My Art on MTV
Click the image to watch the video The ascensor (incline railroad) I painted last year in Valparaiso, Chile appears in the first clip of this video on MTV about street art. The paintings took thirty nights to finish. The cars are in movement every day transporting locals and tourists up the steep hill to a […]
The Mermaid Lagoon at House of Yes
I went to third annual Mermaid Lagoon ocean party at the House of Yes.It was magical, spectacular and so much fun! Enjoy the photos~ Mermaid Lagoon was created three years ago by Kai Altair as a way for her to give back to the ocean after the release of her debut EP ‘Star of the […]
Painting Urca Harbor, Rio de Janeiro
Here’s a little video of a painting made as an extension of the FlutuArte project. It was painted by Makatron, Bruno Smoky, Pazitos with help from friends. Enjoy!
Golden Dragon River Cruises
Life is sweet. I am thrilled to be back in New York with my family of friends. Lately we have been taking our golden dragon catamaran our for spins on the East River. The talented Walker Fee plays the guitar and we accompany him with drums as we paddle around underneath the massive Manhattan bridge. […]
Battle for Mau Mau Island (continued)
…continued photos by Tod Seelie Our gang arrived at Jamaica Bay, Queens and unloaded our freshly painted, sparkly, golden water dragon catamaran, and loaded it with ammunition, drinks, ice, fruit, and six Vuvuzelas (plastic African horns). We clothed ourselves in matching gold sequined swimwear. Bronze body paint, gold glitter and shimmering liquid gold fingernail polish […]
Return to New York and the Battle for Mau Mau Island
Do you ever experience synchronicities in your life that boggle your mind, things that are just too coincidental… just too unusual to be random chance? After five months of painting boats in Rio de Janeiro I come back to New York and the first thing I am invited to do is paint a boat. Swimming […]
Rio de Janeiro, The Last Day
It’s all very surreal. Tomorrow is my last day in Rio. We just celebrated the opening of the FlutuArte gallery with a big party at sea. It was indescribably amazing and the joy I experienced was overwhelming. Now, two days later, I feel a dull, sad feeling like no matter what I do I will […]
FlutuFESTA! A recap~
I awoke early with bubbling anticipation, kind of like the feeling I used to get as a child on Christmas morning, except this excitement was larger and threaded with pulsing anxiety. There was a lot to do. It was the big day of FlutuFESTA, the culmination of four months of hard work and sweat, four […]
FLutuFESTA = magic
I have so many words to describe the epic party that was FlutuFESTA… but I am exhausted and still decompressing so I will write it all tomorrow.
General Merriment
Tomorrow we float the high seas! We will make a procession with the art boats and tie them up into a circle in the middle of Guanabara bay. There will be music, there will be art, there will be lots of crazy people in costumes, there will be surprises at the jail(!) and there will […]