Springfield Needs More Playgrounds

12′ x 6′ wheatpaste

Foreground:
Our youth holding a sign asking us to build a playground for them to play.
Background:
Elemental playground pattern that reads “At least this image asks you buy something for someone else.”

Springfield Needs More Playgrounds
At least this image asks you to buy something for someone else.

We’re bombarded with ads and commercials almost every second we’re awake. From pop up ads to billboards, we’re constantly being asked to buy something we usually don’t really need. Springfield’s growing, and it needs to embrace two important things, the arts and it’s youth, for it to continue to grow.

F the Prison Industrial Complex

Here’s a preview of the prison industrial complex tee I made that will be available at the Letter Shop.

Corporate Identity Bag

Here’s an image of my bag at the Bags in Toyland show. Awesome event!

Photo courtesy of Burro Bags.

Bags In Toyland Preview

Here’s the image that’s going be on one of the Burro Bags at the “Bags In Toyland” event in the Old Library downtown. The show is this Saturday from 6-9.

Art Walk Preview: I’ll be showing some stuff at the Letter Shop Tonight

I will be displaying a few pieces at the Letter Shop during Art Walk tonight. I’m selling each piece for $15 or less (basically the cost of the materials). I’m just thankful for the people at Burro for letting me put stuff up. Plus, it’s not about the money. I want people to walk away with some cheap art, and hopefully engage in conversations that stem from the images in each piece. I work in the commercial field where I make things that tell people buy, buy, buy; these pieces let me balance things out a little.

Mixed Media on Thrift Store Canvas

24×36 magnum sharpie, black and white acrylic paint, newspaper, acetate, and hand screen printed elements (on recycled paper)

Coming to a beach near you…(In the streets & on display)

Pics of the street art series elemental, and dress collaboration with reused422. Checkout the dress at the Oil Relief Silent Auction tonight at 323 Modernism.

Mad Tea Party – (In the streets…)

(Photo By UJ)

Glenn Beck – Communism Ain’t So Bad

Leftists like to say that another world is possible, but I was never quite sure of that until I started reading tea party websites. There, a government of leftists is not only possible, it’s on the cusp of seizing permanent power, having broken American capitalism and replaced it with a socialist state. Down that rabbit hole, Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel are communists, and “The Left”–which encompasses everyone from the Democratic Leadership Council to Maoist sectarians–is a disciplined and near omnipotent army marching in lockstep to a decades-old master plan for domination called the “Cloward-Piven strategy” or, as of January 20, 2009, “Cloward-Piven government.”
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The Good and the Bad…They’re Watching.

24×18 black ,white and red acrylic with black magnum sharpie

Art Walk Board IV Sneak Peek

Here’s the board I made for the Board IV show at Art Walk tonight. Make sure you come check it out. I’m selling the board for $15, but most importantly created it to shed more light on the construction of the enormous new courthouse downtown. I know the old courthouse is becoming overcrowded, and as our city slowly grows crime levels will rise. But why not use the money to invest in education?

If our children are being taught by motivated teachers, and we have programs like art, music, and recreation creating an inviting educational environment, the generations to come won’t have an overcrowded courthouse but a vibrant community.