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| I design, create and produce. I draw, paint, take photographs; I put things together with wood and metal; I write, I make music, I perform live and in film. I consider myself a minimalist, but not in the sense of; white canvas with one small dot on it or large steel square, but a minimalist in the sense that; once I feel my message has been conveyed, and I feel that the viewer will understand it; be affected by it, then it's done. Growing up in New Orleans, everything was old, rusty, dusty, wet, mildewed, muddy, moldy and dirty for the most part; and I like that sort of crudeness. Occasionally my work reflects that, other times, it can be very well polished. Some would say my work is simple or "folky." Some say it has a comic book nature about it. I like to think it's just raw expression. I'm not trying to dress anything up so that I know someone will buy it nor am I tryin' to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. I'm just doin' what I feel like doin'. Influences? Any damn thing/person that crosses my senses from the second I started really observing to right now. We're all sponges of our surroundings, how each and every one of us processes those surroundings, well that's just what makes us a little more of who we are; and what makes my art, my art. What, you want a list? Alright: friends, family, strangers, cave paintings, folk art, tattoos, myths, comics, comedy, tragedy, drama, horror, romance, bad grafitti, good grafitti, poetry, real life, ideas, titles, abstracts, doodles, concepts, jokes, code words, words, phrases, innuendo, inside jokes, street art, pop culture, multi-culture, history, the present, the future, crime, politics, science...how's that? |
| All right, look I'm not tryin' to fool anyone; my "paintings" are crude renderings, glorified sketches, cartoons or high end bathroom wall grafitti. If ya' don't like 'em then scroll down further, i think there's maybe a picture of a flower ya' might like or somethin'. |
These Pieces are From my Instantaneous Retrospective Show 12/06
@ The Electric Pink Lotus Gallery curated by Carla Tome
I put 53 pieces ranging from re workings of old sketches,
to new ones based on old concepts,
some were just words;
all were on 8 x 10 pieces of gessoed luan(thin ply wood)
 Jesus is a Zombie, Read the comics 8x10 ink on gesso on luan based on the "Jesus is Lord, read the Bible" stickers |
 It's the approach to the runway, that makes the landing 8x10 ink on gesso on luan |
 Wrong is a lesson not worth repeating 8x10 ink on gesso on luan |
 Stercus Accidit / Shit Happens 8x10 ink on gesso on luan one's own doing's foulng one's own doing's |
...and Then There Was PAINT!
Realizing that black ink on white wood isn't so satisfying, I decide to pick up an actual brush.
 Bad Tattoo Design 10" X 15" Acrylic the worst tattoo design ever (with misspelling even!) |
 Self Titled 15" X 10" Acrylic as far as I'm concerned, Skulls no longer carry any symbolic signifigance. Both from the Thomas Han Curated Keep Scrapping Show at Maude Carrin Los Angeles April 2007 |
DARKNESS falls
Another realization! Black on white looks pretty boring, so viola! WHITE on BLACK, oh my GAWD! what a difference.
 Rasputin, Birthday Card for Inga 4" X 5" aprox. Acrylic on wood Inga's Russian, it was her birthday, 'nuff said. |
 Admiral Odette of The SS Clogship 8" X 10" Acrylic on Wood Odette is the daughter of two dear Cloggers Collector's note* Color was added to this in a collaboration w/ Carla Tome!!!! |
 Hardware Store Logic 4" X 15" Acrylic on wood a bumper sticker for your baseboards |
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 Data Transfer Device 4" X 1" Acrylic on wood data transfer device is a base definition for computer |
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 Liberty 24" X 24" Acrylic on Masonite inspired by...the patriot act WOW, look at the progress, is that? Oh my god it is; white paint, black gesso AND gloss medium Bra-Vo Mr. Artist! Bra-Vo indeed. |
 Jellysandwich 24" X 24" Acrylic on Masonite inspired by the global jellyfish population boom due to GLOBAL WARMING!!!!! Seen in the Keenan Keller curated Mutation Nation show |
Famous Forgeries Robot's Naked Eye
Furniture My furniture of late has been've been more utlitarian modern wooden pieces. I'm slowly acquiring new tools to replace lost ones after Katrina and setting up a metal and ceramic studio with fellow artist collaborator,...Carla Tome.
Want Something Custom for a Friend or Yourself?
CONTACT ME!!!
epincorporated.com "Messin' w/ ya mind, Since 1969"
Here's that flower i was tellin ya about earlier
This is an on going project that will continue to go on until i run out of raw materials.
A while back i worked on a wonderful movie.
From the film I acquired a huge box of 8 X 10 b&w movie and theatre promo photos from the fifties sixties.
I put my own little "thank you message" on there and "sign" them.
Look for them where ever you least expect them or order one for a friends birthday. See the Custom Orders Section
please don't ask what stars i have there's too many to go through, and not all of them are marked.
Flatulence, It's everybody's problem.
I'll never forget worshipping with you, ever.
Uh, Prozac anyone?
How do you think the door frame feels?
either my shoe's on too tight
or I just pee'd myself
Seriously,
have you ever seen eyes like this
on anyone SANE?
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Installation
The Red & Gold Art Show
Curated by Carla Tome at The Hangar 1018 5/06
40 some odd Famous Forgeries
Two chairs
1 table
and a large supreme pizza
on the box was the short story below:
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Pizza Party
Antonio's was a restaurant that the Family frequented.
Joey Pipes wasn't Family,
But he was connected.
He did jobs for them.
He loved Antonio's,
It was a joke with the Family though,
They knew Antonio wasn't really Italian,
They knew the autographs on the wall were all fakes,
Joey didn't know this.
Joey wasn't too smart.
One thing he was though,
Mean.
One day he found out,
He found out Antonio was really from Turkey.
He felt duped. He felt humiliated.
He felt,
Very,
Very,
Angry.
He went in there the next evening,
Right around closing time,
He ordered a couple of his favorite pies.
"Hey-a, Joe-y; 3 vegetarians with pepperoni?
You-a must-a be-a ve-ry hun-gry, eh!?"
Joey was sick to his stomach hearing that fake accent,
The tinted windows hid it all,
He beat Antonio to a pulp with a pipe,
Leaving his signature concentric circles all upon the body.
That's how he did all his jobs,
That's why they called him Joey Pipes.
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Making furniture requires a lot of space for storage, so I usually just make things on comission style basis, working one on one with a client to develop the concept and then executing a one of a kind piece. One piece was lost in part to THE STORM! which was a quijoa board dinner table, 3' X 5' with louis XV shaped legs that were made out of rebar; a rust, black paint, and etched finish top; coated with epoxy resin to keep the rust from taking over anymore.
Ok, so here's the story
I thought it'd be funny to have a coffin shaped coffee table;
this was 1994
I had some free rebar,
went got the round steel,
thought a glass top would be nice,
a friend had a sandblaster.
I got to drawin and well,
this what I ended up with.
it was a piece that ended up too fragile;
dark
and
waaaay too gothic
(for that i blame New Orleans)
so i traded it for a warm jacket since i rode a motorcylce.
*elements to note;
wreath of roses with a human heart in the center
there is a human head shape where a head would be,
with a hand clw in front of it resembling nosferatu
fleur de lis, of course
two arrows pointing down;
a symbol of death
This thing,
this was a lot of fun
An older doctor friend of mine saw a bed i made for
phil anselmo
(which i don't have pictures of;
conveiently the reader thinks to themselves)
and he said he wanted a demon bed
I had always wanted to recreate the bed from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
I combined the two ideas and came up with this:
The Baphobed
complete with etched baphomet and raging hard on
he also is wearing a gas mask
for added rock and roll weirdness
on the inside footboard
there is a silouette of a womans hind end
as if her rear was poking out from beneath the covers
while fellatiating you
it is a huge beast
easily weighing in at a quater ton
it comes apart real easy though
for some reason I strive to make things that way
easy to move, Ha Ha Ha Ha!
He gave me the biggest compliment
he collected Mario Villa furniture
and had a big ol King Sized bed in his master bedroom
and this one was in the cabana
he told me he switched them out
and used this smaller one as his master bed
INSTEAD of the King sized Mario Villa
* geek note, all the steel is braided, not randomly twisted
A Famous Forgery by Chance?
well drop me a line,
all pieces are 8 X 10 inches on door skin wood
(1/16th" inch luan, fits in most picture frames)
unless specified otherwise, options include:
black back ground, bare wood background, white background
famous forgeries are 8 x 10 some are smaller,
some have been altered
(they were used for newspaper promo, so may have black and white paint on some)
Designs Can be Made Into T-Shirts too!
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- job, jobs
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- tools they may use
- machines facintaed by
- good luck charms
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- any other favorites, or interests you can think of let me know
- songs, music genres, poems, stories
- family traits
- habits
- guilty pleasure
- obsessions
- phobias
- dirty secrets
- dirty jokes
- Anything you can think about that makes this person THIS person!!!
- Or anything you think they would like
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Want to know of shows, new work and special offers?
Drop me a line, electronically of course:
ewillyp(at)yahoo(dot)com
My ridiculous live act
IMAGINE"the"BAND!!!
or for all things film related or retarded
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Also you may want to see some really beautiful artwork
over at a friend of mine's place;
Carla Tome,
Have you heard of her? She makes some real fine paintings.
Well, check back often! Thanks for stoppin by... bye.
