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9/14/2006

" Morning in Cydonia " 12"x16" Limited edition prints for sale $100.00

Made a painting for my favorite band of the last 2 years, MUSE. They came to play in Columbus on 9/11 which is also my birthday. I made the painting for 2 days before they arrived, didn't have work so it was time to give.

The show was amazing! It was the best concert I have been to since the early 1990's as far as energy levels. I felt like I was on an express elevator to the stars or heavens, with no brakes and a fabulous crash landing with a bunch of sweaty 20 somethings. People were smiling and dancing so much that my feet didn't really touch the floor for the 1st half of the show. I couldn't believe it. Must have looked like a soccer match in the U.K. when they score! That mix of rock and techno with the light show was disorientating. I didn't know where I was and didn't care either. It was so fantastic to break free of all this U.S. control lately.

The story of the painting goes as such. People were not kind on the floor when I tried to get the painting to the stage. The women were nasty and hoping to get on the band? One guy got racial with me, the fashionistas weren't having someone break through their fascade to get to the barricade. But that is Columbus sometimes, if you aren't American looking, they'll try and stop you, whatever American means? Once the show started and there was a lull in "Knights of Cydonia" their opening song. I made a rush for it and tossed the painting onto the stage. Even security didn't want me to give, and waved their finger at me. Then they grabbed it immediately of course. Heard the crowd isn't allowed to have contact with the bands anymore in this new state of security. Even Tommy Lee got told to put his shirt back on at a recent concert here in the C.O. But Art isn't about control, it is about coming together and the show brought everyone together in a series of waves and crashes.

When the show ended with "Take a Bow" in this electronic rock reduction to ashes and rubble, I got my painting back from security because they weren't taking it to the band. I was told "MUSE" would sign autographs out back sometime. So my buddy Charlie and I went out to find them. It took an hour but I was determined and got past the teenagers to the drummer to hand him my piece. A gift from Columbus and myself for playing here. He was very thankful and down to earth. He wished me "Happy Birfday" and signed my ticket after I told him about the painting. He even got that I painted the band in as the astronauts. So cool! I couldn't have had a better moment in my life. Giving my Art and Language of Light to MUSE. The piece is a CD single album cover for "Knights of Cydonia" in Joshua 2006 style! Then the tour manager took it back to the tour bus with them after their five minute signing was over. Whew...perserverance pays off Artists!

Much Light,

Joshua 2006

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Suprise! I do house painting too... Here is my latest creation. I was asked by a couple to turn their breakfast nook into a chapel/spiritual space for their home. They wanted arches of some sort and a mediterranean feeling. Here is what I came up with. Took the blue and white colors which are very popular in that part of the world and adapted a medallion symbol from The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy. It came out better than I thought and the 3D effect for this very small room 6Ft x 7Ft, made it much more comfortable to enter. Needless to say the couple was thrilled and paid in full upon completion. This was produced over the Labor Day weekend and it made me laugh a little because I had just worked on the Pieta a few days earlier. I felt I must had needed to be in Church that week. Hmm...life is mysterious.

-Joshua 2006

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9/07/2006

"The American Green Cross" 12"x16" $250 "Devilish Bubble Gum" 12"x16" $250

Had a lot of fun with these two. Actually, I worked on 3 paintings at once and sent one to Pittsburgh, PA before I got a photo. Sorry, I get excited sometimes! These two are going to a store in Dallas, TX. You can contact John White at (214) 660-3844 for sales information.

After my show at Milo Arts in July, I wanted to return to my first group of paintings and add the "Language of Light". So I have symbols or pictograms that are subconscious and then a command in the Language of Light. Translate and check this out. I look forward to producing more in this style and I'm working on a painting for the band "MUSE" this week to give to them at the concert here on Monday 9/11. That also happens to be my birthday! Can't wait for the show. Until next time then.

Art Heals,

Joshua 2006

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9/06/2006

"The Pieta" Life size rendition at Skylab Columbus, OH 08/06

This was one of the most amazing Art projects I have been involved with. The picture at the top is with myself and Doug the Artist who put this together. He said it took 1.5 months for the whole project to be completed.

I came in one day before and helped put the mirrors on with a small army of other local artists as well. Doug said over 20 people worked on it in the end and it was a blast hanging out at Skylab on a hot August afternoon. We talked about writers, film, and someone sang while playing his guitar, and a woman brought pink cupcakes for us to munch on while working. I felt a strange connection with this group of relative strangers, but with Artists we always have an instantaneous connection with each other.

The scope of this project was "ambitious" and should be remembered as a moment in Columbus Art history. I thought the idea would be too kitchy but it came out really beautiful with all the light emanating from it. The pictures don't show the rays of light coming from Mary and Christ's body. It did produce a feeling of awe and faith. "The Pieta" became luminescent or etheric at the back of the gallery space. It was hidden and you had to walk through a cave with a lot of candles to get to this spiritual entity. Just amazing! I was happy to be part of such a special project, thanks Doug!

-Joshua 2006

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