Havent had much time lately to keep up with whats going on but managed to catch up with Hi Fructose Magazine yesterday while waiting for a brief and came across the work of Korin Faught. Loving the paintings and the mini sculptures, beautiful. These photos (thanks to Hi Fructose) are from her show at the Corey Helford Gallery ‘Voices of the Lake’.

UPDATE!!! Juxtapoz have a video feature about Walton Ford on their site today. Good stuff, here it is…

JOYRIDE

I popped down yesterday to drop my work off.

Trails and Ales

Ted James (AKA Super Ted)

Tom James (AKA Taliban)

Found enough time to go for a pint with Ted James who’s portrait I did is in the show, check out his rad little workshop too. Stoked on grease and oil. He’s got some great stuff in the pipe bike fans! You can see some of his handywork at 14bikeco.

workshop - bikes and boobs

Had a little wander around the Truman Brewery too….

this piece is chipped out the concrete. nice

beautiful Honda cafe racer at stolen space

Sylvia Ji

Visited the Art From the New World Show at the Bristol City Museum and Gallery on Saturday. So chuffed! Its amazing. There are so many of my heros and heroines in this show so I was as excited as a kid to be there. Seeing work up close in the flesh with your own eyes cannot be surpassed in my opinion. To see the brush strokes, the detail, the flaws, the texture is unbeatable.

I’ve been a bit down hearted lately having seen a bunch of really awful so called art shows and works. Its been depressing. Art From the New World blow them out of the water with big ‘up yours’ to the waffer crap I’ve seen of late. My faith in craftsmanship and skilled artistry is once more renewed TF. Well, live and let live and all that but this is my opinion and I’m entitled to one, its my blog!

Here are some of my highlights… (sorry for the dodgy camera angles I wasnt thinking, my heart was pounding!)

Sylvia Ji

Dave Kinsey

Kinsey

David Stoupakis

Claire, Bump & Sylvia Ji

Sas Christian

Claire, Bump and Mercedes Helnwein

Mercedes Helnwein

Melissa Forman

Melissa Forman

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Josh Agle

David Stoupakis

David Stoupakis

Ray Caesar

Kent Williams

Henry Lewis

A J Fosik

Natalia Fabia

Natalia Fabia

Johnny Rodreguez

Johnny Rodreguez

Art of the New World is on at

The spoil of war

After a pretty long hiatus without sketching for fun I decided I was well out of shape and best get back in the rhythm. Here’s a couple of real quick studies I did from some old war photos. I just wanna loosen up and get used to drawing by instinct again.

last thread

Oh my gosh

HOLY CRAP! Look whats coming to town….

COREY HELFORD GALLERY in collaboration with BRISTOL’S CITY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY present ART FROM THE NEW WORLD

A Big Brash Exhibition of the New American Art Scene
Saturday, May 1 – Sunday, August 22, 2010
Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1RL

Free entry. Open daily 10am-5pm

Artists confirmed…..

JOSH AGLE (SHAG) JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER CHRIS ANTHONY VAN ARNO GARY BASEMAN RAY CAESAR COLIN CHRISTIAN SAS CHRISTIAN LUKE CHUEH COOP DAVE COOPER RON ENGLISH NATALIA FABIA KORIN FAUGHT SARAH FOLKMAN MELISSA FORMAN AJ FOSIK CAMILLE ROSE GARCIA MERCEDES HELNWEIN DAVID HOCHBAUM SYLVIA JI ERIC JOYNER DAVE KINSEY KUKULA JOE LEDBETTER HENRY LEWIS LOLA TRAVIS LOUIE MICHAEL MARARIAN ELIZABETH MCGRATH MIA BRANDI MILNE BUFF MONSTER MICHAEL PAGE MARION PECK JOSHUA PETKER CARLOS RAMOS JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ (KMNDZ) GRETCHEN RYAN MARK RYDEN TODD SCHORR KATHY STAICO SCHORR MIKE STILKEY GREG SIMKINS (CRAOLA) JOE SORREN DAVID STOUPAKIS ADAM WALLACAVAGE MARTIN WITTFOOTH KENT WILLIAMS

www.coreyhelfordgallery.com

Juxtapoz.com

Storm in a Tea Cup

One of my favourite homegrown artists Chris Bourke has a show in Brum this week. It officially opens this Thursday 29th April at Studio 4 Gallery at The Custard Factory, Birmingham, with free drinks and cakes from 6.30pm. Photos of the show being set up are at www.facebook.com/chrisbourkeart and www.studio4gallery.blogspot.com

Custard Factory

I hope I can make it back to the motherland to check it out. Chris’s work is ace. You might recognise it from the cover of Frank Turners “Poetry of the Deed” and he’s also had the cover of Modart not to mention countless skateboard related stuff (he owns and runs Spine Skateboard Shop in Worcester).  Good luck with the show Chris!

The Forte Brothers - Toby, Leo & Kye

Leo got the cover of Ride UK this month. Unusual and wonderfully unique as I would always expect of Leo. If you can get hold of the magazine be sure to sample his writing skills too. Theres an extract he’s written about Caspian Del Bergerac. Leo has many talents and some can be employed by your good self. Check his new website for some inspiration and hit him up if you’re in need of something unquestionably one of a kind. Ladies and Gentlemen, Leonardo Forte

Ride. Leo Forte Cover

Caspian Del Bergerac - Leo Forte

Jewellery Tree made by Leo Forte

Death Spray Custom - XS650 Bones

Came across the great paint and design work by Death Spray Customs via Sideburn Magazine. There’s some ace stuff in the portfolio and the blog is a good blend of bikes, motos, cars and design. Looks like the dude has a XS650 like me too. Good stuff