Holy smokes, it's almost 2010! It's been a very interesting year, and about a million things happened. Here's a meager rundown of all the trouble I got into this past year:

• My artwork went to SPACE!
• I was certified FRESH on Communication Arts
• Kitten on the Keys asked me to make art for her one-woman show
• Laughing Squid did a huge post about me and my art!
• I traveled to Arizona for "The Panelists" art show
• My studio space, The Local 303, turned 3
• South Carolina State University gave me a solo show
• I crashed the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR
• I guest-DJed with Matt Delight on KSFS's "Everyone's a DJ"
• I had a solo-show at the Museum of Robots in Second Life
• I tried out for a reality TV show about artists. FAIL!
• SF Station recognized my strong fashion sense
• "Burlesque Poster Design" featured my poster art
• My little cousin spotted my art in Nickelodeon Magazine
• I started covering the art beat for Laughing Squid
• "Toy Karma 2" went off in Chicago and I brought my little sister to the show
• Lots of conventions like Renegade Craft Fair, Wondercon, APE, and Al's Comics Benefit
• I discovered diet root beer, DIY microwave popcorn, and velvet painting technique
• 1AM Gallery featured my artwork as part of their "Eternal Sleep" group show
• I painted on a skateboard for Pravus Gallery's "DECK" show
• Artist "Phoneticontrol" had me customize one of his "Thought Processor" papercraft figures
• I made the logo for the Hell's Belles annual pinewood derby. I also carved a truck!
• The Local 303 was in full-force at Lowerdeck's "Playdate" show
• My robot friends threw a big fundraiser art show. Robots and humans attended the event.
• Indy music site, "The Bay Bridged" featured my portrait of Emperor Norton I
• I finished more He-Man related artwork

Here's my "Year in Pictures, 2009" Flickr photo set.

Special thanks to Laughing Squid, Space Adventures, Robogames, Lowerdeck, The Local 303, SomaFM, Super7, Joe at KSFS, The Drygs, Hi-Fructose, The Museum of Robots, Max Toy Co., SCSU, my Twitter homies, and everyone else who made this year memorable. Here's hoping 2010 will be even more amazing.

Indy Euphoria is a Indy Comix, DIY (Do It Yourself), New/Low Brow/Urban Art & Vinyl Toy Convention in Sacramento,CA Jan.9-10, 2010.
www.sacramentocomics.com/indy

Check out our attending guests Jeffrey Brown, Jim Woodring, Nate Powell, Mark Bode, Skinner, Josh Ellingson, Andy Ristaino, Tom Neely, Dan Brereton, Jesse Hernandez, Paul Allen, Anthony Leano, Alex Chiu, Brandon Bracamonte, Melrose, Stephen R Buell, Chartruz Lovelace, Mike Hampton, Ann Matsushima, Ben Walker, Jared Konopitski & Attaboy!

Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H Street, Sacramento, CA
Sat 10AM - 7PM
Sun 10AM - 6PM

Admission:
ONE DAY- $6
WEEKEND- $10

AUTOMATIC: Art Show Benefit for RoboGames

Do sentient machines dwell on the existential circuit that leads to the spiritual 404 error?
Does being a machine mean just being a device: literarily, artistically and literally?
Or does everything just boil down to everyone?s deep-seated need to crush all humans and plot eventual total world domination?

Find out at Automatic!
November 19, 20, 21, 2009
Exhibit: 5pm-8pm / Beer reception 7pm-12pm on Fri & Sat
@ The lowerDeck Gallery - 2295 3rd Street
(below Sundance Coffee in San Francisco)
415.307.3482

Robot Paintings and Sculptures from the prodigious talents of:

Doctor Popular * Josh Ellingson * I-Wei Huang * Simon Cox * Nils  * Jawa * Jonathan Foote * Camp Peavy * Alice Koswara * Max Chandler* Eliot K. Daughtry * Adam Davis * Patrick Lake * Phoneticontrol * Mike Hales * Bill Robinson, Liz Mamorsky and many many others!

Come watch your favorite artists draw at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco for Sketch Tuesdays. Better yet, bring your sketchbook and draw with them! I'll be at the center table, cranking out the jams for cash and trade. You can expect squids and robots, for sure. I'm also good at pointy teeth and tiki masks.

More info about Sketch Tuesdays can be found on Fecal Face's calendar. Also, check out my coverage of Sketch Tuesday on Laughing Squid.

Photo by Randy Stewart @stewtopiaI will be set up once again at this year's Alternative Press Expo (APE) at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Come find me on the south side of the hall at table #113. I'll have new prints, books, and paintings. I'm also having an inventory sale on my prints so come get your hands on some of my artwork at great prices. Here's more information about APE, from their website:

APE Returns to San Francisco October 17–18!
One of the country’s most popular and vibrant alternative comics shows returns to its San Francisco home, The Concourse Exhibition Center, for another two big days of fall fun this October. APE, the Alternative Press Expo, rolls into the city by the bay on October 17 and 18, 2009.
Having switched to the fall in 2008, APE proved to be a big hit with the comics-loving people of San Francisco no matter what time of year. APE 2009 is shaping up to be another crowd pleaser, with seven special guests having signed on: Jamaica Dyer (courtesy SLG Publishing), Phoebe Gloeckner, Dean Haspiel, Batton Lash, Lark Pien, Dash Shaw, and Jeff Smith.

APE 2009
Saturday, Oct. 17 11am - 7pm
Sunday, Oct. 18 11am - 6pm
The Concourse
620 7th Street
San Francisco

I've been working on some new pieces for a "Day of the Dead" themed art show at 1AM Gallery in San Francisco. The show is booked with great talent from around the Bay. It's also 1AM's one-year anniversary event, so it's a great excuse to check out the space. Hope to see you there. Here's more information via 1AM Gallery's website:

Thanks to our great fans, supporters, and artists, we’ve made it through our FIRST YEAR.  Through the good, the bad, and the ugly from the past year, the most important lesson we have learned is that street and urban art is here to stay.  To commemorate our anniversary year, 1:AM gallery is hosting Eternal Sleep, a tribute to Dia de los Muertos.  For this exhibition, we have reanimated our lineup of artists from our inaugural year to haunt our walls with skulls, death, and the celebration of life through their eyes.  This will be a mergence of the soul of 1:AM with graffiti writers/artists being displayed alongside fine artists, photographers, sculptors, and custom toy designers. Eternal Sleep epitomizes what 1:AM strives to accomplish, bringing people from different walks of life together.

The diverse artist lineup:

Peter Gronquist, Mear One, Mark Bode, 64 Colors, Alice Koswara, Bam, Bryn Taylor, Camer, Carlos A, Dave Crosland, Dia, Dril One, Eli Leppert, Hyde, Jorone, Josh Ellingson, King 157, Kiro, Kob, KRK Ryden, Lango, Laurel Anderson, Lawrence Yang, Lily Black, Nate1, Oliver Fader, Orly Locquaio, Peabe, Pemex, Pete Castro, Phoneticontrol, Reuben Rude, Reyes, Toro, Twick, Vogue

Expect nothing less than a spectrum of art strumming the joyful and mournful tones of life and death that will reverberate to the deepest parts of your soul.

Opening reception is on October 16th from 7 – 10pm. DJ Don Kainoa, Spinnerty, and Bozak will be dropping the beats with guest turntablist from Abstract Revolver.  The opening is a 21+ event.  Exhibition will run through November 6th.

We at The Local 303 art studios are excited to open our doors to the public for this Fall's annual Open Studios. Come admire new works by artists Matt Delight, David Garvey, Jason Dryg and Josh Ellingson (that's me!) at 1890 Bryant St. Studios #303. I'm going to have an inventory sale, with quality prints priced to move. Our suite-mates, Soma FM will be on hand with tunes and Soma FM merchandise. Please stop in and say hello.

1890 Bryant is filled with artists of all discipline and many will be open for the public during Open Studios. More information about 1890 Bryant can be found at www.1890bryant.com. More information about Open Studios is at ArtSpan's website, www.artspan.org.

Open Studios at The Local 303
Friday, October 9, 2009 - 6pm-9pm
Sat & Sun, October 10-11, 2009 - 11am-6pm
1890 Bryant St., #303 San Francisco, CA 94110
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I look forward to White Walls Gallery annual transformation into a pinewood derby raceway. This year's Hell's Belles Pinewood Derby & Silent Art Auction was well attended by splintery gearheads of all ages. My entry, "Pinewood Deora" failed to finish, but it's looks that count, right? Check out the photos after the jump...

Don't miss this Fall's first major event at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. Derby racers and fans of all ages will convene for the annual Hell's Belles Car Club "Pinewood Derby & Silent Art Auction". Get there early to ogle the miniature wonders of speed and creativity. Stick around to bid on exclusive donated works of art, plenty with low starting bids! All of the event's proceeds benefit the Bay Area Women's & Children's Center of San Francisco. Pictured above is my entry for competition. It's modeled after the 1965 Dodge concept truck, the "Deora".

Pinewood Derby & Silent Art Auction
Saturday, September 26th 2009
Doors open at 6 p.m., races start at 8 p.m. sharp
The Shooting Gallery - 839 Larkin St, San Francisco

More information about the Pinewood Derby & Silent Art Auction can be found at the Hell's Belles website here:
http://www.hellsbellescarclub.com/hbhtml.html

Here's a detail of something I'm working on right now for an upcoming show. I'll post details soon.