New video "Vessel" by Mentality with live art by CAD

Let's Mutate! Mini Embossed Canvas

2012 Let's Mutate! Mini Embossed Canvas Series (#13 of 13)

4x4 Canvas

(acrylic, ink, spray on mixed media canvas)

This is the last one for the 2012 Series that is available.
SOLD

2013 "The Masks We Wear" Embossed Canvas Illustration

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2013 "The Masks We Wear"

 7.5 x 4.5 Embossed Wood Block

(acrylic, ink, gouache on mixed media)
SOLD

Ben Roseland Studio & Gallery Opening

Monday, December 3rd 2012 from 6pm to 10pm at Ben Roseland's Gallery

Visit the Studio & Gallery of Ben Roseland and view the latest works of art by Ben Roseland and over 20 other local artists. Enjoy wine, beer, and hors d' oeuvres by Chef Greg Wisinski of Urban Gourmet. Listen to live music by singer/songwriter Bailey Williams. This is an open invite, feel free to invite your friends (Adults 21+ Only). Family Friendly Sundays - December 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 1pm-4pm. For more info: Ben Roseland Studio & Gallery


This is my fourth and final gallery opening for 2012. I most likely won't be pursuing anymore local exhibits as I prepare for my move out west. This has been a very successful and rewarding year for my art, I look forward to taking the next step in 2013. Thank you to all who have supported me this year, I appreciate it.

2012 Let's Mutate! Series #3 Embossed Canvas

2012 Let's Mutate! Series#3

7x5 Embossed Canvas
(acrylic, ink, spray on mixed media canvas)
SOLD

Let's Mutate! Special Canvas Block Series

2012 Let's Mutate! Special 3 Piece Series
  (acrylic, ink, spray on 1.5" canvas block)

 From left to right:

"Just passing through" 12x4 Canvas Block (Blue)

"That's not fair" 12x4 Canvas Block(Green)

"May I sit down?" 12x4 Canvas Block(Yellow)
SOLD

New CAD "Chasing Rainbows PDX" Embossed Mini-Canvas

2013 CAD "Chasing Rainbows PDX" Embossed Mini-Canvas (574 Edition)
(acrylic, spray on mixed media canvas)
This is the only 574 Edition that will be available. 
SOLD

Let's Mutate! "May I sit down?" Canvas Block

"May I sit down?"

2012 Let's Mutate! Series

12x4 Canvas Block

(acrylic, spray, ink on canvas block)

SOLD

"To be nobody but yourself in a world doing its best to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human can ever fight and never stop fighting."

- E. E. Cummings

The Bandit (Open Eye Edition)

2012 "The Bandit (Open Eye Edition)"

18x24 Embossed Canvas Design

(Acrylic, ink, spray, on mixed media canvas)

Hand made, signed & one of a kind.

SOLD

Live Art at Smith's Open Mic by Pop-Up Art Shows

I will be providing a live art visual performance this Wednesday night forAnival Fausto's Open Mic at Smith's Downtown Tap & Grill in Mishawaka, IN. I will also have works on display for sale. Starts at 9pm, no cover and drink specials all night.

Mixtape Champ 1988

2012 "Mixtape Champ 1988"

16x20 Embossed Canvas Design

(Acrylic, ink, spray, silver leaf on mixed media canvas)

Hand made, signed & one of a kind.

SOLD

Let's Mutate! Embossed Mini Canvas Collection

2012 Let's Mutate! 4"x 4"Embossed Mini-Canvases

(acrylic, ink, spray, gouache on mixed media canvas board)

SOLD

Bumwhush Studios Newsletter Autumn 2012

The Bumwhush Studios Newsletter Autumn Edition is now available. This edition contains exclusive info and photos about current studio projects, Let's Mutate! series info, upcoming events, artist bio and more. These newsletters will only be available by handout or mail. Please email me if you're interested in getting one or stop out to one of my upcoming shows and events.

Midway's 2012 Halloween Party

Pop-Up Art Shows will be providing a live art performance this upcoming Saturday at Martha's Midway Tavern in Mishwaka, IN featuring Artist Grow, Matt Paskell, Antony York and myself. We'll be raffling off the art piece we create and have works on display for sale.

2012 "People Power" Embossed Wood Plaque

2012 13x8 "People Power" Embossed Wood Plaque

(acrylic, ink, spray on mixed media wood plaque)

SOLD

Fall Art Show Flyer

I have 2 art shows upcoming this Saturday with lots of new work to display, the first one is the Haunted Fall Wine & Art Festival at the Silver Beach Hotel in Saint Joseph, MI from 4pm to 9pm. For more info and location, please check here: http://on.fb.me/UolPIJ

Saturday night, I will be with Pop-Up Art Shows doing a live art performance at Martha's Midway Tavern in Mishawaka, IN with our good musician friendsDog & Pony. For more info and location, please check here: http://on.fb.me/RkNXrw

Elkhart September Artwalk

Elkhart September Artwalk 

We had a fun time in Elkhart last night for their bi-monthly Artwalk. My display was located Bethza Professional Makeup. Met a lot of nice people and made some new friends. The local news paper, The Elkhart Truth, has a write up about the event here.

CAD 3-Pack Embossed Mini-Canvas Set

CAD 3-Pack Embossed Mini Canvas Set

7x5 CAD "Flower Bomb"

7x5 CAD "People Like This"

7x5 CAD "Frankie Soul"

(Acrylic, spray on mixed media canvas)

SOLD

Acoustic Open Mic at The Backstage Grill Flyer Design

Acoustic Open Mic Night at Backstage Grill

Hosted by Fabian Guzman of Alligator Blackbird

Flyer Design

Artpost "Post All Bills" Exhibit Opening

Artpost's "Post All Bills" Exhibit

From Artpost's Blog: 
July 6– August 26
Opening reception Friday, July 6, from 5-9pm
Panel discussion on street art, Friday August 3rd, 7-9 pm

The opening will feature live mural painting by CISA (Crazy IN Style Artists) members Felix Maldonado/FLEX and Ish Muhammad Nieves outside the gallery. Music by Dj Soul Tronixx and 8-bit from 7-9 pm.

“Post All Bills” is an exhibition dedicated to public art that is made for the street — stenciling, tagging, wheatpasting, street posters, yarn bombing, sticker art, and mural painting. Expect to see work inside and outside the gallery in this unique exhibition of Indiana-based artists who use the street art movement’s aesthetic and principles in their artistic practice

Artists exhibiting include:

From South Bend, Indiana:

Richard Allen

Artist Grow

IZEK

Stacie Jeffirs

Adam Patti

RESOE CSG

Federico Rodriguez

Jason Schoppe aka CAD

Outside of South Bend:

David Ebbinghouse (Bloomington, IN)

ESES74 (Elkhart, IN)

COST (Fort Wayne, IN)

Epyon5 (Gary, IN)

Traz Juarez (Hammond, IN)

Felix Maldonado/FLEX (Hammond, IN)

Ish Muhammad Nieves (Hammond, IN)

Luis Sandoval/OCHO (Hammond, IN)

Socrates Sandoval/ARGUE (Hammond, IN)

Christian Brock Forrer (Indianapolis, IN)

Jason Rowland (Winona Lake, IN)

"Post All Bills" Exhibit Opening

Opening night for the Post All Bills Exhibit was incredible, despite it being 100 degrees outside, we had a ton of people come out for this amazing event that featured a gallery exhibit opening with live graffiti, live street art and music from MC Breon Warwick and DJ Soul Tronixx. Artpost had artwork posted inside and all around the outside of the gallery, making this a truly unique show. This was the first time that Graff/Street Art has been shown in a gallery in South Bend. It was a wonderful experience to have setup and been a part of, giving local graffiti and street art major strides in exposure and understanding. History was made last night in South Bend.

Local Media links from this exhibit

WNDU - Debate Over Street Art

Mendoza College Of Business at Notre Dame - Is it a crime or is it art?

South Bend Tribune - Post All Bills Video

South Bend Tribune - Is it street are or is it vandalism?

South Bend Metal Fest 2012 Flyer Design

South Bend Metal Fest 2012 Flyer Design

for Finncade Shows

Dave Matthews Band 2012 Summer Tour Poster (Cornfield Indiana Edition)

Dave Matthews Band 2012 Summer Tour Poster
(Cornfield Indiana Edition)

Limited to 100

18x12 Color posters on card stock.

Will be available both nights at the event.

Email for more info.

SOLD OUT

The Bandit (Open Eye Edition)

"The Bandit" 18x24 Canvas design 2012
Mixed media canvas using acrylic and spray on local telephone book pages.
SOLD

Change They Can Believe In

"Change They Can Believe In"

16x12 Canvas board collage (mixed media, gouache, ink, spray)
SOLD

Kitty power!

Pop-Up Art Shows Artist Collective

I've started a new artist collective called "Pop-Up Art Shows" that will focus on bringing together local weird artists for events and shows. We'll be doing live art throughout the city, at live music events and in the parks.

As always, this is completely free and I never charge artists anything for being a part of this collective. The main goal is to showcase our talent with our community, united like minded weirdos and help us grow together.

If you're interested in being a part of this art collective, please send me an email at info@bumwhush.com with your name, pictures of your work and why you want to be a part of this.

2012 DIY Street Art Kits

3rd Annual DIY Street Art Kits (2012)

These kits are suited for adults and kids (with adult supervision). Each kit contains easy to follow instructions and everything you need to create non-permanent, non-harmful street art. For this years kit, I'm requesting that you would please email me pictures after you have finished it so I may use them for an upcoming project. Each kit is $25 and is limited to 25.
SOLD OUT

The Legends of Hip Hop

The Legends of Hip Hop Show - "Mos Def" 

(12x12 on canvas with acrylic, goauche and ink) 
SOLD

Goshen Art Center Gallery Opening

Gallery opening at the Goshen Art Center on March 2, 2012

Goshen Art Center is excited to announce the opening of our March Exhibit featuring the works of artists Jason Schoppe and Dave Wilkinson, Friday March 2nd, 5 - 8 p.m. The exhibit will run through March 30th.
Gallery hours for this exhibit will be Wednesdays 12 to 5, and by appt:
317 358 6787 or 574 315 0124

Dave Wilkinson is primarily a stone carver living and working in the Benton Harbor, MI Arts District. The work in this show are dynamic Encaustic pieces from his series “Relapse and Recovery”, 

new self portraits created around and examining his recovery from crack addiction, from which he has been clean for six years. ‘They reflect the frantic ugliness that surrounded me at that time. The image is incised into the layers of wax which have been applied over a lightly painted board, the background contrasting with the dark image, to evoke a sense of uneasy hope.’ Dave’s work has recently been shown at the Phoenix Café in Benton Harbor, and his series “Creatures” is presently on view at the Buchanan Art Center.

Jason Schoppe is a South Bend artist who infuses a variety of techniques without holding any allegiances to one particular method. At a young age, he fell in love with art as a way to fight off the prosaic mainstream of society and has used his art to find personal freedom through the beautiful struggles of everyday life. With over two decades of experience, Jason has created projects, inside and outside of his studio, in numerous different styles, such as photography, graphic design, music production, illustration, graffiti, mixed media collages and 3 dimensional. Some of his more recent work, which has been a revisit to an old high school passion, has been seen throughout the streets of Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit and all cities in-between as well as being recognized globally via the world wide web.

2012 MSRP Showcase Tour

2012 MSRP Showcase Tour

Tonight starts my MSRP Showcase Tour at the (Show Your Love) Art Show in South Bend, IN. Future shows will be in Goshen, Indianapolis, Chicago, Michigan City, Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne & Detroit.

Bumwhush "Tormentor" Promo Print

"Tormentor" Promo Print

Upcoming limited print from the Bumwhush Collection #2.

MSRP Series "Mixtape Champ 1998" Embossed Canvas

"Mixtape Champ 1998" (2 of 3)

16x20 Embossed Canvas Design (acrylic, ink & spray on mixed media).
SOLD

Bumwhush Collection #2 Cover

Bumwhush Collection #2 Cover

A free quarterly, limited publication that promotes & showcases exclusive arts & crafts by independent artists. Bumwhush is an open forum for all types of creative expressions without corporate influence. Available only by hand out from one of the artists, at select locations or by mail.

We are always looking for exclusive artistic submissions in the form of paintings, drawings, crafts, sculptures, photos, poems, stories, etc...anything that could be put in print. Submission deadline for Collection #2 is 02/10/12 & is due to hit the streets on 03/02/12. For more info, please email me.

"MSRPXIII" Skateboard Design

"MSRPXIII" Skateboard Design

8x32 Skateboard design using acrylics, spray and ink finished with a gloss clear coat.
SOLD 

MSRP Series "Victim Of A Criminal" Embossed Canvas

"Victim Of A Criminal" Diamond Edition

12x12 Canvas Design (acrylic & spray on mixed media) The diamond design is raised from the canvas for an embossed effect. From the new limited series titled "MSRP." This is part 4 (Corruption) of a 4 piece canvas design for my upcoming March exhibit at the Goshen Art Center. This canvas piece is one-of-a-kind, hand made and signed.
SOLD

MSRP Series "The Days Of Swine & Roses" Embossed Canvas

"The Days Of Swine & Roses" Heart Edition

12x12 Canvas Design (acrylic & spray on mixed media) The heart design is raised from the canvas for an embossed effect. From the new limited series titled "MSRP." This is part 3 (Deception) of a 4 piece canvas design for my upcoming March exhibit at the Goshen Art Center.
SOLD