COLLABORATION WITH BRANDON LACY CAMPOS - #2 - SUSAN BOYLE

Here is the result of the latest collaboration with Brandon Lacy Campos. Susan Boyle after the makeover? Image drawn by Brandon, transferred, cut and printed by myself.

COLLABORATION WITH BRANDON LACY CAMPOS

Brandon was so kind as to leave a drawing in my sketchbook, I decided it was cute enough to create a lino-cut out of it.
6 variations of the same print using the chine' colle technique.

CENTRAL PARK - EARLY SPRING

The weather today created the perfect environment for taking a walk through Central Park. Some of the trees were starting to bud, the crocus were blooming, and a Redtail Hawk was perched on the stone cliffs a few feet away from us on the edge of the turtle pond.

VIEW FROM BELVEDERE CASTLE


BRANDON LACY CAMPOS


REDTAIL HAWK


CENTRAL PARK WEST


MAKING DUMPLINGS - MEE NOODLE SHOP

WASHINGTON D.C.

I had a short trip to Washington D.C. to hang out with Brandon, talk about the book project and do some sight-seeing. We did manage to tour a bunch of the Smithsonian family of museums and saw some amazing artwork including a Paul Cadmus painting
“A Night in Bologna”


and a Thomas Hart Benton piece,
"Achelous and Hercules"


both of which I've only seen in reproductions. Unfortunately the chilly weather and freak snowstorm on Monday made running around a little more difficult than necessary and my original thoughts of getting some outdoor drawings done seemed impossible.

BRANDON - MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / PORTRAIT GALLERY


LOUISE BOURGEOIS SCULPTURE / HIRSHORN MUSEUM


U.S. POSTAL DEPARTMENT BUILDING


U.S. POSTAL DEPARTMENT BUILDING


THE CAPITAL


WASHINGTON MONUMENT

CALIFORNIA / PALABRISTAS

I had the pleasure of accompanying my partner, Brandon Lacy Campos and two of his fellow poets and spoken word artists, Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria and Lorena Duarte while they did a mini tour including appearances in San Francisco as well as San Jose. It was amazing to see the three of them connect with a freshman class of immigrant students in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. The kids couldn't get enough and asked them to come back... every friday. LOL

IN THE CLASSROOM





All three brilliant poets and performers are part of the collective of Latino artists named "Palabristas" (Word Slingers), based out of Minneapolis, Mn.



Check out their personal pages to read more about each of them and what type of poetry they write. I guarantee, you will not be disappointed

BRANDON LACY CAMPOS


LORENA DUERTE


RODRIGO SANCHEZ-CHAVARRIA

TWISTED

Often times when I feel myself stuck in a bit of an uncreative pass I'll grab whatever is closest and easiest to manipulate. Which would also explain why I have so many little wire sculptures all about the apartment. It ends up being an exercise to free myself up a bit and try to get the creative juices flowing without committing to a gigantic project. I also just so happened to have a printout of a pic I took of Brandon on my desk and decided that a wire portrait would be a fun challenge. Although I'm not 100 percent pleased with the results, it's a good first "sketch" and a good jumping off point for the next version.

MIAMI - SUMMERFOLK PRESS BOOK RELEASE

SUNSET


I just got back from a quick work trip to Miami. Fortunately, I was staying a beach pebbles throw away from the shore and despite the fact that I was busy during the day with work obligations, I did manage to have my breakfast coffee on the beach and end my day on the beach. I snapped a few pics as all of the early morning joggers and bike riders were getting their day started and I even managed to do a quick lino sketch.

MORNING NORTH


MORNING SOUTH


I think the last time I was in Miami was 20 years ago, so this was a treat for me. Monday evening I managed to go for a long walk on the beach and discovered that when I turned off the beach, I was in the heart of the area with all of the restored Deco hotels lining Ocean drive. Night time didn't really afford the best viewing opportunities to scope out the architectural details of these gems, but it was a pleasant and welcome surprise.

DECO BUILDING ACROSS STREET FROM HOTEL


In other news, I've paired up with Literary Artist, Brandon Lacy Campos and the folks at Summerfolk Press for a book of poetry with accompanying images from my "A Face A Day" series. We're still in the intitial book forming stages and are looking for a 2010 release date, but thought I would share the great news as this will be my first published book work. Stay tuned for regular updates.

GIRL ON TRAIN - "A FACE A DAY" SERIES

HOLIDAY IN FORT LAUDERDALE

I decided to try something different for my Christmas break this year. After finishing up with the Alice in Wonderland production in Baltimore, Brandon and I headed back to NYC for a few days before flying down to Fort Lauderdale to visit friends, hang out at the shore and relax for a bit.

FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH


BRANDON LACY CAMPOS


FLOWER CLOSE-UP


SEAGULL SCULPTURE


All in all, it was a wonderful trip. A few funky days inland in the beginning were quickly forgotten once we arrived at the shore for the remainder of the trip. Most of my previous trips to Ft. Lauderdale revolved around the beach, the patio of my friends apartment and drawing, painting and relaxing. This time, Brandon and I actually trekked around a bit and headed to the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale to check out an amazing exhibit of Carlos Luna's paintings paired up with a selection of Picasso's ceramic works. An interesting comparison because of their "exile" status and politically infused imagry but in my opinion completely unnecessary as Luna's work can and certainly does hold it's own. I stood in awe over his technical mastery his choice of subject matter, usage of typography in his work and the passion apparent in each and every painting shown.




May the new year bring all of you Peace, Love, Joy and tons of creativity. I know Brandon and I are looking forward to the new year and all of the possibilities it holds for us.

Peace - David

BRANDON LACY CAMPOS - JOURNAL COVER

JOURNAL COVER - LINOCUT



This one slipped through the cracks. I had produced it the day before Brandon arrived for his visit on Halloween to be placed on the cover of a writing tablet I wanted him to have in order to write during his trip and any subsequent trips he may take. I'm a big fan of creating art while traveling and have been known to lugg 20 pounds of art materials up the side of tropical forest mountains so that I could visually record my experience. Having had taken a recent extended trip to the west coast with Brandon, I knew that he too found pleasure and inspiration in writing while vacationing and wanted to provide him with a personalized journal of his own.

HALLOWEEN 2008

For Halloween Brandon and I decided to head up through Central Park and make our way over to the Metropolitan Museum as he had never had the opportunity to visit the museum before and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to check out the foliage in the park, try out Brandon's new camera and show Brandon some of my favorite parts of the museum. Afterwards, we met up with a couple of his friends for a quick bite to eat and then headed back through the park towards the apartment where we quickly discovered that the place we were planning on purchasing pumpkins for the nights carving festivities was sold out. Lucky for us, as we passed Columbus Circle I remembered that there's a Whole Foods store in the lower level of the Time Warner Bldg.. Hoping that they would have pumpkins that were not some specialty variety grown on the mountains of the Himalayans and selling at $29.00 a pound, we stopped in and were pleasantly surprised to find that not only did they have pumpkins, but all sizes were $5. Needless to say, we ended up having to take a cab home because of the size of the ones we picked out. They were easily in the 40-45 pound range and by far the biggest pumpkin i've ever purchased.

As the evening progressed and our friends gathered, we enjoyed wine, dinner, and then promptly got right down to business cleaning out and carving our beautiful pumpkins. I'll be posting more pictures of the actual event and the end result as I gather pics from the others cameras.

BRANDON - CENTRAL PARK


CAROUSEL - CENTRAL PARK


RELIEF SCULPTURE - CENTRAL PARK


BRANDON - TEMPLE OF DENDUR / METROPOLITAN MUSEUM


TILDON - MIDWAY THROUGH THE PUMPKIN CARVING