What’s on My Wall

The art work on my wall serves as reminders of places I’ve been (both figurative and literal) and inspiration for places I want to go. I wanted to share why a few pieces they hang on my wall.

1. Dave Kloc poster silk screened on card stock

I think this might one of my favorite pieces. I wasn’t familiar with Dave Kloc’s work but the illustrative punk style but this poster immediately caught my eye and I knew I had to have it. Now he has become one of my favorite artists. He creates a new poster for each meltdown show with Kumail Nanjiani and Jonah Ray at meltdown comics in Los Angeles. I was hesitant to go when my friend told me about it but, the show was hilarious and I discovered an amazing artist. I follow him on instagram and I’d like to purchase more of his work but you can only get it at the meltdown show. Just another excuse to visit LA.

2. Converse painting acrylic on canvas

I found this painting that I did in college, when I moved a year ago. I’m not much of a painter but I still really enjoy doing it. I sport converse habitually, wearing them until they’re practically destroyed. I even hold on to my old ones in hope of creating an art piece with them some day. Until then, this hangs on my wall.

3. Titi Freak paper and ink

I love street art and Titi Freak is one of my favorite street artists. This is only an image of the work from the actual piece, but I saved it as a momento from a project I did for a color theory course I took in college. I used this magazine cutout to recreate the mural with pieces of colored paper that my group and I painstakingly ripped out of the pages old magazines. The concept the of exercise was to understand how our eyes can blend many shades into one color, similar to murals that utilize small tiles in wide range of colors. As much as I would have loved to have held on to that piece, it now hangs in the humanities building at San Francisco State University (my alma mater).

4. Noh Mask plastic

This is a plastic children’s mask of an updated version of the masks worn in Noh. Noh is a form a theater from japan that utilized masks, like make up, to create characters. The original masks were carved wood painted with a neutral expression, it is up to the actor’s movements and mannerisms to emote the feeling of the mask. This type of mask would have been used for ko-omote character or a beautiful young woman character. There’s something about the cheerful expression and simplicity of shape and color that make me love this piece.

5. Muni passes paper with holograph print

These old bus passes are some of the ones I collected through the years of riding San Francisco Municipal Transit (aka Muni).These cards card have been mostly phased and replaced by the reusable clipper cards but I hold on to these as a colorful keepsake as a reminder of my days running around San Francisco. Fun fact: each month Muni interns were allowed to select the two colors that embellish the passes.