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josean

the guest of honor at a party of one

About Me

Just got a job teaching elementary and middle school art at a charter school in philly. I draw,paint, sleep, and listen to music. Got some art up here and there. Most prints are available for sale, contact me for price and availability.

My Interests

Drawing (Geiger meets Dali meets some cartoonist on acid), photography( mainly atmospheric landscapes), molding minds, printmaking (tis the shizzle), good tunes, good times.

I'd like to meet:

Other people who like good music, Printmakers, artists, the cool kids..

Music:


arcade fire,of montreal, minus the bear, pinback, lamb of god, poison the well hella,wilco, jeff buckley, don caballero, volta do mar,WEEN,darkest hour, Moistboyz, cold war kids,aphex twin, jawbreaker, sunny day real estate, dread zepplin, need new body,dillinger escape plan, brian jonestown massacre the blood brothers,refused,the bravery, modest mouse,at the drive-in, particle, snapcase, the decemberists,tiger army arco flute foundation, phish,operation ivy, nero, soundtribe sector 9,david bowie, johnny cash, calle 13, the big wu, moe.,WEEN, silversun pickups, rage against the machine, les claypool (frog brigade, oysterhead, big bucket of bernie brains, primus, holy mackeral, sausage), WEEN, mr. bungle, helmet, flaming lips, buckethead, wesley willis, umphreys' mcgee, strife, Quagmire Swim Team, mars volta, they might be giants, boysetsfire, downset, old metallica, NOFX, deftones,earth crisis,medeski martin and wood, brothers keeper, big dumb face, and so forth

Movies:

Irreversable, I'm not afraid, napoleon dynamite, hero, battle royale, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, super troopers, LOTR, any wes anderson, guy ritchie(except the one with madonna), quentin taratino flick, requiem for a dream, full metal jacket, gleaming the cube, city of god, rules of attraction, cube, evil dead 1,2, army of darkness, dark city, club dread, slc punk, amorres perros, spun, kevin smith films, welcome to the dollhouse, pecker, way of the gun, bubba hop-tep,run lola run, the wizard (fred savage rules); also gritty, edgey foreign (esp. spanish) films

Television:

aqua teen hunger force, simpsons, chapelle show...thats about it...i don't really watch tv

Books:

the Fountainhead by Ayn Rynd, Less than zero, the Informers, Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis; Lullaby, Middlesex, Fight Club, Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahnuik ;1984, Animal Farm by George Orwell, any Dave Barry, Micheal Crighton, Dinosaur Heresies by Robert Bakker, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Divine Comedyby Dante, Night by Elie Wiesal, Maus, Candide by Voltaire, The Agony and the Ecstacy by Irving Stone, Guadacanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis, Starship Troopers(don't even try comparing it to the piece of crap movie) by Robert Heinlein, and anything else I can get my hands on.

Heroes:

My old man, Che Guevara, Salvador Dali, Michealangelo (the artist), Donatello(the ninja turtle)

My Blog

they call me mr art man

So I realized I've survived my first month of teacher.  It wasn't as bad as I'd thought it could be.  The kids are really excited about having an art class, since many before hadn't had it a...
Posted by josean on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:31:00 PST

my name!

who would have thought there was more than one josean?  27 to be exact on myspace...i no longer feel special.
Posted by josean on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:55:00 PST

Da Sketches

Sketches This is a preview of how my brain works....images smooshed together flowing together and seperating to form something....thats the way I work...I work with themes and see how they form and ju...
Posted by josean on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:26:00 PST

Da Prints IV: Otras Cosas

Otras Cosas These are my random prints, things I've done for the pure enjoyment of printmaking.  The themes are usually a bit off, odd you can say (but most of you would expect that from me).&nbs...
Posted by josean on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:23:00 PST

Da Prints III: Rites and Wrongs of Man

Rites and Wrongs Of Man This is part of my most ambitious projects...the actual Rites and Wrongs of Man  Print...it is comprised of 18 plates and about 20 by 24 inches...the whole suite is a amag...
Posted by josean on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:18:00 PST

Da Prints I: The lil' Children Series

THe Lil' Children The following Series is my most recent, The Lil' Children Series.  In some ways inspired by the subject matter of my girlfriend's  earlier photo series, This seried deals w...
Posted by josean on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:34:00 PST

Da Prints II: Capricios De Guerra

Capricios De Guerra This Series was one of my first, done smack dab during Gulf War II.  I was still experimenting with methods in intaglio (etching methods).  The mood is obvious with the u...
Posted by josean on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:49:00 PST