THE DARK WAVE

I am currently lucky enough to be writing music and working with my favorite illustrator Jay Howell and Jesse Pollock of Unpiano Books on Jay's new zine THE DARK WAVE.  Here is the commercial we threw together for the release party! Animation by Jim Dirschberger of Eighty Four Films, illustration by Jay, tunes by me:

THE DARK WAVE from Eighty Four Films on Vimeo.

DOWNLOAD the FULL 'Dark Wave Theme' song February 1st, 2012 at UnpianoBooks.com!

RELEASE PARTY at FECAL FACE DOT GALLERY - 2277 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 - FEB 18TH 2012, 6-9PM

FAG COP EUROPEAN TOUR FLYER

I recently had the pleasure of creating a flyer for my old friends and professional partyholics FAG COP.  Catch them in Europe in Febuary 2012.  Check it out, and check them out.  Their band is better then yours.

NEW WORK/RAD TIMES

This last weekend was insane.  I got to hang out with some great artists and friends, and meet some rad new people.  The 'Double Breaks' group opening at Double Break on Friday was amazing, and the after party at Tin Can Ale was a blast to say the least.  Thank you to Louis and Matt for hosting a great show again and keeping San Dawg rad; and Michael, Jay, Travis, Jim and everyone for the good times.

Then on Saturday I had some new work in the 'Daily Consumption' group opening at a new upcoming gallery called Zepf Alternative (1150 7th ave. San Diego, CA), and had two great artists and friends, Clarke and Camille, visit from L.A.. Thank you to Andrew for letting me show my work.

...I was having so much fun I barely took any photos, but here is a mini installation I have up at Zepf Alternative until mid December:

'Value MeTal' - mixed media - 2011 - $175 (above) 

'Pizzagram' - mixed media - 2011 - $100 (above) ***wall OR pedestal piece

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Southern California artists that are killing it: 

 Justin Bartlett - "Black pen Warlock" from San Diego, CA

Michael Hsiung - amazing illustrator from L.A.

 Creature x Jay Howell - 'Shred Party'

Creature x Jay Howell: Shred Party from Eighty Four Films on Vimeo.

Travis Millard - 'Ghosted' 

Travis Millard - Ghosted from Eighty Four Films on Vimeo.

 The videos above were animated by Jim Dirschberger at Eighty Four Films

ART SQUAT/NEW WORK/UPCOMING SHOWS

Last Friday I was in a rad group opening at Periscope Project hosted by San Diego's Art Fist Collective.  It was an 'Art Squat' or 'bring your own art' show where random artists around the area showed up at 6pm with one piece to hang.... here are some photos I was able to snap with my SLR and iphone:

 

top: my piece - bottom: close up (better photos soon!) 

...tunes, drinks, sassy drag queens

 

Thanks again to Enrique Experienced, Lion Cut, and Art Fist Collective for letting me hang my stuff.

Next Month I will be showing work at Zepf Alt. gallery with some of the same artists involved:

....make sure to make it for the opening, should be fun times!

BUT before that... on October 13th, two of my best friends and amazing artists Tim Dwyer (Chicago, IL) and George de Moura (Brooklyn, NY) are coming through the San Diego area (metaphor cafe) on tour with their visual performance projects Earth Masters and Urban Mystics, and doom side-band Sobbing Wizard.  I met George and Tim while studying under Michael Krueger in the printmaking department of the University of Kansas.  DON'T MISS THIS! it is sure to be a great time! ...oh and I also made this flyer for the show:

ALSO!!! The Double Break is hosting an opening this FRIDAY for James Quigley aka GUNSHO!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!! Don't miss out!

...meanwhile I'll be writing guitar riffs for an upcoming performance, finishing up a series of drawings, and confirming shows in the L.A. area.  See you next time.

WEB STORE IS NOW OPEN!

CHECK IT OUT BY CLICKING THE STORE TAB.

Brand new men's/women's t-shirts and tanks all hand-screen printed by me at Monolithic Merchandise.

Editioned screen prints, drawings, sculptures, illustrations, designs, music, etc. coming soon.

SPRAY CAN AT THE SPOT

I will have this custom designed spray can at the grand opening of The Spot (1835 Main st. San Diego, CA 92113) this Saturday starting at 2pm:

back:

...the can is fully functional with brain hole custom fit for your index finger!  Massage the brain and the eye shall speak.

Here is some more information on the group opening:

"Come out and celebrate "The Spot" Grand Opening with a huge Group Art Show! Including live music, over 70 Artists, visuals, and some of the baddest custom cars in San Diego!!!!

Same day in the Barrio Logan Arts District shows will be happenin all over including the international San Diego Art Fair, Roots Factory, Voz Alta and many more! DONT MISS OUT! 

Curated By: 
Sonia Lopez-Chavez
Chikle


******Doors Open at 2:00pm. 1st performance at 6:00pm.
Performances by: 
B-Side Players 7:00pm
Sci-Development 6:00pm
Makeshift 6:30pm


Dj sets by:
SolTonic
SashaMarie

Visuals by:
Gospel

Original pieces by: 
Ricardo Islas
Jen Fong
Pixie Lopez
Mario Chacon 
Jim Ruland
Nuvia Crisol Guerra
Franky1
Mike Boshart
Brandon Roth
Chi Hom 
Jordan Hom
Patty Alaniz 
Chuy Espinoza
Jason A. Gould
Anselmo Juan 
Jorge Piña
Scott McPherson
Bat Brain
Aileen Reyes 
Sarah Brown
Wika 
AndrePower
Cesar Castañeda 
Selina Calvo
Jesse Picassos 
Eric Wixon 
David Varela 
Ryan Seaman 
Jason Van Noord
Ryan Bromley 
Jaime Garcia 
Cathy Lee
Ukeim Ortiz-Rosado
Memo Hoffman 
Ez Rock 
Alex ARPED
Jona Tellez-Giron 
Jahvanna Audrianna
Steven Suiter 
Jack Stricker 
Sumo1
Brian Hebets
Michael Briones
Letitia Rogers
Elizabeth Piña 
Angela Gigliotti
Chosen 
El Cien Caras
Lester Corral
Dezi Dezz
Sam Fuentes
Gumaro Enrique Piña
Bret Barrett
Fungus
Max Bojorquez
Jack Owen Art 
Victor Villa
German Corrales
Abel Guzman Art
Paul Ruiz
JTheory
Chris Konecki 
Cory Burke
Monty Montgomery
Four
Sonia Lopez-Chavez
Chikle"

***facebook event page***

pick your deck

I have a skate deck for $75 in the Pick Your Deck group showing at Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave. San Diego, CA 92116 - (619) 284-2848.  The opening was on Saturday and was a blast, but don't worry the show is up for a month!

detail: top

Detail: bottom

...for you nerds out there I used a black 'fineliner' pen on sanded spray gesso

Thanks to the Kensington Club Art Distillery for putting on the show, and the SK8BOX (32nd & Adams) for the last second cheap decks!

Update on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 1:34PM by Scott McPherson

UPDATE: the skate deck has been ***SOLD***

hang sesh

Long story short...  I've been having some good times lately up in Los Angeles with some fellow artist friends (some old, some new) at some of their openings.  I tried to take some pictures along the way, here is what I got...

My good friend and fellow Lawrence, KS based artist Jason Barrr (Asteroid Head Art, Wonderfair) was in Hollywood for a group opening at The Spitfire Girl summer gallery series with L.A. based artist Michael Hsiung.  PreSenseForm was along for the ride too.

Barrr's spread...

Michael's shrine...

clark, barrr, camille...

barrr and his bro (the same person)...

Thanks again to Michael and Rachel for being amazing hosts that night!

...after a late breakfast the next morning we met Michaels awesome friend Dave, watched horse races, ate hot wings, and drank a pitcher before we showed up at Travis Millard and Mel Kadel's house to play drawing games:

Michael's zine:

SO MUCH more happened than this... but that's all I got folks!

Now onto Next weekend. Clark Walter's (fellow KU alum) installation at Fred Segal (santa monica, ca):

detail of installation...

Chris Rexroad another fellow badass artist and KU alumni...

Andrew Hadle (ANOTHER KU alumni) from Asteroid Head Art Club showed up from Arizona...

Thanks again Clark and Chris for inviting me up, and being amazing hosts! ...I owe you guys big.

...after waiting in traffic for 3hrs and getting NO sleep I finally got back to San Diego to the spankin' new Double Break gallery for Jay Howell's opening!

...the opening was KILLER but super packed, so I was only able to snap this quick picture from my phone.  Ended working out fine though because Jay's chugging a PBR in it... which I found fit well with the imagery of his illustrations! 

RAD WEEK FOR ART! KEEP DRAWING! KEEP CREATING! SUPPORT D.I.Y.!

...and EVERYONE go check out the new DOUBLE BREAK gallery and shop 1821 at Fifth Ave. San Diego, CA 92101.  It rules.

work in progress

Since it's been a while since I've uploaded any new work, I thought I should post some photos of some projects I've been working on:

 McDonalds value meal boxes/drink cup covered in old jean jackets, 2 color hand screen printed patches, studs, spikes, and red velvet.  ***work in progress***

-burger box

-medium fry

 -soft drink

I'm also working on a pizza box as well.

and I'll be selling 'pizzagram' t-shirts very soon in my webstore which I'm also working on.  Will be delivered in it's own personal pizza box, and will come with other screen prints and drawings as well. Stay tuned!

My good friend and fellow artist from Lawrence, KS Jason Barr is having an opening in L.A. with Michael Hsiung at the Spitfire Girl 2203 W. Sunset Blvd. this Friday at 7:30pm.  I will be attending! Stop by and say Hello to both of us!

2011 San Diego Metal Swap Meet

I have a booth at SDMetal.org's 3rd ANNUAL SAN DIEGO METAL SWAPMEET 2011

Stuff I'll have at my booth:

-drawings and prints *some posted in visual art gallery

-hand screen printed merchandise

-NEW sculpture work

-cast iron & bronze *some posted in visual art gallery

I will also have these LIMITED EDITION intaglio and screenprints for $5 each!:

Back patches $5:

...and FREE 3''x 3'' patches:

...I may also be doing $5 Live 'GOREtraits' as well.  Stop by the booth and cheers!  Be sure to check out all of the other amazing vendors.

Update on Friday, July 8, 2011 at 2:17AM by Scott McPherson

Here are some photos from the 2011 San Diego Metal Swap Meet:

view of my booth: