scorpion bay travels, green/flash surf, and good causes

I've been traveling a bit lately, taking advantage of some good surf and getting laughs and inspiration from the company I'm keeping and the colors I'm encountering.The Marshall brothers and I (shown below with friends during our recent Scorpion Bay trip) brought heaps of free sneakers down to Baja. The kids and adults went bananas, even the smallest ones.

Speaking of good karma and passing it on, I'm donating a small abstract work to Project Angel Food, an inspiring organization located in downtown L.A. that provides free and nutritious meals to men, women, and children with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other life-threatening diseases. My piece will be part of the GetArt4 fund raising event, with over 200 pieces of art donated and 100% of the profits going to Project Angel Food. A seriously good cause - art and humanity combined.

I've got some surfy pieces at greenflashartshop in Cardiff and the opening reception for "New Wave" is this weekend - Saturday, the 14th, if you're in the area from 5-9 pm. Ash Francomb and Kris Boline DeGrazio, co-owners of Greenflash, heavily into art and yoga, have been a complete breeze to work with. Check out their blog for info on past and future shows, as well as more scoop on "New Wave."

huffington post shout-out

Many thanks to Peter Clothier, great writer, thinker, and generally great person, for the kind words on my William Turner show on the huffington post. I just recently discovered his TED talk, which focuses on the "calling" each of us has and the importance of following it, as well as the paths we create to get there (or to clumsily attempt avoiding it). Good stuff, Peter.

Find out more about Peter by visiting his site and reading about his newest book, which I'm definitely going to be reading soon.

william turner opening follow-up

a great crowd showed up for saturday night's opening. thanks to all who were in attendance, SWELL peeps included, of course. it was a good time...show is up until march 12th. check it out here.

a rapt and lovely viewer

revellers

the crowd

me and jacqueline, the Everywoman of NYC

east coast show - 11 in 11

while my west coast show is soon to be hung in the next couple of weeks, i've got a few works on paper in this group show at nahcotta, a great gallery-cum-boutique run by deb thompson in bucolic portsmouth, nh. deb knows what she's doing with nahcotta and it's worth checking out, in person or online.

snubasaurus, jogu, hawaiian waves

i'm currently absorbed with pulling together the work for my upcoming show at the william turner gallery, opening on saturday, january 29th. introducing jogu (78" x 94"):

went to the northshore with my buddy olson, visiting with our pal scotty (golden-globe nominated!) in order to get my hawaii five-o fix. one evening, at dusk, i got this shot. pink sky and blue sea. most excellent. and the ping-pong games were epic, to boot.

upon my return, i designed a new board along with the help of shaper scott anderson. i wanted to make a fun, super functional board i've dubbed the "snubasaurus" (a 7'0"). test rides have proven it be a truly successful endeavor.

mele kalikimaka from the studio.
cheers!

H20s in Venice

come check out a collection of my h20 paintings at james' beach. a little fete to celebrate the show happens this sunday from 4-6 p.m. if you're in the 'hood, come on by. if you can't make it this weekend, the work will be up for a healthy stretch, so stop by whenever you can in the forthcoming weeks. happy autumn and h20s.

who's afraid of red, yellow, and blue?

here's a bit of the new work in the studio, an installation currently called "who's afraid of red, yellow, and blue?" measuring 60"high x 144"wide.

lucie has been riding this classic board of mine (on the right) and fred became insanely jealous, so i had another one made, fondly called "the red sled." the dogs can't wait to hit the waves, obviously. and the new board has quickly become one of my favorites, too.

rapt board dogs 
 it was the summer of swell, replete with barbecues and barbie-q's. more of this to come in varied variations. the story continues...venice to venice, a book in the works, stay tuned.