New Drawings

I did some new pen and ink drawings for this new coloring book quarterly called Colorink. You can check them out here!I think the first issues are to come out in November.

I'm really happy with this new pen and ink styled i've been working with. I think i might make these into a notecard set or something nice like that. Check out the other 2!

Chumby Wumby

I just finished up this custom chumby. Whats a chumby? Its like an rss feeder/clock radio/bean bag. Its pretty fun stuff.
You can check out what chumby is all about here.

More pictures on my Flickr page. I'll have more/better pictures soon.

Places where you can see my work

So it seems I'm a little all over the place these days... Heres a list of places where you can see some of my paintings up and buy things. I'll be updating this list regularly!

Lady of the Sea and The Death of Winter are up on display at Rebar in DUMBO. I think they are up there for the rest of the month. They are my big paintings so go take a look!

My painting for Panorama 3, Mara, is up at the Jonathon Levine Gallery till October 4th.

Check out Fresthetic out in bushwack/williamsburg. I have the paintings Feeding Habits and Natural Habitat up on display and for sale, as well as some gilcee prints, zines and a few singed Chupas. Its a pretty neat little store and they print some sweet tee shirts. Baraklyn!

"Mara"

New painting! My contribution to The Panorama Project 3 at the Jonathan Levine Gallery! 134 artists, 1 continuous piece. Opening reception is on Saturday, September 6th from 7-9 pm.

Flickr!

Pictures from the El Chupacabra signing are up on my flickr page! Thanks to Nick and Dave from KR for taking pictures!

Also, the ghost edition is now SOLD OUT on the kidrobot store, but you can still get it on Skelecore!

The weather last night SUCKED

So extra big thanks to all of you who came down to the signing!

Chupacabras Now Available!

El Chupacabra packages are now up for sale on Skelecore! Sorry i was a little late in putting them up...
I only have a limited amount so act quickly if you want to get your hands on the "Natural Habitat" print!

El Chupacabra is also available at Kidrobot!

Skelecore Exclusives

For those of you who don't live in NYC and can't making it to the signing, or if you want to be ultra cool and support an artist so she can pay her rent, I will be selling a few signed Chupacabras with prints and other goodies on my webstore! Please note that these prices include domestic ground shipping in the USA. Heres the breakdown:

Siesta Package!- $100
1 Signed Regular Edition El Chupacabra. (Only 500 ever made)
1 "Natural Habitat" limited edition print. (Only 20 ever made)
1 set of "The Dating Habits of the Debatable Beasts" mini comics.
Plus more goodies and secret presents
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Midnight Dance Party Package!- $100
1 Signed Ghost Edition El Chupacabra. (Only 250 ever made)
1 "Natural Habitat" limited edition print. (Only 20 ever made)
1 set of "The Dating Habits of the Debatable Beasts" mini comics.
Plus more goodies and secret presents
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Ultra Dance Party Package!- $160
1 Signed Regular Edition El Chupacabra. (Only 500 ever made)
1 Signed Ghost Edition El Chupacabra. (Only 250 ever made)
1 "Natural Habitat" limited edition print. (Only 20 ever made)
1 set of "The Dating Habits of the Debatable Beasts" mini comics.
Plus more goodies and secret presents
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"Natural Habitat" is 8"x7.5", printed at Io Labs and is limited to just 20 prints. Each glicee print is printed on special Hahnemule Bamboo archival paper, signed and editioned. Bamboo is the most replenishable fiber on the planet, making these prints eco friendly!

More pictures and info at: http://store.skelecore.com

Afterparty!

After the signing at Kidrobot, come join me at the afterparty! Big thanks to Otto's for hosting this event. I'm pretty stoked.
Did i mention my good friend and talented dressmaker, stephie, is making me a dress? I went for the fitting the other day and its going to be bangin'.

Chupa prints!

Chupacabra #1 Chupacabra #2
This is the artwork for the prints I am having made for the signing!
These glicee prints will be printed on special archival etching paper made from bamboo fibers! Fancy! Each will be 8"x7.5", signed and numbered.
Chupacabra #1 will be a run of 75 and will be given away at the signing with purchase of the Chupacabra toy! These will only be available at Kidrobot NY on August 14th from 6-8 pm.
Seriously, you should come to the opening because these give-aways are quali-TEE.
Chupacabra #2 will be a very limited run of 20 and will only be available on my webstore.

Also! The official Chupacabra afterparty will be held at the legendary Otto's Shrunken Head on 14th street between avenue A and B. So after you score your own little chupa, head down to Otto's for Chupacabra worthy drink specials and dance the night away!

El Chupacabra comes out August 14!

I'm excited to annouce the release of my first vinyl toy, El Chupacabra, from the Debatable Beasts project!

The origins of El Chupacabra can be traced back to the island or Puerto Rico, but sighting have been reported throughout Mexico, Central America, and Miami. El Chupacabra is mild mannered with a cheery disposition, but when hungry he must feed on the blood of goats to survive. He is deeply ashamed of his vampiric ways and avoids human contact for fear of persecution.

These figures are super limited and come in 2 colorways, Regular (500) and Ghost Edition (250). These will only be available from Kidrobot stores and website. I will have a few available on my webstore with an exclusive print and zine set to be announced.
The signing will be at the Kidrobot NY Store on Thursday, August 14th. There will be another exclusive print give-a-way and maybe some more surprises! Its going to be great. Everyone will be there!

More details coming soon, but in the meantime you can check out more pictures on Flickr!

Fan Fart

Nick drew me a little Chupa-fink while we ate at San Loco. I think its super neat!

Sketches from Amsterdam

Although i don't have any pictures from amsterdam, I do have my sketchbook! So heres some selected pages from my trip!

Big Change

I just want everyone to know that i am currently blogging from a beach house on fire island. Not having a day job is AUSOME.

About that day job... Last friday was my last day as the product photographer for Kidrobot. I worked there for over 3 years! Although I will miss seeing all my wonderful friends and co-workers everyday, I'm looking forward to working WITH Kidrobot as an artist.
Cheers!

Back in america!

I just flew back from amsterdam and boy are my arms tired. (HA)
Anyway i had a really great trip. The Custom Kicks sneaker event was really fun and i got to meet artists from all over europe.
Amsterdam is a beautiful city and i took lots of pictures and then left my camera on the air plane. Surprisingly, I'm not that upset over it. Maybe its because i want a new camera, but i am dissapointed about loosing all the pictures from the Custom Kicks event, St. Bavo's Church, and the tattoo artist i traded my chrome messenger bag for a new tattoo.

As for the sneaker event, Luckily some of the other artists have posted pictures on thier flickr pages! (The photo above is from philipp) yay! And coming soon there should be some sick video coverage.
Check it:
Philipp's Flickr
MAKI's Flickr
And heres a youtube clip!

Thoughts:
Freedom rides a bicycle
I really like traveling alone. There were a few times when i felt like people thought i was weird having a beer in cafe alone, but whatever. And there were a few things i would of done if i had a friend with me. I felt way to silly to do the erotic museum alone.
Sketch diaries
I want to do a bicycle tour of europe. Maybe just France and Italy.
I traded my messenger bag for a tattoo!
Half the time i felt like i was on another planet.
Van Gogh is kinda lame

vacation

So I'm in amsterdam right now. Partly on Vacation, mostly for the Custom Kicks Book Launch on Saturday. If you are in amsterdam, all the info is here on the American Book Center blog

Chupa-Chupa-Chupacabra

Guess what just flew in from china?
More details later, but August 21st is the release date!

Pictures from Divine Lotteria

You can check out pictures and see the whole show right here on my Flickr account. The show is open through the weekend. I will also be in the studio tonite, wednsday thursday from about 7-9 if anyone wants to come by.

Announcing Devine Lotteria!

The Gowanus Studio Space presents “Divine Lotteria” - a show of painting and mixed-media work Opening reception: Friday, June 6th, 2008 6-10pm On view: Saturday June 6 – Sunday, June 8 and June 14th - June 15th, 12-5 pm or by appointment

The Gowanus Studio Space 119 8th Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn Directions: G or F train to Smith and 9th Street, M or R to 4th Ave http://www.gowanusstudio.org/

On June 6th Sara Antoinette Martin and Damara Kaminecki will serve up a double threat of visceral, elaborate and stunningly beautiful imagery to be exhibited at the Gowanus Studio Space.

Sara's carefully crafted and collaged images of unapologetic ladies do not just draw you in, they demand the viewer's attention. Adorned in floral patterns and vintage swimsuits, they exist in a surreal world of tattoo inspired imagery, Masonic symbology, fins, gills and flowers. http://www.sara-land.net/

Damara Kaminecki collages small relief prints that have been printed on various japanese papers with her feet on her kitchen floor. For this show she has done a series called "night skies" which evoke nostalgia and whimsy inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's poems "Nights Like These."
http://www.damarakthedestroyer.com
http://damarakdestroy.blogspot.com/

This is totally a huge deal. You all better show up! Also check out what damara has been working on. This show is going to be really good and I'm really getting stoked about it.
You can get directions here

Devine Lotteria is coming up fast!

This is the image for the postcard!