NoLa RISING Art Submission

Recently I submitted a cardboard painting to the NOLA RISING Free Art Campaign. According to the NOLA RISING website: "NoLa Rising is a post-Katrina art campaign encouraging people in all faubourgs of Greater New Orleans to publicly display works of art, regardless of how simple or untutored it may seem to be, for the purpose of rebuilding and restoring the human spirit in our city. NOLA is a unique and beautiful city that has historically embraced the spirit of personal freedom that supports the growth of the artist, musician and writer ... the goal of the NoLa Rising Project is to showcase that spirit."

Many thanks to Rex Dingler for taking the photo of the woman who chose to take my painting home.

Additional photos of the free art event can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarisingproject/sets/72157605511425717/

For more information on NOLA RISING visit their blog:
http://nolarising.blogspot.com/

Photo Credit: Rex Dingler

Tehran Sticker Art Project

I was recently invited to submit some street art stickers for the "Tehran Sticker Combo" project. Admittedly, I'm not "into" sticker street art, but the opportunity to have my art seen on the streets of Tehran is too good to pass up. Fortunately, I have access to a full color vinyl printer/cutter at work.

If any artists would like to get involved, here's some addt'l info "lifted" from the flickr group:

Tehran sticker Combo Will be the Project for late july 2008 in tehran -IRAN
The project will be in two divided parts Indoor combo board and Outdoor Bombin’ the urban sildwalks .
DEADLINE IS 20 . JULY

All Street Artists Around the world are welcomed to participate the with their hand made / Printed stickers .
-Send as much as you can.
(We will keep some for “Combo Indoor” and use the rest for Outdoor combos.)
all participated artists will be listed and linked from the event page : www.kolahstudio.com/KSC : “coming soon”
-Please Do not send huge stickers/posters or wheatpaste.
-please add your Tag+url/Email on a paper and attach it to your pack .
Photos of Indoor and outdoor Combo + List of Participated Artists will also get published in bRAINSTORM PDF magazine issue 10 in August 2008.
check
www.kolahstudio.com/Underground/?p=662

Free Art Totem - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Fellow Kalamazoo guerrilla artist, Bonus Saves, braved tornado warnings and high winds to put up this "free art totem" in downtown Kalamazoo.

Artists top to bottom: Me, Me, Bonus Saves, Bonus Saves, Tigapics, Nobody, Starhead Boy, & Slurkle.

Photo Credit: Bonus Saves

Guerrilla Art - Kalamazoo, Michigan

This is a collaboration between fellow guerrilla artist, Bonus Saves and myself. Bonus painted the blue characters and I contributed the "volleyball" characters. The art was painted on recycled cardboard and stapled into place. As always our art is free for the taking....


Photo Credit: Bonus Saves

Completed Portrait Commissions

Recently completed 12"x16" acrylic on canvas portrait commissions.

Drawings of Junger, Twain, Crane, Fitzgerald, Orwell and Tolkien

A new batch of author inspired drawings done on pages from their books.
From top (L to R):
Sebastian Junger (A Perfect Storm), Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn), Stephen Crane (Red Badge of Courage)
From Bottom (L to R):
F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), George Orwell (1984), JRR Tolkein (The Hobbit)

Similar drawings can be found in my etsy store:
www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5080156

Poe, Thoreau & Steinbeck Drawings!

New drawings for my etsy store. The author's portraits are drawn on pages from their books.

www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5080156

Guerrilla Art - Phoenix, Richmond, Honolulu, Southsea

Guerrilla Art - Honolulu, HI

Guerrilla Art - Phoenix, AZ

Guerrilla Art - Southsea, United Kingdom

Guerrilla Art - Richmond, VA

"Guerrilla Art" is art placed in public places for people to take home and enjoy.

Through a network of other guerrilla artists, my art has been placed in numerous cities (worldwide). Most recently my art has been seen (and taken) by people in Phoenix, AZ; Honolulu, HI; Richmond, VA; Southsea, UK.

In the coming weeks I'll be creating art to be sent to Singapore, New Orleans, Winnepeg and Australia.

Guerrilla Art - Free Art Totem

PHOTO & VIDEO CREDIT: BONUS SAVES

Fellow Kalamazoo guerrilla artist, Bonus Saves, just put up this "Free Art Totem". Among the pieces are a couple of mine, as well as a piece from Tigapics (of Germany).

Illustration Friday - "Primitive" Tiki

I've been feeling the need to get away from the computer and put pencil to paper again. I suppose that fits IF's "primitive" topic too.

Guerrilla Art - Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, VA has an up and coming Free Art movement entitled the "Real Small Art League". The league is headed by a gal named Tiffany Glass Ferreira who has a unique approach using google maps to track free art pieces.

If anyone is interested in having their art placed in Richmond, VA visit this site for more information:
www.iknowtiffany.com/

Art Available for Licensing

Over the Christmas and New Year's Holidays I decided to prepare some of my art for potential licensing usage. As a result I created a simple web site. Although I haven't spent time marketing the site, it is currently live.
http://artbysammo.weebly.com

Global Free Art Project

As mentioned in a previous post, I'm creating art pieces for the "It's Yours Take it" FREE ART project.

The project has been described as: ""It's yours, take it!" is a global free art project taking place in 5 cities. Stateside we have Chicago,Illinois, Honolulu,Hawaii and Phoenix, Arizona. Outside the land of consumption is Tel Aviv, Israel and Portsmouth Hampshire, UK.

Sneak peeks of the pieces can be seen here: www.flickr.com/groups/itsyourstakeit/

There are future plans for more Free Art events in additional cities worldwide. If interested, drop in on the flickr group and sign-up.

2.5" x 3.5" ACEO Size Mini Canvases!?!

I found these 2.5"x3.5" mini stretch canvases on the dick blick web site. I just had to try them. They also sell mini easels to display the paintings.
Here's a link to the canvases:
http://www.dickblick.com/zz071/47/

Guerrilla Art - Chicago

A little over a week ago, fellow Kalamazoo guerrilla artist Bonus Saves and I got together to do some collaborative paintings. I painted the 3 eyed bearded guy and Bonus added his colorful "bonus" characters. (We painted it on a 34"x34" piece of cardboard).

Bonus was headed to Chicago this past weekend so he took our collaborative painting and 16 other pieces from CODO, NiceONE, DryPNz, Jack, and Miss Manou (from the Tigapics Collective) to hang in public places. As with most guerrilla art, these pieces were FREE for the taking. (A sign was hung reading "FREE - Please Take")

photo credits: Senor Codo.

Mini Guerrilla Art Cards

This is my full set of professionally printed, 48 Open Edition ACEO cards based on my guerrilla art characters. I'm really happy with the print quality. I'll be slowly auctioning these cards on ebay. The widget to the right of this post will take you to my current ebay auctions.

What Are ACEOs?
ACEOs are known as Art Card Editions and Originals. These 2.5" x 3.5" cards are also referred to as Artist Trading Cards (ATC). These Small Format Art (SFA) pieces are created in a wide variety of media. They are extremely fun and affordable to collect.

SPECIAL OFFER!!
If anyone wants to buy a full set of theses 48 hand-signed ACEO cards, I'm offering a special price of $90 and free shipping. Plus I'll include some original guerrilla art drawings to round out your collection. email me to work out the details. sammoart[at]yahoo.com

Guerrilla Art - Spain

Restaurant in Sitges-Spain

Sant Pere de Ribes-Spain

My flickr buddy, Whisper was kind enough to place some of my guerrilla art around her neighborhood in Spain.

(Thanks to Whisper for the photos).