thinking & making
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The Grocer: summer 2007
More works by The Grocer from the summer of 2007.
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Peabe collab (eggplant)
My buddy Peabe had an idea to do a collab for a show he was putting together. I painted the eggplant first and then he came in with the pinup character. The opening of this show was the first time I ever met folks as “The Grocer” and it was the beginning of the end…
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Nipplettos (imaginary fruit)
Played around for awhile making up fruits. These “Nipplettos” looked so dang great on this Halsted street bridge.
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An apple for Big Horse
There used to be a bar on Milwaukee avenue called Big Horse, but it had long since closed by the time we decided to feed this lovely horse an apple. A collaboration with my future wife, who painted her arm and hand whilst The Grocer painted the apple.
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Horned Melon (Kiwano)
This big old Kiwano was painted and pasted up by The Grocer in July 2007 on very corner of the iconic street art building at Grand and Milwaukee. I was always proud of this painting and its placement.
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Red Beet
This gnarly beet painting by The Grocer always pleased me, and it’s location was really nice for viewing while headed northwest on Milwaukee avenue toward Western.
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The Grocer: first works
In the summer of 2007, I began making original fruit and veggie themed paste-ups and installing them on derelict walls in Chicago under the moniker “The Grocer.” At the time, these acrylic paintings on paper gave me a cathartic outlet that the “serious” paintings I was doing at the time didn’t provide. Below are some…
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Rejoice and The Grocer collab
Rejoice and I decided we should do a collaborative piece up on the iconic Milwuakee & Grand building. He would first put up his faces in a form akin to scoops of ice cream, and then I’d come back the next day and paste the cherries on top. I love how it turned out.
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Row of Apples
Process and final images of a row of apples by The Grocer, painted and pasted at Pontiac Grill in Wicker Park, Chicago in June 2007.