LVHC

stu from las vegas's folsom lent me the use of some lyrics for the cover of my book. so when he told me they were going to europe this summer and needed a tour poster i couldn't say no. i guess these fall more into the design category. since the girl and the snakes aren't mine, i can't claim it as my art. but the hammers, horns, background, and process are all give up.

printed 60 or so on lightweight smooth card. 50 to the band and 10 to keep. just finished them today so it will be a few days before the post office gets them to las vegas. after that contact folsom at myspace.com/folsom if anyone would like to pick one up before they leave the states.

a-front

went by a-front where they were putting together the final touches, getting ready to open doors. dropped off my pieces for the show that opens next friday.

fuck it

get bigger, grow stronger. increase visibility.
thirty six by fifty news.





this was under the bridge. funny.

new shows, new spaces

two shows in the same city in the same month.

march 21st, 2008
anthony correa and matt fuller have decided to take their combined years of experience in pretty much every facet of the skateboard industry and turn it into something a little more physical. offering up a new skate/boutique/gallery space under the name A-FRONT. located at 2205 washington next door to the darkhorse tavern, A-FRONT is like houston's answer to supreme or huf or ftc. with an even stronger emphasis on art. a fully functional gallery space, the shop's grand opening will also be the opening of their first show. featuring the art of GIVE UP and michael sieben, and the photography of travis howell and todd jordan.

march 28th, 2008
christian azul and gonzo 247, the guys behind aerosol warfare, have been deep in houston graffiti since the writers' bench and vhs videos and other things 90s. hosting parties, producing videos, curating gallery shows, and painting murals all in the name of the bigger picture. after a brief hiatus from the gallery scene they have decided to jump back in and re-open their gallery in a new location. this time on hutchins just east of downtown houston next to the old jenni's noodle house. they gave me my first solo show in 2005 and now three years later have offered me another solo show that will coincide with their grand re-opening.

even though these openings are close together hopefully everyone will come out to both, as each show will host a completely different body of work. directions, times, show duration, fliers, and other information soon as the dates draw closer.

no pictures this time.

lonely days and wasted nights. the book.

the first run of books came in yesterday. i never thought it would actually happen, but now shit's for real.

188 B&W full bleed pages of selected works from 2001 to the beginning of 2008. featuring posters, art, billboards, stencils, street installations, action shots, and all the shit that comes in between. perfect bound paper back 6"x9" with a color cover, the book comes wrapper in a translucent vellum printed dust jacket. packaged together with a 4.5"x6.5" photo card and 20"x30" screen printed poster.

$30 ppd.













after filling pre-orders there are allready very few copies left. contact ingivingup@yahoo.com for purchase information.

two/one

out of things to say. said it anyway. S.T. feel like shit/deja vu. blah blah blah.

austin day trip

after a relatively unproductive trip to corpus a few days ago i was left still feeling the need to take the show on the road. austin's easy and predictable and at least recently has been a generally good time. so why not. didn't really have a solid plan and for the first time in a while actually ran out of posters before glue. being unprepared is more costly after a 2 1/2 hour drive. but i'll still take the result.


put up some of the book posters for the first time



and these couch prints i haven't really been doing much with


been driving past this burned out gas station on I-10W for years but either the timing or preparation or motivation has never been right. finally hit it on the way home tonight.

the book

i've been working on this book for a while now. not exactly in secret, but it hasn't really been something i wanted to talk about until i knew it was really going to happen. and i'm not really going to say too much about it now other than that i got a finished sample from the publisher and i'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. i'll post more about the book and how to get one when the time comes.

for now i just finished a run of new prints to go along with and promote the book. a little smaller than usual, these are 20"x30". and not a numbered edition. but the same hand screened acrylic on newsprint.

and a super limited tshirt design of the same. printed in water based ink on 100% ringspun cotton tees.

contact at ingivingup@yahoo.com for information on purchase.

shipwreck

went to corpus christi yesterday with anthony. didn't do more than put up some stickers art wise. but that's not why we went.

met up with kris roberts at shipwreck tattoo...

...where anthony got an outline started on a new piece...

...reminiscent of this umbrella print from a while back.

this weekend

if anyone's in the L.A. area.....