i drew this for a group show called “the christmas machine” at MFK gallery in berlin. the theme is obviously christmas. nothing more christmassy than a trout coming to town. he brought me a new set of hands.

after i drew a girl with a trunk body, i thought there was something missing. so i drew a bonsai tree growing on her trunk. whew, i feel better now.

you can see the other artists’ works on flickr. i love ‘bobi and bobi‘ and ‘toby tam‘ as always…

this drawing is for sale.  please contact galerie MFK.

The “Christmas Machine” will be an exhibit about the
iconography of Christmas. It shows the outgrowths of our
prechristmassy imagination, tells about tradition and kitsch,Joseph and Salome
and all the other things which contribute to the party of the “Incarnation of God”.

Opening: 07.12.07 - 19h
Exhibition: 08.12.07 - 22.12.07; Wds-Sa 14 - 19h

Galerie MFK

Oranienburger str. 41
10117 Berlin

i was invited to join a huge group exhibition that will be taking place in taipei, taiwan this summer. it’s organized by a taiwanese graffiti artist, REACH+. he’s inviting 1000 artists/designers to join this project. the artists and designers are provided with the REACH+ sticker (top image above) to customize to make their own sticker designs.

i sketched the outline freehand onto a sheet of paper then added my own drawing and colored everything with color pencils. most of the works submitted are done by computer. i thought about using a computer to do a vector drawing (like i did for my CFCR t-shirt design), but using my fingers seems to work better for me.

REACH+ has been posting the finished designs on his flickr page.

so far, my favorites are:

• a work by heiko mueller from germany (i didn’t realize until now that i have a t-shirt designed by heiko as well)
• a work by xiaobaosg from singapore
• a work by irana douer from argentina

what are your favorites?

usually when i draw, i do it in one shot. if i stop working on a drawing before it’s finished, i can’t get back into it the next day. my mood changes quickly, so i get easily bored. if i lose interest in a drawing it may be weeks before i go back to finish it.

this time, i managed to stop drawing just long enough to take photos of my unfinished drawing, “laundry day”. you can see the finished drawing below.
i was invited to join a group called “art recipe” on flickr. artists submit their finished work to the group and link to a series of images showing the “recipe” they used to make their work. it’s very interesting. artworks suddenly seem more layered.

i wanted to put up a post to show my “recipe” for drawing. unfortunately, the photos didn’t turn out well, so i’ll join the group another time. at least taking breaks for photos helped my right hand stay happy and painless.