GOOD ART HLYWD » Friends http://www.goodarthlywd.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:54:54 +0000 en hourly 1 Go Fast Looks Like This http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/09/07/go-fast-looks-like-this/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/09/07/go-fast-looks-like-this/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:54:54 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=1231 Dear friend and race legend Derrick Walker recently added some of the fastest images available to Walker Racing’s #40 piloted by Speedy Dan Clarke. They’re running in the Firestone Indy Lights series with our GENUINE AMERICAN LUXURY motto helping the effort. It’s well known that the GOOD ART Round Skull is fast and beautiful. And equally incredible is Derrick Walker as team owner / manager to recognize the power of a truly aesthetic image. I’d also say we’re in good company there with Deans Knight, Wasteco and Ticketmaster, and honored to be included in the group. We and our friends wish Derrick and the team big go fast mojo in the series.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/09/07/go-fast-looks-like-this/feed/ 0 Sly’s Expendables http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/20/slys-expendables/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/20/slys-expendables/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:24:27 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=1090 Always up for a good fight and with a flair for going over the top, Sly classed up the screen this month with some GOOD ART in the release of The Expendables movie. I’m so glad that in a world of skinny jeans and latte’s, Stallone has the gumption to single-handedly keep lit the torch of mega action films. You go Rambo, er Rocky! You see what I mean, he’s not just legendary, he’s a bunch of legends. His lucky ring is a custom GA job; a large rose-topped Sugar Skull in Sterling & 22KT gold with propeller blades for eyes, lightening bolt brows, sticks of dynamite for cross bones and a bomb for a third eye. Subtle. What you won’t see in the movie is this huge bracelet I didn’t get done in time.

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Okay, I’m done. This last weekend I again had the good fortune to experience Formula One in the most grand style; as a guest of my friends at Deans Knight. The Montreal Grand Prix trip is an annual event (interrupted last year by no agreement between this beautiful city & Monsieur Ecclestone) for the DK group, and it’s like no other race weekend. From the moment I arrived Thursday morning it was a never ending parade of food, drink, friends, Ferrari’s, Mercedes, drink and maple syrup. I know I wrote food twice. I think I was too busy “eating” to really capture the glory of the event with my camera. So this gallery may be a bit incohesive, but the weekend was one for the ages. Vintage Formula racing, the Ferrari Challenge and the main event were all incredible. Yes, Lewis won… again, he’s amazing. Adrian ran a great race nabbing 9th, despite a punctured tire, and edging out Michael Schumacher. Any day you’re faster than Schumacher is a day you’re fast.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/06/16/montreal-grand-prix/feed/ 0 Lotta love in this lighter http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/19/lotta-love-in-this-lighter/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/19/lotta-love-in-this-lighter/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 04:00:29 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=824 Just finished this birthday gift for DT, it’s a slim Zippo. I’m thinking he doesn’t yet subscribe to the blog so I’m probably not blowing the surprise. Here’s a look in the rough.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/19/lotta-love-in-this-lighter/feed/ 1 HD Quality – Admitedly Crap Video http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/17/hd-quality-admitedly-crap-video/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/17/hd-quality-admitedly-crap-video/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 05:40:25 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=796 This Video is amazing, and yet not so at the same time. How, you wonder… Brilliant camera, and no practice as of yet. I’m not a video guy. Had a couple cameras over the years and never really got into it. I think that’s gonna change now. My friend DS from Contour HD sent over the most amazing care package, loaded with the latest high-end HD video gadgetry. Thank you, a few times. Ultra compact and practically idiot-proof, the Contour HD is super small and totally convenient to use. So much so, I’m starting to do just that. I have no idea how to edit the nearly 2+ hours (I know) of footage I’ve captured so far, so this bit at the bottom is the only “movie” cohesive enough to share. The ride was great, BTW. And I might make lots of movies.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/17/hd-quality-admitedly-crap-video/feed/ 0 Fantastic Teaser http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/17/fantastic-teaser/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/17/fantastic-teaser/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 19:17:04 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=771 Love these guys, maybe too much. KF inspired pendant collaboration done tomorrow. New album in June. It’s already an exciting Spring.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/17/fantastic-teaser/feed/ 0 Relief in the form of art http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/12/relief-in-the-form-of-art/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/12/relief-in-the-form-of-art/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 03:01:44 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=775 The last few weeks have been a buzz and blur with building, construction, hauling, cleaning and everything else associated with moving my workshop and setting up a new one. And as exciting as that story is, I’ll have to share it later. This story is about how the chaos was quelled with the arrival of a flat in the mail from our friends at PluraBella Tattoo Studio. I stood in front of this watercolor for 10 minutes before I realized how the world washed away and the aesthetics rolled in. That truly is the real work of art, the effect of the communication. Thanks a million Kore. It was the right thing at the right time brother. And it’s going in my new office.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/05/12/relief-in-the-form-of-art/feed/ 0 Hockey & Punk Rock http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/04/20/hockey-punk-rock/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/04/20/hockey-punk-rock/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:15:12 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=758 The Vancouver Canucks were in LA today to deliver a whooping to our LA Kings. So of course with so many of my favorite Canadians here (and a special delivery of a beautiful Nucks Jersey from Langdon), I proudly went dressed as the enemy, and I loved it. We were but smidge of blue in a sea of black. Nice work Kings, we’ll (they’ll) get you next time! Also, the blimp is cool, the white towels are lame. However, what’s not lame… The Briggs. They’re a bitchen’ LA band, they played at the game tonight. And Jason LaRocca is my friend!

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