I can spend up to a week on an average size painting…If life goes easy on me for a week straight, I can get a considerable amount of work done…but things happen…design jobs to pay immediate bills, music, rabbits need to get neutered, fixing cars…business and meetings…if that stuff could stop then I would be getting paintings done at an exponential rate…which I have essentially tried to do for this show…

2. Your favorite comic book?

My favorite all time comic book would be the Hulk from growing up…But as a strange and very particular adult of bizarre tastes I would have to say Black Hole by Charles Burns…there are many strange zines out there right now as well!..Super Gods by Warren Ellis is amazing right now and The Walking Dead of course.

3. What does your studio usually look like?

You know right now its been pretty clean…Once I started freaking out about keeping these new paintings safe, I started cleaning it out…I took all my big sculptures and giant heads from previous show/ installations and went to the packing place I send my paintings from and they let me do a giant installation there that is permanent so I wouldn’t have to worry about it…Theres Giant severed heads hanging from the ceiling of this rad shipment center now.

4. Your biggest fear as a child?

As a child my fears were very dream based…and now that I examine them as an adult, they are very clearly psychology 101…my fears were all based on the needs and reactions of adults around me…what they wanted, how I should react and what emotional needs I could supply for them…If they would have just not used me and my sister as bargaining chips in their selfish emotional tug of war I would be chillin’…I cant stand people who have children to fulfill some kind of shallow self appreciating, pseudo cultural tradition of reproducing themselves…get over yourselves, do some personal/emotional development and earn the right to lovingly care for another person…Jesus Christ!

5. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A really famous, narcissistic asshole who hates what he has become. Or a total fucking burnout.

6. Despite sex, race, and cultural differences, do you think there is something that connects all humans together?

Oh yeah…emotions…whether they are oppressed, damaged, open or distorted…we all have them and are all trying to be “okay”…The lucky ones have been fostered at an early age to accept their emotions..You cannot get away from them…it is best to learn to live with our feelings in a natural healthy way so we can be all happy and supportive of each other…and not punch each other out and road rage on folks…the problem is, we have unhealthy cultural/social conditioning that tries to mold the way we behave in our roles as feminine and masculine people…we are taught that it is best to act a certain way and then it leads to complete douchery and insensitivity. Magazines, ads, and media are there to reinforce it as well in case you ever forget that there are standards that you will never live up to.

7. Best childhood memory?

Anytime I was allowed to be….running around with other kids just wailing on some kickball or wrecking some water slides…I really really loved it when I could just ride my bike for hours behind my house alone.

8. What does your cosmic mayhem look like?

There is a formless and writhing mass in the center of the universe that is slowly pulling everything towards it…it is all colors shifting and folding unto itself and none you can comprehend…It is hideous, liquid, and horrible. It moves as a fleeting dream never to be waken from…It speaks in your mind with aching whispers and sickening memories that send you into a feverish  illness not unlike dying…There are no rational laws your mind can abide, no emotional parallels your form can distinguish as  a frail mortal body shatters at the absolute inability to understand. This cosmos is not for you and I…we are les than a ripple in the smallest puddle.

9. What does bliss look like for you?

Wrestling with some puppies! Oh…and camping by a river with Kristie and some friends…Go on a hike and take some mushrooms..AND! No deadlines!

10. Favorite thing to eat and drink?

I love vegan Thai food! Indian food! And I started going to this Ethiopian restaurant that rules! Queen of Sheba!!

THIS IS THE NEW HOT ITEM ON THE TOY MARKET! Even if you’re not in to toys, Mr. Spray is too awesome to pass up. Shepard and StrangeCo. teamed up to make this rad 50’s inspired toy character that Shepard created in 2004. This is the first vinyl from Shepard in 11 years, so it definitely is a hot one that is going fast! From the iconic Obey packaging to the crooked advertising character that is Mr. Spray, this is definitely a collectors item that you do not want to miss! Mr. Spray comes in red or black, and is being sold at White Walls for a limited time and offer! Get these puppies while they’re still here because they’re going like rapid fire!

Sale price: $84.99 + shipping and handling

To purchase a Mr. Spray call White Walls at (415) 931-1500 or come by the gallery at 835 Larkin St. San Francisco 94109

For more info on Mr. Spray, click here.

We all had a great time at the opening reception for “As They See it”. There was a great turn out, and the new space keeps looking better and better with each new show. Here are some photos from the opening. If you missed the show, come to the next one on August 7th, it’s just around the corner!

For more photos, visit our flickr!

See ya on the streets!

Excited for Skinner? Because we definitely are! The art of Skinner is so intricate and detailed it fills one with excitement, horror, and awe. Remember sitting in your mom’s Plymouth Voyager as she drove you around while you read comic books by  revolutionaries such as Charles Burns and Marvel Comics until you became sick to your stomach? Skinner was definitely one of these kids. His art screams sci-fi comic craze, mixed with a bit of heavy metal grotesque romance. His pieces are layered with multiple figures that could take hours to study, and are an orgasm for the eyes. So hold on tight, and get ready for a wet and wild ride at Skinner’s solo show at White Walls opening on August 14th.

Until then, here are some teasers to tantalize your inner Skinner with.

A time lapse video of a piece Skinner did at Bold Hype gallery in NYC.

Also, if you haven’t seen this yet, make sure to check it out in Lower Haight.

See ya on the streets!

Today The Wall Street Journal reported on an interesting story about a painting President Obama received from British prime minister David Cameron. Cameron gave Obama “Twenty First Century City” (pictured above) by graffiti artist Ben Eine. Apparently, Camerons wife is a fan of Eine and asked if she could give one to President Obama, “My initial reaction was ‘are you having a laugh?” said Eine.

Read the whole article here.

Eine is going to be featured in the August show at Gallery 941Geary but more about that later.

Robert Burdens new work, The Birth of a Jedi is a massive 10ftx7ft oil on canvas painting that is now up at Gallery 941Geary. The painting took him 7 months to complete and within that time he made this amazing time lapse of his work from start to finish.  Watch the video and be sure to come by 941Geary to see the completed painting in person!

Ernesto Yerena’s solo show at White Walls Gallery will be opening this upcoming November 13th and will run through December 4th.  Check out this video to get a taste of Ernesto and his work!  Thanks to MTN Colors for the video!

Jesse Hazelip’s work is currently featured at the SFMOMA’s Artist Gallery’s Window Show!  Jesse Hazelip is a local Oakland artist whose art has been featured at White Walls Gallery.  He paints large-scale works of animal/military hybrids, referencing various iconic American imagery.  The installation will be up from July 10 – November 13th, and will be visible from the street 24 hours a day and seven days a week.  Check it out and support ya local artist!

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Check out some recent shots of Hugh Leeman’s murals around San Francisco!  Hugh Leeman has been featured at White Walls, and has recently been busy completing his mural at Space Gallery.  Recently, he has reoriented his attention to billboards and other public spaces around the city.

His work speaks to the transience of homelessness and random interactions on the street, as the space in which he creates his murals is situated on borrowed street signs that are relocated from other spaces in the city, and as the interaction between Hugh and his subjects is a fleeting exchange.

The temporality of these interactions is documented by Hugh in paintings that are done in a very public, larger than life form, communicating more about the interaction between artist and subject, societal interpretation of such interaction, and of homeless life than a singular moment may convey.

Hello party people! The opening for Casey Gray’s “iLL Romantic”, Chris Pugliese’s “Fur & Feathers”, and new works by Van Arno was a great success! Here are some photos of the good times!

Thanks for coming, and make sure to come to the 941Geary opening this Saturday from 6-9!

Click here to view more pictures of the opening on our Flickr!