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I went to the Saint Paul Art Crawl on Saturday with my son. It was a lot of fun and I saw some very cool artwork and studios. one of the coolest places was inside an artists coop in Lowertown Saint Paul. the studios were centered around a tall 7 story atrium that was crisscrossed with the existing skeleton of the old the timber frame and brick building. At the bottom of the atrium, in the basement, was what they called the theater. It was basically a stage for music and other performances. So as we walked up the 7 flights of stairs and toured all the different studios, the music lofted up the atrium and created an amazing experience.

here is my latest painting. I decided to try something with a little more detail so I just picked a random house on Summit Ave in Saint Paul. It was fun and quite challenging. The hardest part was trying not to make the more detailed areas look overworked.

I did this logo for a contest about Earth Day 2009 but I never submitted it. I just thought it needed something but I never could figure out what it was. The design was supposed to focus on water.

Here is the latest illustration I did for Andrew’s Analytics, a political blog created by a good friend of mine. This illustration is about the debacle with naming rights for the new Mets Stadium in Queens. As is sits, because Citigroup received 45 billion in tarp money, taxpayers will be paying for the naming rights of the new stadium.

My illustration tries to say that, much like the bonuses paid by AIG, some executive contracts seem to be unbreakable while those of the workers are tossed aside. Taken to the extream only the contracts to build the executive suites will be upheld while the rest of the fans must stand in the shade.

tal·is·man
n. pl. tal·is·mans

1. An object believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition