Favela Painting, Murals for the Masses

This past month has been an overwhelming whirlwind of work & holiday obligations & merriment. It seems I've gotten a little behind on my posting, I do have a lot of fragments that I'm hoping to stitch together over the weekend. Meanwhile, I've asked one of my best friends to share a bit about her last trip to Brazil, a place I hope to visit soon.

Kim Beury:
Last year I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One of the aspects that I was most taken back with was the beautiful street art. Every corner turned revealed another piece, whether it be political or whimsical, figurative or abstract, sticker or paint, professional or crude.
Unfortunately Rio is also know for their slums or favelas, characterized by violence, crime, drug trade, and poverty. City of God, anyone? One in five Rio residents live in a favela; there are over 500 favelas throughout the city.
Two Dutch artists, Hass&Hahn (Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn) created the Favela Painting project in 2006 to merge street art and favela living, pervasive aspects of Rio. The murals serve many purposes. Beautifying the neighborhoods, instilling power to the community members, and creating jobs for the residents. Not to mentions it looks damn good, too.


This their first mural project in Rio, Boy with a Kite.



Mural along pathway in Vila Cruzeiro, designed together with Rob Admiraal.


Hass&Hahn

ZSO

Just got word that my work was posted this week on stylesight.com. I was paired with another NYC based Illustrator, Sara Blake a.k.a. ZSO. Beautiful stuff don't you agree? I had to repost.

Thanks Jenny!

Art Collected.

A tour of some of the pieces I come home to.

Love this Zach Johnsen mini


Stephen Holding/ Metalwing- Steve and I had a show together in Hong Kong a few years ago that was one of my favorites. In addition to our own works, we collaborated on 2 layered, shadow box inspired pieces which got an overwhelmingly good response. We're currently working on a new set, inspired by our last.



Another of Zach's works, he's a close friend and frequent collaborator, I'm lucky enough to have several of his paintings & I'm always hoping to collect more.


Kenji Nakayama & Ryan Lombardi
,two very talented friends from Boston.


The lovely and talented Kimberly Beury.


2 Daniel St. George prints that I adore.


Zach & Kim side by side


Ben Pease- this was his 1st oil painting. Do yourself a favor and check more recent works. Ben is one of the most talented painters I have ever come in contact with, also a good friend, I was lucky enough to share a studio with him in college- huge inspiration.


Stunning mirror, hand chiseled by my father. He threatens to steal this back every time he visits, that's not happening.


Adam Amengual- one of my best friends, I'm hoping to have some new works of his very soon!

Monday, Monday, Monday

Latest IP piece- this is for an upcoming collaborative set I'm working on with
Stephen Holding/ Metalwing.

Sisters.

A little sneak peak at my newest piece (left), still in the works. You may have seen earlier pics below.

This, paired with it's sister piece "Remember" beside it, are the starting pieces in a new series that I'm pretty excited about.