Orale!! Santa Ana Homes!! Hey get your Santanero one year anniversary issue; it just came out and actually i need to get one myself, i actually saw my friends issue and it looked amazing!! 

Yours truly is in it as well;  so help celebrate and support all the hard working people that made it through their first year!! 

Congrats Santanero!

Link Love:
Santanero Zine

So I made made two found object sculptures or Assemblages if you will. With help of the OCC recycling center who allowed me to reclaim some items from there facilities.

My good friend Charles Ashurst, owner of Castle View was kind enough to take some pictures of them.

I will add them to the digital portfolio soon with their titles, year etc.

Hello again, here is a portrait of Liz done in graphite. I started it in graphite dust and also used Tombow HB pencils on BFK Rives printmaking paper. 

I along with the talented Lisa Korpos; will be displaying some paintings, prints, & other artwork inside the Ouroboros tent at The Lab during the SOBECA Art Walk in Costa Mesa.

This event will take place during the Art Walk on Tuesday February 26, 2013 from 6pm-10pm. Be sure to check out the entire art walk and entertainment that night at THE CAMP.

photo credit link:
COSTA MESA CITY OF THE ARTS

Lisa Currently has a piece at The Frank M. Doyle Gallery in Costa Mesa. Here is a pic of her and her piece.

I got a nice frame for this oil painting,  I still need to put a proper backing on it and varnish this piece. It was painted with water soluble oils. 

I titled it:"Dark Eyes, Farewell (For Just Awhile)" but I actually forgot the original title that came to me in a dream; from which  I woke up around 3 am thinking what a great title. I quickly fell asleep and in my dream I got up to write it down. Upon waking I realized that I hadn't. It had something to do with the ocean...


-J. Swartz

This pair of Vans sneakers: 106 Vulcanized, were recently painted with red and blue tiger stripes using screen printing ink. They have a semi gloss appearance which I dig. I enjoyed painting them and would like to do more if any on is interested...or hell just DIY!!!

Well the new year has began and I have started by doing a graphite self portrait study. I used a regular old #2 pencil on some arches printmaking paper. I want to do another one using graphite powder which I forgot I had and lose the #2 pencil so i can get some darker values.
I started one of my brother too; I used the graphite powder on it, much richer. I'll post a better photo later as that is a crummy instagram pic.