oh boy its almost 2018. everyone i know is a fucking a peach. stop being peaches. there is a glitch in Dreamweaver that does not allow me to copy/paste any code...
"hey how are you! cool jacket. so whats new?" x10,000.
some pictures and words for you...
this feller^^^? well, i shared online i would do a 60-second portrait for anyone who showed proof they called their senator about the FCC and title II being canned. So that was a cat I drew for someone who called. if you dont know about net neutrality and how passionate i am about it, visit battleforthenet.com ... if you show me proof before Dec 17th I will do a 60 second portrait for you, too.
me and grumpo....with me and grumpo....back when we were all family.
1 photo from the many I took at the Musuem of Moving Image's jim henosn exhibit. I love jim henson, I dont know what other artists are able to appeal to kids and adults alike the way he did with the world he created. im also pretty sure Fozzy bear and I have the exact same sense if humor.
publishing more warped nudes. ongoing project....
i typically do not like street art or murals, BUT THIS WAS AMAZING. it was in OTR when I went down there while being home in Cincinnati. feels like MC Escher and Mobius had a baby. i wonder who did it.
this is a painting I did of a drawing I did titled Kiss It. 36x48, oil on stretched canvas (i connected three pieces of canvas on a sewing machine). i love it. I wish it was for something and I could show it somewhere , but no one has asked me to be in a group show. so it sits in my studio and makes me giggle. it was fun to oil paint, something i have not really done since 2014- it felt good to be familiar with the medium and realize I CAN DO THIS. i want to paint more. it teaches me patience. a drawing can be rewarding and done in 60 seconds. but the reward for a painting is greater because i spend more time with it. my room is cold
these gymnasts were on the canvas before i gesso'd them out to paint dat ass. bye ladies!
drew this couple waiting to board the plane to Ohio. ew.
....and then my pen exploded on the plane! that happens sometimes. i only got it allover my hands and notebook and pencil bag. luckily i did not get any ink on the weird lady sitting next to me or my coat.
this is one of the cards i have been trying to sell this holiday season...i honestly hate hawking cards. but a side-hustle is a side hustle, and if i have a shot of making some extra needed-bucks , ill try it. the rest of the cards are on babytooth.city.
the process of drawing the designs, ordering the cards, packaging them, making line sheets, visiting potential buyers, emailing and posting about them requires me to spend a lot of time looking at my work, which i really dont like to do. its why i draw and share so fast (millenial ugh) - i have an idea, i put it on paper and its uploaded and over. but godammmmmn i am so sick of looking at these fucking cards. theres a new years card i like though heheh....i'm not looking at it because i like it.... heheh...i am only peeking at my New Years card so i dont ruin it for myself....
11/19/20
someone who appreciates me:
11/18/17
i am so sick and so sad of so many things, but mostly myself. i am tired.
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circus.
11/9/17
I have not worn deoderant in 25 days and i feel GREAT.
11/6/17
fucking around the other 5 trying to find some 'purpose' and make 'art' ----and have to get a real 9-5 with benefits because i cant afford to live here anymore.
so i've been editing my resume. i got carried away and had some fun with the stories i have from where i have worked/interned. trying not to burn any bridges with this-
this guy.
i am thinking social criticisms constantly. mostly having to do with social media and CONSUMERS i want everyone to stop buying shit. STOP BUYING SHIT and stop eating out. ALSO i partake in both of those things. that makes me part of the problem.
i will always be proud of this piece from 2010. its acrylic.
this is from a crafting workshop i did with my 2 frieds at Brigitte Donohughieloo gallery. turns out, I am really bad and uninterested in embroidery and stitching but i had the BEST time. karen and sam are the coolest.
i really hate the food delivery system in NYC. Its depressing to see people below the poverty line hand-deliver expensive food to people who are too busy to pick it up themsevles. i with that each person who ordered food had to invite their delivery man inside for a drink or snack and get to know them. but that isnt the way of the world
10/31/17
GOODBYE TO INSTAGRAM
at least for now. that place is a spam machine.
I hate instagram. i used to really like it. two things that i dont like about it are: THE ADS and the ALGORITHM.
the algorithm- what was the point of that? so that things are are 'most important' show up first? why? the only chronological way to share on instagram now is with stories. and stories are only 15 seconds and essentially built to just blow through without a thought, except the thought of "oh, so thats what i'm missing". so people dont call or text to make plans or "i wonder what so and so is up to" they can just skip the one-to-one communication and 'check the feed, bro'
(from summer^^^^)
instagram WAS SOOOOO GOOD for sharing work. but now, if youre telling me that the only way I can have an audience is if its something that will be swiped into oblivion after 15 seconds, i'll pass. thats why i want to put more of my work here instead.
some positive things about sharing less work on IG: i will no longer seek the approval of strangers to validate my work.
i am sick of thirsty hos using their body/faces to propel their social media presence, also. if your work is good it will speak for itself.
and the Ads- what the hell? i want to take a survey on the street and ask people "how often do you actually 'swipe up to shop!' ? does the money spent on making those shitty ass adds pay off? i dont know anyone what jumps from IG to Gap to buy new boots BECAUSE OF AN AD if you have done this, please tell me.
i want everyone to stop buying this. for real. you dont need anything. anymore. i promise.
^i drew this on a plane. i had a stomach ache. i always get stomach aches on planes. its scanned and colored in photoshop
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^those are two love poems. one is sad, and one is happy.
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thats a bad drawing of a cool place i had breakfast in Osaka a few times. it reminded me of Cup and Saucer (rip) here are some actual photos of the spot (i stole from their facebook group bc i didn take any)
they only served eggs and toast.
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i dont know what religion it is, where the women wear their hair long and gray and scraggily-normally a side part which is held by a clip. sometimes its a childish bow, like this woman had at the airport in calgary...its a religion. no pants only skirts. all religion should be banned
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these are republicans right after passing the tax cut for the rich.
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and this is from the ballet i made up in my head with goat people
more goat people
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when i just needed to move my hand, i drew some of the food at the restaurant i work at. i like these drawings, and when i make time i will prepare them into a portfolio to submit (along with other work) to different food publications. because i need more freelance work.
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thats me smoking a cigarette at freshness burger
10/26/17
im sad today
maybe t shirt ideas? i need to fork over some of my savings for production costs. maybe books too.
someone. who. isnt. me.
feelings. im. not. expressing.
dumb
^rejected from the new yorker. going to have a lot of these...
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i took a lot of photos during my trip to taiwan and japan on my special camera. usually i record video on it, but this was the first time i did still photography. i hate photography. dont ever ask me to go to to a photography show unless its brianna cappozzi's work.
PICTURES FROM ASIA
this is a macro shot of eraser shavings with some of my hair in it.
some friends i met in a doll shop in Yanaka
this is the campus of Tokyo University of the Arts. they have a masters program in painting...(◕‿◕)♡
the rain in taipei...it poured and poured the first 3 days i was there. and then when it finally stopped raining it was SO HOT i missed the rain. i got 2 really great umbrellas and lost them both-__- one was clear with cherries :( oh well. someone else is using it. it goes against my better thinking to 'miss' an umbrella. i really think that umbrellas should be fluid and belong to everybody. free umbrellas for all!!!
rainy sculpture art in Songshan. Songshan felt like an underground city because most of it was built beneath highway overpasses. you can see one here on the right in this photo
dark ominous building.
this fat orange fucker had a twin brother. every day i walked past this groomer shop in Songshan i went in to pet give him big pets.
every apartment building has a balcony. this is to dry clothing. the plants....
sunny day
(accidental fish eye)
it felt like a city within a jungle out there
my two friends...momoe and will from studio ITWST .
they hosted me in Fukushima. I met them in NYC when we were all students. they have lived and worked in Nishiazu, fukushima, for 2 years now. Nishiazu, like many rural towns in japan, is threatened by extinction because their population is aging out. young people no longer live in the countryside. W&M moved to fukushima through a program that offered artists a place to live and work and engage the community again. they loved it so much, they got a house there after the program ended. now they operate their own design studio in addition to helping their village. more about that later. click the link
sellin chicken at the night market
theres a rainbow there...
antiquing somewhere in TP...
antiquing pt II
this is in Jiufen. its where Miyazaki got his inspiration for Spirited Away. it was hard to take photos because my special camera works best with full light and it was a gray day. it was quite an adventure getting all the out there, but i am really happy i went. Spirited Away is important to me. I own in on VHS in Ohio.
shrine in Jiufen
lots of doggies. actually, there were just a lot of pets/animals in Taipei. most of them were OFF THE LEASH!
not sure why but this man and his cat lived in a store front
his was my favorite painting i saw at an art show in Nishiazu. firstly- its painted perfectly- secondly, its disturbing. the face is disturbing, but the plants and animals are cute. my favorite combo- cute and creepy.
this is the layout for a 'zine' i made on RISOGRAPH PRINTER. finally, i met the illusive risograph printer. I read about them, heard about them, tried watching a demo on line...and i finally got to see on in real life. honestly it was so fast, i could have missed it. Retro Jam in Osaka (which I went to during my travels, the staff is really nice and helpful even though we didnt speak the same language) had a booth at the Tokyo Art Book Fair. so for 250 yen i could make my own zine on their demo riso they brought. (i didnt want to make a zine, i wanted to make a poster so it remains unfolded). i had about 10 minutes to make the images so i picked rhythmic gymnasts. i have about 10 copies left if anyone wants to own one. email me.
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I went and got a drink (or 2...) at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo just so i could be a cliche. no regrets! but expensive. still no regrets. the view is priceless.
a little more about nishiazu
every other house was pretty much abandonded. if i wanted, i could rent one of these for less than 2000$ for the YEAR but it would need a lot of fixing up. its also a shock to be somewhere where the closest convenience store is a 15 minute drive away. girlfriend needs her snacks and distractions....but it was so so so beautiful. it seems I CANNOT ROTATE THESE PHOTOS FOR SOME REASON but if you open them in a new tab they are lay correctly....
here is an abondened school and house that i used some tones to fill in the background
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okay so i had a show...
i had a show from July 30-Sept 10. It was downtown in a gallery called Larrie. on Orchard street.
i always wanted to have a show. in a gallery space. my drawings have had a lot of success on instagram and it feels stupid and fake to have success on IG. its not real. so having the opportunity to show my work somewhere physical was going to be REALLY REALLY exciting. it would feel more...whole. anyways, the experience was emotionally exhausting. its hard to even put into words. i felt like i was naked from july 30-sept 10th. i am grateful. i am tried. i confused. it is now in the past. AND IT GOT REALLY GOOD PRESS??? it got good press! being different paid off. i was really ready to leave the country after it was all over.
here are some install shots and press screen grabs. i can finally make a decent cv (*¯︶¯*)
i loved making these until someone showed me a similar artist. an older famous man.
i'm "not supposed to care" and "keep going" but these are just to kill time anyways
this is genie wiley. if i were genie wiley, i would have stopped mental development before adulthood, too. i wouldnt have to worry about anything. i wonder if she was happy or if she knew she was different. you can google it. it wasnt her fault
this is Olive from Synecdoche, New York. my friend isabel wants this drawing, and i think i will give it to her.
Shitty Outlook- pencil and charcoal 2015
from the one time i taped up all my receipts.
from the one time we went on a trip together : )
this was never published for a dumb website but at least i got paid. i think im funny
same publication, this story was about a girl who was afraid of mirrors
aaaaaand this one was about a biological clock
photobomb!!!!
some of my important click bait work
i helped this kitten find a home 2 years ago
2015-someone i didnt know sent me a DM . he was asking me to draw him a tattoo. he wanted a hand holding a crystal ball. i didnt know him or follow him. he died before i could do it. i think an OD. i finished when i found out. i think he would have liked it.
i love this drawing so much i think i am so funny. do you think im funny? do you like rodger rabbit?
a new painting i started and probably will never finish
i drew this in 2 minutes and it made me so happy. i really cant make anything i if i try. i drew this in a daydream. I call it Dinner Time
my bubble tea face psyche jk im faking
i drew these two basics at work when i signed on for a day shift. i dont know why i hate people so much. it makes it hard to do everything. too bad
mrooow
Oct 16. 2017-
Is been a long time since I cared about this site. thank you for being here. Below are some old things, old because I have forgotten to put them here. they have probably been on instagram (ugh) or if i know you personally, my facebook.
#nolanbenfield#boyf
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this is from my series of warped self portraits. when i showed my dad, he said they were his favorites LOL. i dont like drawing from a photo but for these i have no choice. i have backlog of warped nude selfie photos, i need to draw them.
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this is titled 'it took 13 peaches'. it was really popular online. im worried people dont know its from a Lana Del Ray song. i thought the lyrics 'peaches' instead of 'beaches' was funnier.
somemone tried to buy this, and i asked too much (because thats what you do in the hopes the person will say yes) and it backfired (；￣Д￣)
