PHOTO OF THE DAY ::: orchidman

photo by the brilliant mi-zo duo

LOVE IS THE MESSAGE :: MGMT :: The Youth

happy halloween
MGMT ::: "The Youth"

i'm feeling ...TEMPER TRAP :: Sweet Disposition

I just discovered this Melbourne-based band, Temper Trap while blog-surfing. Much like their fellow Aussie band the Empire of the Sun, or the new US groups MGMT and Passion Pit, these guys have been putting out some quality pop music. I'm not surprised that they have been compared to U2 or Coldplay, you can definitely hear their influences, but Temper Trap got their own sound locked down. They just dropped a new album this month, called "Conditions".

SUPERCHICKEN :: Jimi Hendrix Forever

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." (Jimi Hendrix)

My first musical experience and memories go back to my father's incessant listening sessions of Jimi Hendrix, whose music he managed to secretly record on his Telefunken mono tape recorder by tapping into one of the clandestine pirate radio stations blasting Anglo-American rock music to communist countries like Hungary (you can read a little more about that in my previous post). According to my mom, he was literally "obsessed" with Hendrix's music...he considered himself an outsider, and even though he didn't speak English, he knew the language of music intuitively. I still get really emotional when listening to Crosstown Traffic, which I feel like had a definite shaping influence on my infant brain. I believe if he was born in a different place and time, my dad would've become a guitar player himself, though he definitely passed on to me his passion for real soulful music. I remember being six years old and waiting for the radio to play a Pink Floyd record so we could record it on tape...ever since, my love for music was always up there with drawing. This post is as much as a thank-you note to my dad for introducing me to the sound vibrations of JIMI HENDRIX as an homage to the man himself whose spirit is still alive and whose spiritual message is more relevant now than ever. Also, I'd like to say Happy Birthday to my beautiful mom, who put up with both of our obsessions and who later managed to save enough money as a single mom to buy me my first stereo equipment when I was 14 (it cost her whole month worth of salary). Thank you!

The Love Movement is growing again...here is some inspiration



Well I travel at the speed of a reborn man // I've got a lot of love to give // from the mirrors of my hand // I sent a message of love // don't you run away look at your heart, baby // come on along with me today // well I am what I am, thank god // some people just don't understand // well help them god // find yourself first // don't you be no fool // here comes a woman // wrapped up in chains // messin' with that fool baby // your life is pain // if you wanna be free // come on along with me // don't mess with the man // he'll never understand // I said find yourself first // and then your talent // work hard in your mind // so you can come alive // you better prove to the man // you're as strong as him // cause in the eyes of god // you're both children to him //
everybody come alive
everybody live alive
everybody love alive
everybody hear my message

HUNGARIAN MEMORIES :: with a pure heart

Syrius, Hungarian progressive rock band from the 70s performing an English version of "Tiszta Szivvel" or "With a Pure Heart", a poem by one of my favorite Hungarian poets, Attila József. The poet, who was born into a poor working-class family and spent most of his childhood in foster families and orphanages, is a shining but melancholy star of the post-WWI generation of artists. This poem earned him his expulsion from Szeged University. Struggling with a life-long depression, war trauma and spiritual isolation, he committed suicide at a young age 0f 32. [A sad fact about my old country is that suicide rate has been among the highest in the world...partly, because many of our cultural heroes, like Attila, have committed suicide.] You can find out more about Attila József and read some of his poems in translation here.

†Miklós Orszáczky - Bass, Vocals * * †Zsolt Baronits - Winds * * László Pataki - Organ * Mihály Ráduly - Winds * * †András Veszelinov - Percussion *

The band's lead singer & bass guitarist Miklos Orszaczky immigrated to Australia and became a famous musician known under the name of Jackie Orszacky. You can get an idea about how the American/Western music of the 60s and 70s -mostly illegally transmitted via a few pirate radio stations such as Radio Luxembourg (a pirate station run and broadcast from a boat somewhere in the channel),Radio Free Europe and Voice of America shaped the music and the youth of Communist Hungary, by reading an interview with Orszacky from 1996 about the music scene he grew up immersed in Budapest, Hungary. Despite the fact that Hungary's communist government-a self-declared dictatorship- tried to maintain isolation from the "decadent culture of the West", there was no way to stop the music secretly infiltrating and transforming the youth culture of the 70s. Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and many UK and US rock and funk bands were the inspirations and catalysts for the exploding underground culture that no Iron Curtain could stop from getting their sense of liberation through music.

ELECTRIC VISION:: video of painting the RE:GENERATION mural

A little window into the process...I'm painting the RE:GENERATION :: Earth Spirit Rise mural on the rooftop of the New Design High School (check my earlier post for location & more photos). The footage that I took was edited by my good friend, video artist Vanguard Bot. Also big shout out to my fellow artist, Borish of the Trust Your Struggle crew for inviting me to do this (his murals & studio work are dope.you can check them here). Thank you!
The Rise of the Earth Spirit, GEA, avatar of Re:Generation
GEA launches <3thunderbolt> to release magic power to heal and awaken earthlings

Lichiban :: "RE:GENERATION: Earth Spirit Rise" mural-LES, NYC from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

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earthlings realize the need to protect COSMIC ARK ::
feel the vibration ::: we open gates :::

Fall colors: New Painting in Progress + plans for Halloween

I love fall with its psychotic explosion of color. The trees up here in Portland Oregon really go nuts this time of year glittering in golds, oranges, to neon pink in the howling wind. And its rubbing off on me thus inspiring my recent acrylic painting titled "Wind Spirit."
Let me fill you in on what I have done on this painting so far.
First off it was based on one of my most recent pen and ink illustrations:

I then used my "Tracer Art Projector" to transfer my pen and ink drawling onto a 14"x14" box frame gallery wrapped stretched canvas that I had painted my background color on.

In my last blog I had someone ask me to take a picture or a video clip of how I go about doing my "art projections" so here I give you a slightly manic 36 sec. crappy web cam video of my projection process.( terribly sorry about the quality)
Click HERE to view it on my flickr account.
Description of the image transfer process via art projector:
...I have a rinky-dink set up consisting of a "Tracer" art projector that I bought off of craigslist for $20. Here I use a djembe drum with a thick book ontop to serve as a platform to put my print to be transferred + my art projector. I then turn the projector on, spend some time lining up the projected image correctly with the painted canvas. Once I have the projection where I want it I use my Faber castell India ink pens to trace over the projection.
After I am done with my projection I am left with the black outlines to begin to fill in with my color layers and highlights.

here is what my painting looks like after the first laying down of color/highlights( not finished!)

Over this past weekend I did more work to it so I will have to take a new process picture soon before I finish the painting.
As you can see im enjoying our pumpkins.
Danny and I plan on carving them tomorrow. On Thursday we will be doing the last art fair of the year before the season is over. We will be at Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta St Oct. 29th around Alberta st and 20th with a full booth of art for sale + I will be doing face and body painting and we will have our jack o lanterns aglow infront of our booth! Should be fun, I will be decked out in costume and so will danny. Come visit us if you are in the area.
After Thursday we will be scrambling on Friday to get our car ready for our camping trip down in Wolf Creek Oregon on the Radical faerie sanctuary. We will be visiting our dear friends Randy and Tim whom we have not seen in a long time. I now have a tent so danny and I wont have to sleep in our car- yippiie! I will be bringing my face paint. My friend Randy Wonder Tooth has agreed to let me paint him from head to toe as the 'Green Man', I cant wait! On Sunday the sanctuary will be honoring Samhain with a ritual. It sounds like its going to be a lovely couple of days. We will leave Sunday evening to get home in time to grab a few ZZs before I have to head off for work on Monday.
So thats our plans for this years Halloween experience.
In Portland the air has already grown pretty cold. Its 9:00am right now and its super dark outside, pouring rain with howling winds. Im watching it all from my window, cozy with a big cup of Chamomile tea.
I hope everyone is enjoying this season before winter gets here and the trees are all naked!
Much love always,
-Chelsea Rose
www.chelsearoseart.com

iRECOMMEND::: DÂM-FUNK release party at BROOKLYN BOWL

"Funk is not a fad, it's a way of life" insists LA fam, DAM-FUNK, who has been responsible for keeping funk alive and bringing back the good vibrations with his trademark galactic/boogie touch--giving birth to a kind of sexy cosmic music that makes you feel free and elevated. His debut album Toeachizown has finally come out in a double cd-version last week. The album was released in 5 parts on Stonesthrow (check below for the individual release links) and is going to drop as a delux 5LP set early next year. This Tuesday, FADER will present the album release party at BROOKLYN BOWL, BK, which is expected to be a blowout...not to mention that it's a free event...don't miss it! Check out a video of him spinning in BK back in August and my interview with him from earlier that also includes some freebies.
Also, for a week you can listen to a special 3 hrs Dam-Funk set on one of UK's top BBC radio hosts & DJs, the homie Benji B here. Shout out to Benji who actually put me on Dam Funk over a year ago. If you want to stay up on fresh music, tune into Benji's program on BBC here.

Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Double-CD Version) 2/CD with 6p. folder, $16.98

Dam-Funk's debut album Toeachizown (2/CD) is here and will be released worldwide on Tues, October 20th. The double-disc CD contains over 2 hours of music.

The vinyl will be released as 5LP box set. Note: the 5LP box is delayed due to manufacturing issues – we hope to have it in late Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010, and will announce as soon as a release date is secured.

In anticipation of the 5LP set Stonesthrow have released the five distinct parts digitally:
Toeachizown Vol. 1: LAtrik $6.93 // Toeachizown Vol. 2: Fly $5.94 // Toeachizown Vol. 3: Life $5.99// Toeachizown Vol. 4: Hood $5.49 //Toeachizown Vol. 5: Sky $5.99

hRo moves like water

Wow...my boy, artist/dancer and the best popper I know, Heat Rock One, showing off his brilliant skills

iRECOMMEND ...L.E.S Captured ::: exhibition & documentary by CLAYTON PATTERSON

EXHIBITION:: Alife presents

CLAYTON PATTERSON
L.E.S CAPTURED
SEPTEMBER 25 - NOVEMBER 8

“For me, taking the front door photos was magic. It was like touching someone’s soul. We were sharing a moment in time together, in a very intimate and deep way. I always felt a union, a deep connection and respect for my subjects. We were one. We were exploring our inner selves to each other. I was saving a presence, a spirit, the image of a person from the moment, the here and now, for the future. All of us were the Lower East Side.”

ALIFE PRESENTS and KINZ + TILLOU FINE ART are proud to announce CLAYTON PATTERSON, L.E.S. CAPTURED, a co-produced exhibition that focuses on Patterson’s 30-year documentation of the dramatically transitioned Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. The exhibition features select photographs; a digital showcase of Patterson’s Front Door portraits; “The Documentarian”, a short from the widely acclaimed recent feature-length documentary, Captured, a film by Ben Solomon, Dan Levin, Jenner Furst. A documentarian by choice and community activist by circumstance, Patterson’s career spans 30 years of dedicated and compulsive photographic capture of the neighborhood and its community. From documenting the 1988 Tompkins Square Park Police Riot—which earned him both jail-time and Oprah airtime—to photographing individuals posed in front of his gallery door on Essex Street, Patterson is the eyes of the Lower East Side.

For more info about the exhibit, visit Alife.

YOU CAN WATCH THE FILM ONLINE for free here

PRESS ::: STREET TALK UK interview :: behind the scenes teaser

London fam, Kevin (also editor of the upcoming site thewhorington.com), Craig and Mike of STREET TALK UK came through my studio last month for an interview for their new New York City interview project sponsored by UK streetwear brand, BOXFRESH (their community site will be hot!). These guys are some of the coolest cats I know! They also got to interview the gorgeous songstress N'neka and Chelsea gallery owner, Jonathan Levine among others. I just got the behind the scenes teaser trailer for their project.

Street Talk NY - Behind The Scenes... from Mike Osaer on Vimeo.

Site is coming soon www.streettalktv.co.uk. Follow StreetTalkUK on twitter here

ARTIST TO WATCH ::: Johnny Voltik

Here are some footage of my friend, JOHNNY VOLTIK aka the Alphalove's show from last week at the Littlefield, BK. Whew...Woodstock is gone, but the love movement is ever so alive and so is the psychedelic rock/funk sound. Straight from the heart of Brooklyn Johnny Voltik is on the path toward taking sound and soul vibration to the next level. On the mic were also my two lovely girlfriends, Kira Michell and Enki Alien (who by the way are cosmic twins from different continents, and the two people who recognized it even before the girls met were Johnny and myself...long but amazing story). For bookings, please contact johnnyvoltik@gmail.com

JOHNNY VOLTIK "Higher" live from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

JOHNNY VOLTIK "Sunshine" live from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

PRESS::: VONY at RISE UP RADIO!

The Voices of New York (VONY) movement is evolving beautifully. VONY's founder, Suzie and I have been given an opportunity to talk about our work at Rise Up Radio - WBAI-FM, New York a couple of months ago (This was actually my second time at the radio. Back in December, I had a chance to talk about my solo show the Secret Lives of Samurais on this dope program). The show this time focused on education and on some of the flaws inherent in the public educational system, and it touched on some less serious tabloid stories. We came in at the second half of the show discussing the alarming phenomenon of the reduction of funds from art education and how VONY tries to counteract the negative effects of this by creating and implementing mentoring workshops that encourage creativity at an early stage of child development. I believe that art, among other things, is the foundation of culture, and it is the voice of a community; hence it has a powerful political potential. So if you take away the arts, you practically undermine a community's (and of course the individual's) creative power for self-determination and expression. This is why I think as artists it is very important for us to give back and nurture the next generation of visionaries to create, dream and believe in their vision...to have a VOICE! Big shout out to our lovely hosts TastyKeish & the boys Digo and Divino for having us on the show and doing a great job with the program. Thank you!
You can listen to the show on RiseUp Radio HERE (we come in on the second half of the show.)

You can see some of the video footage from our first youth media arts conference & fundraiser concert with BILAL, 88-Keys, Jesse Boykins & Honey LaRochelle from this past summer here. Check the VONY blog for more info and become a fan of Voices of New York on facebook. New website coming soon.

ANIMATION OF THE DAY: The Point - The Rock Man

"It's the here and now that I'm talking about"
Rock Man lays it out... -clip from Harry Nilsson's The Point - 1971. Thanks to Doze Green for putting me on this..lol! To find out Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?), visit here.

DOOM - Unexpected Guests is here

Preview of DOOM's Unexpected Guests forthcoming release on Gold Dust recordings.The album contains previously released, but hard to find material by DOOM, featuring guest appearances from Masta Killa, Talib Kweli, Ghostface, De La Soul, Jake One and J Dilla to name a few.

CMJ 09 :: Can I Get You High? w/ BILAL, EXILE IN BLU, JROCC, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SPINNA

This show is going to be a blowout...the line-up is crazy. I've been waiting for BILAL's much-anticipated album to drop..Expect the unexpected, his new album is completely AMAZING! Also check the EPK for Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra to get a feel for his new project.

Last week the exciting news surfaced that Bilal is joining Plug Research for his highly anticipated next project. Now, Plug Research and VTech are announcing a celebratory event in New York City during CMJ week to commemorate the occasion with an amazing line up.

Bilal will headline with a six piece band, Shafiq Husayn of the mighty Sa-Ra collective will be perform material off Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka with musical collaborators from the album Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Exile will be showcasing his wizadry on the MPC with a guest spot by Blu, one of the best new MC's around. DJ sets will be provided by Blu Jemz, the legendary Large Professor and mind-blowing combination of Spinna and J Rocc. The nights festivities will be hosted by the one and only Pharoahe Monch and you never know who might also stop by...

This has the makings of a classic show, take advantage of presale tickets, do not miss out!

Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka EPK I from Plug Research on Vimeo.

FREE DOWNLOAD ::: The Motherfucking GASLAMP KILLER

This is sooo good...an oldie and probably my favorite mixtape from West-coast sound wizard, Gaslamp Killer (check an earlier mix I posted here). A part of the Brainfeeder family housing artists such as Ras G, Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Gaslamp Killer is known for his trippy concoctions made of experimental hip-hop -jazz- psychedelic kraut rock-soul sound bites that draw inspiration on anything from Turkish funk, Jimi Hendrix, Lonnie Liston Smith , Thunder Cat, Beth Gibbons, Kraftwerk to Pharoah Sanders... GK is a breath of fresh air.

LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE.

i heART NYC ::: YOUNITY Fresher! show flicks

Here are some of the flicks from YOUNITY's hugely successful third annual group art show. This year, we focused on creating art that raises awareness about environmental issues and inspires folks to be ecologically conscious. Here are some of TONE's dope pics...check out more on his site. Also, KIDROBOT posted some event photos, you can peep them here.

The crew. I totally missed this shot...Check out more pics on the Younity blog.


My two pieces are part of a series making references to the seven stages of the alchemical process

POLLUTION (Separatio) ::: BLOSSOM (Coagulatio)
Nature Spirit dismembered & choked by machines and factories ::: Nature Spirit pregnant with lifeforce
vision of war ::: vision of love
watchers ::: lovers

CHECK OUT MORE OF MY PHOTOS of the opening on Wronglips,
and write-ups on Highsnobette, Trendcetera Magazine, and on MISS CREW.

Big shout out to the YOUNITY crew-Toofly, Alice Mizrachi, Shana Louallen, Diana Mc Clure, Yvette Devito, Samia Grand Pierre for doing such an amazing job with the show.
GALLERY HOURS

Wednesday, October 14th
( Shana Louallen at gallery come visit! )
4:30-7:30PM

Friday, October 16th
( Toofly at Gallery Come visit! )
6-10PM

Saturday, October 17th
( Toofly, Yvette Devito, and Stephanie Land at gallery come visit! )
4:30-10PM

Wednesday, October 21st
( Shana Louallen at gallery Come visit! )
4:30-7:30PM

Friday, October 23rd
( AM at gallery last chance to view! 4:30-6pm )

iRECOMMEND... 100% recycled drawing pad made with hydro power

some of my Photography + a recent Poem

This week has been rather uneventfull as far as creating artwork goes. I managed to finish the main color changes I had hoped to make on my "Posy Nymph" acrylic painting. Now I have to get in there and tighten up a few things + paint the sides of the canvas and varnish( hoping to get this done over the weekend!) After all that is done I will take pictures and post the finished product.

I have really been itching to do some photography lately especially involving full body paintings. Its proved extremely difficult for me to find righteous women of beauty and strength whom would be willing to take artistic nudes, their bodies painted from head to toe by me. I have found some lovelies that are more then willing but our schedules refuse to mesh up. Ah well, it will manifest when the time is right. In the meantime I have been taking a look back at some of my old photography which I did with a really crappy 3.2 mega pixel camera when I was still in High School. And to tell you the truth I almost miss that piece of crap point and shoot. It was very versatile and allowed me to do a lot of self portrait work as well. When I saved up and bought my Digital SLR camera it was a good move but I feel it changed the look and feel of my photography somewhat.
But I have been looking back on some of my old work and getting really inspired to do some new photography. here are a few of my old photographs that I have rediscovered:



would really love to do some more work with dark skinned subjects. There is something about the way that dark skin can capture and highlight colors in the enviroment- almost like an abalone shell.


Looks like this might have been my first attempt at a body painting session. My friend/subject here allowed me to draw on her chest with a sharpie marker! The paint used for the face here is acrylic. This was done back in the day when I was still in high school and did not yet know the awesome benefits of face and body paint! I really cant wait to try my hand once again with this sort of swirly/whimsy body paint adornment and then combine with photography.


I used to do a lot of self portrait work. I have always loved playing dress up. so it was natural for me to in moments of reverie rip off my mundane clothes, dive into my costume bag and paint up my face extravagantly. This process produced some intense self portrait work. I say self portrait work but when I was taking these photos of myself I did not view it as such because I was not trying to be/ or capture myself in the photos. I felt I was channeling/capturing other beings and presenting them in digital film format.


Here is another self portrait. Id really love to do more of these but now that I work with my digital SLR camera its almost impossible to do self portrait work even with a tri-pod/self timer.
So perhaps I will be scowering ebay for an old crappy digital point and shoot camera. they have got to be cheap these days!
I really truly feel a good photograph is a good photograph no matter if it came from a fancy shamncy camera or a throw away point and shoot.
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In other news, not only have i been hungry to do some new photography work but I have begun to rekindle my need to express via the written word. Poetry has always been a sacred thing to me. I wrote much more earlier in life and recently have been too focused on pen and ink illustration and painting to do much writing. I have made an effort to change that, thanks to some much needed encouragement( thanks Marius!).
Here is a recent spasm of words:

Wondering snake of the great deluge
eat my plum face till my cowering core runs white with static.
For these dry racking winds hold my water in sweltering embassy
and I wait for the ground to quiver and gleam.
In this half light my eyes are untold in crooked shame,
my flesh a pitted gourd that’s spelled to foam
while the sea is down, laid crumpled like an old crown,
the tides seeping in ringlets of wrinkle like spilt thread.
You must hold your breath and echo in lotus leaf blades,
cooing the seed that trembles with the voice of sunlight.
Only then will the trumpet flower raise its head,
a noble amidst a land of burden and spent inertia.
The moons will bow, all borrowing pieces of inky black heavens,
spinning the remnants into growling pits of riddled meat
made to suckle and sup in this grinding maze of rapture.
And I will bare this reaper. It’s head a molten shield of veils in turbulent dowry,
a single rupture in the beveled material of dirt and spit,
baring in its hoofed groves of oak an olden key,
a nimble pill of chance blooming ripe in settings undone.
Wait till the first light comes with the rhythm of wings.
You will know it as a fathom of deep flushed feather,
that howls in chorused reverberation.
And old nature will answer as a shell, spent and splintered,
embedding in our palms as thorns,
piercing the locks in our muddy veins till the flood begets us anew.

iRECOMMEND ...CMJ Kickoff party w/ Cubic Zirconia, Free The Robots, MeLo-X & Stimulus

The 3rd Annual CMJ Kickoff Party
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Above Allen // 190 Allen Street between Stanton & Houston

featuring Cubic Zirconia, one of Taste's West Coast favorites, Free The Robots, the multi-talented Melo-X and the Soundcloud king Stimulus will be providing tunes for the night.

7pm - Midnight // __$Free // by RSVP only.

how to kill a hot dog

1960s anti-LSD Propaganda Film

My new artist portfolio website is up! plus painting news

So, I am really excited...Danny made me my own personal artist web portfolio!
The man really does have some mad design skills, and I get to reap the benefits!
.... I am truly a spoiled brat.
check the website out for yourself ChelseaRoseArt.com
...I did take some screen shots:


This is the home/landing page.
For the website borders( the flowery vine stuff) danny had printed out basic guidelines to the way the webpages would be layed out. He then had me draw/doodle around the boarders with my India ink pens. Once i was done he scanned in my drawings and used my doodles to create all the main frames/boarders of the site. i really love the personal touch/whimsy vibe the hand drawn boarders brought to the site.



This is a screen shot of the Paintings gallery. This is the same format used for the rest of the galleries including the "about" page as well. You click the thumbnails on the left and the corresponding art piece pops up in the main window.
....so now i have to get business cards printed up so i can put my fancy sleek website on the back!
Big thanks to my love Danny.
He is certainly a jack of many trades: an amazing photographer, illustrator, designer, photo retoucher, musician, poetry writer and much more.
Yes, he is available for commissions. Please feel free to contact him: danny@lucidopticlab.com for all your design, website, photography, photo editing/retouching needs.
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In other news:
Im almost done with this "Posy Nymph" faery painting.
and i thought i would give you a lil glimps into my cozy home studio space.

I am not done yet. im still trying to come up with a better color scheme for the scale crown part just above her third eye jewel. I am thinking perhaps a lighter color palette would work better. maybe lavender? not sure yet i will have to experiment a bit more with this one.

I am really not a fan of pink. This was the first time i have used pink as a background color for one of my paintings. So i struggled with this piece some. I feel I have made peace with it however and i do hope the color combos comes across harmoniously. I only have an hour or two worth of work left on this piece so hopefully i will find some time within the week to get it done and then i will take photos of the finished painting.
so another update is soon to come.
till then, best wishes and many blessings,
-Chelsea Rose

EXCLUSIVE MIX::: Aromadozeski Therapy :: Rubicon Sun

I am very pleased to present for the first time online this exclusive mixtape RUBICON SUN by AROMADOZESKI THERAPY, the joint project of close friend and one of my all-time favorite painters Doze Green and DJ Romanowski. This experimental sonic journey is a multi-layered social and spiritual commentary on the state of the world at the time of its creation in 2007, echoing timeless cosmic truths and alarming references to this-worldly realities. These amazing paintings were created by Doze Green at around the time of this mix was born, and they mirror the same sentiments...there is a lot to discover in there.

Aromadozeski Theraphy - Rubicon Sun mixtape by zenith01
[cover art:: Doze Green x Fefe : Omega Bridge ]


For Bruce Lee art was an expression of one's inner truth and he believed that "To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the "old" you derive security; from the "new", you gain the flow." Traditional methods and established forms give a structure to expression but by nature they are limiting, true artists use them as guiding disciplines but find freedom in self-expression beyond styles, allowing the soul to be like free-flowing water, the vehicle for one's creative energy. Much like Lee, for whom true self-expression is the manifestation of one's flow, Doze have created a unique vision that simultaneously references and transcends its roots in esoteric lore, apocalyptic prophecies, and hip-hop (a movement he was shaping as an original member of the Rock Steady Crew). As he described in an interview about his freestyle approach "I believe that graff, b.boying and djing are kinetic language that in turn are related with each other. Motion, style and expression (or intent) are relayed information to the viewer participant audience. It’s a sonic and visual form of hieroglyphics stemming from 21st century living and technosymbolic sigils created by sentinels and a sort of unique and personal magic is released. This is called ka. The creative force of the universe. This is why it appeals to so many people. This only comes naturally when you release your graff purist letter formats and regulations or when you toss out strict b.boy power moves for a more diverse portfolio."

These divinities represent sentinels, the guardians of universal truths. Immortal warriors warning mankind of dangers society has manifested, looming on the horizon and threatening to destroy us.

Doze Green ::: Dustmite Nephilim Series

These painting-silkscreen collage pieces were part of his solo show last October at the Jonathan Levine Gallery entitled, N.O.O.N. (No One Observes Nibiru). The show's title referenced the planet X prophecy of a cataclysmic cosmic shift occurring in the year 2012, causing dramatic effects to life on earth. Also a prominent year in the Mayan and Hopi calendars, 2012 marks the end of our current solar cycle, signifying transition into a new age. Inspired by these theories, there is a transitional quality to the artwork. Movement, migration and transformation of form combine to form enigmatically kinetic narratives. Portals and beams of energy, layered over collaged media clippings, surround Green’s figures which echo social diaspora of the past, yet also seem to be preparing for a futuristic voyage of sorts—a survivalist evacuation plan for the great escape from doomsday.
UPPER PLAYGROUND presents :: DOZE GREEN :: Talking to one's self

i'm feeling ...K'NAAN ::: TIA

Saturday musings, news and blog awards

First of all I would like to hip you guys to the fact that i was featured by Megan on her blog Studio M.M.E with a full artist interview! click to see my feature Here

Also, Megan presented me with a "Honest Scrap Award"

Here are the rules:

Share “10 Honest Things” about myself and present this award to 7 others whose blogs I find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged me.

My answers:

1. I believe in faeries.

2. I love to write poetry even though I rarely show anyone my writings anymore. I am currently attempting to write a fiction novel.

3. Sometimes I feel I am a 80+ year old woman trapped in a 22year olds body. When I am not at work( currently working as a part time Admin Assistant for a small IT management company in Oregon. Funny huh?) I tend to be a hermit, painting, drinking tea and hangin out with Danny and my cat all day + I am usually asleep before 10:00pm(unless there is something worth staying up to behold/partake) and cant ever seem to sleep in anymore past 7:00am

4. I can be a bit of an air head…I have a terrible memory. I swear I am already suffering symptoms of dementia!

5. I have always sketched and painted the same subject. My family laughs about how when I was a little girl I was already drawing nothing but big breasted mermaids.

6. I’m horribly terrible at math and spelling. In elementary school I was diagnosed with learning disabilities and was in a resource group for a year or two. I was late to learn to read and write, yet in high school I was the top of my class in English. I love creative writing. reading is one of my most prized leisure’s. but I will always loath math, no matter what.

7. I am a storyteller by nature and thus I tend to over exaggerate things at times.

8. worst fears: spiders, western medicine, roller coasters, and I really really cant stand gore. even if its cartoon gore.

9. I love tea, cheesecake and sushi. I would live off that stuff for the rest of my life if I could.

10. I am fascinated by all things paranormal. I feel this fascination may be ever present in my life based on some strange encounters that I had as a child and young adult.

I here by present this Award to 7 bloggers I love: Feral Eyes Varietist Muse Brett is a Blog Drawing-Shmawing Johanna Ost The Organic Sister Mealy Monster Land

Also, to follow up with my last blog and the question i asked: which of my recent drawings should i turn into a painting? The majority of people voted for my pen and ink drawing "posy nymph"

So i went ahead and began to paint her. This is what i have done so far:

So here is where i painted the background. Once that was dry i took my lil art projector out and projected my pen and ink drawing onto the canvas. I traced the basic outlines and then went over the lines till they were crisp.

....Then i began to put my first layers of color:

It has been a busy few weeks so i have not been able to work on this piece as much as i would have liked to. So i am hoping for some time this weekend to do some more color layering. I will have danny help me out with pictures, hopefully!

....in the mean time here are some random pictures i found that made me smile.

Me and my Sushi kitty cat. We dont have many pictures together so this is special.

.....also i found a great shot of our Jack O Lanterns we carved from last year:

....i do believe fall is my fave time of the year up here in Portland Oregon. The trees have begun to change colors and drop their leaves. in a few weeks my world will be busting full of october color. im looking forward to it very much.

.....till next time!

-Chelsea Rose

PHOTOS OF THE DAY ::: Eikoh Hosoe x Yukio Mishima :: ORDEAL BY ROSES

Ba-ra-kei :: Ordeal by Roses
One of my favorite Japanese photographers Eikoh Hosoe's photos of the late writer Yukio Mishima. Visit link to read Eikoh Hosoe's tribute talk to Mishima where he recalls his experience working with the writer.

FREE DOWNLOAD & GIG dates :: THEOPHILUS LONDON :: Enjoy The Sun

Here is a dope new freebie from this charming THEOPHILUS LONDON.

ENJOY THE SUN
DOWNLOAD it here

Also if you're in NYC during CMJ or in UK at the end of October, don't miss his live performance.

FREE DOWNLOAD: YES YES Y'ALL x FS GREEN exlusive podcast

My buddy, Jelsen put me on this dope music site, YES YES Y'ALL a few months ago...YYY not only has their design aesthetic locked down, but they also have lots of goodies, such as free podcasts and exclusive tracks from a ton of new artists. I am reposting their first podcast collabo with FS Green which features FS' remix of Youtube phenomenon, singer Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain (his video got over 42 million hits!), which takes the original track to the next level.
Jaylib – Raw Addict [Stones Throw] /// Quasimoto – MHB’s (Instrumental) [Stones Throw] /// Blu – Local Legends (Prod. Flying Lotus) [White] /// Hezekiah – Looking Up Ft. Bilal (Prod. Theo Bark) [Soulspazm/Rawkus] /// 88 Keys & Bilal – M.I.L.F [White] /// Flyherro – You Know What [White] /// Hudson Mohawke – Polkadot Blues [White]
Flying Lotus – LTWX REMIX [White] /// Tay Zonday – Chocolate Rain (FS Green remix) [White] /// James the Red Engine – Brain [White] /// FS Green – Happy Holly [White] /// Jay-z – Ignorant Shit Ft. Beanie Sigel (Prod. Just Blaze) [Def Jam] /// Pharoahe Monch – Desire Ft. Showtime (Prod. Alchemist) [Universal Motown] /// Talib Kweli – More or Less Ft. Dion (Prod. Hi-Tek) [Blacksmith/WBR] /// Up Hygh – Love Dat [Jugglin’] /// ZO! – Time Table [White]
Little Brother – When Everything Is New (Prod. ZO!) [ABB] /// Rapper Big Pooh – Live Life Ft. Spectac & O-dash (Prod. Khrysis) [6 Hole] /// Median – Powershift (Prod. Nicolay) [Halftooth] /// Louis Bordeaux – 1st session [Appletree]

DOWNLOAD or LISTEN HERE
Check the original post for more details.

iRECOMMEND ...Johnny Voltik aka the ALPHALOVE LIVE in BK, Friday October 9, 2009

I've been waiting for this show since the first time I heard my friend's, Johnny Voltik's yet unreleased debut album. This man got a serious gem on his hand...Mark my word, he is going to be the next artist to watch.

JOHNNY VOLTIK LIVE! bringing you some supersonic alphalove frequencies...not to be missed!

at the LITTLEFIELD
Friday, October 9, 2009
622 Degraw St, Brooklyn, NY

NEW WORK ::: protection COMPLETE!

here is the final version of the commissioned piece I was working on. (here is phase one)

for commissions inquiries, please contact me here.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE MONTH : Jamel Shabbaz

Just before I moved to NYC, I had an interview with Sallome Hrallima of Dope Swan who asked me what is my bucket list. One of my answers was to meet my favorite artists personally... a wish that has been coming true since. I've had the opportunity to meet and become friends with some of the most amazing artists of this city; it is truly what keeps me here. One of my favorite photographers/community activist/humanitarian JAMEL SHABAZZ was definitely a person I wanted to meet, and interestingly, it was via Dope Swan's A GREAT DAY IN BROOKLYN project that I had a chance to connect with him.

If anyone wants to get a feel for what Brooklyn is about, they should make sure to check Jamel's site and books...he has done to capture the spirit and the peoples of Brooklyn in photography what Spike Lee has done in film. Jamel is also a mentor and a community activist who has dedicated much of his life to help and educate the youth of Brooklyn and beyond. You can imagine how honored I was to receive this birthday message from him last month.

From his books "Back in the Days" and "Time Before Crack"
[it looks like while adidas lost a lot of its street presence, tights pants are back:)]

JAMEL SHABAZZ's work on display in NYC
Posing Beauty Photography Exhibition

Exhibition Dates: September 1- October 18, 2009

Media are invited to the closing reception and book signing on October 8, 2009 from 6-8 p.m.

The Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced its first fall show will be Posing Beauty, an exhibition of approximately 80 works-including black and white, color, and digitized photographs; video installations; and web-based projects-drawn from public and private collections. The exhibition explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts in a diverse range of media. Read more about the exhibit here.

The exhibition will be on view in the Gulf + Western Gallery and in the 8th floor gallery of the Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography & Imaging, located at 721 Broadway (at Waverly Place). Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays

BROOKLYN INFLUENCE :: A Great Day In Brooklyn

On view September 27, 2009 -November 7, 2009

Last summer I was part of Dope Swan's project A GREAT DAY IN BROOKLYN. We worked with Jamel Shabazz who documented through a series of photographs some of the makers of the Brooklyn Renaissance. You can read my post about it here. A year later, the photos can be finally viewed!


“Brooklyn Influence” commemorates the one year anniversary of “A Great Day in Brooklyn” and “Another Great Day in Brooklyn”, organized in June 2008 by Brooklyn-based community arts organization DOPE SWAN. Featuring the work of renowned documentarian Jamel Shabazz and visual storyteller Lafotographeuse, the exhibition doubles as a visual blueprint and photographic memoir of Brooklyn residents who eloquently merge the worlds of art, activism and entrepreneurship.

Proceeds benefit Brooklyn youth organization The Stoop

Corridor Gallery
334 Grand Ave, Brooklyn NY