Raw Horsepower

This is a piece I just submitted and sold at the Hell's Belles Pine Wood Derby fundraiser, at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco. It was a blast to work on, and the event was insanely fun! The painting is 18" x 36", and features a theme I've been building on for a month or so now -- people breathing smoke and fire that takes on new shapes and forms. Hope ya dig!

- Bunker, out.

Stone Knife

I've been working on this commissioned skateboard deck for my friend Mat, in France. It's been a lot of fun, employing this "drawing with paint" technique that I've been developing. In a lot of my recent fine art pieces, I've been trying to get further awayfrom a standard illustration style and put more of an emphasis on just painting.

More to come soon!
For now, Bunker out.

At last, UNDEFEATED Artwork and Photos!

Hey-hey-hello! At long last, I've uploaded photos and shots of the artwork for my current solo exhibition, UNDEFEATED. Sorry this was so long in coming for all you fine peoples who aren't able to see the show in person. My life took a fairly extreme flip the week the opening. Since then, I've been in the process of moving The Bunker to a new location, and terribly preoccupied with all the wonderful details that go into apartment/studio hunting in a big city. But, ultimately, the show must go on! So enjoy the photos below.


The guys at D-Structure were great, and let me just fill up the space however I saw fit. I'd created these large wooden-cut-out characters, and gotten them mounted on a few walls. And while I was locked in for an all-nighter before the day of the opening, it dawned on me to rock this mural over the paintings, from the front of the store to the back. It really helped tie everything together.

"Undefeated"
house paint on wood

"Title Bout"
house paint on wood

The Angel & The Brute going head-to-head!

"Victory"
house paint on wood

The Angel marches ahead, to do battle with The Brute
and his horde of mutated pugilists.

Winged children -- the followers of The Angel

Warped & Twisted Adults -- subjects/victims of The Brute
*** It's about here that I actually fell off of the ladder
I was working atop of. Luckily (fueled by coffee, Red Bull and
Pop Tarts) I landed on my feet like a kitty cat!***


The Brute & His Horde

For this exhibit, I really wanted to break out of my regular "illustration mold" and challenge myself as a painter. I feel like I learned a lot making this much work, and on such a variety of scale & style. And I'm already starting to implement those lessons in pieces for a charity show in SF this September, a group show in LA in January, and a new body of work that will take me well into 2010. So below, for your viewing pleasure, is the first step in an exciting new direction for my fine arts, illustration and painted works.

"A World Without Good"
oil, acrylic, and collage on canvas

"Bookie By The Bay"
oil and acrylic on canvas

"Bring It"
oil, acrylic, and collage on canvas

"The Unavoidable Conflict of
Plus Versus Minus"
oil, acrylic, and collage on wood

"Awakening"
mixed media on illustration board

"Call To Arms"
oil and acrylic on wood
SOLD

"For Love Or The Gun"
acrylic on retired silkscreen

"Booty & The Beast"
acrylic and collage on wood

Hope you enjoyed this little virtual tour of my show. Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think. My imagination is already rolling and tumbling like a monster-sized cement mixer for the next exhibit... cooking up something even bigger and wilder than UNDEFEATED. So, as always, stay tuned to this blog and hiredmeat.com for more updates, sneak peeks, and hooty-hoos!

In the meantime....

BUNKER OUT!

Prince Commission and Hellboy Doodle

I recently rocked this Purple Rain-inspired portrait piece for my friends Duncan & Molly. And the Hellboy Doodle is for a new collector of mine in Portugal. Woot!

Kitten Mittens!
- Bunker, out.

New Work for BEASTS FROM THE BAY!

"Brute Breath!"

"Holy Haymaker!"

I rocked these two newbies for the BEASTS FROM THE BAY group exhibit at Gallery 1988SF. The opening reception is tonight, from 7pm to 10pm. If you're in town, come through and say "Howdy do!" to myself and an assortment of art fiends & enthusiasts.

- Bunker, out!

UNDEFEATED Press Release

Below is the press release for my solo show. Feel free to copy the text, grab the flyer image and re-post, email, and share the living hell out of it all. I'm hoping to get as much press as possible for this exhibit. So by all means, feel free to help me spread the gospel of the Hiredmeat!

With mad love for all my Bunker Folk,

- Bunker, out.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

“UNDEFEATED”PAINTINGS AND RECENT WORKS BY
DAVE CROSLAND
www.hiredmeat.com

AUGUST 7 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY AUGUST 7, 8 – 11PM
with DJ’S TRIZZAE, KERO ONE, GREEN TEA, and THE TONESRSVP AT www.going.com/undefeated

D-STRUCTURE SF 520 HAIGHT ST.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117
415.557.2431
www.d-structuresf.com

Dave Crosland’s UNDEFEATED is a visual story following the eternal conflict of Good versus Evil, characterized by The Angel, a giant in boxing gloves, and The Brute, a beastly wolf-headed boxer. This solo exhibition features these nemesis behemoths as they face off for the fate of all humanity. The Angel battles with love, nature and creation – the essence of life. The Brute employs fury, vice and destruction – the keys to mankind’s undoing. Along with the giant pugilists, these new works also focus on ordinary people caught up in the sway of the fight. From innocent children heeding the call of The Angel, to mutated adults warped by the dark promises of The Brute, Crosland illustrates a world that balances brooding ferocity with childlike hopefulness. At times colorful and controlled, at others raw and explosive, these paintings, drawings and large wooden cut-outs represent classical themes while reaching beyond black and white archetypes. The end result is an exciting tale told in paint, pencil, ink and wood that will capture viewers’ hearts and imaginations. In dark days like these, it’s easy to think that Evil has the forces of Good on the ropes. But they’re not out of the fight yet. Not by a long shot.

Dave Crosland is an independent illustrator based in San Francisco’s Lower Haight district. UNDEFEATED is his third and most ambitious solo exhibition to date. His previous works include comic art for Image Comics and IDW Publishing, character designs for Cartoon Network and Disney, and album art for Blueprint and Gym Class Heroes. Since the start of his career in the year 2000, Crosland’s original artwork has been enjoyed by private collectors of all ages, both in the USA and abroad.For more info, visit www.hiredmeat.com and www.d-structuresf.com.

Beasts of The Bay

Who's on top? Good...

I rocked this painting yesterday. It's the promo image for the next Gallery1988SF show, tentatively titled "BEASTS OF THE BAY." Since this group exhibit opens just two weeks before my solo show (UNDEFEATED), I decided to carry over the theme of The Angel versus The Brute in the pieces I'll be contributing. Nothin' like a little cross promotion to get the fine art blood flowing!

I'm also a big fan of doing "playing card style" works, that can be flipped and still read well upside-down.

... or Evil?

-Bunker, out.