zatara!

officially up at Dream In Plastic, as of last Saturday!

i love old men.

the power of diamond compells you!

come to dream in plastic on saturday to bid on this guy!

AND 

beat his biggest fan.

who also runs a blog with me: FIT TO PRINT!

munny munny munny munnnnnnnaaaayyyy munnay

 i'm not dead yet!

 

kool peed otni ym seye!

MAGICAL BUFFET?!

i don't know which i love more, magic or buffet.... 

combine forces and you get rebecca and www.themagicalbuffet.com

who wrote up a piece on Darkside's Fist Damn Show!

and link!

here's her photos!

chris machin

nub

yay in her kitchen!

DARKSIDE RECORDS & GALLERY'S FIRST DAMN SHOW!

this feels alien! my logo! in lights! on the desk!

(the following photos are courtesy of Mark Collins: Rust Rioteer)

 whoo the gallery! from behind teehee

 (eek!) jason thinks he should have done something with his hair...

 yay on the left is Chris Machin, monster maker, pin striper, sign destroyer! the guy on the right, although i have no idea who he is, he asked me about the rise above stuff, making him more noteworthy and legit.

 yay, my two favorite curators! left: Vanessa Tellez of DG&R; right: Diana Currie of DIP

 pulp sushi showing support as always <3
(this is where i got that great sushi necklace! go to etsy! NOW)

 My Wife Jen and Debbie!

  NUB paying attention.

 yay even pogo and scotty came, shopped and high fi(v)ed

 end!

whoa i never posted this?!

this is the original rise above idea. 

steph buscema and i always talk about getting posi tattoos. 

this was my idea.

and now it's for sale at Darkside Records & Gallery!

acrylic. 9x11. word.

sooooo

here's my tribute to mike.

also his payment/gift for being the most wonderful other half of me.

pretty fitting eh?

he REALLY did a lot for me in the preparation and mental support departments for my first show. among others, i don't think i would have gotten through much of this without his support. so thank you.

Custom Toy Show

.... coming up at Dream In Plastic.
link!

picked up a couple of munny ornaments, gnomes, submitting 5 pieces all together.

lotsa work for 2 weeks, but with the storms coming up maybe i'll catch a couple of days off.

i'm planning on posting some of the collective pics from the gallery show and little commissioned/gifted pieces i've done!

<3

last week....

i started following this local, wicked blog.

it's called the bright red brush.

i just scrolled through some of the recent posts.

i think i'm in love, and plan to use this to my advantage.

so instructional and constructive for me!

thank you.

(link in my blogroll!)

sneak preview

of my gift to nub at the gallery on saturday!

yay!

business card is for hahas.

but yeah, there's the flyer for the show!

  and business card for seriouses. ahahah.
which is also at the deli. ha!

okokok

i'll post some more shit once the gallery opens. mainly pics of the gallery show ahaha.

i'm working on some personal stuff for some people and buying canvas (like a coupon clipping maniacal grandma) planning my solo show for the www.dreaminplastic.com store in beacon, in may. for now, here's Heather's Birsday present. 

in case you were curious.

ps. i did put a wealth of sentiment into this.

everything i ever do has such deep personal meaning.

this one was big.

happy birthday heather.

5.10

"One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water."

show date moved.

hanging the show dec. 4th!

today the wonderful eyecandy (see pic below) helped me make frames. 

poor boy did most of the work.

i can now proficiently make frames with wood, an electric miter saw and staples.

franken-frames have been born.

2 of 3.

1 of 3

omnom

just some cuteness i've been doodling at work/from the bed.

godzira vs mothra

SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SLACKING.

OR JUST PAINTING 

instead of lurking the internets.

putting everything up soon.

Devotion.

when i started this... i hated everything about it.

i've never had to draw a stupid, jerk faced tiger.

(never been fond of animals in any way, until i started this totem project)

i hated meeting someone who had walls covered in tigers the day after.

all in all, this piece made me wanna throw up until this monday/tuesday.

i hadn't realized 4 hours had passed and i was actually running out of black paint.

i got so fixated.

regardless, i kinda stuck through it, determined that eventually i will have done ALL of the animal totem, that eventually i was gonna have to face this.

so i devoted myself.

and learned something.

and now i'm in love.

the end.

nycc twenty ten.

was amazing!

thanks to everyone who stopped by the dream in plastic booth!

we're getting a double booth next year. stop by then too! my diabolical plot to con jareddeal into a paint off is possible!

and i have a super crush on the eye candy.

soooooo

the night prior to that, i'd seen the new ron english gallery, and i'm in love.

again! saw the giant frankenstein and the most amazing paintings/animals ever made!

i'm so glad i went!

it made getting ripped off in little italy worth it.

hey, new nycc friends & lurkers, feel free to drop me a line:

www.twitter.com/RigorMoreTease

www.facebook.com/JSchrufer

or plain old email....

jschrufer (at) gmail (dot) com

ps. if you add me on fb i'll give you my po box so you can send me hate mail.

going Pro.

after realizing i do absolutely nothing useful with my hard earned money....
(aside from paying into my house-down-payment)
i'm investing in a macbook pro.

OH THE PRESSURE

being a pc is a labor of love i'm no longer willing to give.

so dear followers, if you happen to make it out to my

oct 30th robostravaganza

(Darkside Records & Gallery,
782 main st., poughkeepsie, ny)

all of the proceeds will go towards my payments on it!

the end.

TINY TIGERS!

sweet irony of starting this last saturday.

DEVOTION?

red radio.

hey now!

i got an invite for ron english's staus factory open bar from my loves at dream in plastic!
THAT GUY IS MY MORAL HERO.

itsy bitsy spider climbed up my totem collection.

rise above, we gotta rise above... to hit the ? box.

my maker's mark?

CONVERGENCE AT THE ARMORY.

http://convergencenyc.wordpress.com/

SWEET LINK BRAH....

just a little desription of how many people really pumped life into this show.
it was anormous and a lot to take in.
it was nice to see all kinds of different things, and to know that if 1/10 of the bullshit crap artwork i saw is successful, i will be.
not to knock anyone's work there, but i would be embarrassed if my name were on say... 30%-40% of it.
it was also nice to see one, count 'em one robot pieces. it factually overjoyed me. i mean, granted all i wanna paint is weird monstery things and robots, it's just nice to see that with that being a pool of artists who get more play than i do, i'm doing something not done and WELL. maybe i've missed the boat. maybe i'm steering it.

it was an amazing night overall, but i just wanted to give my comments, and that i was more intrigued by the actual military historical collection than i was 1/2 the work going on there. so in summation, i could paint an elf vagina or a giant splattered tomato, and make 500 bucks. awesome.

quick preview

of the stuff i'm donating to jason carpino's group show this saturday

although they'll all have to come back to me, it also includes francie brady and the koi piece.

XAViER ROBOTS: TRUE LOVE <3
(proud owner: Jenny Zuko)

The TO DO LIST.

my coverage and sadness at electric windows 7-31-10

so sad i didn't get to see faust's stuff, but here are some of my favorites!

slacking

so my homage to my family sold to the runner of the rust riot, who'd sprained some ligament connected to his pinky and he needed a hand. for 20 bucks, best sense of humor ever, i would have given this to mark for free.

but overall my work was loved.

which made me feel slightly loved.

yay

so my design has made it to shirt and bags! 

(fuck all you motherfuckers, b/c i'm on a tote!)

i guess....

i need to do photographs of bigger stuff.... or orchestrate miracles with my scanner.

 

the amazing francie brady!

installation one of idfk how many of the rise above, pma pieces i wanna do.

started another this morning while i finagled with this in the scanner.

looking at this, i am proud of myself, and how i've come along since january.