Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Psychledelic Tendencies 2

A few shots before the madness










Shinya's new twin cam racer that he debuted at the show



The crowd outside


The show will be up for the next three weeks still(minus the bikes) so if you missed it come on down wednesday-Sunday 12-9pm
11390 Ventura Bl #7, Studio City

Most of the art is for sale, some is sold already and some is on loan from private collections.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Saturday January 14th


Victory Electric Tattoo is proud to announce that we are having a sequel to the chopper art show I put on 6 years ago called Psycledelic Tendencies. Saturday January 14th from 6-10 pm. We will have work by about 50 artists/builders. Including vintage painted chopper tanks, new painted tanks by some of the best guys in the business, paintings, original cover art from some issues of DicE magazine, etc. There will be limited priority parking for bikes, so get there early, restaurants downstairs if you're hungry, and an afterparty at The Starlight Room down the street. Here is a list of some of the contributors so far:

Shinya Kimura
Robert Atkinson
Skratch
Zombie
Todd Reich
Sarah Ray
Jeff Wright
Keith Weesner
Pacman
Scott Stollar
Bugs
Michael Dorman
Pizz
Harpoon
Michael Schmidt
Von Franco
John Kline
Stanley Gunn
Robert Williams
Suzanne Williams
Jason Cruz
Tiffany Collins
Ryzart
Tuesday Glennan
Max Grundy
James Owens
Sonny Boy
Chicago Chris
Hot Dog
Little Jenny Ketchum
Wes Drelleshak
Adam Wright
Matt Rascoe
Eli Hathaway
Dan Collins
Duane Ballard

and more to be announced
Sponsored by DicE Magazine

Saturday January 14th
6-10 PM
Victory Electric Tattoo Co.
11390 Ventura Bl. #7(corner of Tujunga)
Studio City, Ca
91604

Friday, October 14, 2011

Psycledelic Tendencies 2

Six years ago I curated an art show at Victory Electric Tattoo Co called "Psycledelic Tendencies-The art of the chopper" well we're doing it again. Sponsored by DicE magazine as usual, and will be a helluva show with over 50 artists, priority parking for bikes, etc. More info to come, mark your calendar...

Friday, October 7, 2011

Scott Stollar...

...has been kickin ass at the shop for the past few months, call to set up an appointment.
(818)980-0728











Thursday, July 28, 2011

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Look for Simon Watts and his artwork in Kustom Graphics 2


Look towards the back of this latest hardback release from Korero books and you'll find some familiar looking shaved headed fellow and some of his paintings. Look for it at your local Kustom Kulture outlet. There seems to be one on every corner these days but if you can't find one go here http://www.korerobooks.co.uk/k​ustomgraphics2.html

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Check out Simon's little feature.


And no we don't mean his nose.

Cut and paste this into your browser.
http://www.lostateminor.com/2011/05/27/freeflowing-tattoos-of-simon-watts/

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Simon Watts doing a little striping at the shop last week.


Many of you may not know this but Simon Watts has been striping forever. Just look at how old he is and you know it's true. He's been featured at one time or another in just about every hot rod magazine in the world. If you've got anything you'd like striped come by and have a chat. It's well worth convincing him to drag out his brushes.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

5. Scroll down and start at 1. so that this lot makes some sense:)


And find out the what the hell I'm on about with all this scribbling.

4. The paintings that lead to the tattoos


It led to looser a style that eventually influenced my painting style and is now influencing my tattoos. It's kind of different but I think it works and hopefully some of you will find it interesting too and allow me to make a mess on you sometime:)

3. Gettin Loose.


I loved this fact because it did a couple of things. It helped me overcome my inherent need to nitpick and overthink my art. It really loosened me up creatively and introduced a more subconscious or "Unthinking" element to my work. Instead of trying to be a control freak I totally loosened up in everything I did. From my drawings on up.

2. It all started hiding from the cops.


Years ago when I was living in London I used to run around in the middle of the night leave my mark. And because the cops don't like you making a mess in that pristine little city, you had to kind of work fast to avoid capture. Having to work fast ended up having a huge influence on how I drew.