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    I knew the word would catch your eye… you pervs! Since you are already here, enjoy this piece of D.I.Y. cinematography.

    Here’s a look at the (almost) final piece.

    Who is Ines Silva? and, what was I doing at her studio this morning?

    Record, film, document! We must, we must, we must! - That’s what I told this unpretentious Geometric Art sculptress when I stopped by her house a couple of nights ago to have some peas for dinner. True story.
    I couldn’t pass this opportunity to be part of this artist’s creative process, at least as an observant. Ines is in the middle of preparing the pieces for her first European solo show this coming fall. You can read all about her work when YOU CLICK HERE!
    Ines, do you need my help? 
    LOOOVE the sketches! (wink, wink… hoping to get one as a birthday gift).



    March is a magic number

    Were it not, I wouldn’t have dared to embark on this ride to create the XL version of my unclassifiable art.

    Doggy style

    I know! 
    This entry’s title is SUCH a cliché I can barely forgive myself, but it made you look, did it not? (you pervs).

    But what is this about? tell us, tell us!
    This sculpture, which was picked up in my studio today, will be part of the SmARTy Dogs for Smart Schools public art campaign, produced by Prince Media Developments. All the sculptures that are part of this public art festival will be auctioned off on March 28, 2012 at Pinecrest Gardens and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Smart Schools campaign to support technology at the Village’s public schools.
    More info here.

    Bad doggy, bad!                                                                                 Good doggy.

    Illustration Salad (for no particular reason other than to show them up)

    Master’s Mystery Art Show (2011)

    FIU delegate: How did you end up here?
    Moi: one beautiful tropical day, I was minding my own business, as I always do, when opportunity knocked. She looked gorgeous! You should have seen her hair.
    FIU delegate: Who?
    Moi: Op-por-tu-ni-ty… Have you never met her? 
    FIU delegate: and what did she have to say?
    Moi: “Neo, you’re the one”
    FIU delegate: Huh?!
    Moi: EXACTLY!
    FIU delegate: How did you react to that?
    Moi: I told her “You’re crazy lady… now take your red pill and follow the white rabbit”… and so she did.
    FIU delegate: and then what happened?
    Moi: She started chasing after poor Snowball like a madwoman!
    FIU delegate: Oh boy, why did I ask?.. And then what happened?
    Moi: Well (I said, looking smarter than ever) I noticed the paper and t-shirt she had dropped and picked them up.
    FIU delegate: and…
    Moi: And I started painting on them (My smile shinned so brightly that any star would have been jealous).
    FIU delegate: Can I see them?
    Moi: Show me yours, I’ll show you mine…


    Kaleidoscopic t-shirt.Let’s get (just a tiny bit) serious now, because this is really cool: on Wednesday, November 30th the seventh Master’s Mystery Art Show will be held at The Ritz Carlton South Beach (FL). It is one of the most interesting events of the Miami Art Season.


    More than 1,000 original artworks are donated by artists and sold to the public for the fixed price of $50, to benefit Florida International University’s Master of Fine Arts program. 
    The Mystery is that the name of the artist for each work is kept secret during the exhibition, only to be revealed at the completion of the sale (drumroll…TA DAH!!!)

    It would be fantastic to see everyone there, mingling and supporting the arts.
    :)

    I know… I’m already showing mine… don’t blame the sinner, blame the sin.

    “My take on the evolution of species” - A (mock) National Geographic interview.

    In true Darwinian style, I started studying plants that yet not exist but will soon be around. If he studied the evolution of our past I have the right to study the future… right?


    Here’s an excerpt of what my interview with National Geographic would be like:

    NG: So… you say you have studied the future of species? is that right?
    Me: Of course, look!
    NG: Yeah… Those look like doodles to me… are you serious?
    Me: What do you mean? Of course I am. I spent hours playing with my watercolors, and I hate wasting my time (I smiled and sort of closed my eyes as I tilted my head up towards my right, like my answer was the smartest thing this man had ever heard).
    NG: What scientific proof do you have that plants will evolve towards that level of personalization?
    Me: Well… they need to do something about their boring ways or they will completely be replaced by holograms. I already threw mine away.
    NG: That doesn’t mean they will start behaving like spoiled pets.
    Me: Yes, they can be very spoiled… and they will!
    NG: How long have you been working on these botanical experiments in your lab?
    Me: Lab?.. Nooo, that’s the bar.
    NG: So you have not been working on any botanical experiments?
    Me: But I’m planing to (once again I smiled).
    NG: Ok, thank you for your time, I am leaving now.
    Me: Will I be featured in the cover? 

    (Door slamming).

    Turning the nonsensical into a somethi-cal

    Sooo many questions…
    Wanna take a closer look?

    TA-DA moment in the making…

    Sugary shades of Summer

    As soon as I saw the series of candy colored pictures published by Dressed Up Alligators I KNEW I would use them as color inspiration to satisfy my sweet tooth (without the calories of course).
     


    Still in the works here…
    Color palette inspired by Dressed Up Alligators

    Truth becomes words become lies become absence

    A while ago I realized that nothing ever came as close to the way my mind+communication skills work as one of my favorite artist’s work. Words are definitely more powerful in their absence, therefore the more you say, the less value it seems to have, but the less you say and the more you keep the less I will know and understand.
    Magic don’t come cheap. We’re either drenched with knowledge or lost in its absence.
    “In Basquiat’s paintings, boys never become men, they become skeletons and skulls. Presence is expressed as absence…”
     
    Whatever these were, whatever they meant, they only exist now as support for what has been built above them, but their power is still there although they are no more.

    My favorite color palette is a girl!

    Susie Bubble… you color-blocking genius, you, painting is never dull when your choices are around.
    For you, curiously minded people who want to know everything about everybody… click here!

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