i'm a visual artist (illustrator, cartoonist, graphic-designer,...).
the rest of me can be found at www.gregoakes.com .
destination Winnipeg
The Disclosure Project
sketching, drawing, illustration, design, painting, cartoons, caricatures, music, photography, pop surrealism, kustom kulture, lowbrow, underground, comix, comics, improv, acting, comedy, people watching, making people laugh, making people cry, family, friends, lowercase typing, verbal diarrhea, talking to strangers, honesty, humour writing, poetry, cryptozoology, sasquatch , erotica, hand lotion, paper towels, coffee, rum, neurosis, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, ufology , paranormal, spirituality, the universe, the living field, abraham-hicks, the law of attraction, conspiracy theories, 911 tv fakery, laetrile/vitamin b17, apricot seeds, essiac, blood electrification, the fluoride deception, insomnia,...
the art of... Greg Oakes
OPEN MINDED
((( DECKED OUT )))
100 Custom Longboards
100 Contemporary Artists
June 2nd - June 15th, 2006
@ The Showroom NYC
some nice folks that like some of the stuff that i like. if they don't like some of the stuff that i like, that's okay too. bumping into other humans in general is fun, and that makes me happy. take care,... ~go
jazz conspiracy, squirrel nut zippers, holly cole, chet baker, dinah washington, billie holiday, louis armstrong, ella fitzgerald, miles davis, cole porter, neil young, gordon lightfoot, joni mitchell, sarah mclachlan, grapes of wrath - now and again, van morrison, neko case, pixies, frank black, radiohead, the new pornographers, weeping tile, sarah harmer, pj harvey, sugar cubes, bjork, tori amos, portishead, sonic youth, guided by voices, built to spill, red hot chili peppers, red house painters, lucinda williams, lyle lovett, hawksley workman, sloan, blondie, cowboy junkies, lowest of the low, romi mayes, the perpetrators, the wailin' jennys, the waking eyes, novillero, ron sexsmith, gomez - bring it on / liquid skin, erykah badu, cibo matto - stereotype a, the chemical brothers, indigo girls, blue rodeo, the band, robbie robertson, maria mckee - you gotta sin to get saved, k's choice - paradise in me, meryn cadell, emm gryner, beck, tool, the donnas, elton john ('70s), cheap trick, abba, the beatles, john lennon - double fantasy, david bowie, toto - toto iv, supertramp - breakfast in america, led zeppelin, the doors, joan jett, cheap trick, max webster, april wine, the guess who, bto, ccr, heart, pat benatar, kiss, paul stanely solo album, jefferson starship, queen, steve vai, skid row, motley crue, white snake, cinderella, jimi hendrix, killer dwarfs, tesla, the smashing pumpkins, alice in chains, screaming trees, temple of the dog, pearl jam, stone temple pilots, the pursuit of happiness, leslie feist, bruce mcculloch - shame-based man, the tragically hip, eels, the odds, the killers, sound garden, juliana hatfield, belly, tanya donelly, kristin hersh, rem, u2, hot house flowers, wilco, holly mcnarland, elliott smith, 10, 000 maniacs, concrete blonde, mazzy star, veruca salt, liz phair, sleater-kinney, 4 non blondes, linda perry, ani difranco, the age of electric, the brand new heavies, etta james, julie london, kacy crowley, the cranberries - everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?, patti rothberg, tracy bonham, the new meanies, the weakerthans, matthew sweet, harlequin, evie (winnipeg), streetheart, headpins, prism, trooper, the brand new heavies, dionne farris, diana krall - steppin' out, patti smith, digable planets, crash vegas, ray charles, marvin gaye, peter gabriel, kate bush, paula cole, my so called life - soundtrack, elvis presley, leonard cohen, weezer, poe, selina martin, the eagles, molly johnson, cranes, twin peaks - soundtrack, leaving las vegas - soundtrack, singles - soundtrack, sweet relief - a benefit for victoria williams, matador records, mint records, umfm, cbc radio, blue note records, most things classical, and a whole lot more...
*GIG POSTER DESIGNS*
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' , Amélie, Chocolat, Mask, The Iron Giant, Leaving Normal, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins, Billy Elliot, Angela's Ashes, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Fight Club, Snatch, Twelve Monkeys, Awakenings, Bridget Jones's Diary, 'I, Robot', Bicentennial Man, The Pianist, The Princess Bride, Schindler's List, What Dreams May Come, Artificial Intelligence: AI, A Clockwork Orange, Higher Learning, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Incredibles, X-Men, X-Men 2, Ronin, The Fifth Element, Enemy at the Gates, Popeye, Crumb, American Splendor, American Beauty, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, E.T., Phantom of the Paradise, MirrorMask, Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn, The Dark Crystal, Fargo, Fire in the Sky, The Cat Came Back (1988), Ghost in the Shell, The Animatrix, Unbreakable, Napoleon Dynamite, Final Fantasy, The Sixth Sense, Unforgiven, Airplane!, The Matrix (1999), The Naked Gun, Legends of the Fall, The Muppet Movie, Monster, Happiness, Almost Famous, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Saddest Music in the World, Finding Nemo, The Empire Strikes Back, Dodgeball,...
Medium, Ghost Whisperer, CSI Las Vegas, Criminal Minds, Without A Trace, Eli Stone, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Backyardigans, Internet,...
Where The Wild Things Are , I Am David by Anne Holm (1963), The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (1955)...
the visual and performance (music, comedy, acting) artists of the world that have helped influence and inspire me since i was a wee child (jim henson, chuck jones, sctv, kith, kiss, john lennon...). those who have given me some form of direction in my life as an artist and as a person in general.
JIM HENSON
H.R. GIGER
KIDS IN THE HALL
FRANK FRAZETTA
ROBERT CRUMB
i also look up to those in the medical community that save lives every day, and common folk that (without giving it a second thought) will risk or give up their life for someone else. my mom & dad, grandparents, spider-man, and last but not least my wife & kids; especially my 5 year old daughter chloe who has special needs... she's somethin' else!