I have been very busy moving! Therefore the lack of posts. I have also been getting ready for a group cityscape show at SGFA featuring Kim Cogan, Francis Livingston, Siddharth Parasnis and Duke Windsor


taco truck #5 20"x16" oil on wood panel framed
Hollywood Motel 28"x44" oil on wood Kim Cogan!

Siddharht Parasnis
Francis Livingston

thats me and Gary Ruddell at his recent opening at SGFA. nice guy! good show!
some work I did with my students, 1st is a collage of cut pieces of color swatches onto a cut-out of a magazine (above)
I also teach a class now called creative foundations. It incorporates a lot of 'found-object' art. The kids gathered pine cones and other organic materials. I then wrapped these birthday balloons around them to make 'Mama, Papa and Baby'.

the Jack Fischer Gallery has moved to suite 418 in the 49 Geary Building in San Francisco, or approx. 15 feet to the left. to the left, to the left...
Awesome!

derek fischer shirt @ Reserve L.A.
chinatown
midcity
sometimes my cell phone takes great pics

that's mika miko at ameoba two days ago for a nice little in-store record release performance party. Also some other cell phone pics from around town. Go Lakers & Manny you broke my heart.

So last week I went up to San Francisco for undisclosed personal and professional reasons. Everyone knows how I feel about San Francisco. I love it. Its glorious hills, bohemian culture, phenomenal food, amazing museums and galleries. Its a world class city in the likes of Paris and Amsterdam, America's bold, liberal, creative beacon of hope. Well, that's how I used to feel. I stayed in the Mission and its dirtier than I remembered. I mean super dirty, but that's cool. I like dirt. I ate at Pancho Villa and Taqueria Cancun. The food was cheap. I drank at Cassanovas. Two beers, 3 bucks. Ok sounds good, right? Well, then my car got keyed on Shotwell St.. I mean really fucken keyed. Then, two nights later my car was broken into, shattered windows and all on 14th St. Ugh. Is it because I have a mid-size SUV w/ Honda of Hollywood plates? Is San Francisco too cool to give a shit? Yes.
People had a hard time with my plight. Is it my Rayban Wayfarers, my wifes designer shoes, our L.A.-centric attitude? Sorry I like cable TV. Screw me if I am a heterosexual. Sorry we registered at Bloomingdales. And no, our cake was not vegan.
What has happened to me, I finally love L.A. and San Francisco hates me.
I was not prepared for this, nor do I have pictures to prove it. ( camera was stolen in the break in)

Ok, so there is this Donut Jamboree Art Happening Thursday at the studio of Laddie John Dill in Venice that is in conjunction with the Venice Art Walk. I was in the Venice Art Walk auction a couple of years ago and it was awesome and I've been trying to get back into it with little success. On the fliers this year, they say, "Send us a Donut"! Crap I paint and draw donuts all the time, that's funny. So I sent them a drawing I just completed and they put it on their email blast. Hmmmmm. Have not heard from them otherwise but I guess I'm excited that they liked mine enough to include my work. It says it will be projected during the party. The party's $50, think they'll let me in for free?