Hands of Healing

Here is a chalk drawing for a local medical collective in downtown Tacoma...Nice folks with a difficult mission ahead of breaking stereotypes and gaining community acceptance.  Anyway, they wanted a positive artist-outreach thing done, and I'm into that, so this is what I free-styled!

10-28-2011 Chalk-off - The Warhol Flower Again!

Photo by R.R. Anderson

photo by DarkainMultiMedia

10-14-2011 Frost Park Chalk-off

Photo by RR Anderson

Photo by the sponsor, Darkain Media

Photo by Kevin Frietas

Photo by Kevin Frietas

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Occupy Tacoma!

Photo by R.R. Anderson.

Photo by Joel

My love for King Kong knows no bounds...Here I try to tie in Tacoma, Occupy Tacoma, AND throw a shout out to the sponsor, Stadium Video.  I think even being occupied by a 24' tall Gorilla is better than than leaving old city hall to ruin.

Vote here!

UPDATE! I won! woo-hoo! serious prize package, yo!
1)Five free rentals!
2)$25 Gift Certificate for vinyl!
3) Three free DVD's!

American Woman at Frost Park!

I drew American Woman for the Chalk-off today.

8-12-2011 Frost Park Chalk-off

 

My Son Quinn, showing his skillz...Is this the Tacoma City Hall, or a Squid attacking a fish? Who are we to ask?

 

Valiant Van and the Goblin King

Photo by Kevin Freitas

 

Yeah, that's right I'm sporting my Dennis Rodman Jersey. Dennis got inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame today.

 

Photo by Mark Monlux.

Tolleffson Plaza...

Here is a chalking I did at Toleffeson Plaza...3 days later, it was discovered! Photo by THE RR Anderson, Tacoma's premier Cartoonist/Inventor.

"Hilltop" 8-5-11 Frost Park Chalk-off.

Hilltop Art Night Out

I had fun doing some chalk art down at the Hilltop Artists in Residence Art Night Out on Tuesday.  Great Hip-Hop, Dancers, hot dogs, and my kids had a blast running around and dancing.

Then the KING 5 news team's Chris Daniels tapped on my shoulder and asked for some comments about the changing Hilltop neighborhood.  Here's the news piece of me on TV!

I am identified as a Hilltop Resident, and though officially I'm in the North Slope, I'm on Division, so I got a Four district corner. Hilltop, Sixth Ave, Wedge, and the N.Slope, so I'm not too concerned with titles. Tacoma is my neighborhood now.

I didn't snap a picture of the final art, Oh well...Gotta remember to take my camera!!!


NOTE: I was just informed that I won first prize! (I didn't even know it was a contest, so imagine my surprise! - The prize? A lesson (for me and a friend) in glass blowing at the Jason Lee Middle School hot shop down the street! Woo-Hoo...I decided to share the prize with the gentleman drawing next to me above. One Mr. James Stowe of the C.L.A.W.

Frost Park Chalk-off Entry 7-22-11

 

The Final in Frost Park, Downtown Tacoma, WA

 

The sketch...This week was sponsored by a Dental clinic, thus... 

Plus, turns out, it won! wooo-Hooo!

Billboard Chalk Comic - Frost Park 7-15-11

(Photo by Kevin Freitas of feedtacoma.com)

Smurfettes

Frost Park Chalk-off Entry #1

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