live painting at AIR gig in Bratislava

Almost 400 people signed up to win my painting of Otomarfi fish listening that I created during the day of AIR concert at PKO in Bratislava, Slovakia...the winner got to be Jana Sokolovska, on the picture with me bellow...I need to say Big Thank You to Michal Kascak who kindly invited me to do this...I did not get to see much of the gig, but I had Sexy Boy spinning in my head all day long that day:), the atmosphere was real Pohoda like and it was so nice to meet old and new friends there...check out the little film i made :):):)





MY LIVE PAINTING FIRST EVER VIDEO BLOG ENTRY EVER:)!! MAN I AM SO PROUD OF ME NOW:) Thank you Lord for iMovie!!

Prague

I have no idea how Sky Europe manages but we landed in Prague 19 minutes ahead of the schedule, what made the flight round 35 minutes (from Bratislava) :) great fun...

it was a nice few days, i really enjoyed being there again, not only to see friends but also just to feel one of the most beautiful cities i know...i will definitely come back very soon...

Bratislava

tourist in my own town...i love it

coming up...

new paintings

for journalist and great saxaphone player Marian Jaslovsky...


these are off to Australia soon...

Peel Here 2007 coming!!!

Los Angeles here we come :)!!! The best sticker show on the planet will feature large handpainted stickers of mine...all thanks to
Sticky Rick!!

http://www.stickyricks.net

new painting

I think it's time to start returning to good old days of doing this style...there will be more coming, I missed these guys...
This one is called Daydreaming is good for you.

More London...

Spent 6 days in Londontown, saw very nice and inspiring shows by Ventriloquist (his myspace page here)and Mark Geary (his myspace page here), walked a lot, filmed some, went to Chelsea Arts Club, got captured in photography by Brian Usher as previously reported, wrote new poems, read old poems at Toynbee studios, eaten nice food, talked for hours and hours with friends who I really had to catch up with...Here are some photos I took while there..





Chris Redmond(Ventriloquist)



Mark Geary at Troubadour

Mark Geary at Troubadour


North Finchley


Muswell Hill

Portraits by The Amazing Brian Usher

Brian Usher is a London based photographer who has been a dear friend of mine for many years. He writes for Royal Photographic Society Journal and F2 magazine as well as takes pictures of many wonderful people and places. His Cuban Malecon series are a true jewel. He photographed me over the years and it's always a memorable day when this happens. Enjoy!!

At the Edge photos

Here are a few photos from Atlanta show, there is a lots and lots more of nice work by many talented artists there... here are my favourites...the 3 pieces of mine are from 2001











photos come from Dr Janos Morton

Artwork residency at Working lunch cafe...

It will be work in progress, I plan to do several new pieces and in the future months I shall update the display, there should be some live painting in December at the cafe itself...Olivier makes great food, sells lots of nice sweets and the drinks are not bad either :) Working lunch cafe is located in the very centre of Harrogate, on Royal Parade (the roundabout where the Crown Hotel is)

At artspace@orb

This is the usual sight of me at artspace@orb, editing photographed work or playing music or working the myspace page...Thank You Mick Robinson for this pleasant picture...

At it...

Preparing for Peel Here 07 show in Los Angeles, mounting a set of large hand painted stickers...These two might not make it over so I thought I will post them here...

London

Went to London for my birthday, spent time with friends...took some pictures, walked a lot and filmed a bunch also...and eaten ton of sushi as usual.

New studio wildlife!!!

We went for lunch at Harlow Carr Gardens here in Harrogate with my friend Clare and I got these 3 in their plant centre. They live on the window of the studio now...:)



Morty the Cactus


Hubert the Lithops


Gertrude the Aloe

Talent Database feature!

Thrilled to announce that my profile got selected for
a feature on the main page of Art Portal at Talent
Database...click by and have a look!

http://www.talentdatabase.com/channels/1-Art
you are looking for this icon...

Melvin!!

This gentleman was originally cut out with a hot wire from insulation foam back in Amsterdam in 1998...traced him up yesterday to show him again...Enjoy!!

My work included in At the Edge show!

i copied this from the gallery website...don't know what pieces of mine made it into the show, Cathy Byrd, the gallery director and the curator of the show promised me photos so that is great news:) she selected what she liked in NYC, i have quite a lot of work at the Living Museum, i spent a long while at Creedmoor back in 2001-2002

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwgal



September 6 - November 8, 2007

Street Address:
Georgia State University School of Art & Design Gallery
10 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303

For information or to speak to the gallery director, call: (404) 651-0489

Email: artgallery@gsu.edu

Gallery hours:
Monday through Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 12 - 4 pm

This two-part exhibition presents art by adults and teenagers in residential treatment. While their lives are enclosed, studio practice frees the artists to translate their unique experience into work that moves beyond confinement. Please join us in a critical dialogue about mental health and the creative edge.

The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery
Georgia State University
Presents
Art from The Living Museum, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens, New York & Skylans Trail, Atlanta, Georgia

Youth Art Connection Gallery, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Atlanta
Presents
Art from The Bridge, Devereux, Hillside & Laurel Heights

Atlanta Artist Mentors: Benita Carr, Angus Galloway, Patty Gregory, Daniel Hoover, Lynn Marshall Linnemeier and Paul Rodecker

September 6
Opening Events
First Thursdays Downtown ArtWalk
5pm – 7pm: Youth Art Connection Gallery Teenage Edge Reception
5pm – 8pm: Welch Gallery Edge Reception
6pm - YAC Gallery Talk with Atlanta Artist Mentors
7pm - Welch School Gallery Talk with Cathy Byrd, Project Curator and Welch School Gallery Director, Andrea Weyermann, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer and Lindsey Zimmerman, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University

September 20
3pm
In the Realms of the Unreal: Documentary Screening and Dialogue with Susan Richmond, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Welch School of Art & Design, Georgia State University
GSU Arts and Humanities Building, 4th Floor Screening Room

October 4
First Thursdays Downtown ArtWalk
6pm
Living Museum Documentary Screening and Conversation with Dr. Janos Martin, Museum Director, Lisa Armistead, Ph.D. and Walt Wilczynski. Ph.D., Psychology Department and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University
GSU Recital Hall, Arts and Humanities Building

October 9
7pm
A Beautiful Mind: Film Screening and Dialogue with Elaine Walker, Ph.D., Psychology Department, Emory University
Fernbank Museum of Natural History

November 1 Final Event
First Thursdays Downtown ArtWalk
6pm
The Interactive Edge, a participatory performance with the Art Student Union, the Graduate Association for Students in Psychology and the Poetry Society, Georgia State University


http://www.gsu.edu/artgallery
http://www.youthartconnection.org
http://www.fernbank.edu/museum

new shop on Red Bubble!

i finally found a place that prints in real nice quality, so i am slowly uploading my designs to be available through there. all sort of things, cards, posters, framed prints, also t-shirts (but those i need to see first for the quality control...waiting for one to arrive) fingers crossed, i have a bunch of designs i want to go your way!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/mariaslovakova

here is the latest piece i completed this afternoon...titled 'Hello There!'