Snow Owl print

I have a new print coming out next week...

Snow Owl 
Timed release- November 16th
The perfect gift for the Soto fan or art lover in your life. This is a 12" x 15" UV print on sustainable FSC certified 1/2" plywood. Comes ready to hang, signed and numbered on front. Includes signed and numbered Certificate of Authentication and mystery mini-print!

This is a timed edition and will be available for one day only! The print will be available starting November 16 at noon PST and will be available for 24 hours. If you order one during this time, you are guaranteed to receive one. Holiday shipping is guaranteed.
$55 + shipping
http://www.potatostamp.com

France part un

I went to France in September for two group shows I was involved in. Here's some pictures.

I love flying and I always like the window seat. I have been on many flights at this point in my life and I still get excited. That is Lake Geneva with the Alps in the background.

 

Here is some of the crew in Lyon.

Euros.

I was struck by all the monuments celebrating the French Revolution. There's beautiful things all over in Lyon.

The morning of my first whole day I did a lot of exploring. They have real rivers (I'm from Southern CA- we have trickling streams of polluted water for the most part). I happened upon a motorcycle rally (???) in the main square of Lyon.

I needed soap. Le Chat! The cat became a reoccuring theme for some of the art I made in France.

Setting up for the show...

Caia Koopman was amongst the artists in the show...

Robert Crumb...

Flo at the local graff supply place. I highly recommend his shop, they treated me like royalty! He had a better selection the second time I went, I think the Lyon writers are pretty active...

My hotel was right next door to George's, a very famous and old restaurant.

This cheese is illegal in the states...

I started on my own Le Chat one morning...

Kevin brought me some desserts from town and told me the story of the these little egg pastries. I cannot for the life of me remember what they are called...

Kevin made me a homecooked meal. Scallops! Sooo good.... this is the raw ones, my photos didn't turn out of the cooked meal!

The next day was the opening at Rhone Alps Region in Lyon. Here's some photos. I met with press, made some new friends and ate some weird and tasty foods.

This is one of the artists and a new friend of mine, Odo.

Ioo Taur (The Centaur) showing his fishing skillz...

Nico Thomas...

Part 2 coming soon...

Goodbye old studio, thanks for the memories!

 
In October 2005, just a few months after we had our first daughter, I leased an industrial space near our small apartment. It was a pretty big decision for Jennifer and I, it was another bill (several) and another responsibility for us- already under pressure with a two month old baby! 

It ended up being the right move- I‘d been working on our kitchen table or driving across town to work in my parent’s garage. We had moved into a two room apartment but there was still no room to work. I found a nice 1000 sq/ft industrial warehouse type shop with a small office in front. I got the idea from seeing the Clayton Brother’s studio a few years before. The place was big enough, versatile and had plenty of storage space, with large walls, a roll up door and high ceilings. It was perfect, and I got right to work.

I’m a little sad to leave when I look back at all the exhibits and paintings I worked on at this space, not to mention how my life has changed the past six years. It’s been a pretty cool/strange/awesomely/fucked up/rad six years! 

Now I’ve moved into a great new space with friends. The new studio has everything the old one has with more support and camaraderie. Gonna be a new adventure and I’m hoping to get many years of great work accomplished here. But I’ll keep in my heart my little studio which helped me get off the ground!!

Here’s some pictures over the years....