Until it gets buffed

The Lister Opening and Matzah Balls

Tar Tar and George

Leigh and Skate photographer extraordinaire Mike O' Meally
Dan of Obey and Kill Pixie

UK artist Dan Baldwin and friend
Mel, Why you so crazy????
Surfer Mel and Stecyk in da house!
Lister and Poppie of Cobras and Matadors
Matzaha Ball City!



Lance and Anthony our NYC Crew!!!

See below for how to get a show at New Image Art!!!

skate boards bikes and cleaning services

Rhonda from Dirt Gallery sent this shot of New Image Cleaning Service!

Amber's car broke down so she skateboarded to work! So cute!!!!!


Went to the Bike Show on Melrose and Hyperion. This piece is made of bike tires!

Kassia Meador came in to show us her art and Malibu is pumping

Here are a few pics of the wonderful surfer Kassia. She has been taking lots Polaroids. we were stoked on her new photos and amazing energy. There is also a good swell coming up and if you have a chance and don't mind the crowds get out to Malibu tomorrow.








Kassie is currently riding on new versions of traditional surfboards made out wood without scags - they're super fast!


Here is a really wonderful sand painting by an anonymous sand painter from northern California that Kassie turned us onto.

LALA LA

Finally fun surf hits LA all week!

Two Things That Unexpectidly Inspired Me

On My Way Surfing today I saw this amazing Billboard transformed by Aeroms on the 10 freeway.
It is absolutely breathtaking and you have to work at seeing it while dodging cars...


Last night I went to a bunch of openings in BH-- Wilshire Blvd Area.
The show at Marc Selwyn Fine Art was my favorite. My inner art nerd was in hog heaven.
Andrzej Zielinski's art was the stand out.
His thickly painted,tightly drawn paintings of machines read abstractly . Zielinski's pallet is beautiful and his paint
surface is sensual and thick while being conservatively precise,and minimal.
If you are a serious nerd like me and into strong painting and solid curation this show is a goodie.

Andrzej Zielinski
Lap Tops Never Looked So colorful.. But then again
have you seen the new Macs or the ones by Vivien Tam??--- lap tops being lugged on fashion runways. I don't think so...


Inner Art Nerd Statement:
Zielinski's simplistically designed cubes function as a symbol for the alienation that lap tops have created in our society.




Here Andrzej Zielins uses the same
feeling and palette of a Matisse painting (think gold fish bowl) in his version of an ATM.

Machine Projects Echo Park

Alvarado and Sunset-- Home to Machine Projects, The Echo Park Film Center a small cafe and shops.

The Film Center was closed but will check it out soon.

Adrien is a wonderful artist from SF who went to high school in Vermont with Mark of Machine Projects.

Adrien,Laurie and Mark
Mark Allen of Machine Projects

This past week my friend Laurie co-curator of the Luggage Store, SF visited. We explored a very exciting non-profit space ---

Machine Project.(located at 1200 D North Alvarado in Echo Park 90026.)

This space is crazy- part green house. part library,and yes, part machine for starters. It is the sort of spot that can help creative people with their vision and artistic constructions. And of course the public can view the results and participate.

They have performance,music, art, film, installation,poetry and other

sorts of creative projects and collaborations going on...

It is green, high and low tech. innovative,intellectual,scientific, and silly.

Here is how you make a donation -- you place your money in this tube and it is vacumed and collected at the base of the other end. Silly! Parents better hope their kid's don't get in their wallets and play watch the money get sucked up suckah!

some of the machines

the library- book store

When you purchase a book a small door opens on the floor and the book appears! Here is the magical tree stump where if you purchase a beer the drink comes up thur it's center.

The Bathroom is super cool, all mirrors!!!!

Laurie and Mark

There is also an upstairs apartment where out of town artists can stay while working on their projects.

The Basement