm able to inspire one person and get them changing the world in a positive manner I know I have done good. Not only will I be a person of drive and inspiration, but a man of change. With whatever success I'm given, I want to make sure that it is followed by the hope that I get closer to my goal. The main goal being advancing our society into something that we can be more proud of, pushing man's knowledge, ingenuity, and compassion. I can safely say that I'm nor will I ever be a man of religion, because I have already learned the basics from religion, and now it is time for me educate myself on the advanced material. To be the person I'm now I grew on my own, I think I went through my midlife crisis at the age of 9, and really started to become an adult by 19. I still have much to learn and I hope that you can teach me as well as discover something new about yourself . Only with collective minds and a world working in unison do we have the potential of making this beginning never ending.