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Artists,
The Decatur Area Arts Council has announced that there will be a SECOND round of applications being accepted for the “Street Art” show taking place for the month of September.
11 artists were selected in the first round. The 11 artists excepted in round one include:
Justin Barnes of JB Graphics (www.jbgrafix.com )
Justin Barnes of JB Grafix has been featured on Discovery Channel’s American Chopper, which highlighted a number of his well-known designs, including The POW-MIA Bike, The Fire Bike, The I-Robot Bike, The Comanche, The Snap-On Bike and many, many more. Justin has done custom work with Gibson Guitars, Harley-Davidson, Nintendo North America, Fly Helmets, PPG Paints, Armed Forces Entertainment and several other high profile clients. His work is showing up on the helmets of NASCAR stars such as Jimmie Johnson, Todd Bodine, and Kevin LePage. Justin painted bikes for Jon Runyan of the Philadelphia Eagles and Matt Light of the New England Patriots. He has also done custom paint jobs for Ultimate Cycles, Twisted Choppers, Jerri “Springer” of Springer Front Ends and many other custom bike shops. Justin’s work has been featured in EZ Rider Magazine, V-Twin, Barnett’s, Iron Horse and several others.
Deborah Mahan (www.debskustomart.com )
Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association, SEMA, magazine listed Deborah in 2006 as one of the top 12 custom artists in the nation, and she has the honor of being the only woman artist to be featured in both the Ford Booth and the House of Kolor booth at SEMA. She has also created private work for the Charles Schultz family (of Peanuts fame), Peter Max, (the 60’s pop icon artist), Ricky Rocket (of the 80’sband Poison) and many clients around the world, which has also given her the chance to be published in art books and several magazines in the U.S., Great Britain, and Italy.
Adam Croft of Last Ride Leather (www.lastridecustoms.com )
Adam is one of the world’s top leather artists. He has hand tooled motorcycle seats for former professional wrestler Chuck Palumbo of CP Kustoms, 2007 Easy Riders Bike of the Year builder, Jerry Burrow, and several seats for Billy Lane of the world famous Choppers Inc. Adam’s art has been featured in Easy Riders, V-twin, and Cycle Source magazines.
Other artists that will be featured in the September show include:
Painter Jon Griffin (www.gtci.us/2008.html),
Tattoo artist and owner of Just a Little Prick tattoo shop [FONT="]"Little Frank" Whittington (www.myspace.com/itsjustalittlepricktattoo )[/FONT]
[FONT="]Pinstriper Kurt Burger of Krazy K Pinstriping (www.myspace.com/kkookurt )[/FONT]
[FONT="]Chicago based graffiti artists Keath Sodapop[/FONT]
[FONT="]Brazilian graffiti artist Johab Silva[/FONT]
[FONT="]Skateboard artist and owner of Earthly Delights skateboard shop, Shane Thompson[/FONT]
[FONT="]Motorcycle builder, Robby Smith (www.robbysmith.net )[/FONT]
[FONT="]Barber/stylist Micheal Young[/FONT]
[FONT="]If you are interested in applying for the show, please e-mail me at rosmyth22@yahoo.com.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thank you.
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The Decatur Area Arts Council has announced that there will be a SECOND round of applications being accepted for the “Street Art” show taking place for the month of September.
11 artists were selected in the first round. The 11 artists excepted in round one include:
Justin Barnes of JB Graphics (www.jbgrafix.com )
Justin Barnes of JB Grafix has been featured on Discovery Channel’s American Chopper, which highlighted a number of his well-known designs, including The POW-MIA Bike, The Fire Bike, The I-Robot Bike, The Comanche, The Snap-On Bike and many, many more. Justin has done custom work with Gibson Guitars, Harley-Davidson, Nintendo North America, Fly Helmets, PPG Paints, Armed Forces Entertainment and several other high profile clients. His work is showing up on the helmets of NASCAR stars such as Jimmie Johnson, Todd Bodine, and Kevin LePage. Justin painted bikes for Jon Runyan of the Philadelphia Eagles and Matt Light of the New England Patriots. He has also done custom paint jobs for Ultimate Cycles, Twisted Choppers, Jerri “Springer” of Springer Front Ends and many other custom bike shops. Justin’s work has been featured in EZ Rider Magazine, V-Twin, Barnett’s, Iron Horse and several others.
Deborah Mahan (www.debskustomart.com )
Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association, SEMA, magazine listed Deborah in 2006 as one of the top 12 custom artists in the nation, and she has the honor of being the only woman artist to be featured in both the Ford Booth and the House of Kolor booth at SEMA. She has also created private work for the Charles Schultz family (of Peanuts fame), Peter Max, (the 60’s pop icon artist), Ricky Rocket (of the 80’sband Poison) and many clients around the world, which has also given her the chance to be published in art books and several magazines in the U.S., Great Britain, and Italy.
Adam Croft of Last Ride Leather (www.lastridecustoms.com )
Adam is one of the world’s top leather artists. He has hand tooled motorcycle seats for former professional wrestler Chuck Palumbo of CP Kustoms, 2007 Easy Riders Bike of the Year builder, Jerry Burrow, and several seats for Billy Lane of the world famous Choppers Inc. Adam’s art has been featured in Easy Riders, V-twin, and Cycle Source magazines.
Other artists that will be featured in the September show include:
Painter Jon Griffin (www.gtci.us/2008.html),
Tattoo artist and owner of Just a Little Prick tattoo shop [FONT="]"Little Frank" Whittington (www.myspace.com/itsjustalittlepricktattoo )[/FONT]
[FONT="]Pinstriper Kurt Burger of Krazy K Pinstriping (www.myspace.com/kkookurt )[/FONT]
[FONT="]Chicago based graffiti artists Keath Sodapop[/FONT]
[FONT="]Brazilian graffiti artist Johab Silva[/FONT]
[FONT="]Skateboard artist and owner of Earthly Delights skateboard shop, Shane Thompson[/FONT]
[FONT="]Motorcycle builder, Robby Smith (www.robbysmith.net )[/FONT]
[FONT="]Barber/stylist Micheal Young[/FONT]
[FONT="]If you are interested in applying for the show, please e-mail me at rosmyth22@yahoo.com.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thank you.
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