Dia De Los Muertos 2012

Some iPhone shots of the painting I did for the annual Dia De Los Muertos show at Arte Americas. I only had 2 weeks to work on it, and actually lagged until the weekend before to start it...something about panic that fuels my process and gets the creative wheels rolling.  The painting is a tribute to my Grandparents, so its only right that I worked all night fueled by coffee, as they were caffeine and nicotine fueled insomniac workaholics. I miss them dearly, and like to think that they would have liked this painting.

The, "Cala Gala", Arte's DDLM celebration is this Friday, November 2nd, with a procession rolling through the Fulton Mall that ends at Arte. I'll be there probably fully painted up. Or I might make a mask or something. I dunno yet. Come hang out, I think I'm gonna make some shirts to sell.

El Duermuerto

To inquire about the availability of this piece, please contact the gallery at ArteAméricas.org, or contact me directly at obamador@gmail.com

Art Hop May 2009

So tomorrow (tonight? im typing this at 1 in the morning) is art hop/open studio/ first thursdays. I think most cities do them by now, and if you live in a city that doesnt-well....too fucking bad. I got my studio all nice, and hung all my paintings and drawings, most of which Im over already-they've seen a few venues, cities, and 2 states, so I think I'll have a painting sale tomorrow.





And something you should definitely check out tomorrow is Shannon Hunters, "three more years", collection of photos, shes showing at Broadway Studios.
Three years ago, she took photos of alot of her friends, most of which were couples at the time, and mostly on their porches. Well, she revisited them this year, and needless to say, most of them are no longer together. DRAAAAAMA (say it in a 15yr old girl voice). right? kinda. It makes for a really interesting show, whether you know the folks or not.
I know most of them, and its really interesting to see the change; whether it be living situation, relationship status, or just how peoples faces have changed in only 3 years. I like it. So will you. Heres some shitty cameraphone previews





and heres a photo of Frank Tabarez's work. Frank and I look alike, kind of, well not really, we're both young, handsome, Mexican, painters, living in Fresno, and working in the same studio. And we have the same hair. It makes for fucking confusion amongst folks sometimes. I think if me and frank were cousins, or brothers, growing up, we'd have burned this fucking town to the ground by now. Anyways, he's my doppleganger and he makes amazing fucking work.

"Frank could be your twin. Your more handsome, more talented, twin".-Josh Wigger.




I had an earache earlier this week. My mom gave me this medicine from Mexico, it helped. It went away. The front translates to "Healthy Ear".

I swear I've been busy

I've been up to alot, I just dont have a fucking camera. drawing, drawing, drawing, and hanging. a little painting. a little internet. a little too much internet.

All watched up.

So, spray paint magician/paint dump iron chef and all around bad ass (in his own mind) Josh Wigger, will be having a show in two locations,on the same night.
One of which is a collection of these silly little watercolors he's been doing to keep his mind off of his loneliness, entitled "all washed up".
Theyre pretty exciting, though, I am a water color fiend.

THe other show is compiled of pages he drew on from this 200 year old book he found while looking for food in dumpsters in Berlin. Yes, thats right, Berlin. Motherfucker was stuck there for like 6 months last year after he missed his flight home.
It was all good though, since Joshie is great at thriving in shitty situations, while in Europe, he:
painted murals anywhere somebody'd let him, made money as a backup dancer for various techno-music festivals, ate outta' dumpsters, slept with wolves for warmth, fell in love with every pretty face he met, fought with the Berlin police, graffitied, pissed on, snorted, swallowed, drank, ate, jacked off into, pretty much anything you could think of.
The shows called "Doing lines to pass the time", it gets its name from Joshs addiction to snorting his own dandruff.

Anyways, as much as I talk shit about the guy, hes one of my bestest good friends/ brother/lover, and he always puts on good shows,and by that I mean, if the art sucks he's known to start arm wrestling matches/parades/break dancing competitions, whatever it takes to keep the audience entertained.

check it out, and buy something for your mother.