PVC Show Hosted by Delicious Drips

Letting you guys know now that I'm a sponsored artist for SkullyBoom in the PVC (Poly Vinyl Cranium) Show hosted by Delicious Drips!! Get ready to vote for my custom SkullyBoom piece on Delicious Drips!! Voting will take place for seven days from March 15^th to the 22^nd.

And heres the video promo for the event!!

Cool Kids Never Die

Hey guys!! Im participating in the Cool Kids Never Die Art, Plush, and Custom Toy Show held at Studio Broadway in Albuquerque NM!! Its a one night only show held on 2/20/10 at 6pm to midnight featuring of tribute work to late 80's early 90's pop culture. Fun times!! Any way get there and check it out!

Baxter the Lonely Dead Bear Featured on Custom Toy Lab

Sorry for the late update on this, but "Baxter the Lonely Dead Bear" has been featured on Custom Toy Lab!! Go check out the piece on CTL's awesome custom toy website!! A special thanks Custom Toy Lab for the feature!! And more news coming about the new gallery work for the APW Gallery very soon!! Stay tuned!

World of Imagination V3 at the APW Gallery in New York

Hey everyone!! Hope your all having a great new year so far!! Just an early heads up that I will be showing once again in New Yorks APW Gallery for its "World of Imagination Vol. 3" group exhibition, this time their looking to surpass the previous exhibits numbers and present the largest group exhibition in New York, with two hundred artists including myself showing!! Currently I'm working on the new pieces for the show and am looking forward to presenting all new work this time around which I will be posting up soon. The opening reception will be held 3/5/10. Make it there!!

TOMOPOP Featuring "Baxter"

An awesome feature of "Baxter the Lonely Dead Bear" on TOMOPOP today! The article is amazing and full of kind words that would make anyones day. Thanks to TOMOPOP for the rad feature, its much appreciated!!! See it here http://tomopop.com/aaron-boy-s-baxter-the-lonely-dead-bear-arrives-on-the-vinyl-scene-9777.phtml

"Baxter" Featured on TOYSREVIL

One of my favorite designer toy sites TOYSREVIL has featured "Baxter The Lonely Dead Bear" in the blog today! This is awesome considering I check this site daily for news on the raddest designer art toys, so to see the piece up there is a treat! Check it out, and many, many thanks to TOYSREVIL for the feature! http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2009/11/baxter-lonely-dead-bear-custom-teddy.html

Great "Baxter" Feature on A Little Bit On The Awesome Side

Another great feature of "Baxter the Lonely Dead Bear" from A Little Bit On The Awesome Side, so go see the post here http://albotas.com/2009/11/baxter-the-lonely-dead-bear-10-diy-teddy-troop-custom-by-aaron-boy/. Thanks to you guys at ALBOTAS for all the kind words too, it is a great article, much respect!

"Baxter" Featured on Teddy Troops Official Web Page

Yup, there he is! Really awesome to see him on the front page there and in the gallery as well! Go to http://www.teddytroops.net/ or see him and become a fan of Flying Fortresses Teddy Troops on Facebook here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teddy-Troops/65798786552. Thanks again to Flying Fortress for the post, it really means so much to me since I have been a fan of the toy for so long!

Baxter the Lonely Dead Bear

So it took me well over a month before I could even stop working on this piece, I obsessed and lost a lot of sleep over this guy but I'm in love with it and its one of my favorite pieces yet. Its all acrylic paint on a 10" DIY Teddy Troop with removable helmet. it is for sale in the Shop! right now so if you fancy it as much as I do head over there. The countless hours and days I refused to put the paint brush down paid off and I hope you all love it as much as I do!

Setting Up Shop

So my brand new online store is up and running! It still could use some major making over and beautifying but if your interested in my work you can head over there and purchase a piece whenever you like (it being open 24 hours after all). If there are any suggestions on how to make it better please let me know, I always love hearing from you! Keep a look out for a new piece that will be available on the store too! So take a look http://aaronboysartshop.bigcartel.com/ or go to the link titled Shop! under the My Links section of this blog. Enjoy! Oh and by the way, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Sacrilege; They May Drink Your Blood

"Don't tell them you can walk on water or they may drink your blood". This is my interpretation of the lyric from the song Sacrilege from AFI's new album Crash Love that came out today. By the way, the album is amazing, go buy it! I really enjoyed the way this turned out and had fun working on it, and Ive always pulled so much inspiration from their music which is so dear to me and has been for years. Acrylic on 11x14 canvas.

Underground Board Factory Art Series #6 Out Now!

Well its out and they turned out fantastic! Much thanks to Lisa at UBF for getting it done and making it look great! So head to the Underground Board Factory Skate Shop and pick yourselves up one...or more if you like! Only 60 have been made so make sure you get yours quickly! http://www.ubfskateshop.com/. P.S. forgive the blurriness of the bottom photo of the signed one I took it with my Blackberry at the shop.

Pics From "Something Different"

I had an amazing time here. I meet some great artists and people! Thanks top the APW Gallery for displaying my work and being so kind. Ah I still miss New York, but I'll be back! Anyway the show runs till 8/23/09 so get there, but if you cant then head to my new Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaron_boy/ too see more photos from the reception and get a peak at what you'll find there. I will also be posting more from my New York adventures soon too so stay tuned!

"Something Different" at the APW Gallery in NY

Hey Just wanting to let you guys know I'm contributing to the "Something Different" group exhibition show held at APW Gallery in New York! It runs July 17th to August 23rd and I will be in attendance for the opening reception so if you are nearby come out to see some work of mine and say hi to me! For more info go to http://www.apwarts.com/

"Goddamnit"

Ever feel like somethings plotting against you? This painting pretty much sums it up:) Acrylic on 12x24 wooden canvas.

And it begins!

So the early stages of the UBF ( http://www.ubfskateshop.com/ ) deck graphic production started today, so excited for this project to be completed! Anyway I will be in touch!!! Also Ive started a Twitter account today, go to http://twitter.com/aaron_boy if you have one and follow it!

Deck design for UBF

UBF (underground board factory) contacted me about designing an artists signature series board for them. Heres the deck design, its done with acrylics on a cull wood board cut to 8.5x33. Heres a few pics of it for now. Ill be posting the finished product up once its complete! Until then check them out here http://www.ubfskateshop.com/index.php

"Bufords Day at the Beach, Ruined"

Acrylic on wood 18x26

Queen Henry the 13th sculpture

Sculpey 8 in.

"Leonard the Strong Man"

Acrylic on 11x14 canvas

"Lil' Horn"

Lil Horn (as hes reffed to by some but anti christ is the most common usage) is the son of the devil. The subject here hits stronger than in most of my other work. Its about diversity, and how else can one be more diverse than to be damned from birth? Here in this portrait you see Lil' Horn coming to realization for the first time of what it is to be an outcast, not just to people but to some other "higher" power. (acrylic on canvas 9x12)

"Queen Henry the 13th"

The effeminate ruler of... whatever it is he rules over!!!

(9x12 acrylic on canvas)

"Beazly Jr. Goes to School"

Acrylic on canvas 20x30

"The Notorious Mr. Woodward"

Acrylic on canvas 9x12

"Portrait of the Gentleman Mr. Hamilton"

So as I said my new series has begun and its much different than my previous work I have changed my style completley and I am enjoying it! (acrylic on canvas 9x12)

New series on the way...

Well Ive been absent from this blog for a short while, but with good reason! Ive been hard at work on my next series of paintings, all acrylics on canvas. The themes are dark and fun (death and smiles, you know...the usual). Anyway, I couldn't be more excited! This will be taking my work to different places, unfamiliar and new and I hope it excites everyone else as well! So Ill return soon with news and updates as to where the series stands and its direction.

"The Sailor Mr. Chesterfield Mourns His Captain R.J. Huckleberry"

A portait of a desperate Mr. Chesterfield grieving after he has discovered the remains of his drowned captain, R.J. Huckleberry (R.I.P) This portait is the result of a few hours in CS2 and A Perfect Circle's Mer De Noms.

"Hauntings, Tragedies, And The Ghost Of A Raccoon"

Ive had a wee bit of an artistic slump lately but this really pulled me out of it! Took me a few hours in Photo Shop but I pulled it off. Its made to have that old dried up painting feel so I think it brings that sense of tragic withered-ness to it. Finished just in time for Halloween as well, the greatest day of them all! well enjoy this for me while I'm off to Sea World for the Halloween weekend:) Wooot! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

"Exceptionally Digital Pt.2"

Ive been featured in an article titled "Exceptionally Digital Pt.2" on DeviantArt! Special thanks for the honor, its very flattering to be featured with other great art work and artists!!! Here's the link so check it out if your interested or just to see all the wonderful art work Ive been jumbled into :D

Theres some seriously cool stuff up there too!

http://news.deviantart.com/article/59315/

Wurdd!!!

Dug sumthin up...

Thought I would post this old digital piece up here while I'm workin on more stuff. This was one of my first PS made images. I drew the line in my personal sketch book and made it all "pretty" in Photo Shop. The ears on Bear Boy are oddly HUGE and hes got these scrawny legs but it was just a quick sketch.

Just a rough illustration

Well I was bored in PS and decided to do a quick action filled sketch with Pumpkin the witch. If your thinking to yourself "gee, she looks fimiliar" check my previous post.

Pumpkin

Here you are! My concept is all colored and finished in Photo Shop. I decided to name her Pumpkin due to her almost Halloween like influence in style, being a witch and all I felt it would be appropriate, click and enjoy!

Inspiration

NIN: 1,000,000 Live from on stage, Sydney 2.22.09 [HD] from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.

A Work In Progress

What was going to be just a face study sketch In Photo Shop turned into a whole project, and this is it so far! I'm currently working on the color and will post it up here a.s.a.p! But for now here's a black and white sketch of a core to the hard witch girl .

Wacom Warm Up...

So I purchased a new Wacom yesterday Finally!!! I thought Id do a small warm up in Photo Shop to break me in. So the result was a rather interesting creature "Le Killa Gorilla".  Hes a bit different obviously ha!

"Cannibalism And The Sensational Sense Of Love"

This was done on an 18x36 canvas with oil paint markers. I really do enjoy conflicting imagery so the very thought of a post murder/cannibalistic feast scene with love showing its smiling face upon what had happened was too entertaining to not paint! I hope this entertains at the least!

"I Will Always Be Alone"

24x30 oil paint marker on canvas. Okay well this one came to me while trying to sleep on night and during my five hours of tossing and turning this image appeared in my noggin (most of my work comes about this way) any way, it perfectly articulated current emotions Ive strongly experienced lately. But it means allot to me. It also seems to get the best response from people, I think it speaks to others as well. Enjoy.

"Meet Bear Girl"

24x24 oil paint marker on canvas. This took me close to 14 hours, and I am so proud of the finished result! Bear Girl is the obvious femalecounterpart to Bear Boy, seemingly sweeter than he is but...still just as evil on the inside.

"Meet Bear Boy" (work in progress)

24x24 oil paint markers and india ink on canvas

My first post to my new blog. Its the first of my latest series and I wanted to share with you all what I have done so far, but when its complete I will post it in all of its glory!