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drexel

I'm flawed.

About Me

my head's in the clouds, i have stars in my eyes and big 2-dimensional retro flowers flying out of my skull intermittently. i want it all and i want it now. i support a government of goodwill. and as soon as i think we have one i'll vote. i do well at jeopardy when the categories aren't politics or history. i run with scissors. i'm obsessed with something or other pretty much all the time. i have 9 lives, 3 of which i've used.
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...painting, illustration, drawing, street art, graffiti, image consulting...especially when i get to make people look like rockstars, helping people, watching as many films as humanly possible, british culture, japanese culture, especially street fashion, finding new amazing music while always staying loyal to the old amazing music, cooking with herbs that i grew myself, stellar adventures with friends in other cities and other countries, making new friends, reuniting with old friends, photoshop, corel painter IX, my computer, the intarwebs.

I'd like to meet:

artists, musicians, photographers, hair stylists, pinup girls, chefs, writers, directors, actors, designers, djs, people in the fashion industry, people in the entertainment industry, computer geeks, geniuses, video game designers, architects, engineers, strangers with candy, dave grohl, jarvis cocker, richard ashcroft and genghis khan...
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Music:

metric, zero 7, blur, the verve, suede, elliot smith, spoon, sonic youth, pavement, blonde redhead, supergrass, air, autolux, goldfrapp, tricky, morcheeba, massive attack, charlatans uk, dandy warhols, old bowie, duran duran, frou frou, elastica, portishead, esthero, bjork, olive, thievery corporation, pinback, the doves, royksopp, beatles, rolling stones, razorlight, franz ferdinand, jamiroquai, oakenfold, jets to brazil, snow patrol, the shins, radiohead, ministry, NIN, burning airlines, built to spill, my bloody valentine, the clash, lou reed, iggy pop, jesus and mary chain, bauhaus, love and rockets, badly drawn boy, the velocet. in general...trip hop, brit pop, hip hop, indie rock, and everything else that sounds good to me at the time no matter what genre. really old music that makes me laugh or smile because it's just so old or corny or something...like abba, bread, cheap trick and sweet. and slayer ;).

Movies:

amelie, almost famous, secretary, spirited away, run lola run, garden state, harold and maude, suspiria, scarlet diva, Frida, boondock saints, goodfellas, the godfather, reservoir dogs, heat, tombstone, leon, lost in translation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, monsoon wedding, the usual suspects, fight club, shaun of the dead, tank girl, pulp fiction, rounders, true romance, anchorman, velvet goldmine, fargo. And documentaries about my favorite artists.

Television:

Entourage, Project Runway, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Gantz, Invader Zim, Coupling, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sopranos, Ali G, Iron chef, The Office (original version), Black Books, Spaced, Upright Citizens Brigade, Pimp My Ride, HGTV, and any shows where they make someone scary look like a supermodel, with or without plastic surgery. that shit is fun to watch. i need to have my own show like that.

Books:

lately the books i read are any kind of manuals that will teach me whatever it is i'm trying to learn...do it yourself kind of books. photoshop tutorials, html and css books, books and mags for inspiration for my paintings like photography books, travel books and fashion illustration books. Anything by Tom Robbins, A Million Little Pieces, Running With Scissors, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Edie.

Heroes:

Banksy, Zandra Rhodes, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Henri Matisse, Marilyn Monroe, Twiggy, Madonna, John Lennon, Bettie Page, Shepard Fairey, Quentin Tarantino, Hayao Miyazaki, Sun Tzu, Takashi Murakami

My Blog

I’m in!!

The painting that is my new profile picture is a piece I created to submit to a juried competition comprised of members of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Brooklyn Art Project. If accepted, it woul...
Posted by drexel on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:25:00 PST

Kickin like segall...

Group show next Friday...Do it.Or like Ol' Dirty said... you know the rest....
Posted by drexel on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:13:00 PST

Art Show this Thursday

I just found out I have an art show this Thursday. Not much notice for me, so not much notice for you either! But you ARE invited. And I'd love to see you there.This Thursday, Jan 24th at 7pmSAPPHI...
Posted by drexel on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:48:00 PST

Bagel-headed Hipsters

After my last "BUMMER" mural, I realized how much fun it was painting on a larger scale and I decided I wanted to work even bigger than that. Within a couple days I ended up painting the entire outsi...
Posted by drexel on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:40:00 PST

New Painting: "Edie"

This is my newest painting. Just finished it two nights ago.
Posted by drexel on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:23:00 PST

Brooklyn Art Show update

Friday's group show was just amazing, electrifying, dizzying and fantastic. My first show since moving to NY, and what an awesome one to start with. I met and got to work with some seriously amazing...
Posted by drexel on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:17:00 PST

brooklyn paintings

Since I've had requests to post some of my new paintings, I'm going to.These are two that I've done since I've lived in Brooklyn. They will most likely be going into one of two shows this month, eith...
Posted by drexel on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:16:00 PST

Featured Artist

I just was informed that this painting of mine is being featured on BrooklynArtProject.com. Some good news from DrexelNYC.XO...
Posted by drexel on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:40:00 PST

The haps in NY

Ok I've finally arrived in NY. I'm just getting settled and looking for an apt in Brooklyn/LES. Things are good, although a little confusing as expected.Most of my NY friends will already be at this...
Posted by drexel on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:09:00 PST

Wearing my Merch

Here's my first tshirt from my Bummerarmy.com site. Yay!!!! SUV/Global Warming/CO2 emissions=baaaaaaaad. BUMMERarmy=goooooood. XO Drex...
Posted by drexel on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:54:00 PST