x-mas!

saturday morning

duarte, the chef

umbroleski - final oil

portrait of umbroleski, at the 23rd street subway platform.

pencil sketch

pencil sketch for a new piece:

lanso on the bus - finished oils

lanso on the bus - acrylics

here's a piece in progress, lanso on the bus. this is the acrylic paint stage. i'll be working on the oil paints on it, hopefully later today.

lanso, on the bus

here's a sketch i did of lanso on the bus, on his way to the record store - this day's trip was to 'big squall's record store,' a shop with new and used vinyl.

new originals up at digi-canvas

new originals are up at digi-canvas. here are a couple that are up, check out the link to see the rest.

check out the interview in graphi magazine.

the inside features a new painting of wolverine:


the cover features the painting of 'brayne,' which was recently sold at distinction gallery.


-jw miller
dektown

article on thrillist.com

here's a short article that was posted on thrillist.com - the chicago edition.
the painting on the left is my portrait of dela cruz. there's a brief mention of my portrait of bastio - i guess i made his hands weird and giant. hahaha.

new portraits - in progress

2 new portraits in progress, this is the acrylic paint layer, soon to lay under the oil paint layer.

stoked sessions art auction in salt lake city

the following piece was donated to stoked mentoring for their art auction this weekend in salt lake city. check the link to their site and see what they're all about.



stoked skater - cityscape
oil on illustration board
11" x 14"

surf day

stealing away from work, with or without their permission, to have a part of what's really important - good waves.

lanso - digging

lanso, digging through the racks of old vinyl at 'big squall's stacks of wax.'

sneak peak - yari

lanso

new piece for 'the art of digging' show on june 14th, 2008 at the light gallery in costa mesa.

sneak peak - piece in progress

willoughby and laurette

final piece for the veni vidi vici show currated by pacific art collective. the show is may 10th!

willoughby & laurette:

roof top painting

actually, my painting setup from the top floor of a parking garage, trying to catch some sunset/building shadow colors. reference material for my cityscape couple painting for the san francisco 'veni vidi vici' show.

pencils for san francisco - veni vidi vici

pencils for a painting for the pacific art collective hosted veni vidi vici show in san francisco. they'll be put together on to one board to make a single painting.

collab piece

just picked up a new board from koleszar that we are collaborating on.
here's what his stencil-spraypaint backgrounds look like:



i'll be putting the dektonian portrait somewhere to the left of the lifeguard tower.
koleszar and i collaborated on one other piece so far, the brooklyn dj.

zazzi carpaccio

new piece just finished for the stoked sessions art auction, to benefit stoked mentoring, an action sports mentoring program for inner city youth.

the event is april 19th at the grind gallery, 12222 venice boulevard (btwn grand view blvd & s centinela ave) los angeles, ca 90066

silent auction begins at 8pm, tickets are $10. buy online or at the door.

two new paintings

two new paintings.

more sketches

some sketches

some pencil sketches that turned into paintings.

skateboard art show at the 'light gallery'

i'll have a piece in the 'skateboard inspirations' show at the the light gallery in costa mesa, ca.

the show begins saturday, january, 12th.

reego

here's the third and final piece i had up at koerce media's 'saving x-mas' show in carlsbad, ca.

probably my favorite of the three.