No Photoshop Required! YWCA Camp.

(Photo credit: Leah Erickson)

Whaaat!! Trippy photo right? It came out of the camera like this, no photoshop required!

The finished piece.

What's percolatin?? Here are some photos of a piece I painted yesterday at the YoWoChAs camp in Fallis, Alberta. I've had a great summer so far, and as part of giving back I donated some time to create a mural for the kid's camp. They wanted something painted on the netting in their archery range to liven it up a little, as well as to inform and remind people that the camp is YWCA sponsored. It took quite a bit of paint because the netting really soaked it up, but in the end with enough coats the colours really started to pop, and my lovely and talented girlfriend Leah took some crazy looking photos of the sun shining through the netting. Terry and the other fine folks at the camp, who were in the middle of leadership training, were mega hospitable, and say the kids will be super pumped when they show up for camp next week. Yeah!! On to the next one!

Finesse Home Living Mural

Greetings! What's percolatin'? Here are a couple quick shots of the mural I just finished at Finesse Home Living here in Edmonton (better photos soon!), where I'll likely also be showing my newest group of paintings (which have yet to hit the internet) over the next several months. They got in touch with me looking for something graffiti oriented to go along with the furniture in their new Environment brand showroom. Environment is an L.A. based furniture brand that designs consciously and is extremely aware of its own environmental footprint, going the length of making sure their business is carbon neutral every year through carbon credits, among other things. One of their furniture lines is built from reclaimed Peroba Rosa, an endangered Brazilian wood. They reclaim the wood from old Brazilian buildings and refinish it, satisfying the demand for furniture made from it without harvesting any living trees. I wanted to illustrate this and the rest of the brand's identity through the imagery and feel of the mural, as well as create something big and bright to scare people when they come around the corner!

Be Relentless

Me and Tyler kickin' it.

Relentless (aerosol in collaboration with Tyler Huskins, 2012)

"Buffalo Marley"

Ayo! This is a piece I created in collaboration with a young cat, Tyler Huskins, in the Youcan office at Westmount Jr. High here in Edmonton. The fine people at Youcan got at me and asked to come in and show Tyler some things with spraypaint in a legal setting that he could potentially hope to earn money with eventually. The word 'Relentless' was chosen in reference to the office's style of youth work - they never give up on the youth. In that spirit, Tyler and I painted this piece in one 12 hour session. I'll be updating this post with better photos when I get a chance.