This will be my 3rd year creating a poster for Alchemy Audio’s upcoming event, Gear Swap, this April. They are a local Chicago company that builds, repairs, and modifies electric guitar pedals. Great people to work with and they have an incredible list of clients from Wilco to Lucinda Williams. Check them out at alchemy-audio.com
Inspiration from a real live bog and Henri Matisse’s , ‘Dancers’.
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies,
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?
What the hammer? What the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!
When the stars threw down their spears
And water’d heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
-William Blake, Songs of Experience 1794
I burned it all because I could not obtain it
Then after seeing what I had done
Wished I did more to save it
“Never Meant To Last”. 24″x36″. Acrylic on canvas.
CHICAGO
50″x50″. Acrylic on canvas. SOLD.*prints available upon request.
“The King & I”. 20″x20″ on wood veneer with paint, charcoal, paper collage.
Let’s storm the castle
the seasons are changing
the wind’s to our backs
there’s no hesitating
Let’s storm the castle
the path is all clear
nothing here lasts
no time for fear
Let’s storm the castle
you must go it alone
my time has passed
We’re all on our own
A name is just a name
We’re all the same from whence we came
From a sprouting bud to shiny toy
It is all but a fleeting joy
Seasons changes, mind’s erased
Nature desires a new taste
mesmerizing round about
Garbage in and garbage out
“Garbage In Garbage Out.” 16″x20″ acrylic on canvas.
The surreal window view of a world in constant transition
unfolding in front of you
while the powers that be grant you a moment to observe
with a cup of coffee
“Waiting Room”. 36″x24″. Acrylic on Canvas.SOLD.*prints available upon request.
“Wild Things Go”. 24″x36″. acrylic on stretched canvas.
She stepped out into the moonlight
To shower in its glow
But she could feel somebody watching
And retreated into the forest
Where all the wild things go
step left
step right
keep the balance with your feet
flap flap flap
till it lifts you off your seat
you don’t know
and I don’t know
so we both go with the flow
this thing will only fly
when we learn to let go
Born in Germany, at an early age Eugene was he taken by his father and brought back to Russia to learn the family trade of tannery. After returning to Germany, he would soon leave again, this time to America to escape the kaisers military draft. He first went to New York City before settling in Chicago to start the Eugene Dietzgen Drafting Company. He was heavily influenced by one of is fathers favorite philosophers, Karl Marx.
A friend of mine’s grandfather worked at the company and I was asked to make a painting for his daughter. It’s located in Lincoln Park near DePaul.
18″x 24″ acrylic on canvas. 
Finished the gas tank for the new bike Mike is building (You don’t know Mike? You should. He builds bikes.) Inspired by the movie “Hardware” and the Public Image Limited song, “This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get”. Some how a burning city landscape seemed fitting. Looking to do something on the rear fender next.
Stencil artwork I did for Mike’s last bike.
