I have been working on several retail projects lately for snow/skate brands and have been combing the web for inspiration and came across the portfolio of San Francisco-based Designer/Art Director Adam Weiss. He has done some remarkable work for Burton and some coats for North Face that are absolutely fantastic. Beautiful work.
Serious Situations is the portfolio of Simone Magurno who was born in Italy and now works in San Francisco. He has an impressive client roster including the likes of Nike, Microsoft, Xbox, Akqa, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Target and GAP to name a few. He has some slick site design in his portfolio as well as some exceptionally executed digital illustration work. He very recently updated as well.
I have been pretty busy lately. One of the things I had the pleasure of doing was curating an “Illustration” show with Nate Van Dyke and Jeremy Forson. I enjoy the opportunity to show people the process involved in art making so I encouraged exhibiting sketches next to the finished paintings in this exhibition.
All the work can be seen here, and photos from the opening can be seen here.
Bay area native Alex Varanese has an unusual style all his own. I have seen his work before and posted it in prior versions of the blog but he has been staying busy and recently updated with a new series of experimental typographical layouts. He obviously has a fetish for the color orange, that much is easy to figure out and he has a thing for cassette tapes and the 80s. He is also very good at rendering 3d type and image. The one thing that you might not pick up on right away until spending a little time surfing around his site is that he also has a great sense of humor. He may or may not know that he is also a good writer. What I’m trying to say is this guy’s got some skills and I am picking up on what he is layin’ down.
My brand new zine is now available to preview and purchase HERE. To support the release, Gallery Heist is hosting a three week exhibition that will include framed drawings and a site specific installation.
The zine was produced as an outlet for my personal work with contributions from photographers Zach Lewis and Amelia Sellers.
Fantastic watercolor and acrylic paintings from San Francisco based Mary Anne Kluth. A feast for my senses.
My buddy Maxwell has been featured on Changethethought before. He recently redesigned his entire website and added a lot of great content.
Some nice works by San Francisco based Jeremy Forson. He mostly does freelance illustration but he prefers painting and drawing.
Also - I am a sucker for quality Masters Of The Universe art.
San Francisco based Pakayla Biehn creates some interesting work like this painting above. I like the idea of taking a concept like this and painstakingly rendering it as a painting. Her site has other gems like original furniture design.
I am in a group show opening this Saturday in S.F. featuring Henry Gunderson, Kevin Taylor, Julian Duron, Ryan Bubnis, Scott Barry, Tara Foley, and Alexis Mackenzie whom have all been featured on Changethethought in the past.
There are other fantastic artists in the show as well!
I am lucky enough to be a part of this upcoming group show in San Francisco. Mike Giant, Skinner, Matt Furie, and Kevin Taylor have all been featured on Changethethought in the past. Should be a good one!
San Francisco based Matt Furie uses colored pencils and draws a wide variety of characters . Think Sesame Street for adults…on acid.
Haunting gouache and watercolor paintings by Marci Washington who lives and works in the Bay Area.
San Francisco based Danny Espinoza creates clean compositions that give me that happy go lucky feeling. Very carefree and pleasant. More on his Flickr.
Scott Barry truly is a jack of all trades. In addition to his stellar graphic design he makes drawings and elaborate installations, all with a nod to fun 70’s inspired psychedelia.
CalArts MFA graduate Jon Sueda has some exceptional graphic design for print in his portfolio. Sueda has worked the world round as a designer and also writes and teaches.
Painter Paul Wackers creates eclectic and colorful works drawing from numerous spheres of influence.
