Holy crap so much has been going on where do I even begin!!!

Okay, let's see... let's see...

Part I:SHOWS

I had stuff in three shows back at the end of November/beginning of December:

-MINT Gallery's 5th annual postcard pinup show: I made 3 new postcards, all of which are presently also available in my etsy store. Here's the one I'm most proud of:

Retablos para Nuestra Senora de San Juan de los Lagos

And here's the one that got the most attention from teh internets (Specifically, Tiny Cartridge... thanks y'all!!!):

Moonwalker

-I had two pieces in a small works show at Kibbee Gallery: my pixellated cake slice and my realistic painting "Cup of Tea". "Cup" sold! I was so excited, but also sad to see it go, because I was really proud of that painting, but they're made to sell, so there you go, right?

-Finally, I made a quasi-experimental piece for Young Blood Gallery and Boutique's "Home" show:

How to Make an Omelette

I had originally planned to make crossstitches of my parents' houses for the show, so I took digital photos of each house and pixellated both by hand in photoshop:

Mom's

Dad's

When I realized that a) I was running short on time and b) I was too short on money to afford all the colors of thread I would need, I decided instead to try my hand at gel medium transfers for the first time. I followed the instructions provided by the incredibly talented, productive, and generous Hollis Brown Thornton. For a first try I gotta say they turned out great! Once I had the transfers mounted and framed, I put them on an endtable from my grandmother's house. The show stipulated we had to include actual objects from home, however, so I decided to make an omelette using tomatoes from mom's garden and rosemary from dad's. The omelette was placed between the framed images of home and encircled by a tin-can style eggshell string phone. Visitors were invited (and some horrified) to cut off a piece of the omelette and eat. It was a lot of fun to explore this alternate kind of artmaking and I hope to further explore it in the future.

  Part II:Xxzxcuzx Me

Right at the beginning of December, my friend Aaron Keuter made this animation collaboration we did public:

The internet loved it, apparently. It got featured on Beautiful Decay and Booooooom and got TONS of views. I'm presently working on getting it submitted to a few shows in Europe, so hopefully it'll get some skymiles under its belt, huh? :)

Also, if you are not a Vimeo'er, it's also available on Youtube!

Part III:Scoutmob!!! And Burnaway!!!

I got interviewed for Scoutmob Atlanta's Creative Eye!!! There were many mentions of beards, pixel guns, and of course the Xxzxcuzx Me video :) I got a lot of exposure to the thousands and thousands of subscribers and even got some business in the the ol' etsy too, which is always good.

I also got invited by the folks at Atlanta artblog Burnaway to write about my favorite show of 2010. I picked The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center's show of the work of Shana Robbins and Amy Myers. The show was really something to behold. So much work and all of it fan. tastic. I really cannot say how great it all was and I went back time after time to see it all. It really was great. And it was a great privilege to be invited by Burnaway to write and also to publicly celebrate Robbins and Myers' work. Again I say brava to them! 

Part IV:Christmas, oh my gosh Christmas

I was so freaking busy during Christmas. Between working fulltime, finding/buying gifts for the family, and you know breathing&eating&sleeping because I have to, I was selling guns and knives out of my etsy the most I have all year. I was forced to learn about calculating shipping, finding affordable shipping supplies, and keeping a stock of prepared items in order to meet the demands of the holiday season. It was good, I'm glad I got to help make some folks' holidays better, but I am also glad the holidays are over because...

Part V:I can finally work on my own stuff again

Finally I can breathe and take a minute and get back on the stuff I was working on before the holidays stepped on me(in a good way! in a good way!). So here's what I'm up to:

1. A new threadless design: Since Atlanta got its ass kicked with the iceboots last week, I was cooped up in my apartment and decided to finally start working on this suh-weet design for Threadless. Here;s an ultra-cropped preview: 

   

   that's all you get until it's done! NADA MAS!

2. Painting! Ive been painting! Check it:
   

   

   Micro-landscapes!!! Check out my sweet plastic sheet/aka the WALL CONDOM

3. Submitted some work to a few things and things. I submitted some new, as yet unpublished works to New American Paintings! And then I submitted some work to the Artists Wanted 2010 Competition; You can vote for my work here!!!
   

So I've been busy. I tried to keep this entry as short as possible to compensate for the sheer amount of stuff I've been getting into since I last posted. My apologies for this inconsistency on my part. I'm trying to be more professional about keeping this thing going! More soon!