Hey Guys,

I recently went and checked out a show called "Prison Ink" around the corner from me at Crewest Gallery in Downtown LA. The show was all artwork made my prison inmates and the postcard enticed with the line "Immerse yourself in the fantasy world of an inmates mind." I had to check it out, and I'm glad I did. Unfortunately for you the show comes down on Sunday the 28th -but for those of you who can't make it I've posted some images here for you to check out. Enjoy!

sorry i havent posted in a while, i got the dreaded swine flue! but i live to tell the tail- oink oink-

if you get a chance check out the piece i did for the charity event hosted by Juxtapoz magazine- Power House Projects in Detroit-  the auction is now live at: http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/juxtapoz/

Sorry it has taken me so long to post a blog!! i got an iflip movie camera for my birthday and was totally addicted! my plan was to do frame grabs from the Iflip and little movies, but it took a really long time and i wasnt able to finish much. I do have a few photos here and there- And also wanted to announce that im  a great group show called "the Conquerors"-
featuring the works of Mark Bodnar, Mari Inukai, Bill McRight, and Bonnie Brenda Scott- the show is at Artspace in Raleigh North Carolina (birthplace of one of my favorite authors David Sedaris!) and runs from September 4- October 24th if your out there check it out!!!!  Lia Newman along with others worked really hard at putting this together! thanks Lia!!!

 We  flew out to Arizona for the closing party of Morgan's art show at at Perihelion arts

Greg Escalante and Annie A- on the plane ride out

it was super fun- their art walk is the biggest in the country! so needless to say it was packed!- Amy the owner of Perihelion threw us an awesome BBQ the next day where I had BBQ pizza for the first time- we also visited the Mesa Arts Center   what an amazing space!!!! If you are visiting Phoenix its a must stop destination!

i met these crazy people at the airport!

when we got back i was super excited to meet my new intern who was coming all the way from London- Miles Gavin- i was a bit nervous at first because on a whim i randomly agreed to let someone i met on the internet  stay with us for three weeks! But Miles turned out to be a perfect gentleman and a very talented artist . He had some really great ideas, and helped me tremendously!!  We also shared a  liking for macaroni and cheese,  mochi balls and horror movies!! 

Behind the scenes at a Morgan Slade Photo shoot-

Morgan's art show at Perihelion Arts in phoenix Arizona comes to a close this weekend. He was showing along side Richard Edson's "Beyond the Valley of the Microbops"  big portraits of tiny things! we weren't able to make it out to the opening because of the tour but were going out there for the closing party.

photo by Richard Edson - i want to kiss him on his nose, so cute!!!
For the show Morgan recruited the very talented and very beautiful ladies of Hairroin Salon to model for him. He was nervous to ask them so i did it for him- and they were like bikinis, mascot heads, were in!!! Hairroin owned by Janine Jarman is my favorite place to get my hair done!!! they are all super cool and don't give me a hard time about changing the color of my hair every time i go in!!!   if your looking for a place that can do anything check them out!!!!  champagne Friday's are always fun! !!!

 Hairroin's cute logo
we went out to Adele's the best costume shop in Hollywood and found a bunch of heads to brig to the shoot

thats my dear!

creepy!

the selection

King Tut chose his fav.

next the bikinis

then the fake tan!

Janine makes sure Irene doesnt have streaks!
Reyna Rodriguez grabs a snack and Blue and King Tut wish they were taller!
the legs of Irene Urias - bad dogs!!!!
from L-R- Reyna Rodriguez, Irene Uria, Shondra Leigh & Janine Jarman rule!!!

awesome!!!!!

grrrrrrrrr!!!!

the blur at the bottom of this photo is King Tut stealing Bikinis!

wise owl!

jared gold and myself at the snack bar

Irene, Reyna, Jared, janine, & Shondra

Blue even climbed the fence to get into the photo shoot!
some of the shots

works in progress

Trapped!

Morgan Slade hard at work!

if you are in Phoenix August 7 th come by and have a drink, Its also the opening of Bob Dob's new show "Black eyed Moiusketeers " Bob Dob rules- i once asked him how he got the name Bob Dod because he doesn't seem like the kind of guy that would go by an alias and he said that his real name was Bobby Dobby - his parents rule!!


painting by Bob Dob cant wait to see it in person!

Tomorrow we're going to be playing for  Shockhound TV in Hot Topic's Headquartes and then off to AZ and then i really need to get some art done or the folks at BSFA are going to kill me!!

Jarred Gold and Joshua Petker Fashion show!

The event took place July 30th at Club Social Hollywood- it was a collaboration between Designer Jared Gold and artist Joshua Petker, two humans i really admire! So i was flattered when Jessicka asked me to help host the event along with a ton of other super cool hosts , DJ's and entertainers (see list at Jareds website ). As a host i was required to hang around and drink Mohito's, I thought that  could handle that! The only sucky thing was that i forgot to bring my camera with a flash so i only got really crappy photos of the event!!! I appologize in advance-
mayhem backstage


trays of PBR's mmmmmmm


me and Joshua

Giddle Partridge , Rodney Bingenhiemer & part of Dave
My sister Sara (in the middle) and friends Rachel and Sherrie (L-R)


the back of someone- i really like the colors


Punk rock legend Don Bolles and Morgan Slade

heres pics of the runway show, sorry again for the crappy photos, the clothes were really outstanding, the hair and make up was amazing ( byt Hairroin of course!) and the models were stunning !!! these photos really dont do them justice! check out Jared's site for better pics!






because my pics were so bad my friends sent a few over to me!
These are from Clint Catalyst who was part of the evenings Red Carpet Riot Squad, and an all around stand up guy! (even if his pants wont stand up with him!!)
LilyLuLay, BeanerLaRue Clint Catalyst, and  OlgaKay. Highly reccomedned- BeanerLaRue's videos "Twilight High School Musical" and "Deena's Diet"

these photos were taken by "CuriousJosh" Reiss.-thanks Josh!
Josie Cotton, Jared Gold (the man himself!) & Clint Catalyst


Clint and adorable Audrey Kitching


Clint, queen of all things sparkly- Tarina Tarantino, and her husband Alfonso Campos

Killsonic lost their pant somewhere in the crowd!


 this photo was sent by Miguel Jose  who was on very good behavior that night!
Morgan slade, me, artist Doug aka Plasticgod &  his super sweet girlfriend (im a jerk for not remembering her name!!) and Coleen Duffy of world famous Devil Doll (check them out she has the voice of an angle even if shes a devil!)

next up- Morgan Slade's closing art show party in crazy AZ- behind the scenes at the photoshoot!

thanks for reading this!!!