Josean Rivera

South Street Spring Festival: The Epilogue

Posted in Art, Misc, Paintings with tags art, froot, philadelphia, philly, pnub, r2f, south street, street art, tattooed moms on May 16, 2013 by josean

I meant to post these a couple weeks back, but totally forgot! The Festival was great, I had Froot, R2F!, P Nub, and Dash join me at Tattoed Mom’s tent. We sold a bunch of stuff, and got to meet a lot of people familiar with our work. I’ll be putting the stuff I didn’t sell on Esty soon, so be sure to check it out!meet a lot of people familiar with our work. I’ll be putting the stuff I didn’t sell on Esty soon, so be sure to check it out! Also be sure to check out the work of my fellow artists (You won’t be disappointed)

We noticed the words “street art” tend to get people’s attention.

You’d think we have a sun allergy

Doing collabs is a great way to get people to watch over your shoulder.

Our view for about 8 hours. We couldn’t help but take refuge inside Tattooed Mom’s from time to time.

We couldn’t help ourselves.

Froot posing with a Pnub piece. Now hanging over my tv in the living room (the painting, not Froot)

I really appreciate these guys coming together at the last minute and represent Tmoms and Philly…some great artists in this city. Find Froot, Pnub, and R2F on instagram, most of their stuff is for sale. You can also usually find us on First Fridays in Old City Philadelphia!

(Thanks to the peeps whose pics I used!)

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South Street Spring Festival

Posted in Art, Misc with tags art, philadelphia, south street, spring festival, stickers, street art, tattooed moms on April 26, 2013 by josean

Next Saturday! Tattooed Mom’s was gracious enough to let a couple of Philly artists and myself sell artwork at their booth at the South Street Spring festival. We will have a rotating line up of artists all day including Sloth, Froot, Yerp, R2F!, P Nub and UWP (Possibly more!) Free stickers for kids and adults, and don’t forget to bring your black book!

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Skulls be Springin’

Posted in Art, Misc, Paintings with tags art, esty, painting, paintings, philadelphia, philly, prints, skull, street art, tmoms on April 16, 2013 by josean

It’s been a bit since I’ve last posted, but for good reason. Time constraints have pushed the printmaking back, but I’d been sketching a lot which eventually turned into some paintings.

I’ve also been working on some stuff for a couple shows this summer. I’ll be showing with a couple great artists so stay tuned for more info on that soon.

I was also lucky enough to be able to put up some installs at Tattooed Mom‘s on South Street in Philadelphia. I’ve gotten to know the owner and he’s a big promoter of the arts, especially street art. If you ever been upstairs, you’d totally understand. I put up a couple masks up, which I’ve had laying in a back room for a couple years. I also put up some tiny canvases, about 2×2 each. We’ll see how the glue holds, since people love their souvenirs (although I say if you can get if off the wall, you deserve it).

I’ll be posting updates regarding new work and the summer shows, but you can keep up with up to the minute tomfoolery on twitter, facebook, and now on instagram! Don’t forget to check out my esty shop for original art and prints (new work coming soon!)

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Block and Roll

Posted in Printmaking with tags art, artists, block print, block prints, calavera, dino, dinosaur, drawings, etsy, odd, print, printmaking, saint, sale, skull, stickers on February 4, 2013 by josean

2013 started off on a roll (pardon the pun). I had been previously making some simple block prints (mainly examples that I’d use in class) which I’d make stickers out of, but I hadn’t really worked seriously with lino blocks since college.

Older blocks from 2012

Stickers

Getting some new blades motivated me to work detailed again. My first couple prints were more studies than anything, making block print versions of several drawings/paintings I had done previously.

More blocks are upcoming, And these are all currently available through Etsy!

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Shop Til You Drop

Posted in Art, Misc with tags art, drawing, etching, etsy, painting, print, sale on December 3, 2012 by josean

I’ve updated my Etsy shop with a ton of new prints, etchings, drawings, and paintings! I’ll be adding more in the coming weeks, as well as offering some special sales these coming weekends, so stay tuned!

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All Saint’s Day

Posted in Art, Misc, Paintings with tags 161 west, all saints day, altar, art, day of the dead, fishtown, gallery, icons, opening, painting, philadelphia, philly, Saints, show on November 6, 2012 by josean

Friday, November 2nd was the opening for the All Saint’s Day show at 161 West. I shared the space with the work of Mike Ellyson, which couldn’t have been a better match. Our work, heavily influenced by religious symbolism and imagery, nicely complimented a day that celebrates All Saint’s Day as well as Day of the Dead. 161 West, a gallery in the Fishtown area of Philadelphia, once housed a die cut factory, giving it a large space with high walls. This space worked well to create a church-like atmosphere, which worked perfectly with our work.

Many thanks to Jessica Murphy for setting these up! These little altars she made definitely made my calavera stickers a lot more eye catching!

Once it got late, we turned out the lights for a more appropriate ambiance

Mike Ellyson’s altar to college football. This epic installation features an altar surrounded by 245 paintings, each one representing an individual college football team. An undertaking that took 3 years, this was the first time all of them were shown together.

The show will be up a couple weeks, so be sure to check it out if you are in the Fishtown area. You can contact the gallery for times, or set up an appointment.

Check out more of Mike Ellyson’s work at www.mikeellyson.com

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Miscellaneous Debris on Wood Panels

Posted in Art, Paintings with tags art, arts, bird, dino, dinosaur, icons, illustration, paintings, panels, robot, saint on October 4, 2012 by josean

Here are a couple of panels I’ve done within the last week. I’ve been obsessed with painting on wood panels lately, and with the last good First Friday in Philadelphia coming up, I tried to get as much done as possible (Always waiting til the last-minute.) I’ve tried to make them in a way in allows me to sell them at a decent price without breaking the wallet. Most of these were inspired by stickers I have done in the past, as well as current series that I’m working on. Whatever doesn’t get sold on Friday will be up on my Etsy shop this weekend, so stay tuned!