The Kids are Alright at Black Maria Gallery

Los Angeles is the next stop for The Kids are Alright tour!! The show runs from July 18th through August 8th, 2009 at Black Maria Gallery with the opening this Saturday. Thanks so much to Beau and Melanie for all they've done.

I'm excited to show again with such an amazing group of artists, in ~black and white~ this time around. The preview of the show is available here and the following is my contribution!

enjoy.

"Candescence"
mixed media on paper
12" x 16"

"False Apprehension"
mixed media on paper
24" x 12"

Garage Sale!

"process"

Billy Shire Fine Arts is hosting Ken Tanaka's Art Show! Opening day is Saturday, April 11th from 7-10pm in Culver City.

The popular Youtuber from Japan, is on the search for his birth parents in America; and on the pursuit, creating charming artworks for the world to see. This piece will be part of the "Garage Sale" installation piece in the show, alongside artist such as Kozyndan, David Mack, Pay Katsuyuki, Dominique Fung, Mari Araki, Gary Musgrave and more!

"Adrift"
mixed media
9x12x3

Youtube: Ken Tanaka for additional happiness.

The Kids are Alright: First stop

"In Bloom"
acrylic/ink on wood
18x24

"Fully Taken"
acrylic/ink on wood
16x20

"My Neighbour's Garden"
acrylic/ink on wood
18x24

Tonight is the grand start of the "Kids are Alright" tour hosted at T&P Fine Art in Philadelphia.

I'm thankful to be showing with other talented artists including Luke Berliner, Ching Ching Cheng , Asia Eng, Julian Callos , Ryan Dineen , Nicole Dreyfuss , Mylan Nguyen, Nimit Malavia, Yuta Onoda, Dominique Fung, Chelsea Greene Lewtya , Jeremy Lynch, Andrew Holder, Eric Davidson, David Jien , Linda Kim, Steven Gonzalez, Danni Shinya Luo , and Wendy Cogan Toyoda. Thanks to Beau of LeBasse Galleries for organizing the events. It is going to be a great series.

taking a break to update.

A time ago, our Information Illustration class was were given the opportunity to work with Avenue page for the National Post. I decided to explore the ridiculously-lavish fashion of 'Manhattans elite', specifically the six main characters of the hit show Gossip Girl. The characters were all clothed in school uniform attire as seen on TV and a break down of the costs are presented. I had fun drawing the characters and just a heads up, GG is back on tonight.

xoxo


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In other new, this past two weeks have been pretty sleepless (the upcoming week should be no different). School is quickly coming to an end unfortunately and there never seems to be enough time in the day.. or night. Also, I've been working on some gallery pieces but more on that later. For now, some pages from my sketch book from Chapters. I somehow need/want to translate my sketchbooks to finished pieces.. somehow...but how... (critique is welcomed :D)

waiting to see the doctor takes forever.

'Lengthy line'

(Sisyphus Project)
Pen & ink