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My main gallery dude told me to be more verbal and to start a blog. He didnt know,man i've had this blog for 3 years but I guess its all been visual. I've always cringed at the soap operas that artists spew and maybe I should spew .Here's verbal spew..Latest Painting::I'm calling this "Another Perfect Day"{ a title lifted from one of my fave Motorhead albums{?} of the 80's} and its a big ol' 24 x 36 acrylic on canvas. Call me a wanna bee but man I figure I might as well just go for it and be a blatant Todd Schorr scavenger. It's visually dense as a "Todd", and I tried not to look at his work to influence it. About the only motif mirroring his is that it has hill's in the distance. It just has the "Todd" celebratorial "everthing but the kitchen sink" feel, and the whole painting is about Miseryland, and how pop culure has mutated our mind's into fast-food. There's alot of purple/grey's and pink/grey's going on. I've switched my palate {in hind-sight= probably for the past 11 months} to primarily using purple greys, pink and violet. I'll use light blue to offset stuff, but the work has taken a monochromatic pastellic tonal vibe..Probably because I wanted to simplify things..and by judging the piece=Damn, I just realized that Ive made shit all the more complicated..Doh! Zoinks! etc

SLOW DECADE. com just wrote a very cool post about the piece/and me/my stuff..This site pretty much nails it..Great great job.. peep it after the jump---->

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While the eastern seaboard continues a pummeling by record snowfall, it's worth remembering that there are worse things to be buried under: rubble, copy, celebrity.

Dave MacDowell knows this

, puncturing 80's pop ephemera like gaudy bullet holes through canvas. From his compact bio (emphasis added):

"Dave Paints Acrylic on Canvas in the Lowbrow/ Pop Surrealism movement. His focus is on Childhood Fantasy and our Contemporary Cultural Nightmare."

Head-on collisions between du jour populism and McOffal are neither brave, nor new, but they're rarely illustrated this well. Nor do they speak so precisely to the pre-Millenials who grew up on Disney, Bob Ross, and Mulan action figures. MacDowell executes his vision through inspired portraiture and massive tableaus (evoking Wally Wood's celebrated

Disneyland Memorial Orgy

poster for 70's satire mag The Realist) where corporate brands bro-out on some infinite shore. Possibly in Jersey.

Browse his flickr

and wonder where it all went wrong.

Happy New Year!

Mista Bombastic!

Some of the latest Paintings, which were all painted in the month of December!? Some going to Thinkspace Gallery's "A Cry For Help" animal rights art show on January 8th, On the 9th is Last Rites Gallery's "Dark Pop 2", and on the 11th is a small solo show at http://www.dirtypilot.com/lounge.html"The Deer Hunter" 16 x 20 SOLD

"Taxi Rider" 18 x 24 SOLD

"Taxi Rider 2" 16 x 20 Acrylic on Canvas

"Rock Candy" 16 x 24

"Pacino{Impasto} 16 x 20 Acrylic on Canvas

"Miseryland" 18 x 24 Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

"Hendrix In Wonderland" 18 x 24 Acrylic On Canvas SOLD

"Born Free" 18 x 24 Acrylic on Canvas {Available at Thinkspace Gallery}

Juxtapoz Art Charity Auction

Mega Thanks to my Thinkspace possie for hooking me up into this kick ass event!Theres My Thing hanging 2 pieces away from a massive Robert Williams piece?! Awesome.

Flying While Intoxicated

New 24 x 36 Acrylic On Canvas, for MModern Gallery's "The Broken Promise Of The Flying Car" show opening November 21st:)

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried

Did the Front and Back Cover, and I believe I have my own chapter! This Drops Febuary 9th!
You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried by Susannah Gora - Hardcover - Random House

SMart : A SMOD Art Show= G1988

Here are a few pics of whats going down with The Kevin Smith SModcast art show coming up at Gallery 1988 on October 23rd! All of the pieces are based on key funny/weird moments from Kevin Smith/ Scott Mosier's gut busting podcast, which is free to download over on iTunes.My Super multi-talented friend/Hollywood Artist Apricot Mantle constructed this super kick ass 3-D custom frame out of acrylic polymer, and WOW!..he made an awesome painting AWESOMER!?!
HERE'S THE FULL SHOW:) ONLINE!
More funky fun to come in the future: with various collaborations and about 6 super cool art shows coming up before the holidays:) Talk soon!~Dave

"When Yoko Ate Ringo"

18 x 24 Acrylic on Canvas. Yet another Ryden parody-This time it's "Girl Eaten By Tree". This'll be at the "Monsters Of Pop" show at G1988LA opening August 11th. Good Times:)