Well some great things happened for the KID! I was able to collaborate with the talented Whitney LeJeune on a huge piece, which was part of a fundraiser for Trustus theatre. We titled it "Vibrant thangs". This piece was 6x8, it featured some young ladies in very sexy poses along with the classic drips, stars, bubble letters streaks of explosive color. The response to this piece astonished me! I didn't think it was as WHOA as it was, so it took me off guard to say the least. A collaboration like that was unexpected, but because it happened people are now aware of the possibilities. I will say that piece is only the beginning of what she and I have in store, so get prepared!
On last weekend I went down to Charleston to visit some friends,one of which goes by the name Ian Morris. Ian is an artist's artist. He genuinely cares about artists as he is one himself. He's currently working in the Avondale section of Charleston setting up an all out Art Tabernacle, The 827. This space will be a gallery with 15ft walls, a gourmet coffee shop and cafe with a huge sound stage, and that's just for starters! The 827 will also have several artist studios, a creative science area, a classroom for teaching music and visual art, also a smaller gallery with a gift shop. The 827 is gonna change the art scene a bit in Charleston I believe, better yet South Carolina! The cherry in all this is Ian' s Homemade Genius will also be housed under the umbrella of The 827. I gotta chance to the space but truly Ian had me working non stop! On Friday I did an interview, then meet Geoffrey Michael Richardson, who is the creator and curator of the chART outdoor gallery in Avondale. He give me the history of chART and showed me some possible places I could paint a mural in. He also talked about the possibility of me painting a small piece before I left. I was excited and thought sure no sweat! Well the next morning it was raining and the temperature dropped tremendously! I thought to myself "you must love art to be painting in the cold and rain", but yes I'm crazy about art!!! So, I painted a small piece in the rain. I was also partly sick and on top of that most of body starting on numb due to exposure to the cold. I completed 90% of it that night, then my good friend Robin told me I should finish it tomorrow morning. Oh, I forgot to say it was timelasped filmed. Can you imagine scraping your fingers and not feeling them? I can, because I did on camera several times,which was hella funny too! On Sunday I finished the mural and also painted live while being filmed. Yes, it was FUN but it was work no doubt! I had a blast and meet some great folks too! In the late springI'll be returning to create a mural in Avondale during Spoleto! I'm crazy hyped about that, so be on the lookout for sketches!
Last but not least I showed several pieces at the Trustus theatre in conjunction with the play titled "Motherfucker with the hat". I actually had a four part piece featured in there, which was sold to longtime patrons of mine before the piece was completed. The piece is a style I've been working on for years attempting to nail down its composition, which I now have. This style is what you will see more of from me in 2014, so appropriately I signed with 14, instead of 13. The piece is titled 'Transcending self". Many thanks to the Herberts for supporting me!
Now, I collaborated on a violin with my Izms of art brethren Unzo unzini but that's for another day. The time is almost near!!!! Prepare yourselves for BEYONDER 2013!!! It's my solo exhibition for those who are unaware.
EL-Evation.."dreamers NEVER sleep"!!!
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