120120. Keepin hope and peace alive.

Brooklyn's Public School 261, came out in seasonably cold, blustery january and held a public peace rally at brookyn's borough hall! Representative Daniel Squadron and Borough president Marty came tovthe rally. They showed up and stated eloquent things like.... '..some peoples of color and some lacking color...' and Mr. Squadron's remanicing of his father, who participated in the monumental washington DC march.

The children spoke out about their hopes and dreams about abundance of medicine for the sick, for the abundance of shelters for the  homeless and abundance of food for the hungry. They chanted 'Children are fabulous and we won't be stopped.'
All those in the cold felt a great sense of right in this world full of wrongs.
When did we as adults decide that complication and complicating messes were going to be better bed fellows than simplicity and dreams? Why can't some questions of solving problems become more straight foward and determinedly more simple rather than complicated? Beautiful diversity and perspectives in every human and our humanity is seperated only truly by self serving negativity. The answer to solving our worldly problems are as complicated as it is simple. I think individual responsibility and self perspective is our only solution. From each individual, the questions can be wrestled and answered.
When did puppets become 'leaders'? Why do we follow them? Why can t leaders also listen and follow? Why can't we lead our individual self to greatness not tainted with self loathing and fear, so that we can spread love and joy and share our great energy of warmth with everyone we come in contact with?

Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr! Happy Birthday to all human revolutionaries, young and old, not yet born and they who lived! Free at last, free at last! We will all be free at last!

110915. NAOMI KAZAMA and FT GREENE's MOEs

Artist, gallerist, creative being and all around eccentric guy, Naomi Kazama of DYZ-EXP fame and AUTOCIDER is bringing his show to Brooklyn, NY for a weekend event of Live Screenprinting with his gang, STRANGE, jewelry by Maya and some sample sales and what nots. Please come. South Portland and Lafayette. Sat and Sun, September 17 and 18.

110803. Bustin Boards Brooklyn & Mike Ming

Just got word from Ryan over at Bustin Boards that, Bustin Boards has just re-re-re-released the Bustin Boards and Mike Ming Collaboration ROBOT 36 and 41 Model Graphics!! Run out to the nearest longboard/skate shop or better yet, if you are in New York City, find your way to the Longboard Loft Shop at 143 Allen Street between Rivington and Delancy or the Factory ShOP at 340 Grand between Marcy and Havemeyer street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Longboarding, the sidewalk surfer with more wood like the longboarding cousin of the ocean AND evolving into another animal altogether.. think marathons and hill bombs! WTF?! In 2011, Longboards don't even mean long board. Ahh.. the beautiful manifestations of skateboarding, like all the different species of living organisms and the many man created categories for all the little details that make one different from another. LongBoarding. Bustin Boards. Get into it. Get involved.

2011-05-17. Dustin Cohen

Dustin Cohen is a great photographer who worked with me on the Sunglass Hut/One Sight Project in the winter 2010. He has updated his website to include said project as subject for his wonderful portfolio.

If you have not yet seen any of the 100+ hand painted Ray Ban Wayfarers I did for the project, you can click on the link and see the sampling of some of my most recent bigger project gigs.

www.dustincohen.com

These were shot in the beginning of winter at my studio in beautiful RedHook, Brooklyn. It was a pleasure working with Dustin.

Enjoy the images.

20110329. April 2nd BIKE SWAP!!!

YES! A BIKE SWAP at Brooklyn's PS 261!!!
All DETAILS ON FLYER!!
COME CHECK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imagine... Queens' 'Bicycle' Song here.....

and if you want Freddy Mercury to sing it for ya...

BICYCLE SWAP!!!!

ANY WAY YOU CUT IT.. COME TO THE SWAP!!!!

101006.Zoel

Zoel and Me with Board.





Board.


Yesterday, I get a call from a mysterious number. On the other end, a message from an unassuming woman's voice. "Hi, my name is Zoel and I got your number through your friend and neighbor , Camus. I m doing a show about custom art and he told me I should call you. Are you interested? Call me..." something like that. I m .. hmmm.. okay, let me call back and see what is what. I get a message box. I leave a message. ahh.. maybe I m too late. I get a call back in minutes.



Still pinching myself after she left.. got the pictures, tho.
Mugging it up! In the studio.. ' nah look serious ', she says..


To make a long story short, I had a surprise visitor in my studio and an impromtu art session with the beautiful ZOEL! If you don t know Zoel, she is a super hustling argentinian entertainer with music as her expression and media, her vehicle, HOT like the singer but cool and mucho classy. She is a one woman powerhouse of singing, hosting and djing. She has an album, a website, www.zoel.com. She also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show called “What’s up con Zoel” which is produced in the USA and broadcasts live on Urbana 89.5 FM and simultaneously on www.urbana895fm.com.ar every Thursday at 6pm.



Grill Face and Beauty.


AND hosting TV SHOWS!
This Girl is BUSY!



The Hustlin Duo! Makin it happen for latin america et todos world!

Thank you for visiting the studio in Red Hook and taking time out of your very busy schedule to say wassup and Big UP! Thank you Camus for the introductions. Thank you Ken The Flattop, my pinstriping mentor from yokohama!!! Inspired to paint a skate deck like the striping sessions in THE GHETTO, TOKYO!

100721 DUNLIN Bags in WILLY B!!

I modeled for a high end bag store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn called, DUNLIN.
You can check out their website at www.dunlin.us
The beautiful images on the site was shot by Jason Eric Hardwick.
You can check out his site at
www.jasonerichardwick.com
when you get a chance, please check out their line and if you have time,
go check out their store.
263 south 1st street. Brooklyn NY 11211.
718 915 6982

090722 Brooklyn Boulders

Brooklyn Boulders.

It s been a minute since I ve dropped out of communications and now I m here to report on a project I ve been working on the past couple weeks. I ve been at 3rd avenue and Degraw at the old brooklyn Daily News Building that is now being transformed into the biggest, greatest, bad-est, funkiest, artiest... (add your own adjective with -est) and you get the idea that this one is gonna CRUSH any climbing gym as one ill activity theme park. Check out the flicks of the painted walls gracing the gym so far.. much much more to come.



PEEK. SONIC. PGism ( RIP )



EWOK.



PART. Mike Ming ( unfinished, Day Two ).



KA.



K STAR. DIVA.



EROTICA 67.



VIC.


EWOK.



Mike Ming.

090209Tuesday. LastWeek

This is an image of the Statue of Liberty from Red Hook. Brooklyn.


Winter Surfer and trusty Sea Gull.


Winter Wonderland.


Neighborhood Snow.


Sunset. Red Hook.



Pablo Powers. He is having an amazing Photo show at Focus Studios. 499 11 ave. Manhattan. corner of 46th street. 'strange attractor'. Its about Reno, NV. Check It Out!


My friend, Koji. Surfing will change the world.