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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Paint murals, make mosaic art installations and put on gallery shows around the country. Work on large-scale public art commissions.
ABOUT ME
I am an Artist and Art teacher in Austin, Texas and wherever work takes me.
PHILOSOPHY
NEED LESS + GIVE MORE
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
WHY? ...WHY NOT?!
1) To build an international community of well-traveled friends.
2) To introduce people to my current home base, Austin.
3) To share my space, time (if available) and experiences with others.
4) To network and find national and international opportunities to paint murals and make mosaic and large-scale public artworks in the future!
MY EXPERIENCE
SURFING: Backpacking around Europe 2005-6, South Korea 2008, Taiwan and Southeast Asia 2009, Japan 2010-13, Australia 2014, New Zealand 2015
HOSTING: Heaps - Garden co-op Austin Texas 2006, Studio apartment South Korea 2008, Kyoto by the sea Japan 2010-12, Ishigaki Island Okinawa 2013, 16th floor Travancore Melbourne 2014, Sunny Nelson NZ 2015, Duplex in Hyde Park Austin Texas 2016-Present
Interests
Painting, biking around town, trails, walking in nature, swimming, beach, movies, anime, low riders, graffiti, street art and public art, tattoos, anthropology, indigenous culture and history, museums, cooking, hidden treasure, people, potlucks, local fruits and veggies, murals, good music and bad dancing, bubble tea
- arts
- culture
- architecture
- design
- street art
- contemporary art
- photography
- documentaries
- tattoos
- dancing
- dining
- cooking
- gardening
- movies
- traveling
- painting
- drawing
- music
- jazz
- cycling
- swimming
- teaching
- sociology
- beaches
- travel
- art
- beach
- arte
- graffiti
- murals
- mural painting
- muralismo
Music, Movies, and Books
MUSIC: Flying Lotus, Four Tet, Bonobo, Mice Parade, Fugazi, Baby Metal, Chilled Cow (LOL)
MOVIE: Ghost in the Shell (Anime), Paprika, Perfect Blue, Style Wars, Documentaries, Sci-Fi, Cutie and the Boxer, Studio Ghibli, Planet EARTH
TV: Westworld, Breaking Bad, Man in the High Castle, PBS
BOOK: Calvin and Hobbes, Non-Fiction, The Razor's Edge, Japan 365, Life Is Sweet, Edible Estates, ART and Design books
MAG: Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Lowrider Magazine
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Riding a bicycle the entire length of Japan in 2.5 months and painting a 4-story pink TAKO mural on Ishigaki Island (2013)
Teach, Learn, Share
TEACH: Spray painting and street art, Mosaic, Vegetable gardening and landscaping, English
LEARN: Stained Glass, Business Marketing, Grant Writing, Spanish, German, more Japanese
SHARE: Meals, Time, Skills, Paint, Artwork and SWAG
What I Can Share with Hosts
I can PAINT your home, business, friend's house, car, bus, airplane, boat, board or canvas, draw you a picture, cook dinner, do the dishes, fix your bike (basics), teach you English, gardening, landscaping, manual labor, etc.
Countries I’ve Visited
Belgium, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malta, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, United States