City blocks project I did for the town of Elmhurst Il.

I recently just completed a project for the town of Elmhurst. The project is called the "City Blocks Project". For this I used a childish game to idealize the topic of time. Chutes and Ladders is a game from most peoples past.  It seemed like a strong enough and a nonabrasive way of bringing up the question of time and life and how no matter how hard we try we can never beat the hands of time. The title of this piece is "Always Chasing...". It will be on permanent display and will be showcased along with others made from talented artists I believe in May. I will post the date as soon as I find out.

A few pieces you can still see up at LOGAN BAR & GRILL in Logan Square.

This is a few of the pieces of mine you can view at LOGAN BAR & GRILL in Logan Square. The pieces I am featuring are all painted on old windows from around the Chicagoland area.

Newest piece I created today.

This Piece is on an old plank from the abandoned apartment across from my place. If you look you can see some old graffiti which I decided not to remove. I felt it had a strong urban feel to it which I wanted to continue to show. From there I used both a black and a white gesso and then began to adhere sheets of old phone book pages across the bottom have. From there I began painting the landscape scene on top of the sheets of phone book. In order to create a certain feel to the piece I cut up a stencil to use for the plant imagery. This I then used as my outline to create the foliage which I cluttered with the rest of the piece. I wanted a lot of color and a lot of movement to occur with this piece. Once I finished the landscape to my liking I then used a clear glaze and painted that onto the landscape in order to cause a high gloss sheen in order to help with the illusion of depth.

CURRENT SHOW I AM FEATURED AT.

CURRENTLY I AM FEATURED AT OUT-OF-LINE GALLERY LOCATED AT 2812 W. CHICAGO AVE. HERE IS A LINK ABOUT THE SHOW.

http://www.outoflineartstudio.com/?page_id=11

HERE IS AN ADD FOR MY UPCOMING SHOW AT THE MULTIKULTI

THIS IS THE FLIER FOR MY NEXT SHOW I WILL BE TAKING PART IN AT THE MULTIKULTI. LOCATED AT 1000 NORTH MILWAUKEE FROM 6PM UNTIL 2AM THIS SATURDAY THE 16TH.

LATEST PIECE

HERE IS MY LATEST WORK WHICH WILL BE SHOWN ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER PIECES AT MULTIKULTI THIS SATURDAY. THIS IS AN OLD STORM WINDOW WHICH I HAVE PAINTED ON BOTH SIDES. IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS IMAGE I FIRST STARTED BY CUTTING OUT A STENCIL WHICH I SPRAY PAINTED ONTO THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE GLASS. ONCE I HAD LAYED THE PROPER COLORATION ACROSS THE BACK, I THEN WENT IN AND PAINTED IT FROM THE FRONT. THIS IS A REOCCURRING STYLE WHICH I AM STILL ATTEMPTING TO MASTER.

CONCEPT PROJECT FOR ELMHURST

THESE 2 PICS ARE BOTH CONCEPT SCHEMATICS FOR A PROJECT WHICH I AM HOPING WILL BE ABLE TO BE WORKED ON BY MYSELF AND RACHEL LECHOCKI IN THE NEXT UPCOMING MONTHS. ELMHURST IS TAKING STRIDES AT PUSHING FOR SOME PERMANENT STREET ART SCULPTURES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY.  THIS PIECE WE TITLED "ALWAYS CHASING..." FOCUSES ON THE FACT THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE THING WHICH WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BEAT IN THE GAME OF LIFE AND THAT IS TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT THE 3 DIMENSIONAL IMAGES THERE WILL BE A CLOCK ON THE TOP THAT WHEN VIEWED FROM AN AIREAL IMAGE SHOWS A CLOCK WITH NO HOUR NOR MINUTE HANDS. INSTEAD THERE ARE FEET RUNNING AROUND IN A CIRCLE NEVER ABLE TO FINISH. FROM THE SIDE VIEW YOU SEE A PLAYFUL SCENE OF CHARACTERS ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE GOAL WHICH IS THE TOP OF THE BLOCKS. YET, NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY AND CLIMB UP THEY WILL ALWAYS SLIDE DOWN TO LOSE AGAINST TIME. THE PLAYFUL IMAGERY IS A MIMIC OF CHUTES & LADDERS A CHILDHOOD GAME TO TEACH THE EBB AND FLOW OF LIFE AND HOW IT IS JUST A ROLL OF THE DICE.