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  • Brooks Golden

    Brooks Golden

    I had the great pleasure of sharing a studio space with Brooks for a year or so just west of downtown. It was a great space and I spent countless hours there. Brooks was a friend and inspiration, and a stern critic and lover of my work. Tragically, Brooks passed away from health issues in…

  • Red Bull Cooler

    Red Bull Cooler

    The Grocer got invited to paint a canvas wrapped cooler for a Red Bull event in 2014. It was a weird experience. Basically, every artist showed up and had one long day to finish their painting. I met some nice folks and the cooler turned out pretty nice. These kind of painting events are neat…

  • The Grocer: more works on panel

    The Grocer: more works on panel

  • Buddha’s Hand at the G40

    Buddha’s Hand at the G40

    The Grocer made this giant, gorgeous buddha’s hand for the G40 Art Summit in DC in 2011. I wasn’t able to install at the show so they mounted the paste-up on a big piece of masonite for the show. I don’t know what happened to it—I hope somebody hung it up somewhere.

  • Cut Watermelon

    Cut Watermelon

    This big cut watermelon is last and largest street installation by The Grocer in Chicago. I put this up on that great spot near Milwaukee and Damen. I love watermelon and I love this piece.

  • HOTBOX show

    HOTBOX show

    I got asked to make a few paintings for a mobile art gallery called the HOTBOX. The idea was that each month a different artist or group of artists would paint it, and then the inside would be a little gallery show/store or whatever. The theme was “Corner Store” and I made a big watermelon…

  • Zucchini skateboard

    Zucchini skateboard

    The Grocer made this baby zucchini skateboard art for a show in 2009. I just love painting zucchini flowers.

  • Lemon

    Lemon

    This lemon went up on the glass of my favorite abandoned warehouse at the triangle corner of Milwaukee, Damen, & Division. I put up a cherry, a grapefruit, this lemon, and finally a watermelon at this spot.

  • For Thee Viking

    For Thee Viking

    I made this banana boat paste-up as a note of appreciation for the street artist The Viking. I really liked a lot of the weird stickers and pasters he was doing at the time. A few photos I have of The Viking’s work. I met him once, and that was very nice. I think he…