Happy Birthday PaperMonster!!

PaperMonster is officially the big 25!! What better way to celebrate than share some new photos of what I have been cooking up in the studio. With the weather getting warmer on the east coast I have been putting the final touches on a bunch of new paintings and evolving past stencils. You can catch a quick snapshot of what I mean below. Stay posted because this spring/summer is looking to be one of the most exciting seasons EVER!!
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Guess who got a new camera for his Birthday? ME!!
I have been cutting a bunch of these tiny beautiful flowers for many of the new paintings experimenting with different types of papers and effects.
I ran into this gem of paper while creating the collage work for a new piece.
Hulk Hogan vs IronMan? Who would win?
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Gems

Check out some more progress photos below as I continue to prepare for my solo show in Paris. It has been so much fun to find some great gems and interesting paper to collage together for these new paintings. Enjoy

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Many stacks of blue.

Hey, Action Man (Above), Meet Iron Man (Below)

Did you know that there was a Mario Brother’s Shampoo? I know I didn’t. Enjoy.

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Vision

Work in progress photo of new PaperMonster painting. Stay posted for more progress photos of new paintings. Enjoy

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Preparations

Check out some detail shots of upcoming PaperMonster paintings and projects. More details to come. Enjoy

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Malboro Middle School Stencil Art Project!!

One of the most rewarding parts about being an artist is meeting someone at a show or getting an email that simply says “Thank you for being an inspiration.” Recently Ms. Chaplinski from Marlboro Middle School in NJ sent over these photos of her arts students’ completed stencil art project inspired by my artwork. I love how the children put this project together and I think the finished paintings are fantastic!! They did a great job!! See for yourself below and click on the images to view larger.
Congrats to Ms. Chaplinski’s Students for an AMAZING Job!!
Thank you with all my heart.
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Completed set of paintings above and a small selection of individual paintings below.

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Painting With A Hand Brush??

Leslie Granda-Hill (HERE) sent over some beautiful photos of lasts weeks panting session in Trenton, NJ. These are by far my favorite photos. In the first picture you can see my technique of using my hand as a paint brush. I use my hands to paint, paste, and spray my stencils on canvas so it is something I feel comfortable doing on a wall, eventhough the washing my hands part is not fun when there is no running water around. For More of Leslie’s Photography visit: http://www.lesliegrandahill.com/

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PHOTOS: Progress Shots and Details

Things are looking great!! I have been busy in the studio putting together a huge amount of work for new pieces and projects that will be show in the upcoming months/weeks. I wanted to share some of my progress and detail shots of things to come. Stay posted for more news on shows such as the “Friends With Knives” group show @DirtyPilot.com (HERE) which I am curating on Sept 17th with some of my talented stencil graffiti friends and also stay posted to a wonderful graffiti jam taking placed this Saturday Aug 22nd.

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PHOTOS: Progress

Being sick last week gave me some time to think and start working on some new exciting stencils for several group shows this summer. One of the most fun parts of what I do is working on the collages within each painting and I can’t explain what I mess I make but in the end some really nice things come out of the chaos and back pain. Check out some detail shots of what I have been working on::






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