My art in the Two Boots Calendar, 2013
I just received word that my mural in NYC’s Grand Central Terminal is featured for the April page of New York’s beloved pizza pioneer Two Boots. Sweet! This painting is 22.5 x 6ft and took over four months to paint. It can be found in Two Boots pizzeria in the dining concourse in Grand Central […]
The Hearts of Haiti
What are the children like who grow up in the face of abject poverty? What is in their hearts? What are their dreams? Cité Soleil, Haiti We drive down a long jagged dirt road in Haiti, strewn with irregular rocks and holes. I sit in the back of the truck gripping the ceiling. A bag […]
Tap Tap painting
Twas a long day~~~ Here are some photos of a Tap Tap I finished painting today in Haiti. Tomorrow I travel to Rio ~ :)More soon…
Hello Haiti!
Haiti I step off the frigid air-conditioned airplane and step out onto the tarmac of the Port au Prince airport and into the hot Haitian sun. Usually when I step off an airplane I am bursting with joy and anticipation. Not this time. I check myself internally and I am really nervous, even scared. This is my […]
A Universal Heart for Haiti
There is not a lot of art on the street here in Haiti. In the week that I am here I would love to leave behind a Universal Heart. On a wall, on a truck, on a tap tap~ there are many possibilities, although I am leaning toward painting a tap tap if I can. […]
Farewell Cuba, Time flies
My last days in Cuba were filled with adventures and clues to a complex culture that I can only scratch the surface of in the short week I was there. In the last days I hung out with a new Cuban friend whom I met in Habana Vieja (Old Havana). An engineer and salsa teacher […]
Hearts of the World, Cuba
I grab my bag of paint and brushes. I stack the Hearts of the World panels that I recently silk-screened in the backyard of my Casa Particular (guest home) and Jorge picks me up in his car. We drive to a playground in Vedado, a neighborhood in Havana and sit at the edge of the […]
Cuba. In a little deeper.
My alarm sounds and I roll out of bed with squinty eyes and stumble into the dining room. People say Cuba is stuck in a time warp and the house I am staying in reflects that. In ways it reminds me of my grandparents house when I was a child. There are plastic flower bouquets […]
Moving Art
I love to paint a moving canvas (while still, of course). Art that moves comes alive and reaches places that a stationary wall cannot. While I am in Cuba I want to paint one of the classic vintage cars that are so representative of this country. (Photo from Changinggears.info) A truck I painted in Tokyo, Japan. […]
“Welcome to Cuba!”
I have begun another southern journey. I start with a week in Cuba and then move on to Haiti for another week. After Haiti I plan to spend a month or two in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to work on 13 Portals, an interactive art project that Brazilian artist Perola Bonfanti and I are scheming […]