Willie Mays and a German Shepherd

Liv's grandfather is turning 90 this weekend. I was going to paint him a little something. I asked what he liked. I was told he was a San Francisco Giants fan. I started to paint a true classic, Willie Mays. Just after I started I was informed that he wanted a painting a german shepherd. He's getting both now. Quite the range of interests in paintings. There's a painting on both sides of the panel. So now he has the option of changing his painting by flipping it over.

Enlighten!

Enlighten! One Night of Light is a group exhibition of table lamps featuring printed shades with artwork by an eclectic roster of over 85 fine artists and illustrators working together to support arts education for children in Los Angeles. Each artist’s lamp design will be sold in a limited edition available for one night only. In addition, some artists will also create one original, handmade shade for a lamp that will be featured in a silent auction.



A portion of all sales will benefit Inner-City Arts, an organization offering opportunities for at-risk children from Los Angeles schools to build artistic self-expression, enhancing their ability to perform both creatively and academically in challenging environments.

The exhibition is curated by Al Quattrocchi and Jeff Smith, co-owners and creative directors of the LA-based design studio Tornado Design. “A fun and unique way to bring our artistic community together, this event will raise some money to help support Inner-City Arts, an organization planting the seeds of creativity in young artists of the future.” says Quattrocchi. “Whether you are a participating artist or a patron of the arts, supporting events like Enlighten! can make a difference in these children’s lives!”

The lamps are produced by Lamp-In-A-Box in Culver City, California. Owner Daniel Cytrynowicz believes, “A table or desk lamp should reflect our personal taste, desires and lifestyle, similarly to all the other accessories that surround us.”


lamps pictured (from left to right) John Hendrix, Michael Foulkrod, Joel Nakamura, Jeff McMillan, Phil Zucco, and Al Quattrocchi,

Participating artists include Lou Beach, Alex Beard, Sandow Birk, Calef Brown, Dave Burke, Jimmy C, Sarajo Frieden, Jeff McMillan, Tom Fritz, Makoto Kobayashi, Lili Lakich, Joel Nakamura, Saelee Oh, Martha Rich, Paul Rogers, Souther Salazar, Bwana Spoons, James Victore, Keith Weesner and dozens more.

Music provided by The Icy Hot Trio
Catering by Louise’s Trattoria
Venue provided by Walter N. Marks, Inc.

Saturday November 21st
Helms Bakery Building
8723 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA

www.enlightenshow.com

New Work on the Website, Update Complete

My website is updated and ready to go, finally got this blog connected to my site as my main source of info as it comes in. I'm still blogging on slamxhype and starting to blog on SURU

The site looks great, many thanks to Gavin and Michael over at Thank You Design.

check it out-
www.jeffmcmillan.com

13th Hour @ Last Rites Gallery

Last Rites Gallery is hosting it's 2nd annual "13th Hour" group show exhibition. Participating Artists are Shawn Barber, Matthew Bone, Paul Booth, Vincent Castiglia, Andy B. Clarkson, Christopher Conte, Coro, Brendan Danielsson, Ewelina Ferruso, Fred Harper, Stephanie Henderson, Robert Hernandez, Craig LaRotonda, Jeff McMillan, Gilbert Oh, Pooch, Anthony Pontius, Dan Quintana, Celeste Rappone, Paul Rumsey, David Stoupakis, Tin, Brian Viveros, Jasmine Worth, Genevive Zacconi, Chet Zar



Daily DuJour released a teaser with snippets of some of the works that will appear in the show.
Daily DuJour

Here's my contribution "son of 200 Year Old Still Life"



Last Rites Gallery
511 W. 33rd Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues
3rd floor, New York, NY 10001

www.lastritesgallery.com

Alex Pardee @ Gallery 1988

Hey There,

This past week over at Gallery 1988, Alex Pardee had a solo titled "Hiding From the Normals", click the picture to see the work from the show.



And if you're in L.A and haven't seen this yet, get your butt over there and check it out.

“HIDING FROM THE NORMALS”
A Celebration Of Rejects
New Works By Alex Pardee
GALLERY 1988 LA
7020 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA
www.nineteeneightyeight.com

here's a couple of links that covered the madness-
LA Weekly
SURU
GraffHead

To see more of Pardee's Work, please visit his site
www.eyesuckink.com

Infected Mushroom Album & iPhone App are available

Just a quick post here, the new Infected Mushroom album i did the artwork for is out and about-



Along with the marketing for the album I was asked to design the art for a iPhone app. It goes along with the characters i created for the album art. Here's the link to download it- get it here

everything is available through itunes-

GLA GALLERY SERIES: UPSO & JEFF MCMILLAN PARTY PICS!

Hey all,
So recapping on this past weekend in NY. It was a crazy couple of days, not a lot of sleep, a lot of moving around and plenty of beers, blah! The show over at Last Rites was the exact same time as the GLA event. It was hard being in two places at once, but i did my best. Sept 12th featured the work of UPSO, Myself and the shenanigans that went on that night. I think we ended up at some crazy metal bar to end the night around 4:30am
Here's some picts of the GLA event-








You can see the rest of the party picts here

My friends Poe and Emily from Freshness Mag were at the event to cover it as well, they got some cool picts

Last Rites Gallery & Mtn Dew x GLA Bottle Release/ Gallery Show

Hiddy Ho!

So there's a couple excting things going on in NY this weekend, if your around town and looking for something to do, check these out-

First,
Here it is "Pepto Dismal" new works focusing on the danger of how the faster foods brainwash the more impressionable younger people and also what lurks in the mountainous landscapes behind them.


Opening Reception:
September 12th 7-11pm
A Solo Exhibition by Jeff McMillan
at Last Rites Gallery
511 West 33rd Street 3 Flr
New York, NY 10001
between 10 & 11th Ave

Here's a couple samples-






Here's a link to the preview of the show click here

Also,
Green Label Art x Mtn Dew is releasing their Series 3 artist bottles 9/9/09,
I've heard they're in stores now, so look out for them. They kicked off the promotion by throwing a party at Barracuda in L.A, did bottle signings at Magic in Vegas, and they're hosting an artist gallery for each artist in NY.
GLA and Mtn Dew teamed up with such companies as Zoo York, Adidas, New Era,
G shock, and Burton Snowboards to create products to accompany the art on the bottles, you can see and possibly win them here

Here's the original painting i did for the bottle-



Jeff McMillan x UPSO
Opening Reception-
Saturday September 12th-14th
7-10pm
Etnies Showroom
29 Greene St
between Grand + Canal
you can check out the bottles here



www.greenlabelart.com

So, if you're in town, and looking for something to do, here's two options

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and MJ

I recently did a poster for the band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Hammer museum does summer concerts. It's a good idea because it brings people into the museum and exposes a younger crown to contemporary art as well as supporting bands that are up and coming.



More about Edward Sharpe
More about The Hammer Museum

There's a show up in S.F at Gallery 1988 titled "Now Playing" Artists redo the art of movie posters, it was fun, My buddy Matt Groller and I took a stab at our posters together. My subject was kind of revelant, he's been in the news quite a bit, maybe a little too much. Take a guess, wait for it........ I give you a hint, they're closing down Glendale today for him.... Bubbles! I'm kidding, well take a looksee



here's a G1988 SF's blog for the posters
http://1988movieposters.blogspot.com/

Green Label Art/ Mtn Dew Limited Edition Artist Bottles

They say the third time’s a charm, which is what Mountain Dew is hoping for with its forthcoming release of “Green Label Art, Volume III,” a limited edition series of collectible aluminum bottles creatively decorated with custom designs form six of today’s leading artists.


Beginning September 7 and continuing on for eight weeks at select US retailers, thirsty trendsetters can get their hands on the latest series of decorated bottles, which was first introduced two years ago. This third volume of Green Label Art features new artists spanning the worlds of action sports, music, vinyl toys, video games, fashion, fine art, illustration and graffiti. The roaster includes: Pushead, Nathan Cabrera, Jeff McMillan, Stephen Bliss, UPSO and Claw Money – the first female artist to participate in the project.

Thousands of prizes will also be awarded throughout the eight-week promotion, with giveaways from WeSC, Adidas, Zoo York, Burton Snowboards, G-Shock and New Era that are only available through the under-the-cap sweepstakes on on Green Label Art bottles and specially marked 20-oz bottles of Mountain Dew. To learn more about Green Label Art, a multimedia micro-site is available at: Green Label Art

more coverage available at-

www.livandjeff
www.suru-la.com
www.dubdaily.com
www.hypebeast.com

Surrender Be@rbrick

Check out this new be@rbrick over at Suru, new techmology!!

Surrender Be@rbrick from SURU TV on Vimeo.

Celeritas Video/ Riders for Health Event/ LPTV

Here's the official video of the event over at Suru "Celeritas".
If you missed it, you can get a good idea of what went on.



http://advancedvision.com/suru/
http://www.riders.org/

LPTV

LPTV | "Riders for Health" Art Exhibition from SURU TV on Vimeo.

Celeritas is a coming

Celeritas @ SURU, Opening on July 12th,
The show will feature a star-studden lineup of artists exhibiting works inspired by motorcycle racing culture. Participants include: Barry McGee, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Mark Dean Veca, Audrey Kawasaki, Stash, Futura, James Jean, Jim Lee, Alex Pardee,
Jeff McMillan, Troy Lee, Jesse James, Usugrow, Nathan Cabrera, Dr. Romanelli and photographer Estevan Oriol.
Here's sneak preview of my helmet

SURU
7662 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046