Open Call

Open Call

Hey all you awesome folks out there!

This is an open call to everyone and anyone who can take and/or has taken pictures... whether professional or amateur... super high quality or ghetto fabulous point-and-click...

As you can see from the pictures on my blog, I'm a visual artist who's process begins with a photograph every time. These days, I'm a little short on pictures of my own and have grown tired of looking at the ones I have...

So I figured:
"What better time than now to get people involved and share the creative vibe?"

That being said, I am officially inviting you amazing people, whoever you are out there in internet land, to email me some pictures you'd like to see turned into custom stencil paintings.

In the world of up-and-coming artists, the key to survival and exposure is mutual promotion so in that spirit, of course, anyone who's photo would eventually be used will get full credit for the original picture [and a link to your website if you have one].

Disclaimer:
I need to make sure everyone understands that not all pictures work for this kind of work so don't take it personal if your photo doesn't get used. BUT, I encourage you to send them all anyway since in the past, I've used: professional pix, ghetto scanned pix, blurry shots, partial pix, etc. it's hit and miss with what works and inspires me... it can be anything!

[Don't get me wrong... the better quality resolution of the picture the better... I mean, if you have a shot in 300 DPI, please try to send it as such rather than make it smaller for emailing purposes...]

So on that note... Please send your photohraphs [in .jpg and/or .pdf format] to:

P.Summind@gmail.com

I look forward to seeing what I get!

Peace!

Les Cool Kids

"Les Cool Kids"
30" X 40"
Spray Paint Stencilled on Canvas
December 2009

This is a picture that was taken at one of my shows in June 2009 at Sub V. The original picture is blurry and I thought it would be an interesting challenge to stencil it anyway...

So as usual, it took 10 times longer than anticipated but the end result is something I'm very satisfied with.

Big up to the guys over at Sub V for keeping the cans and markers in the right hands!

And here's just a quick reminder that "The Cool Kids," along with most of my stuff is hanging at Chez Baptiste (1045 Mt. Royal St. East) all the way to the 31st of January... feel free to go check it out... if you need a reason to get out there... they show the Habs game's on the big screen!!

La Meme Affaire. Sauf... Genre... Pas Pareil.

La Meme Affaire. Sauf... Genre... Pas Pareil.

Il me fait enormement plaisir de vous inviter Chez Baptiste [1045 Mt. Royal Est] le 3 janvier 2010 pour ma plus recente expo. Je vous accueillerai a partir de 17h.

Une fois que vous aurez fini de faire le tour de vos familles pis que ce sera le temps de commencer a briser vous nouvelles resolutions... pourquoi pas venir faire un tour faire ca entoure de nouvelles peintures que je m'efforce de terminer d'ici la... deal?

Vous en avez deja vu sur mon blog... croyez moi... une photo de 3-4 pouces ne rend pas justice a une peinture de 3-4 pieds... et il y aura du nouveau egalement!

Alors au plaisir de vous voir la face et celle de vos amis le 3!

Clickez ICI pour inviter vos amis via l'evenement facebook.

Self Portrait

Self-Portrait
November 2009
24" X 36"
Acrylics and Spray Paint Stencilled on Canvas

Ok. I've decided to step out of my comfort zone and challenge myself with something new. So I threw some acrylics around and then stencilled over them. Here's the result!

The original picture is one I took of myself while I was in Vancouver. I spent a month out there in 2006 and I've always wanted to go back since and strongly suggest that city to anyone and everyone, Canadian or not.

I Deserve a Title

"I Deserve a Title"
November 2009
30" X 40"
Spray Paint Stencilled on Canvas

There really isn't any background story here... This is a picture I took on the metro... I was afraid there might be too many details for stencilling but it looks like all has worked out in the end. This has become one of the most intricate pieces I've done to date and I'm very happy with how it turned out. Enjoy!

Decover Magazine

Decover Mag

The good people at Decover Magazine were nice enough to offer me a 2 page spot (pages 24 &25) in their Issue #2... Click here for their excellent website and then all you need to do is click on the "virtual magazine" link to check it out! It's also available in large printed format in select Montreal spots... see their website for details.

With the level of artwork featured... it's a real honor to be in there!

In the future, keep an eye out for Decover Magazine.

Racines

Racines
August 2009
24" X 30" (per panel)
Spray Paint Stencilled on Canvas

A few summers ago The Roots came through Montreal to bless the stage as the opening act to an annoyingly diva'esque Erykah Badu who almost didn't even make it. The upside was that The Roots were asked to stick around and fill some stage time while we waited and so they did and provided an unplanned extra hour of magic.

This drunk picture is really blurry and I love it because of it... don't ask.

The painting is 8 feet wide in total and looks weird from close up but comes to life the more you back up from it... I was afraid that people wouldn't see it was a band, let alone which band, until a friend told me without knowing: "I really like the one of The Roots in the corner." Fear aborted.

Now if they can only get their genius as far away from Jimmy Fallon as possible... then all will be well with the universe once more.

3 X Def

3 X Def
July - August 2009
60" X 30" (per panel)
Spray Paint Stencilled on Canvas

Here's the biggest project I've done to date... there isn't much to say about it... the orignial picture is a Triple 5 Soul add from the late 90's early 00's that i really liked. Mos Def has always kept things interesting and for this he will always be in my list of favorite artists.

These 3 pieces are too big to hang in my appartment (the photo above is photoshop magic...) so I was super excited to see them finally hanging next to one another at Foufounes Electriques for the whole of September after staring at them in a dusty corner for almost 2 months.