PENCILS AND SAWBLADES

staying creative to breathe

2011-09-09T17:34:00.001-04:00

these are some personal works and some installations i did at work. thanks for looking.

HUF X HUNDREDS X MIA SKATESHOP BUILDOUT

2011-09-01T21:55:00.002-04:00

recently designed and built a couple wall fixtures at MIASKATESHOP.COM sunny isles for HUF and THE HUNDREDS. both from oak wood they turned out great! and i had a blast doing it. Thanks Ed Salego and Chris Williams at MIA for the opportunity. if you are in Miami be sure and check this shop out they are the only legit skate and shoe destination here.

line and mobil

2011-09-01T21:35:00.003-04:00

ahh the wondrous usefulness of reclaimed lumber. recycle reduce re use to make something look awesome!

FUN AT WORK

2011-05-17T19:09:00.002-04:00

re-stool

2011-05-05T21:11:00.003-04:00

made from old redwood tongue and groove slats. production time 15 min.

pinwheel imagination

2011-03-13T20:28:00.003-04:00

i have been experimenting with found objects lately and these are some works I've produced. pure aesthetic, combining soft with light and dark with hard, truth with agony and lies with happiness. all seems alike yet falls into the category of imagination of being similar. whatever! at the end of the day its ART and will always remain that way. imagination to imagine an image.

"like a nale threw the hart"

$900

"skin is like paper"

$1400

"it worx"

$1200
"vacation"

$1600

Die-o-rama of x

2011-01-24T21:33:00.000-05:00

Art Basel Pop up shop! 2010

2010-12-18T13:15:00.002-05:00

thanks to Gaby and Paloma Soyka for letting me build such a fun project out of nothing! for Night Owl! a cool boutique next to the news lounge in miami fl. and thanks to everyone at Miami Independent Thinkers for allowing me to create my largest installation yet in their space for Art Basel 2010! and thanks to all who helped me with the project! Victor Vazquez my homie and amazing artist who painted the night clouds and moon amazing work! most of all thank you to my loving wife for being so patient and for not leaving me for being such an invisible husband during this project! i love you!

Sweedish House Mafia masquarade motel set build

2010-11-07T13:37:00.010-05:00

birds fly over as i walk up to the site to meet my friend Heather Read to asses the space of the Scope Tent soon to be used for SHM Masquerade Motel Halloween party!
i arrived to see 60,000 sqft of 4x8 pt sleepers being laid in the mud for the floors soon to be danced upon and house one of the largest art exhibits in Miami fl. for 2010

one word............massive!
i flew my homie Nick "KONZO" Kondzielaski out to frame and oversee construction of our wall as i work all day at Urban Outfitters. ahh the side job life! thanks Nick none of this would have been possible without you!
Eric and the interns painting!
pretty small space huh?
"Straight Cut Konzo"
"Victorious" Victor Vazquez helping me antique the wall. thanks Victor! a true Artist!

its gettin messy!
just the beginning.....
the vip stages, dance floor, and stage.......
my boy Joel Meinholz came through to help out with the dance boxes we built!
just about done antiquing getting ready to prop the space!
Konzo tightrope walking running romex for our lighting!
Homeboy Danny Ranaud came through to lend a hand and make us laugh all night! good people! plus legendary skateboarder!

faux broken walls back lit was a hit! thanks Georgina for the stain on the wainscot........

starting to look like an old 1920's motel room........
4 hours of propping later.......... thanks to Crazy Eddy for the Props. and a special thanks to my beautiful wife for finding key lighting and props for the space as well as keeping my crew fed and hydrated! i love you.
the lobby of the masquerade motel.

believe it that telephone actually works!

spray painted the bulbs to create the candle look.

the wall paper did wonders! not giving up my staining secrets though so don't ask!

the finished product!
felt nice to finally sit down and smoke my cuban cigar! cheers to all who helped out with this project and thanks to everyone at the surfcomber for putting your faith in me and my crew!

my tree creatures are a callin

2010-09-28T21:23:00.002-04:00

just a little project i put together for fun. enjoy. im building more like this so be on the look out!

kashualmirror

2010-09-17T21:15:00.004-04:00

"KashualMirror" 48''x48'' acrylic on lauan $3300

this piece makes me want to wrap my body in it like a Kashmir blanket! it looks soft doesn't it? p.s. I'm steadily listening to nat king cole right now!

some oldies but goodies!

2010-08-29T13:32:00.004-04:00

looking back at this work. I'm inspired by it! its hard to get inspired by ones own work but it definitely means I'm doing something right! nice kitchen in a shanty, and my first sunburst! the kitchen bar was skinned with mahogany pergo laminate flooring i found laying around. with white plexi under lit with white Christmas lights giving it a starry night feel. i was pleased with the turnout . as for the adjoining wall was made from mixed pallet planks. it kinda smelled like milk and garbage being that i took all my pallets from the back of grocery stores. you gotta do what you gotta do when you work at a budget less store! ha ha! the sunburst was at the aventura location over the shoe lounge. it was all just scrap that was to be thrown out anyways. i just turned it into something nice to look at rather than in some heap somewhere. lets hope its now mulch in a kiddy park somewhere. -THK

2010-08-15T11:10:00.002-04:00

these are some pics of my previous womens shoe lounge at urban outfitters. the trunicated cubes are the seating and i made octo/poly/and hexagon towers bottom lit with florescent spraypaint faded down the inside for a futuristic look. and applied 1/4" clear plexi glass for the tops to display the shoes. be sure and be on the lookout for what im gonna do with all of this next. its gonna get weird! ha ha haha! enjoy!
the lighting was just some inspiration i had seen some similar shaped lighting but made from paper. so i decided to try and build some out of plexi wich i probably wont try again. it was hard with the limited materials at hand but remember next time dont use hot glue to hold something together that emits heat! duh! ha ha ha! somehow it still worked just after 200 sticks of glue later! good times.

first solo art show! AMOR Y MUERTE

2010-06-26T16:08:00.003-04:00

love and death! they come together!
i painted all the mexican blankets for backgrounds to my art. thanks to chris graham at kill your idol for buying all the paint at 7am! youre a trooper chris!
these where some of the peoples favorite of the night i was told.

my wife and her anthro girls!
the urban outfitters crew! thanks for the support!
do the DAF homies! this girl was dancing like a stripper for hours with a DOIN IT sticker on her leg! i guess she didnt notice the stripper pole upstairs!

i spent all day long painting the mexican blankets thanks to chris at kill your idol for letting me go crazy with spray paint and letting me have all my art up for a month! and thanks to all who came out! be on the lookout for my next project along with ERIC BAILEY of growingpainsstudios.com in early DEC. for ART BAZEL MIAMI coming soon.

amor y muerte 2010

2010-06-19T00:02:00.003-04:00

my first solo show in miami florida! if youre in the area stop by its gonna be a barrio riot!
"DRIVE BY JOY RIDE" 48X48 acrylic on handmade box frame $600
"FACE IN HAND" 48X48 acrylic &spray paint on handmade box frame $600

mi amor y muertos

2010-06-06T13:42:00.002-04:00

found some chalk in my house and thought of love and then thought of death! deep huh? ha ha no but i like skulls and mexicanprint im drawn to it! mabey case im mexican! weird! enjoy...

ive been busy

2010-05-10T18:09:00.004-04:00

heres some new stuff ive been doing in the little time i have between work, spending quality time with the wife, and having fun with my 9 mo old daughter. hope you enjoy! more to come soon!this piece has so many chemicals on it! oil based stains, paint, more stain and i even soaked it in bleach and windex. it gave it a kind of blue sheen. art is toxic! die doing something you love!

its called "live once" 22''x32'' mixed media on lauan.
" man on the moon" 18''x18'' spray paint and sharpie pen on lauan.
"she wears beautiful" 40''x36'' acrylic and spray paint on 1/2'' plexi

new peices

2010-05-07T22:36:00.003-04:00

new furniture designs by yours truly

2010-04-19T21:22:00.003-04:00

im now taking orders for these designs "the plank lounge" and "the diamond shine" light fixture. contact me formore info.

humanistic past time

2010-04-19T20:25:00.003-04:00

miami shoots well! using the good ol capture light thingy!

love and understanding

2010-03-24T19:02:00.002-04:00

every relationship needs love and understandings. these two birds live as independent creatures of the sky yet they stay together through thick and thin with the tie that bonds.

it cant always be blue skys

2010-02-22T17:26:00.001-05:00

ziggy starburst

2010-02-15T18:34:00.002-05:00

into the mystic!

2010-02-02T22:27:00.001-05:00

photographs are fun!

birds go corporate!

2010-02-02T22:13:00.004-05:00

urban outfitters let me do my own thing for valentines day window setup. so little fat love birds seemed appropriate. its only up for two weeks. thanks for the free exposure U.O.

birds in the hood

2010-02-01T22:07:00.005-05:00

all i want for christmas is my own shoe lounge

2010-01-27T23:23:00.000-05:00

just a little somethin i built for urban outfitters to help with shoe sales! come in and get a pair!

2010-01-27T23:08:00.002-05:00

2010-01-26T18:50:00.000-05:00

youre never alone its just quiet outside

2010-01-26T18:39:00.000-05:00

new life in the tropics

2010-01-24T23:43:00.000-05:00

THE GENTLEMAN YOU THOUGHT SAID SOMETHING TO YOU BUT HE JUST CLEARED HIS THROAT.

2010-01-24T22:08:00.001-05:00

new tree creatures

2010-01-18T19:02:00.002-05:00

these where done at my workshop to pass the lunch break while the wife and kid where out shopping. no baby or wife to kiss at home so i stayed at work and got artsy fartsy!

i turned wood into metal

2010-01-02T19:05:00.002-05:00

stain on luaun 48"x48"

birds can rule the earth

2010-01-02T17:37:00.000-05:00

new peices for 2010!