Spent last week at Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts and Design Academy teaching the senior class. The best way to learn is by doing. So we put them to work on two murals located right outside their classroom door. For the first wall I created a mural based on the schools mascot. The second mural was designed and executed by the students themselves. Had a great time and learned a lot myself. Can’t wait to work with VADA again! Thank you to Daniel Barnett and Calico Brown for reaching out and running the academy everyday. Thanks to all the students for your enthusiasm and hard work. Turned out great!
Monthly Archives: May 2013
DF X BRANDED ARTS X BAIT
check out this video put together about the the Einstein Mural out at the Reserve. thanks to Olivia, Scott, Eric, Carlos and Warren for making this happen, real cool!. i think it came out great!.
Mark Twain at home.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885),[2] the latter often called “the Great American Novel.”
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion’s newspaper. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.[3] In 1865, his humorous story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp California where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, even being translated to classic Greek.[4] His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Mother In C Minor
New piece completed at The Reserve, creative complexing housing TMZ and Microsoft HQ. ‘Mother In C Minor’ is the second of two murals we have installed on the property curated by Branded Arts.
My mom played the piano at church when I was a kid, she wore her hair like this and struck this pose often reading the notes in her books….this ones for her…mothers day is coming up !. – D
Original photograph by Paul Scala.
London based fashion and beauty photographer.
MODERN MET covers Einstein at The Reserve
“Recently, American artist David Flores was commissioned to create two of the four murals that will cover the walls within The Reserve L.A. Formerly a U.S. Post Office, The Reserve L.A. is a 20-acre site that will house Microsoft and TMZ offices. The project concept states, “The Reserve has all the elements required to act as a catalyst for creativity while supporting business needs and the corporate vision.”
In preparation for the grand opening on May 8, 2013, Branded Arts was commissioned to organize and curate the creative workspace. Using a photo of Albert Einstein as inspiration, Flores created this two-story mural that can be viewed through the glass front building. From a distance, it’s easy to make out Einstein’s eyes, nose and mustache. Then, up close, visitors to the building can appreciate the texture of the bold blocks of bright, vivid paints, set off by thick, black outlined edges.”