records & exhibitions

FIRST UP!!! Invitations are printed. Thank you to the Print Department in Richmond! You guys rule.

So, the Happy Lonesome record is nearly done. Last bit of mixing today, then mastering in a couple of weeks. Single out early November, single launch around 25th-26th November (venue yet to be decided). Album launch Jan 22 @ the Tote. More details really soon.

 Just finished the film clip, just a bit of editing to go. Here's the star of the show. Larry.

Costume sketch.

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Some paper mache.

before.

after.

The LP & CD covers.

rough sketch (rough friggin' photo too...sorry, in a hurry...)

and then...

CD cover rough, decided on 2 different cover for CD & LP releases.
rough sketch.

& then...

Also working on the postcard/invite at the moment.

rough...

Got some other stuff going on at the moment too. Stay tuned. Off to the studio....

POST 50!!!!

Howdy! Post 50 hey?

Here's the latest....Actually done my knee skateboarding a few weeks back. Damn....Done pretty well though, first real knee injury after years and years of skateboard action & now aged 42...

Going doubles in a tropical pool sesh on the beach.

Heres' a gig poster.
Been busy in the studio recording the Happy Lonesome record. Finished recording last Sunday. Sounding great. Just mixing, mastering, artwork, video etc to go....

Bit of watercolour & gauche. Gunna possibly be the last HL show before Sean goes off to the States for a month or so. If your in the Austin through September/October (I think-check out Jemma & the Clifton Hillbillies social media) go see them play!!

Should have some album cover roughs'n'stuff up next, maybe some video clip stuff too, making a costume of this guy at the moment for the video. Doing some paper mache.

Invites for the exhibition go out in early September. Again, exhibition-SOMA gallery, Sydney Rd Brunswick November 4th-18th. Opening on the 4th (obviously).

Catch ya when.

Go ride a SKATEBOARD!! & Let's make a record!!!

Hey,

Been real busy of late, so has been a bit between posts.

Tuesday was Go Skateboarding Day. Didn't get to skate much myself as I was working at a skatepark all day!! Bit of transport skateboarding was all.

Here's the new painting. Probably one of the most fun and expressive things to do on a skateboard.
Make some NOISE!!!

Here's the rough for the next. Get a radical notion...

The Happy Lonesome are making a record on the weekend. Can not wait. Expect to see record cover art progress in the upcoming weeks. It'll be based around this guy. A poster I did a few years ago, but haven't really got to use that much.

One idea. Rough. Hopefully have some more in a week or two. Until then!

An Exhibition is booked & the art of skateboarding...

Howdy!

It is finally booked....3 odd years in the making. The 'LET THERE BE GUITAR' exhibition is a happening. Dang! Time to start promoting this thang...
4th - 18th November Soma Gallery, Sydney Road Brunswick.

Next up...Skateboarding.

Been working on a few more paintings.

A tribute to the backyard plywood ramp. Plywood Pirates. Grew up skating backyard ramps. Nothing like it. Can't believe that parents did this for their kids.
 Eggplant, tucking in the knee (Grosso wouldn't be happy...).

 I love skateboarding for transport. Done a million miles plus over the years.

So here's a top FIVE.
Skate Video parts...
No.5
Chris Miller & Eric Jueden, Upland Pipeline. From the Gullwing video 'Molecules of Motion'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWR861WGv3s

No.4
Jason Jessee Santa Cruz 'Risk It' "I love art & I love you..." Coulda put numerous video parts of his up on here...This one is just damn appropriate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5FERBW-7KY

No.3
Jeff Grosso Santa Cruz 'Streets on Fire' Probably my favourite skate video EVER! watched it over & over. SST soundtrack. 16mm. Looks great, sounds great. Funny as. NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ymIcc54Zvo

No.2

Hard to put this at number 2, but....look who's number 1 hey. Mark Gonzales. Blind, Video Days. Very close number 2 on the favourite video front as well...Husker Du, Dinosaur...yep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Rx4gbMN08

No.1

Neil Blender (& Steve Claar) Santa Cruz 'Speed Freaks', yeah, really dig those Santa Cruz videos. Dinosaur Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3JjdAz1Sks

 And last a video that I really love. Not rated greatly in the skateboarding world, but hey...Just check out the session at Fallbrook in the last part, damn!!! This video just makes me feel really good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8PfeBQOFRo

And last. A gig plug. Recording very soon...Then some album art to follow. You remember this guy.

lookin' forward and back again....

How's it?

Just a short post.

Here's a follow up from last week. Another Protec helmet.

This one is a tribute the the legendary Upland Pipeline skatepark & two of it's favourite sons.  Chris Miller & Steve Alba.

This is a painting from a few years back that I did for Damn it! magazine. an editorial painting for an article on Skateistan. Check them out here. Donate if you've got some spare $$$.

http://skateistan.org/

Also, I have a website now...

artbygreeny.com

Getting closer to the 'Let There Be Guitar' exhibition. Hoping to have a date and gallery real soon.

The first painting from the series, way back in 2013.

skateboards & guitars plus an exhibition!

Howdy,
Sorry again, it's been a while....
Good news, the 'Let There Be Guitar' exhibition IS gunna happen! November, should have it booked really soon.

SKATEBOARDING
 I 've been riding skateboards for some time on & off for quite a while. Skateboarding has been apart of my life for a long time. Got my first skateboard in 1978, like most kids a plastic banana board (blue with red see through wheels). I have had a skateboard in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s & still skate now 2016. Skateboarding is a creative outlet. Pretty much everything I love I can trace back to skateboarding in some way. Music, art & friends.

 Me, 1990.

Me Now. Rock'n'Roll.

  I'm currently working on some skate related work. Here's the latest...

            

Hi Ho Silver! (I was really into to Lone Ranger as a little kid, not a great photo sorry.)

And some from the last few of years or so...

Somedays

Judo Bear

Pool Wabbit

    Tribute to the full cut Protec helmet & two of the greats with signature maneuvers. Gonz, stalelfish  & Neil Blender lien air. Painted another Protec last year, yet to get a worthy photo, got another on the way.

 And a rough for the next one....

More in the next week or so....
Hopefully a date for the exhibition really soon......

Summertime King Of The Surf

Hey,

Again, been a while. Kept on sayin' all year that I'm gunna get more regular with postin' on this thing again, but another 5 weeks roll by and nothin'....

Have been drawin' and paintin' though.

Here's some of it. There's other stuff to come. Hopefully get a couple more paintings in by years end.
'Let There Be Guitar' Exhibition and book next year.

Here's a Phantom Hitch Hikers Poster.

Here's a design I did for a Found Sound T Shirt.

And the LAST of the 'Let There Be Guitar' Series...The King of Surf! Dick Dale.

Rough.

Detail.

the whole thang.

Hopefully post some more stuff next week. workin' on a skateboardin' series. might as well post a bunch of that.
til then.