TOO FLY!

Been Daydreaming too much...

I had my first nightmare last night...It was an interesting one but nothing to really stick with me...Although with all the talk about post apocalytic occurences, my subconscious aborbed it and regurgitate thru sleepy thought...My dreams always lack completion...But it relates to never being able to quite grasp whats just in arms reach in the dream....for me it always a loved one...If I could only get there!

Been daydreaming to much...
Elmer

Mr. Alfred

MR.ALFRED aka "Last turn on the left"

Line Study: Final product will be aersol and ink on masonite panel

Series: A study in Elmer

JUICED!!!

The world I know, is a world to slow....

I never expect to get over myself long enough to open up to you, which constantly leaves me with frustration of solitude....So dont take the quiteness the wrong way, its not that I dont want to talk to you, it could be that i spend more time trying to calculate the approach leaving me with a wasted opportunity...So if you have ever met me at my work or just past me in general and I walked right thru the opportunity to speak with you, I really meant to, instead I just stood at my inner wall and tagged my name...



-Elmer
ps...were are you?

DARE R.I.P

This is kind of late, but My condolences go out to DARE's family and all of his friends...Its a terrible thing to see such an amazing writer lost. These are all amazing tributes to DARE from fellow writers. The last one is the king himself...An amazing pioneer in Graffit...

DARE Tribute - SCIEN x PERSUE x KLOR from Mike Limestro on Vimeo.

The man himself...Kings in Heaven...

-Elmer

My infatuation is authentic....

Dear diary,

How do you tell someone you love them, if you only have known them for but a short second...does love like that exist anymore??? or did I have my time already...Am I left with a distant memory of what it was like being in love...I want to speak profound words hoping to cause the catalyst...I swear the infatuation is authentic...I remember feeling with alot more than just rationality spinning around my head...I want to tell you everything and nothing in my life and yet I cant even pucker up the words to ask you on a date, you know a date? dinner, a movie or something inbetween...the exchange of words needed to breathe life into my heart...I want soft spoken compliments, under the table hand holding, stolen glances...do any of those sound intriguing??? For now I live vicariously thru melodies and tunes hoping one day one of the heart felt love songs will somehow find their way into my life...





staying in lala land...

EAR CANDY all day LONG!!!

Keepin me goin...

Chuco

Chuco for me was a photo in the sea of web candy at first...What drew me to his image was the vision and essence in the look...Out of all the images I saw on the hunt for a reference for this painting, he shined the brightest for what I had alread seen in my head...It wasn't until some admirers recognized who it was in a show I participated in that I became aware of his legacy..it also struck me odd that it wasn't just one person who recognized him, it was a few...Feeling shameful that I wasn't fully aware of his persona, I did my research...Later finding out that he was an O.G. Tattoo Legend from LA...See for me B-boys and Zoot Suiters were my icons, I looked up to the pachuco heritage in my family and the breakers I had always known about for symbolism of true heart and presence... But these are my feelings...below is a section of what CHUCO really was...They said it better than I ever could.(the section below was pulled via...www.convictedartist.com)

California tattoo legend Edward "Chuco" Caballero died on November 2008 following a battle with an aggressive form of cancer; just as he had become one of the nations most familiar faces in the tattoo and lowrider scene. Thousands of family and friends mourned his loss as the “walking canvas” was laid to rest at the All Soul's Cemetery, in Long Beach, California on Friday, November 7, 2008.


He was known to many as El Chuco and simply Chuy to others. Many considered the southern California native the true grand daddy pachuco with a natural zoot suit persona. He was remembered for his Calo dialect as he told stories about his life growing up as a pachuco in the in the 1960's. He remained true to the style all the way to his recent death.

As a pioneer of the tattoo community, Edward "Chuco" Caballero spent many years touring tattoo conventions worldwide. Just like tattoo legend Ed Hardey, Chuco too has become an legacy in the world of tattoos.

He earned a good reputation in the tattoo & lowrider scene, and was sponsored by major tattoo, lowrider, and zoot suit clothing companies who splashed images of him all over magazine & television advertisements.

Just like tattoo femme fatale Kat Von D, Edward "Chuco" Caballero became an immediate celebrity and gained the respect of tattoo aficionados around the world.

Fans mourning his recent death have gone as far as tattoo portraits of Chuco on their bodies, as well as sport T-shirts with his image. His body’s monotone black and gray tattoos reflected cultural, religious and prison themes. Chuco was a true fan of Hollywood gangster Robert De Niro and confirmed his admiration for the celebrity by tattooing a portrait of De Niro's face on himself. Chuco was also known for his tattoos of American actresses Susan Hayward, Marilyn Manroe and the Statue of Liberty.

"I grew up in the 60's," quoted Chuco, at the Body Art Expo in 2005 prior to his death, "when you could own a tattoo only if you were a gang member, a drug addict, or in prison. Now, celebrities and movie stars have made tattooing mainstream."

"Let go"

I'm loving this song right now, letting go is sometimes the hardest thing a human has to do...Its easier just not to get to caught up in a situation...I dont know, I'm still conflicted about this idea...I'm by nature an intravert, which makes my social circle very small..In a way its just lends its hand to the fact that i'm an artist...Painting almost always dominates any sort of plans I would have for the night...But there are times when I find myself wanting some form of interaction...This is great but when your that guy in the bar that is a natural born observer, you give off that creep vibe...Although no harm is intended, rather its a fascination of human interaction...The bars are a great viewscape for various types of connections....Both sinful and genuine...

The juries still out on this one...
-Elmer

Did I mention that I'm a smug son of a bitch!

I did this oil painting back in art school, but because your only given but a few short days to have it complete it, it went unfinished for about a year...Then one day I'm chillin with my girl Adrienne and she makes a remark that I should post this painting as my facebook image...Thinking about it a little more, I decided that night I would finish it...I'm really not one to post pictures of myself, I think my work is really my true identity more than how I appear...What intrigued me more about this painting is that even after I told them who it was people still thought it was someone else, I would just laugh...

I truly believe that the emotion your carrying at the time of a painting is passed thru the painting as a filter of sort...well at the time of this painting, a friend and I were on a serious crush mission (crushing- to bomb excessively over the course of a set period of time)...It was obsessive at one point...At the time my moniker was really about flamboyancy...a real smug attitude towards life in general..Alot of indulgence, vandalism being the HUGE one...So when painting this I wanted to convey that attitude, that fuck you mentality!!! This is what came out of me...The yellow tone was a reference to Yellow Bastard in Sin City whose attitude was this "above the law" type shit...and the pinks were referencing a drunk with color attitude, I had...Always geeking on that next handstyle or another succesful night of bombing...All in all this was a painting that was a period in my life that came with a lot of life experience and this will always be a constant reminder of the good and the bad...

-ELMER

Were back in business

I've been absent for a short minute. Been busy spreading myself extremely thin with various projects as well as getting a few commercial jobs in the process, I promise to start updating this as much as possible.

So let's play catch up in a short paragraph jus to bring you up to speed with life, I've in the past two months managed to get a promotion(woop woop) but on the down side its taking away from my art/business. But you got to make money to spend money, I think thats how it goes. As well as starting a new collective with my bestie Josef aka Gossip Photography. My other bestie moved to Denver which now leaves me with a reason to shoot for a show up north with her help..Shes already been on the grind finding galleries that would fit my steeze...All the while trying to double the amount of shows I did last year which for the beginning of the year is looking promising...With a possible show in Santa Fe(SWEET!!!) I've slowed down on the scratchbord and resumed stead fast work with REFRIED, really trying to push into the market this year. A few limited items as well as a few mass releases, I'm really excited for the REFRIED toy release but for now its going to stay under wraps...All in all its going to be a fun and exhausting year, did I mention I found an amazing designer by the name of CHEY boogie, who as we speak is finishing up the womens line for a sub-brand under REFRIED...Sub-label with no name as of now, I'm leaning towards METIROSA(will save that story for another post)...I'm really excited to work with chey cause her work ethic is bomb and shes really pushing me to get my shit together...for now I think I've spoken to much so the next couple posts will be photos of finished as well as progress pics of projects for the future...Hope to see you all back here.

-ELMER