a few shots from my trip to sf and show at upperplayground sf last august. heres the install i did with marco zamora for the show
outside the store an instant classic by sam flores
a classic coin machine down at the warf
choe mural
kim curator for up sf in front of my work and some lookers
apparently i was happy.
just a couple real quick shots from our trip to thailand october of 07 the new book features a bunch of collab drawings from the trip.. you can see the drawings here-
http://www.jessereno.com/art/drawings/5/
here a few pics..
another post from last year.. just playing catch up.. so while in los angeles last august 08 we got to play a street show wit opp- yeah thats right other peoples puppets.. these guys are the shit. show up on two bikes and setup the grand puppet theater in minutes.. so heres the arrival in korea town la.
much better in person but you get about 5% of the idea.. live dialogue and music acompany the full action puppet shows..
lana and cranko..
me and smiley barnical after the show
finally posting some pics from a trip to mexico city august 09 for artfest.. signing autographs..
bigfoot finishing up his mural..
a quick interview for mexican tv
Here are a few process shots of a commissioned armoire that I painted while staying at Hacienda Mosaico in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in November of 2008. I will be down there again in this November teaching a 5 day + 6 night workshop. Please click here for details.
Just a quick message to let you know that I am coming out with a brand new, self published book featuring drawings created while traveling the world. The book features work by myself as well as collaborative drawings with Lana Guerra. I’m currently taking pre-orders through May 24th, 2009 at a discounted rate of $12.00. Please check out a preview here.
Here’s a photo montage of the mural that I painted in Carol Parks Studio in North Hollywood when I visited last month… click for larger view.
Just finished painting my fourth guitar… part of a series of collaborative efforts with Pete Dyraug of Birdman Guitars. This one’s in my personal collection…
Front
Back
So i spent last weekend teaching a 3 day painting workshop at Carol parks Studio in North Hollywood, California… it turned out one of my students was the mother of – MASTER SHAKE ( aka Dana Snyder ) from AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE and he showed up at the studio to check out the class and art show i was presenting… he purchased two paintings for his private collection and gave me this great autograph! thanks Dana, and Joy.. and of course a big thanks to Carol for organizing the workshop!
Me and Master Shake
Master Shake Autograph + me as “J-Wad”
