A dip into my art collection

A few years ago, when I was making an exhorbetant amount of money traveling the country promoting pop-culture (of which I won't bore you now with my moral dilemma regarding the job...) I decided to invest my money in the best thing I saw fit--ART.

I bought a series of ceramic work in San Diego, CA by a famous ceramist whose name escapes me...I also invested in several paintings by my friend Mark Sengbush, the first person I met as a Freshman at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit (now called College for Creative Studies). His work is colorful and energetic, borrowing from graphic forms of graffiti and inspired by music, the work I have is a series of circular two tone paintings.

The other artist that I invested in was a friend of a friend who is a prolific painter, Jason Vivona. The moment I saw his work, I fell in love. Again, a painter influenced by graffiti styles and materials, Jason also is a dynamic illustrator. Painting on anything he can get his hands on, from old drawers wedged apart into five different panels, old broken skateboards, records his house was filled! every wall stacked 10 paintings deep! What I fell in love with was his line work, the graphic simplicity in his imagery which runs from whimsical animals to portraits of women in a variety of forms, his color palette and the fonts and text thrown on, painted over and exploding in the empty space remaining. He has a wonderful ability to define object and space with in his paintings.

Looking at the paintings I own of his every day, I finally googled Jason Vivona in search of his whereabouts and curious about his work. Was I ever surprised and gifted with delight!! His quality of work has increased and his content more complicated yet drawn crisp and clear. I'm happy he's doing so well. Keep on eye on this one. He'll be breaking out soon enough! Here is his flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivonaart/