Sidewayz 2011.....

I am part of the Sidewayz charity art auction/exhibition opening this Saturday night, with a huge lineup of talent leaving their marks on skate decks and snowboards with all proceeds going to the Christchurch and Japan Earthquake benefits. I was stoked to be given a snowboard...you'll have to wait to opening night to see what I made of it, all I'm gonna say I was a tad nervous chopping into the board with the old angle grinder! If you can't make it along to the show I'm sure there will be plenty of pics circulating post event and also there will be an online auction too. I will post deets when they come to hand ok.
Sidewayz 2011 contributers include; Scott Marr, PigeonBoy, Konsumterra, Kalen, Sarah Scully, RJ Williams, Esjay, Vars, SMC[3], Stylo, E.L.K, Teem, Bennett, Anton Benois, Tim Andrew, Brandon Els, Qwux, Willem Van Stom, Tez, Phibs, Lise Pod, Jimmy Neilly, KON, Ellie Schroeder, Dave Kaziro, Benny Haz, Reka, Ben Goad, Ben Frost, Pinky, Lucas McGrath, kulk, Zoe Young, Wade Burkitt, Robert Bates, Rick Swaine, Beastman, Ollie Lucas, Mia Taninaka, Luke Taaffe, Julie Doye, Dina Raus, Deb, Cameron Wall, Bridge, Beth Josey, Barrett, Jeremy Shaw, Dave Smith, Kane Stamp, Liz Laughton, Jon Jones, Andrew Fawcet…plus heaps more!

The World Is Your Monster.....

Last Saturday I was up in Newcastle and in between the showers I painted the stencil piece below titled "The World Is Your Monster" It Stands at nearly 3m tall and is by far my biggest stencil to date. So stoked I finally managed to get this up...this was the plan for the TINA 2o1o festival but due to some issues I was only able to do a paste up of the piece. The stencil is located in Keightley St (off Hunter St Mall) for those who wish to check it. A big thanks to Simone from SAW (Street Art Walking) for the opportunity! Also got a great write up over at the Metro Gallery blog and to see more pics go to my flickr.

Paul Baines.....

Artist Paul Baines from the UK recently gave me a nice plug over at his site. Be sure to check his amazing works filled with great social commentary, plenty of satire and wit. Thanks Paul! enjoy.
www.paulbaines.co.uk