Tag: street art
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Plums at Pontiac
The Grocer put up this collection of plums on one of the blue planters at Pontiac Cafe on Milwaukee avenue. The last photo was taken by someone else and posted to the internet.
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Mutant Cucumber
In 2008 I started looking for weirder source photos to work from, as I was wanting to branch out from all the normal fruit and veg. This painting came from a photo I found on the internet of a strangely grown cucumber. One of my all time favorite Grocer paintings. I believe this was on…
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The Grocer @ Foursided Gallery
I had my first and only solo show as The Grocer at Foursided Gallery in October, 2007. I created over 20 works on panel and sold almost all but two of them.