NYC trip!!!

I'm leaving for new york city in the morning for a week-
I will be at the 10th Annual NYC Tattoo Convention- in the World Famous Roseland Ballroom...
The convention is from friday through sunday- and there is more info on times, address etc on their website-

NYC Tattoo Convention

I will be at Independent Tattoo's Booth- Live painting the whole 3 days. Todd Noble, Matthew Amey and the guys at Independent in Deleware generously offered to share their booth with me-
I will have books for sale- Tattooed Portraits; and Limited Edition Prints of the Kat Von D painting for sale, as well...
Stop by and say hello- it should be an amazing weekend.

I will also be going around for a week, documenting tattooed artists during the trip- and preparing for my solo show at Invisible NYC this coming august...

Invisible NYC

There is much going on related to the convention this weekend as well-
On weds night is a New York Launch party for Needled.com at Sugar in the city
On thursday- an art show at Saved in Williamsburg, and an art show at Invisible in manhattan- Full Coverage by the NSKolectiv
Paul Booth is screening both the ArtFusion Documentary and the Last Rites DVD during the weekend, as well-
I think it's on saturday-check the last rites booth at the convention for more details...

Six String Masterpiece Art Tribute Auction

I painted a guitar a couple of weeks ago for a charity event,
Little Kids Rock, Six String Masterpieces, Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute.



here's a link to the live auction-
there are some truly amazing pieces available-
mine was painted in a rush- last minute, while getting ready for my show on may 5th...
but I think it appropriately represents dimebag darrell...

Live Auction

it's also on ebay- same guitar, same auction-
Live Ebay Auction

and a link to the tribute website-
Little Kids Rock

tattooed portraits 2, quick recap

my solo show at the shooting gallery on saturday was more than I could have expected.
both galleries were packed to the hilt- many friends flew and drove in for this past weekends' event- local friends showed up in groves-
it was pretty cool.
I met a lot of people, signed a few books and even got into a litttle scuffle with a crackhead that was throwing beer and bumping into paintings- what's up with that?- the next day there was even a nice little wad of chewing gum stuck to the wall near one of my pieces... nice!- that's what happens when you show in the tenderloin, I guess. more and more, I want to vent my frustrations on the "community" down there, but it's not going to change a thing- and could land me in jail.

anyways, many friends have posted images and videos from the opening and in my studio the week before-
thanks to:
matt petty, meryl pataky, bonnie burton and joseph daniel fiedler, fecal face, knowngallery.com, imeem.com, juxtapoz, needled.com, and tattoodles.com.
I appreciate the support.

thanks to henry 'muthafuckin' lewis for painting the amazing script text on the walls of my show- so fucking sick dude...

and thanks to all of my friends and family- especially my wife, yukiko; justin giarla and the shooting gallery; andrew jackson for making the best quality prints I've ever seen; robin williams and family for coming out to the opening and showing their support; kat von d and friends for flying into town and getting crazy with us the night before- I hope you get better!;
the artists that made it who I painted for this show: chantal menard, chuck eldridge, michael hussar, julie becker, kevin llewellyn, kat von d, norm, and amandalynn... this show was a celebration of you and your body art...

cheers,
shawn

meryl's imeem photos

meryl's imeem video

joey's blog

matt's video

bonnie's blog

bonnie's photos