Rest In Peace, king of style.... Case/Kase2

We lost an art legend this past weekend.
Jeff "Case/Kase 2" Brown passed away after
battling lung cancer, he was only 53.

Although I never met Case, his face & work
are engrained in my as well as many of our minds,
thanks to reading "Subway Art" and/or seeing
"Style Wars" where he said said the infamous
"The king of what? The king of styyyyyyle..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd_pkb5tkn8

Two weeks ago, while I was at the Usual Suspects 2 show opening
at Urban Folk Art Gallery in Brooklyn, I wished I'd been there
a few months earlier after seeing that Case had checked out a
show there.

He's part of group of iconic artists that we saw as kids, that
influence the creative vision & styles in paintings we create today
and in the future.

Rest in peace, king of style, Case/Kase 2...you will not be forgotten....

photo: Martha Cooper
video: Tony Silver/Henry Chalfant

Re-cap of the Usual Suspects 2 show at Urban Folk Art Gallery on Brooklyn Bugle

It was honor to have two of my latest paintings in The Usual Suspects 2 show
two weeks ago at The Urban Folk Art Gallery in Brooklyn again this year...

The show featured work by some of NY's legends...
I'm already looking forward to the next one!
Here's a re-cap on The Brooklyn Bugle.
Enjoy...Peace!

http://brooklynbugle.com/2011/08/09/urban-folk-art-gallery-showcases-local-graffiti-legends/

Rest in paradise...Jasmin Maxine Nunez

Thanks to those who helped with re-posting and re-tweeting the info and missing person flyers.

Although I never met Jasmin, she's cousins with a very dear friend and fellow artist of mine.

That was my connection to the concern about her whereabouts beginning early Monday morning until the unfortunate confirmation later in the day, that she'd passed away. She was only 22 years old.

Please say a prayer for, what I was told by her family, was a vibrant, happy, wonderful, hard working & family oriented young woman...You'll be in my prayers from now on...

Rest in peace...

MISSING PERSON...PLEASE READ!

A dear friend & fellow artist of mine is searching for her cousin

Jasmin Nunez, who has been missing since June 5th.

If you any information contact myself of the number

on the flyer above...Your help is greatly appreciated!

-Peace

"Bit by bit" art show featuring new works by Gina Marr & Mr. Gif

http://mr-gif.com/post/5426562279/we-are-doing-a-show-called-bit-by-bit-with-gina

Come check out new works by artists,

Gina Marr & Mr. Gif Monday, May 25th

at:

Northern Soul

557 1st Street

Hoboken, NJ

Opening reception 8pm

See ya'll there!

OLD CANVAS ( Yesterday & Today) 2009

I don't update on here enough, but I realized I never posted this one....
I painted this for Roz One's (TC5 XMEN) Hell's Kitchen Show
back in fall 2009. The interesting connection is I completed
this at the weeks before my Mom passed away & the show was
in her old neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen where my parents had
emigrated to in 1962....Rest in paradise, Mom & Papa....

It's 24" x 36" acrylic on canvas entitled "Yesterday & Today" I'd
envisioned what a modern day bomber would look like hopping
an 'ol skool NYC transit turnstile. I used my old home station,
30th Ave. for inspiration.

Thanks for checking it out....Peace ya'll....

NEW CANVAS! PREVIEW "Mos One, Demer, 30th Avenue, 1987"

Finally an update, my apologies I fell off since

the holidays!

A few years back I'd promised Demer a collabo canvas.

Here's a sneak peek so far...

Can't wait to post the final pics!

Stay tuned, peace ya'll!