packing and getting ready to ship paintings out to chicago! see you in 3 weeks suckahs!

PD X MATT SHARP X A.OKAY OFFICIAL

East Coast meets Midwest in this friendship forged out of admiration and respect for each others craftsmanship, character development and use of materials. Matthew Ryan Sharp and Project Detonate decided to to exhibit new and existing works in this 2 man show tackling issues of addiction, obsession, robbery, heartache and mischief.

Together producing almost 90 pieces of original art on wood, paper, panels, plaques and found objects with brushes and spray paint being the weapon of choice. Both artist decided to combine quality and quantity while keeping the cost to the Chicago art patron low, due to the current economic status of the world as well as the fast approaching holiday season.

Project Detonate currently resides in New Haven, CT

Matthew Ryan Sharp dwells in the suburban outskirts of Chicago, IL

Bedtime Stories • Atlanta show

So Im posting a picture of a new painting i'm doing for the upcoming bedtime story show in Atlanta next month. As you can see I went a different route than doing my usual spray painted backgrounds. One thing I did notice after completing my solo show and seeing all the pieces in one room, was that I needed to focus on the background, take time out to work on the back just as much as I do with my characters, don't get me wrong I'm really satisfied how the pieces for the solo show came out but I think it's time to develop and step up my game a little more. all in all I think it gives it a more "mature" look. I'm having lots of fun working on this piece and i'll make sure to post up the finished pieced. its 12x24 on wood entitled "Sleep now for tomorrow may never come"

City-Wide Open Studios

Its that time again and I was chosen to participate in this years City-wide.. IN FAIR HAVEN! hahah so this should be interesting.. enjoy the pics

Yeah!

I took a breather to watch this

Pink Cake VS. Painting

sometimes you can have your cake and eat it to!

Custom!

Just wanted to take a break and post some of the custom frames that i'm doing for my upcoming solo show.. whats going to be in it hehehehe maybe i'll post later or maybe I won't.. before and after pics by the way.. from white to that gritty gritty