PNTHR XPLSV!

The last piece I'll ever do for MTA/MGK. Thought I had posted this a long time ago but turns out it was just on Instagram. Might be a cool tattoo, but for now it will just stay a t-shirt design.

This year I had another opportunity to present a block printing demonstration at St. John's School in Vancouver and I have to say, I liked what I saw. I used an exercise developed by the Surrealists called the "Exquisite Corpse". The work shown is by students from grade 8 to 11. All designs were carved, assembled and printed by the students. 

LOOK!, 2013. Collage, bitmap

Macro-Predatory (Police Shark), 2010. Acrylic paint on raw canvas.

Some promotional material I made for the SCDSU at SFU. See more about Sustainable Community Development here.

Most, if not all collages I do are automatic. I don't really set out seeking a message, it just kind of comes through with the cutting and pasting of images. With the latest series of collages I've combined a series of images taken from 1980s communication arts magazines and other explicit magazines. 

This is an image I made for a friend of mine. The series attempts to take a rather humours look at the history of spirituality, meditation and enlightenment through representational imagery. The theme is drugs and spirituality throughout history, with a reference to a wide range of dogmas and beliefs. You can see more Da Monk work on my Logos page. 

Panther Head, 2013. Hand-printed lino-cut on paper. Did this from a sketch, transfered onto black soft linoleum with white transfer paper, then I traced it out with a lino-cutter. Did the background free-hand. 

Poster for this year's SUN FEST!!! http://sunfestvancouver.com/

"Stand for something or fall for anything" Linocut 2013

Listen to Dusty Bones Live EP by Dusty Bones.

- 2Pac

Lance Hidy, Leage of New Hampshire Craftsmen Jubilee 1932 - 1982 c. 1982 

Another throwback, wanted to show some of Mark's (Gold Canyon) great film work as he documents the last night of 2011. I love his transitions and layers in this video, and appreciate the way he is able to capture our friends in their most natural state. The video also shows a bit of my painting work and a reproduction of a Bridget Riley piece that I did. Although I can't help getting choked up seeing our late cat Nemo in the beginning, I can watch this video over an over again out of pure enjoyment and bliss that is expressed. Great video and a great song by Glass Candy,

A video I did a while back for my buddies the Farmhounds (formerly the Lovebomb Duo). More like a short film, the work utilized a pre-shot projection layered over live-action shots of the performers. In the projection the two are seen in a chase, with Joel (the drummer) hunting down Ricky (the guitarist) with an axe. At the end Ricky meets his fate yet is seen in live action form still alive, incorporating a kind of birth & death theme: although we ourselves are hopelessly mortal, we can attempt to immortalize ourselves with mediums like film. 

This is a bit of a throw-back, but I just wanted to show some work I did for MTA/MGK. The location is in some remote parking lot in Burnaby by the #1 highway. Had a great time filming this, thanks to Jordan Tang and Mark Gomez (a.k.a. Gold Canyon).