WHEN IN ROME.

I.

2012-01-02T12:44:00.001-08:00

Don't know much; but I did paint this.
Life is a Road.

A Starry Night.

2011-11-30T15:27:00.001-08:00

Black Friday.

2011-11-26T13:08:00.001-08:00

Colossal Sized Picassos.

2011-11-22T18:57:00.001-08:00

Home.

2011-11-21T11:16:00.000-08:00

Is everything, really.
Is temporary, apparently.

My Passport Came Today.

2011-11-16T21:27:00.000-08:00

And I've spent it listening to John Coltrane and Lester Young.
Fall appears to be over. And it shall be missed.

An interesting thought..

Life Life.

2011-11-02T22:12:00.001-07:00

Like the captain of a sinking ship.

Interactive Art??

Spread Love It's The Brooklyn Way!

2011-10-28T11:35:00.000-07:00

This gem is a 60" x 40" piece I did in Mixed Media consisting primarily of acrylic paint. It was done for a HEXAGONS themed show/party at Treasure Town in Chicago!

(presented in black and white because my camera phone picture does no justice to the hues!)

Goodnight World.

2011-10-17T20:46:00.000-07:00

Good Morning America.

The Modern Age.

2011-10-17T19:33:00.001-07:00

Life has been hectic, to say the least..

2011-10-17T09:57:00.001-07:00

So why not pass the time creating.

Make Money.

2011-10-06T21:23:00.000-07:00

Get Paid.

The Next Wave Art Salon.

2011-09-10T12:34:00.000-07:00

Elgin, IL.

New York.

2011-08-26T13:58:00.001-07:00

uh oh...

Opening.

2011-08-03T11:33:00.001-07:00

I will have a piece in the Art Bazaar!

I am going to check it out on Second Friday's on the 12th.
Exhibit runs through August and has 4 events taking place!

Sorry Mr. Fairey

2011-07-29T17:51:00.000-07:00

I had to do it.

Missing!

2011-07-29T13:47:00.000-07:00

One of my paintings I had recently completed for good friends Lee and Matt was stolen during transport this past week while being transported from Chicago, IL to their new home in Phoneix, AZ. It is the only thing missing from the move and while I am sad to hear it is gone, I think it's kind of badass someone would actually want to steal a painting that I made.

32" x 32" acrylic & enamel on canvas.
Just another excuse to make another one!

Charity Auction.

2011-07-18T09:50:00.000-07:00

30" x 30" paint on canvas.
Sold at breast cancer awareness benefit auction!

Bobbo.

2011-07-10T18:04:00.001-07:00

because who doesn't love that guy!?

never in my entire life thought he'd ask for a portrait though.

True Love.

2011-07-05T14:46:00.001-07:00

Are You.

2011-07-02T00:51:00.000-07:00

Starting to change? Are you, starting to change?

30 x 40" under drawing for one of three pieces in a summer class that will be in a November show in Chicago. =)

Drawing and Painting.

2011-06-22T21:57:00.000-07:00

Jamming Dylan and The Velvet Underground. It is quite rainy outside.

Ever Since We've.

2011-06-19T19:47:00.000-07:00

been apart.

36" x 36" birthday present for a friend.
paint on canvas.

Summertime and the Living's Easy.

2011-06-14T14:17:00.001-07:00

Goose Island.
24" x 36" on canvas glass frame.
Chicago themed summer art show.

You're the reason.

2011-06-10T22:50:00.000-07:00

I've been traveling on.
But don't think twice, it's all right.

The best night in the world.

2011-06-10T22:24:00.000-07:00

consisted of this much sleep in forty hours.

But nothing.

2011-06-05T22:41:00.000-07:00

Was found.

Comission.

2011-05-26T18:12:00.000-07:00

30" x 40". paint on canvas.

I just finished for a lady at work for an anniversary gift!
I built the entire thing from scratch, stretchers and everything. =)

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.

2011-05-25T20:13:00.001-07:00

Things to do while listening to The Anniversary.

preliminary sketch for a comission. =)

Love.

2011-05-18T17:50:00.000-07:00

or something like it.

Nobody has to stay.

2011-05-18T17:48:00.001-07:00

But we wish they would, anyways.

horses, gestural abstract. 36" x 36". paint on canvas.

You were the last good thing I ever saw.

2011-05-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

series of (3) 36" x 36" canvases. 2 sold. paint on canvas.

Who Shot Ya.

2011-05-05T13:42:00.001-07:00

first canvas after dislocating my knee.

36" x 48". paint on canvas.

After Rubens.

2011-05-03T16:29:00.000-07:00

my whole life.
Is like a picture of a sunny day.

Silent Film.

2011-04-27T17:01:00.000-07:00

because actions speak louder than words.

"CITY is a silent film with background noise. The idea behind the film is the concept of silence in the 21st century. In a city like Chicago, is there ever really silence? At 3am when you are trying to sleep - there is a siren, road noise, drunken jabber, or teenage drama just 3 stories below. Not to mention a dog or heaven forbid, you live near a set of train tracks. CITY is an abstract commentary on the concept of silence in the modern age, and what a silent film really is. Is it a film to be seen in complete silence? Or is it merely an idea which needs no specific audio backing track to support its statement. That, my friend, is CITY.

Feels Like I'm In.

2011-04-25T20:53:00.001-07:00

24" x 36". paint on canvas.
1 of 2 sold.

Cairo.

Have You.

2011-04-21T18:12:00.001-07:00

ever been alone in a crowded room?

Happy Birthday.

2011-04-18T15:24:00.000-07:00

169 Hearts. 36" x 36".

Only In America.

2011-04-17T19:03:00.000-07:00

series of (3) 24" x 36" money misprints.
paint on canvas.

No title.

2011-04-04T09:21:00.001-07:00

no explanation.

Big Ideas.

2011-04-03T20:25:00.000-07:00

36" x 48", paint and money on canvas.

Spring Break.

2011-04-03T11:20:00.000-07:00

lots of original works to completee.

Sleeping In.

2011-04-02T11:50:00.001-07:00

awesome morning. :)

Nobody Likes.

2011-03-30T19:41:00.001-07:00

a badly cropped picture!

Three Bottles.

2011-03-29T15:03:00.001-07:00

sold these before I even finished them. =)

Series of (3) 24" x 36". Paint on canvas.

Word on the street.

2011-03-28T09:39:00.001-07:00

Is I haven't painted oil in tooo long. Time to get on that.

Obviously an excuse to bust out the Teal.

"Huge Sale Tools."

2011-03-26T10:20:00.001-07:00

36" x 30" on canvas, commission.

I feel like the title really says it all...

These are the good problems to have.

2011-03-22T11:55:00.000-07:00

found a bunch of old art in my basement.

9 yrs old.

Academic.

2011-03-16T21:46:00.001-07:00

shizzzz.

It's not about East or West...

2011-03-16T21:33:00.000-07:00

It's about n#$&az and bitches.
Power and money.
Riders and punks.

Which side are you on?

My name, it ain't nothing.

2011-03-12T02:22:00.000-08:00

My age it means less.
The country I come from.
Is called the Midwest.

All Is Fair...

2011-02-23T19:29:00.000-08:00

Gettin' Acrylic.

2011-02-21T11:56:00.001-08:00

because switching it up is fun.

36"x36" on linen.

I Want You!

2011-02-05T15:57:00.000-08:00

@chainsaull, what room number is yours at Chelsea?
Wouldn't want my letter to get misplaced.

Some Melodies Are.

2011-02-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

Like Disease.

They can inflame your misery.

I Forgot My Thesaurus...

2011-01-31T21:53:00.000-08:00

Wanna bum me an adverb?

Yo,

2011-01-30T18:28:00.000-08:00

and I'll be like,

why not?

I'd send you a postcard...

2011-01-25T20:55:00.000-08:00

But it'd say how much that I don't care.

Socrates Says...

2011-01-21T12:55:00.000-08:00

Keep it classical.

One Was Texas Medicine...

2011-01-04T16:23:00.000-08:00

the other was just regular 'ol Gin.

some may say we're stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again.

i'd be hard pressed to disagree.

mean muggin'

2010-12-24T20:48:00.000-08:00

on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas?

2010-12-05T13:03:00.000-08:00

Today is the day...

and when we unwrap the presents we will be greeted with the words...

Life goes on.

Once Upon A Time...

2010-11-30T16:56:00.000-08:00

I fell in love...

Name That...

2010-11-07T01:48:00.000-07:00

movie?

When Bored...

2010-11-01T18:48:00.000-07:00

draw Integras.

You Can...

2010-07-10T11:15:00.000-07:00

Draw These Tents With Lead.

Drew this at Cornerstone 2010 while hanging and grilling out. Such a fun time. Its so beautiful out today as well.

Something...

2010-06-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

Redline!

2010-06-17T13:31:00.000-07:00

shredding Redline Time Attack!!

let the drummer kick...

2010-06-09T19:11:00.000-07:00

let the drummer kick that.
let the drummer kick.
let the drummer kick that.

FLY PHILLY FLY!!!

and every one in his life...

2010-06-08T17:40:00.000-07:00

would mistake it as love...

i think im going under for awhile.
time to do what i want for a change...

Oil on Canvas.

2010-04-12T16:46:00.001-07:00

Came across this image of a painting I sold last year. I dig it. :)

I hate how little I've been able to paint due to school and work. :(

Ah, a day to relax...

2010-04-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

Spent the morning driving around in my car, which i love dearly.

Nothing like a cool spring day to relax on...

laaaate.

the simple fact that...

2010-04-07T15:57:00.000-07:00

I can update this from my phone is badasssss. Thank you verizon! :)

California in 6 days, Tiger NOW!

2010-03-18T19:26:00.000-07:00

March 24th we hit the road.

Noise Apparel is hitting the big time this year in California, New Jersey, Florida, Nashville, Michigan, Chicago, and more. This summer is going to be nuts!

yeah, check it!

Cool Darren!

2010-03-11T09:50:00.001-08:00

We drew this guy up last night for my buddies marketing project.
He goes by COOL DARREN. Yeah, that name is dope. :)

hope everyone's day goes well! <3

Robots!!

2010-03-08T21:10:00.000-08:00

Ryan Brady and I were working on some drawings and he came up with this and we sharpie'd it up! check it outtt. :)

Laaaate Night.

2010-03-08T00:52:00.001-08:00

But I haven't updated this in farrr too long.

Some art that got put together today for a very close friend of mine. :)

just a template at the moment, but it's gonna be dope. :)

2010-02-22T08:55:00.000-08:00

lots of work on the clothing line.

I feel like I'm going top die, recovering from a flu this weekend. :(

Sooo Busy.

2010-02-13T11:15:00.000-08:00

Getting @noiseapparel's merch table all set up and planning the tent.

Never thought I'd be doing any sort of construction art, but I guess that's how it goes!

We will get some pictures up from the event tomorrow night, I'm so excited.

If everyone would come out it would be amazing! <3

Benjy

Party Walrus!

2010-02-06T23:00:00.000-08:00

Hahahah you know it!
From the BIRD BOOK.

check the facebook album. :)
there's a ton of unreleased toooo.

Everyone come out on Thursday to Mad Maggie's for one of my best friends Chris Diemand's birthday!

I think I've fallen in love...

2010-02-04T15:38:00.001-08:00

with a girl on the internet.
she has pink hair and one of my favorite names ever.

I've never met her and probably never will, but damn.

I know I've already posted that painting, but it's the only one to post here.

Set It Off!

2010-02-03T21:38:00.000-08:00

they are on tour here, stayed a couple nights, its been a blast so far.

Bobbo loved his acoustic set, we will be getting the youtube video up soon!

can't wait to upload some new art!

NOISE APPAREL shirts arrived today! seeing my art on shirts was AMAZING! :)

love!
<3

Bird Book!

2010-02-02T12:10:00.000-08:00

couple selections from the Bird Book. :)

SET IT OFF will be staying at my place tonight after their show, we will be doing an acoustic set for my dad by the fireplace and filming it for youtube, im pretty excited!

love!
<3

Thug Life.

2010-02-01T12:24:00.000-08:00

I don't know why.
So don't ask why.
haha. :)

The Ready Set and The Bigger Lights were amazing at The Beat Kitchen last night! 2 of the best live performances I've seen in awhile, and the sound quality in the Beat Kitchen really amazed me. Props to The Ready Set for transitioning their sound into a great live act as well. Would've loved to see the light show. Check out Ankur Threadz as well, Andy's clothing line, he's a badass!

Let's Get a Bottle and Drink, Alone Tonight.

2010-01-29T23:08:00.000-08:00

Haven't been uploading brand new drawings as much as I'd like.
Most of these are from older sketchbooks, all my time spent at school has been clothing line work, haven't got the scanner out in awhile.

love!
<3

Take Action Tour Tonight!

2010-01-28T07:49:00.000-08:00

to see our friends There For Tomorrow as they pass through Chicago!

free drinks, free food, free entry.
NOTHING wrong with that!

and a nice little image for you lovely people.

<3 Benjy

2010-01-27T15:40:00.000-08:00

1960's New York was the epitome of everything in my world.
I would have loved to experienced moments like these.

Lots of work on Noise Apparel tshirts tonight, we will be going through our ideas and getting some solid ideas for our 2nd set of shirts to release already!

Landscaping...

2010-01-25T08:36:00.000-08:00

with sharpies?
sure why not. :)

Went to see Owl City and Lights in Indianapolis last night, we parked right as the Colts AFC championship win was getting out, the streets were nuts, it was really cool to be there. Lights and Owl City were both amazing as well. Time for another week of school.

Noise Apparel Upcoming Events.

2010-01-23T10:52:00.001-08:00

I don't want to plug it all over my blog, but a lot of my art has been focused on getting the imagery and production done for my clothing line, regardless of how much I hate computer art.

Here are our first batch of finalized fliers.

love! <3

ps. presales for valentines day are available through all bands performing and noise apparel. give me a shout at benjy@noiseapparel.com!

Line Drawing??

2010-01-23T10:50:00.000-08:00

been doing contour drawings in class, figured I'd load this one up. An early Noise Apparel image and a drawing that I just like the use of shapes as shadows. Thoughts?

love! <3

London's Show January 28th!

2010-01-21T09:57:00.000-08:00

quick flyer template I whipped up for my friend London's show. May be making some changes to it yet, so if you see it out and about looking differently, don't be surprised.

Everyone should come out and check her out, she has a full length release and is really awesome!

love! <3

Burger and Coke, Thanks!

2010-01-20T09:27:00.000-08:00

someone said i wouldn't draw a burger, so i did haha.

just watched south park in english class, and now jamming some Dylan in the library.

love! <3

More Colour!

2010-01-18T09:46:00.000-08:00

I'm a huge fan of the imagery and color used in this image.
It's a couple months old, but very interesting.

City and Colour at the Metro on Friday was really good, Dallas Green is a funny man.
I have a new found appreciation for his work.

Heading back downtown in a few hours for @REHABMONDAYS and then school for the week.

love! <3

Lone Gunman.

2010-01-17T08:35:00.000-08:00

I'm sure you recognize the image, I decided to do a rendition in hopes of possibly using a portion of the imagery for a shirt design.

love! <3

Train Car Confessions.

2010-01-14T07:48:00.000-08:00

on the train home to take care of some clothing line work, i got bored and decided to draw what i saw. what resulted was a pretty cool pen/sharpie drawing.

love! <3

Edie Sedgwick.

2010-01-13T12:22:00.000-08:00

yes, the paintings a year old.
no, its not new.

but i am in the process of adding a 2nd 30x40 canvas to the piece to enter into the Utrecht student art show (deadline january 30th).

i am really excited to see the new look the piece will take on with the secondary canvas.

also, lots of new drawings, just have to get back to my apartment and get my scanner set up there to take care of getting them uploaded!

love! <3

Monday Funday!?

2010-01-11T08:18:00.000-08:00

at school early, using the internet as i dont have it at my apartment yet. :)
this one seems fitting.

should get some cool new sketches and drawing out soon.

also check out my clothing line, @noiseapparel on twitter and myspace.com/noiseapparel. it will be fully up and running before february.

love! <3

NFL Wildcard Week: Playoffs!

2010-01-10T09:03:00.000-08:00

home for the weekend to watch playoff football. go packers! :)
no tv at the apartment downtown.

nothing new, scanned in part of a 30" x 10" oil painting self portrait that is still unfinished, have some new drawings i will scan in when i get back to the apartment.

5-10" Of Snow Tonight?

2010-01-07T09:35:00.000-08:00

count me outt.

home from school for a knee doctor's appointment.
working on the clothing line today, check out myspace.com/noiseapparel!
follow us on www.twitter.com/noiseapparel also!

from a sketchbook during my car accident recovery over the past couple months.

American Academy of Art.

2010-01-06T12:01:00.000-08:00

2 days of school complete, in the middle of the 3rd.
I love my school, its amazing, and so are all the people here.

abstraction drawing of my volk ce28 on my roadrace hatch.

and an animated drawing of a photograph of me taking an infield corner at Nashville Speedway in the Redline Time Attack in July.