Giclée Prints

I am now offering reproductions of my work through Society 6. Printed as gallery quality Giclée prints. 3 new prints available here.

Haight Street Mural, San Francisco

Myself, Zosen(Barcelona) and Doodles(SF) all worked on a mural in conjunction with Upper Playground. The creation of the mural turned into a crazy, public art learning drama. To read about it and see more many more photos, please visit Islands Fold's site.

Dogs in School on Art Bastard

Here's an image for Patrick Pendergast's upcoming "Dog's in School" art project. More info to come. I posted this image on a new profile and mini interview I have with Art Bastard. A wonderful online resource for "urban" contemporary art. Although I feel more like a "rural" artist.

Tangents Group Show

A Giclée print from the series available here.

Sidewalk chalk drawing, Haight St, San Francisco

Greetings! From Gumdrop Mountain

Book cover for Jordan Stewart's new book available through Loose Teeth Press.

Juxtapoz Charity Auction

http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/juxtapoz/catalog_items

Love It Or Leave It at 111 Minna, SF

I'll have over 70 drawings in this wonderful group show curated by Marco Zamora.
More info and pics at Fecal Face.

Phish

I did some work for the legendary band Phish. Their new album is now available, and they also have a box set that comes with ten individual Limited Edition posters (designed by a different artist for each of the album's ten songs.) I made a psychedelic poster for one of the songs.

Prepare For Pictopia

This is the second Pictoplasma book I've participated in. I feel fortunate to say that this is one of my favorite books to be a part of. Too many artists to mention, but I'll mention some favorites included: Shobohobo, Eric Shaw, Matt Lock, Friends With You, Jeremey Dower, Mark Ryden and an essay by Paul McCarthy. Pictoplasma are from Berlin, but they are representing the world of character design and art. They publish quality books and host mega conferences and exhibits. See what all the fuss is about and pick up a copy: http://publishing.pictoplasma.com/

Good Vs Evil Magazine 3

Here's my pages for this issue about Man Vs Mescaline. It has allot of artists I enjoy, like Jon Boam and Shobohobo. Check it out and get a copy while it's still in print: www.goodvsevilmagazine.com

In Zines

Here's a couple images from zines I'm in. The first is from "Chinese Wax Job", a zine from Hawaii that also includes submissions from Travis Millard, Ben Jones and other radness. The second is in the "From Dust" zine made by Errol Richardson, which includes Jon Boam and other good folk.

Buttons

Here's a couple buttons. I made one "I love Love" button, and thousands of the "Amero" button were made for Busy Beaver's Button O Mattic dispensers. The Amero is a conspiracy theory about the US/Canadian/Mexico currency that has been printed and coming soon....? Who's knows? The money makers are all about world domination ( i.e" The Euro"), so it's a theory I'm, not brushing off.

Paul Paper

My submission for this fun project: http://www.couldbe.me/

Maurice Album Art

Maurice just put out a new album with Warner Records. I designed the album art for it. Maurice are a rocking band from Victoria, B.C. http://www.myspace.com/wearemaurice

F5 Magazine

Here's a cover I did for F5, a Russian weekly magazine. The issue is about the collective mind online.

Collective Edition Tee

Here's a design for Collective Edition Tees. Based in Australia, they offer up limited edition tees from artists who I admire.

Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta

Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture Center's Third Annual 12-Hour Drawing Marathon on August 1st, 2009.

Art & Sole at El Kartel

Shoe show with our homeboys/gals at El Kartel, Oct 2009. Info about show and book: here.

Street Work

Put up around downtown Victoria, B.C, Canada, July 2009.

H Magazine

Projektor Studio hired me to make this cover for H mag, a high end fashion magazine in Italy. The actual publication is printed really large in size (16" x 22"!)

June Online Exhibition

At: artforemtywalls.com

100 Ways To Live

In March I participated in this group show in Toronto put on by Halo Halo Silkscreen Studio and Workshop. They are doing some really interesting projects and supporting the arts community in a big way. halohalo.ca

The Walrus Magazine

Every time I look at a new issue of The Walrus, I see contributions from artists I love. A few Islands Fold artists have been published in this magazine. I contributed these editorial drawings for the book review section of the May 2009 issue. walrusmagazine.com

Thumbs to the Heavens, May 9th 2009

My piece for Wonder Fair's group show sold, and the title of the piece was written on the cheque. I thought it was very fitting, funny and ironic.

wonderfair.com

Broken Compass Beer

My good friend Dave Werth has started an award winning home brew company. This is a logo I made for it.

Society 6

I was just invited to join this exciting online arts community called Society 6. I posted a collection of drawings on my profile titled "No Fancy Cover."

Free Drawings #4

My contribution is on the right. This awesome free art paper from Toronto put out by Jesjit Gill is large in size and content. Issue #4 includes some of my favorite artists: Shane Ehman, Keith Jones, James Kirkpatrick, Jason McLean, Jonathan Petersen, Owen Plummer, Eric Shaw, Fiona Smyth, Michael Swaney and many more. Send drawings to: frrr.drwngs@gmail.com

The Tortoise and Swans

One time, there was a forest fire. And all the birds and the creatures started leaving, and there was a tortoise that was left, and the fire was happening, the tortoise was really slow and he's making his effort to leave. And there were two swans, and they flew by. And they came by this tortoise and said, "We can save you, we will save you and there's a way." And one swan said, "I will take a piece of a stick in my mouth, and the other swan will take the other part of that stick, and you should hold onto that stick in the center of your mouth, and we'll take you in a safe place towards the sun. But one thing that you must remember is that no matter what happens, do not speak because if you start to speak, you will fall down." And the tortoise said, "Yes, you're very kind, I won't speak, I won't say anything." So, both the swans picked up that stick and the tortoise held on by its mouth, and they started to fly and they flew over the villages, flew over the cities, and people started looking at this, and they've never seen this before. And people started clapping. And this tortoise is looking down and thinking, "Oh, my gosh, all these people are clapping for me." And he couldn't hold it. And he said, "Thank you." And as soon as he said, "Thank you," his mouth opened and he fell down.

A few months ago I was proposed to animate this story for Prem Rawat. I've never really animated before and couldn't quite get momentum on this project, so it never happended. I ended up using images for this story for some work with Poketo.

Cartoon Pitch

A few years ago, I was hired to pitch a style for a National Geographic Kids cartoon. I wasn't awarded the job, but thought I'd put these up. I tried to add little elements of my style into it, but I think they ended up looking too safe and generic. Although, I like the snot.

Kanye West's Blog

Seems silly to post on my blog about being posted on another person's blog, but that other person happens to be Kanye West so I'm flattered. I've been a huge fan of Kanye's blog for some time. Please check out his tastes in contemporary art. I think his finger is always on the pulse. I don't care how big his ego is. He's introducing allot of amazing art I've never seen before.

Erotic Art Book

I have this two page spread in the new Grafuck Book of Erotic Art. I sent three pieces for the art show and book launch at Nucleus Gallery in LA.

Renter

I have to move from the house I rent. Something I had to do this time last year. This piece is about my feeling on the matter. It will be in the 100 Amigos exhibit at El Kartel in Vancouver, Opening April 4th, 09.

Danny Deleto

I made this album art for this rad music outfit called Danny Deleto. They are into allot of the same music I enjoy and their music is super. Their new album is available for free on their website, so please check them out. http://myspace.com/dannydeleto

Cut It Out

This show at Open Space in New York was curated by Mike Perry. The title of this show makes me think of Joey from the sitcom Full House. ~View pics of show here~

Good Dog Happy Man Album Art

Here's some album I art I did for this indy rock & soul band from Utrecht, Netherlands. ~Website here~

Isalnds in LA

Islands Fold teamed up with Poketo and Los Angeles artists Travis Millard, Marco Zamora, Derek Albeck, Joel Speasmaker and James Gulliver Hancock with guest appearance from Doodles. I included these pieces for this one day event held at Poketo Studio, Los Angeles,

Feb 27th, 2009. ~Many pics and info here ~

Didn't Make It

Perfect bound full color book of a bunch of random photographs and art I made between 2006-2008. Available at Islands Fold.

Penned

Here's a drawing I have in the Penned show.

It is next scheduled for March at Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC, then on to Ellipse Arts Centre, Arlington, VA and Artscape, Baltimore, MD in July.

Headquarters Gallery, Montreal

Nothing Fancy Volume 9

Zach Gibson curates this impressive online magazine.
Volume 9 includes myself plus some artists who's work I love, like Cody Hudson, Esther Pearl Watson, Joel Speasmaker, Mark Todd, Mel Kadel, Miskai Kawai, Travis Millard and more.

http://www.nothingfancyvolumes.com/v9/nfv9.html

Color Magazine Green Issue

For the current "Green Theme"issue of Color Magazine.
This issue also has a rad comic by Geoff Mcfetridge.

Poketo Wallet and Mug

Here's a wallet and a wrap around design I made for a Poketo mug. It has a variety of animals on it. We all love animals and spending money and drinking. Poketo are putting out some colorful products and working with allot of artists I enjoy. Wallet availble here. Mug available here.

Waiting For The Miracle at Together Gallery, Portland

I made these drawings for this group show at Together Gallery. The drawings accompanied a zine I made titled "Where is God?" Available at the show and later on islandsfold.com

Adult Swim Calendar 2009

Adult Swim hired me to draw my take on the Meatwad character from the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Cartoon Network. It's for a 2009 calender that Ben Jones did the cover for. Available here: http://www.williamsstreet.com/cat/Adult-Swim-2009-Calendar.html

Deth to False Everything Issue Two

CAPC, musée d'Art contemporain de Bordeaux, France

I am participating in a Pictoplasma Exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, France. Opening Dec 31st, 2008- Jan 14th, 2009. Pictoplasma is putting out a book titled Pen to Paper. Various artists from this book were invited to exhibit for this show. The show moves on to Berlin's Haus der Kulturen der Welt art institute in May, 2009. This is my first time showing art in a museum, so I decided to spend a week on the biggest, most detailed drawing I've ever done (19" x 25"). It's titled" Bent" and was drawn using one pen.

I also sent out this series titled "Heart and Mind." This is a story that shows the transformation of a baby to an elderly man. The baby's mind is born with a peaceful mind, but as it grows older it's mind becomes corrupt. The heart eventually prevails. Allot of my work explores ideas about the balance of heart and mind. This story was published in Cafe Royal (UK) Number Two.

Kid Onion

This is an image I did for a Kid Onion show that opens in France, November 29th. There's a bunch of other artists I like who are involved.

http://www.myspace.com/delkographik

SARAH Magazine

This magazine is a benefit for Sarah to raise the money for her second ear surgery.

Sarah was born almost deaf and recently got a cochlear implant in her right ear, which helps her hear sounds she never realized existed. The second implant in her left ear has been scheduled for 2009, but since medical insurance will only cover one operation, she'll have to pay the full 25.000 euro bill all by herself... To help her out, 100 artists join forces to realize a publication and donate the full proceeds to her operation.

http://www.myspace.com/sarah_magazine

Art Basel Miami~ KNOW Exhibit- Gen Art Vanguard Fair, Dec 4-7th

above image titled" Know Where to Breathe"

Curated by Mark Muphy
Featuring:

Jennybird Alcantara : David van Alphen : Ana Bagayan : Robert Bellm : Jonathan Bergeron : Mike Bertino : Cathie Bleck : Jonathan Boam : Darren Booth : Brandon Boyd : Katherine Brannock : Calef Brown : Ryan Bubnis : Marc Burckhardt : Christopher Buzelli : Ray Caesar : Luke Chueh : Dave Chung : Robert Connett : Molly Crabapple : Amy Crehore : Brian Despain : Xiaoqing Ding : Leslie Ditto : Doodles : Ekundayo : P-Jay Fidler : AJ Fosik : Andrew Foster : Ken Garduno : Ill Gill : Matt Haber : Moira Hahn : Robert Hardgrave : Ryan Heshka : Vincent Hui : Jordin Isip : Jason Jacenko : Levon Jihanian : Ron Job : Dan Kennedy : Kinoko : KMNDZ : Zane Kozak : Kukula : Travis Lampe : Daniel Hyun Lim : Tommii Lim : Jen Lobo : Lola : Dan May : Brandi Milne : Mark Murphy : Joel Nakamura : Andrew Neyer : Clinton Neuhaus : Kathie Olivas : Brandt Peters : Jenn Porreca : Luke Ramsey : relAx one : RG : Mark Ryden : Chris Ryniak : Erik Sandberg : Mijn Schatje : Jeffery Scott 92501 : Kim Scott : Jeff Soto : Nathan Spoor : Matt Stallings : David Russell Talbott : Yoko Tanaka : Gary Taxali : Peter Taylor : Jon Todd : Joe Vaux : Alexei Vella : Jonathan Viner : Marco Wagner : Cynthia Walton : Nicholas Wilton : Martin Wittfooth : Davey Wong : Johnny Yanok : Marco Zamora : Chet Zar

http://murphydesign1.blogspot.com/

Global Symphonic

Here's an image I did for Global Symphonic, which they are using for their eMusic profile. G S is an awesome record label based in Vancouver. Sunset Rubdown and Frog Eyes have records with them. Two bands I enjoy very much so. This drawing was in the Black and Bright show at Grass Hut. I titled it "Theo," because it reminds me of a Theo Ellsworth drawing.

Helsinki Biennale

This is an installation with other contributing artists. The Helsinki Biennale in Finland opens October 25th and goes through to January 25th.

Finding Joy

Two years in the making, 2 years on the shelf and now the entire Finding Joy comic is in print.

Thanks to Anteism, this 80 page perfect bound book includes a two-color silkscreen print. Each copy is personally signed with a little drawing. Half of the book is a comic about finding inner peace. The other half is a collection of photos, comics and drawings about a hare character that was prominent in my work from 2004-2007.

~Finding Joy is available here through Anteism Publishing ~

~video ad here~

Lifetime Collective

I've been making designs for Lifetime for a few years now. This feller is wearing one of the newest designs. The image was painted at my Space 1026 show back in 2005. Lifetime Collective works with allot of artist and bands I admire. View their new website here: Lifetime Collective

Ice Cream People

left image by Luke Ramsey 2008,

right image by Gary Panter 2008

From Brian Butler's: Ice Cream People Project

October Group Shows

Here's a few flyers for some group shows I'm participating in. Two Islands Fold exhibits in Copenhagen and Portland, and two mega group shows, one at Rough Trade Records, London, England, and the other at Studio Number One, Los Angeles. I really feel that this is a special period of time to be an artist. So many people coming together and sharing. I love seeing how many gifted artists are involved and how accessible everyone is.

Metropolitan Sept Cover

I did a cover for The Metropolitan back in 2006. This is the new one. I also write a monthly "In Print" column for reviewing zines and small press projects. The Metropolitan is a really quality free mag available in Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. It's nice to be a part of something that always seems to be growing for better.

http://www.themetropolitan.ca/

Black and Bright at Grass Hut

OVER & OVER~ a catalogue of patterns

Mike Perry has done it again. He's made another bang-on book. This time it's about patterns. I have a four-page spread in it, including collaborative patterns with fellow Islands Fold artists Peter Taylor (above image) and Daniel Gonzalez. It's a pretty big book and can be found in most big shops. Or can be bought from Mike's website.

Portland Publications

Rusty Jordan put together this comics and drawings collection with Tender Loving Empire.
Below cover by Mike Bertino. Book includes myself , Drew Beckmeyer, Ron Rege jr ,Brent Harada, Hector Serna jr, Thomas Crawford, Rusty Jordan, Matt Furie, Dave Nuss, Robyn Jordan and Grant Reynolds.

Portland is a great place for comic and zine shops. It's got Grass Hut, Reading Frenzy, Tender Loving Empire, Together Gallery and the always awesome Floating World Comics.
Below is the cover for DIAMOND COMICS #2. The second issue of Floating World Comics' experimental comics tabloid. This issue also features work from Evan Meister, Barnaby Ward, Bald Eagles, Kevin Hooyman and more.

These four drawings are available for sale at The Beholder.

Carousel 23+ group show

These works will be available at the show.

Here's an 8 page spread in the upcoming issue of Carousel#23. I did the letter "O." This issue will also feature a 12 page article and interview on Islands Fold. I'm very excited, because Carousel is one of my favorite publications.

Breathe Tee-Now Available

Artevist offers activist-inspired designs all in the name of positive change, global causes and awareness. My "Breathe" organic cotton tee is now available for purchase.

This design has five trees with the middle tree's arms around the others. The word "eat" is highlighted from the word breathe. Humans need to breathe, eat, and have shelter to enjoy life. I think trees are a good symbol of providing such things. When we're hungry, we eat. But with the breath, it comes regardless of whether it's acknowledged or not. I feel that having gratitude for breath is a beautiful way to start the day.

In Us All Tee- Now Available

The original 11" x 17" drawing with watercolor, is for sale with The Beholder.

Here's a photo of a young man wearing the most insane design I've ever had the pleasure of making. It has 9 colors on it and a back print too! Please visit Threadless to consider purchasing one of these tees. I did the drawing after being on a herbal cleanse. I really missed eating bread while detoxifying my body. I also believe that it's within "us all" to take good care of our body, mind and soul. So going without certain treats is a healthy choice once in a while. That said, I do have a hard time going without my fix for dark, fare trade chocolate.

My Nephew Sam's Room

Of all the previous posts about art happenings and such, I'm the most excited about this one. As a house warming gift to my friends Sarah and Steve, and a birthday gift to their one year old son Sam, I recently painted this mural in Sam's bedroom. If you or anyone you know is interested in having a room custom painted by me, then I will gladly respond to serious inquiries.

Magnet Magazine #79

The current issue of this awesome music magazine, has this full page ad I did for Global Symphonic Records. The Hot Chip poster below gave me ideas for the style of this ad.

New DAMAGE Tee

My friend Daniel (Damage Clothing) is one of the hardest working artists I know. I had no idea he was going to make my drawing look better than I thought. This tee is now available through Islands Fold.

Untitled Magazine #2- Swimsuit Edition

I have some spreads in Mike Perry's new fashion mag. My drawings with model Lauren Karazija and Anthony Wallace's photography. It's a really beautiful publication, that I highly recommend picking up. It will not disappoint.

Zune Arts

I designed this drawing that can be engraved onto a Zune portable music player. I made this poster too. I was apprehensive at first, but with good advise from fellow colleagues, I decided to embrace this project. I realized that getting paid for something I love to do is a nice opportunity to fuel personal projects. I am thrilled with how it turned out and appreciate Ramiro Torres' interest in my work. There's some secret imagery in my design, but I'll leave it a secret. The image is about worshiping unknown gods. It's also about being one with a collective of like minded individuals, but moving to one's own beat. I'm not a huge fan of countless technological products being thrown in the dump everyday, but I am a fan of music and art fusing together. I hope that when someone's Zune eventually kicks the dust, they'll like the engraved art enough to keep it on their shelf. The first image above was my original proposal.

Abracadabra Book

This is my spread for Anteism's Abracadabra Book, produced and curated by past Islands Fold residents Brooke Semple and Cody Haight. The book is now available through Anteism.

The magician character also appeared in Mark Price's (Space 1026) silk screened zine " Everything is Awesome All The Time." ~Available here~ right image by Kyle Schmidt

Crocodile Tears- Group Show GRNY

Pony Club Gallery

On Spec Spring Issue

All In Together Now- Together Gallery

Radar Eyes Print Show

Curated and presented by Seripop and Reuben Kincaid,
March 7th - March 22, 2008 Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago Il

Featuring the work of:

Featuring work by: Seripop • Xander Moro • Michael DeForge • Ron Liberti • Daniel St George II • Cody Hudson • Sakura Maku • Zeloot • The Little Friends of Printmaking • Justin Gradin • Jesjit Gill • Tom Hohmann • Nolen Strals • Delicious Design • Nina Logan • Mark McGinnis • Raphael Lyons • Lisa Ceccarelli • Dominique Pétrin • Rob Churm • Keith Herzik • Urban Inks • Dan Grzeca • Christopher Norris • J. G. Pizzoli • Luke Frost • Gunsho • Tim Gough • N Freibert • Alphonse Raymond • Other • Dernier Cri • Bongout • Devon Varmega • Matt Hart • Dan William • Tetsunori • Push The Button • Dave Bailey • Michael Comeau • Mille Putois • Sonnenzimmer • Mike Krol • Lizz Hickey • E*rock • Brent Wadden • Paul Nudd • Matthew Lock • Jared Connor • Alvaro Ilizarbe • Luke Ramsey and others!

Balls Out Group Show-Grass Hut, Portland, Mar 7th

Here’s who’s coming to play- * Esther pearl Watson * Mark Todd * Luke Ramsey * Martha Rich * Scrappers * Bwana Spoons * Andrew Brandou * Martin Ontiveros * Le Merde * Cupco * Wrecks * Carson Ellis * Brian Ralph * Jeff Soto * Roberta Alyward * Dawn Riddle * Shawn Wolfe * Chris Johanson * Kiyoshi Nakazawa * Rodney Alan Greenblat * David Wien * Maija Fiebig * APAK * Ryan Jacob Smith * Tim Biskup * James Jean * Lisa DeJohn * Reuben Rude * Will McCurtin * Evan Harris * Monica Canilao * Evah Fan * Deth P. Sun * Jesse Reno * Ron Reggie Jr. * Kurt Halsey * Clutch * Ryan Bubnis * Chris Ryniak * Arbito * Oliver Hibert * Spencer Hibert * Dave the Chimp * John McCambridge * Colin Johnson * Jun Seo Hahm * Amanda Visell * Joshua Herbolsheimer * Mark Nagata * Farel * Scott Saw * Meredith Hamm * Skinner Davis * Cho-Chan * Jill Bliss * Souther Salazar * Gary Baseman * Kristin Cammermeyer * Mark Warren JacQues * Corey Lunn * Corey Smith * Maja Nakazawa *

Limited Run-Print and Zine show

at OPEN SPACE-

510 MAIN STREET - BEACON, NY 12508
December 8th - February 2nd

THE SPREZZATURA MAZE, Scotland

KNOW- Art Basel Miami

KNOW-Exhibition and Art Books

Curated by Mark Murphy

Art Now Fair : Art Basel Miami
December 6 – 9 : 2007
10 am - 8 pm
Claremont Hotel
1700 Collins Avenue (17th St)
Miami Beach : FL

Feature in Juxtapoz Issue 82

Write-up in feature:

Playing with organized chaos and being busy is a habit I can’t always free myself from. Fortunately, I have a special friend who reminds me to be still and feel peace. There's this beautiful gift called life. I can look at it and analyze it. I can also open it up and soak up all it’s offerings. For me, an artist's success shouldn’t always be measured by what he or she has done. Success is about enjoying the journey, because joy offers the most rewards. There are struggles along the way, but these challenges keep things flowing. I guess there's a reason why joy doesn't always pay my bills- it's priceless. This is why I love the Islands Fold Artist Residency I created with my partner Angela. It offers me an opportunity to grow things for the community art farm.

Open Your Eyes Your Dead,Tradition,LA

Snack Isle: group show at GRNY, October, 2008

Srange Brew at BLVD Gallery, Seattle

Interview between Luke Ramsey and Claudio Parentela

~Interview link here~

Metropolitan interview

Download interview here: http://www.imetropol.com/zine.html

Face Hooked

I wrote an article about this design on the website Now Public. My friends Pablo and MJ bought the design and printed it with their clothing outfit Devotion 4. The heads in this pic are by Irana Douer.

Dorado Gold

Dorado Gold album cover by Luke Ramsey. Released 2004. Melodic Punk Rock from San Diego. This band is no longer, but they rocked it back in the day.This album is still available.

Post Typography Alphabet Exhibition

Post Typography curated show, Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography, will be in Orlando, FL this month. Hosted by AIGA Orlando, the opening reception will be held Thursday, July 19 at Doug Scaletta Photography Studio. The exhibition features more than 60 experimental, innovative, and illustrative interpretations of the roman alphabet by 48 international artists, designers, and typographers including A J Purdy , Luke Ramsey and Andrew Jeffrey Wright. This show is getting around to many places. For more information, please visit the Alphabet website: www.posttypography.com/alphabet

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Art:

Dearraindrop, Daniel Erban Portfolio, Jesse Harris, Shawn Kuruneru,Mark Laliberte,Billy Mavreas, Jason McLean, Paper Machete Portfolio,Luke Ramsey and Balint Zsako

Heart Tee for Devotion4

Here's a crazy design for Pablo and MJ's Devotion4 clothing line. These shirts can be purchased at El Kartel in Vancouver.

Giant Robot SF- Tree Show 3- July 14th

Includes Islands Fold artists: APAK, Luke Ramsey, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Matt Moroz, Matthew Feyld and James Kirkpatrick.

http://www.gr-sf.com/

Pictoplasma- Character Encyclopaedia

This is by far one of our favorite books on our library shelf. It's a hard cover, leather bound, 385+ page collection of international artists and their character designs. It includes artists Luke Ramsey, Friends With You, Gary Baseman, Shobohobo, Nanaspore, Dennis Tyfus, Jesse LeDoux, Mr.Werewolf, Showchicken, Jeremy Dower, Lennard Schurmans, Sascha Hommer, Stefan Marx, Sune Ehlers, Bas Kosters, Doma, Tim Biskup, Akinori Oishi, Marta Antelo, Wonderfarms, Dave Cooper and many many more.

Order a copy while its' still in print- this book will not disappoint.

Moodofoodo Comics

These are comics about my mood with food. Ange and I are amazed at how devalued food is in society. Farmers should be paid lawyer wages and terminator seeds are insane! Food shouldn't be labeled "organic" it should just be that way. People care more about the fuel they put in their cars than the fuel they put in their bodies. I'm not exempt from ignorance, I've eaten my share of non-foods. Anywho, the Baloney Bologna comic was printed in color for Seattle's paper The Stanger. The entire collection was included in Islands Fold's Boing #1.

Hand Job-A Catalog of Type

This gem of a book composed by Michael Perry has selected works by myself, A J Purdy
and an impressive list of other artists. A J Purdy and I have the letters A-Z to separate each section of the book.

Available here:http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Job-Catalog-Michael-Perry/dp/1568986262

Tip the Bottle of Third World Poverty

I painted this on the front wall of the Fifty Fifty Artist Collective in Victoria, B.C, Canada, May 5th, 2007. The piece is a statement about mass consumerism at the cost of Third World poverty. I think Victoria is a perfect place to display this piece, because of it's extreme wealth and homelessness issues. The bottle represents Third World poverty. First world consumers drink this bottle, and I'm visually pouring it out, as to suggest that it is not to be digested. The image says that there will be a time when the First World can not continue with it's greed. The label of this bottle shows buildings. These buildings represent the development of the First World, and it's lack of care for homeless people within it's own country. If people are not addressing the basic human needs of homeless people in their own country, then they will also ignore struggling people in other counties. There is an image of a "black" man curled up in the corner of two buildings. He represents the Third World and also represents homelessness in Victoria. He is flailing his arms because of fear, discomfort and poverty.

Victoria, B.C is a beautiful place for those who can afford it. It is also a place where wealthy people consume the riches of Third World labor. Developers are raping the land for a quick buck, and buildings remain empty, while people sleep on the streets. Then the people on the streets get harassed by the police for trying to sleep.

People are Everywhere, Boontling Gallery, Oakland,CA

May, 2007~ A group show of artists from Brazil to Canada and lots of places in between. Artists include: 7Teen, Basco, Jeff Canham, Matthew Feyld, Jordon Isip, Rich Jacobs, James Kirkpatrick, Labrona, Matt Leines, Alex Lukas, Other, Luke Ramsey, Jesse Reno, Rot Gut, Jenna Rose Sands, Thomas Stavnes, and Peter Thompson. Opening Reception: Friday, May 4: 7-10pm

Beef Master #2

Takers/Givers paintings at GRNY group show March 17th

Look Behind You: Small Paintings by Over Four Dozen Artists
GRNY, March 17 – April 18, 2007
Reception: Saturday, March 17, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Participating artists include:

Melinda Beck, Robert Bellm, Kelie Bowman, Calef Brown, Allison Cole,Jo Dery,Seth Drenner, Evah Fan, James Franklin, Matt Furie, Susie Ghahremani, Jacob Goble, Katherine Guillen, Matt Haber, Ethan Hayes-Chute, Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch, Katy Horan, Elizabeth Huey, Jordin Isip, Rich Jacobs, Kelley Lynn Jones, Keith Jones, Misaki Kawai, Joe Keinberger, James Kirkpatrick, Jesse LeDoux, Matt Leines, Thom Lessner, Matt Lock, Amy Lockhart, Kathleen Lolley, Taylor McKimens, Matt Moroz, Chris Silas Neal, Jon Prichard, Luke Ramsey, Ron Rege, Amy Ross, Zach Rossman, Brian Rush, Tury Sandoval, Seth Scriver, Eric Shaw, Keith Shore, Dewayne Slightweight, Jeana Sohn, Sto, Deth P. Sun, Gary Taxali, Justin B. Williams, Andrew Jeffrey Wright

Ruby Mag #14

A J Purdy and Luke Ramsey's collaborative works in the latest issue of Ruby Mag #14. Half of these drawings were also published in The Make art book.

Friends Of The Endless Journey

above image by Justin B.Williams

Friends of the Endless Journey at Grass Hut, Portland, OR. Feb 2nd- 28th. Thanks to Bwana Spoons and Justin Scrappers for putting on this exhibition of over 90 works by Islands Fold artists Peter Thompson, Owen Plummer, Ekta, A J Purdy, Jason Hsu, Andy Rementer, Justin B.Williams and Luke Ramsey.

Broken Pencil article

Islands Fold article in Broken Pencil issue 34 by Marc Ngui. Please pick up a copy of this issue at your local magazine shop. Broken Pencil rocks! Thank you Marc. http://brokenpencil.com

Baltimore Artscape

Here's some work I did for the city of Baltimore. The last image is of the bus shelter poster up in my friend's Pablo and MJ's bedroom. It's funny to think of the journey of this design. It's titled "Inner Faces" and is about racial equality, harmony and inner peace. Try and see how many different faces you can see in the image above. There's more than you might think at first.

Welcome to my art blog!

Here's a blog to share the bits and bobs of art I make. We're starting off here with a few pics from my show at Space 1026 in Philadelphia 2005, a collage of shows in Montreal, Seattle, Vancouver and Taipei, a mural I did with Justin B.Williams at A/V Space, Rochester, N.Y 2007, a mural I did for El Kartel, Vancouver, B.C 2006, and a drawing I did for Lifetime Collective.