Elstabo's Canvas

  So I completed the skate board for artdeckco.com I tryed to keep it simple and sexy but dangerous. I hope someone has a good time riding her out! exhibit starts MAy 31st     I also comepleted this 48x36 painting for Artwhino.com     El Mundo de Los Luchadores show   Sunday May 4th, from 2-7pm Location: DC Fairgrounds (Directly in front of National Stadium) 1299 Half Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 Super convenient 50 feet from the Greenline Navy Yard Nationals Ballpark Metro Stop Featuring famous Lucha Libre wrestlers Pequeno Pierroth, Sangra de Aguila, Hijo de Dr. Wagner, Hijo de La Park, The Caveman, and others.

Its been a very busy month of  March!. I had a solo show curated Frankie Velez at the Harlem Wine Gallery, A nice turn out as I played catch up with old friends and made new ones. Met the CEO of Student union clothing who wanted to work with me. http://studentunionnyc.com/  you can see his line at this link I also participated  with Artwhino for the 2014 cherry blast in D.C. http://artwhino.com/exhibitions-1/cherry-blast-2014 Which I did have a blast!. Caught up with my Baltimore family of friends and spent a wonderful time with my Little girl for her birthday, shooting monsters and racing speed boats at the arcades..Perfect birthday party I think! So I was aproached by Artdeckco.com to create some art on a skate board for May show that they are planning on. They want the artist to document the process so here is a first look at what I am planning to do. A leather wearing hottie with a chained spike ball being dragged.   The...

So I was scouting for a frame prices for this beast of a painting i recently did, and all kinds of disgusting numbers were being tossed at me. from 170-230 dollars for a frame with no backing,hooks,glass or even a kiss on the cheek and a reach around. So I said fuck this, called my ol buddy Steven J. Wameling the III and he said, " build that shit your self, you fool!" and so I went to Home Depo, got myself some moldings and some screws and other little things and build it myself for a fraction of what they were trying to get me spend... The frame isnt perfect by any professional means but it does the job, I'm going to give this puppy some love by coloring it up, give it a nice finish and send it on its merry way so the world can savor its full glory. ( I'm feeling like Hannibal from the A team right now! )

So after a month of putting in work i completed this 48x34 piece..oil on masonite. The piece is large in comparison to my regular size canvas. The piece will be exhibited at the Dirty show 14  in Detriot in Febuary, and its already being eyed to be exhibited at another location in March in Brooklyn. More info about that will be posted soon. This clip I put together so that you folks can get a little taste of my process.  

The Victorian era was such a stylish time, I was researching some images online and found some that caught my interest, So I started thinking how some of the people I currently know would look like in some of the outfits as portraits. This was my attempt at a head portrait with my life long friend Jenica wearing a hat and hair style of that time. The original size is 16x20 on canvas. I posted here two images, one as a under painting in acrylic and the other with oil as a finish.  

http://vimeo.com/45273304

So I been sort of out the loop on this for a bit, I have been doing other  works. Mostly in the graphic and photography side of things- got to make some $ some how. Any ways I should be exhibiting with about 59 other artist this thursday at the REBAR in DUMBO Brooklyn. Should be a nice turn out, plus I can mingle with these  other artist who have if not already made a mark in NYfor them selves. Also in the works in the biggest painting Ive attempted as of yet, It might not be so big for other artist but considering my current space..its pretty big for yours truly. heres a teaser on it... this about a 9x10 section of it..the whole piece is about 60 x 50 Ive been at it for about a week..and Im no where near completing it..I got probably another 4 more weeks to complete it...which is a lil bit to much for me since I like to work hard and fast.   I got more project going on, which I dont want to list because the more I think about it, t...