monty montgomery

I had a blast tonight at the A.C. lounge in Northpark painting “LIVE” with the crew from the Uptown Social Club. Got a lot of work done on my newest piece and will be finishing it up in the next few days. The flow is flowing and I truly appreciate all my friends that came out to support tonight! The right paths are crossing….

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Nothing like supporting a friend and truly being blown away by what they produce! Shay Davis is a great dude, but even more so, an amazing painter! I had a blast tonight hanging out at his opening at Mosaic Gallery in the North Park area of San Diego and will be teaming up with him on November 13th to open a new Exhibit at the Gallery! Check my “Exhibitions” section for the details! Hit the sites below for more info and to check out his works!!

http://www.shayvision.com/

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Just put the final touches on “67 F” this morning in the weeee hours.

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The Thread show in O.C. over the weekend was a success! I painted LIVE and displayed a few pieces along side Zack Wilkie while Michael Amorillo and Jason Feather painted a huge LIVE mural. Thanks to all you peeps that stopped by the booth and we will surely be taking part in the THREAD Show when it hits San Diego on Sunday September 26, 2010! News about the event to come…..

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I had a super cool time painting “LIVE” at the A.C. Lounge last night in North Park. Hung out with Johnny Tran and friends and look forward to painting there more often on Sunday nights with The Uptown Social Club. I kicked off a new series at the spot and will be finishing the piece in the next few days.The A.C. Lounge is a funky little spot, felt like I was just chillin’ out in my last Studio space in Charlottesville, Va.  Gotta find a new studio here in San Diego!! See you on a Sunday night soon!

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Rolled to the TOCAYO/EXIST 1981 Exhibit at Thumbprint Gallery in San Diego a couple weeks ago. The Exhibit was super strong and I had to grab my first TOCAYO/EXIST 1981 collab. Had a blast hanging out with TOCAYO and chatting it up about the piece and how it came to life, good stuff. Thanks to Johnny and Paul for putting on a kickin’ evening at the Gallery!

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Thanks to all you cats that rolled out to the Exhibit opening on Friday night at TRIM in Venice Beach, California. B.C. and I got everything hung on Wednesday night and I was able to get some chill time in while in L.A., catch up with some friends, hit an amazing exhibit at Thinkspace Gallery to catch up with L.C.,  and actually kick it on the beach a bit to listen in on my thoughts…. I sold “Showtime” and “A B” which are below at the opening to some great peeps and look forward to the exhibit at TRIM being up for 2 months. Pop in and check it out! TRIM is located at 1424 Abbot Kinney Venice Beach, Ca.

www.venicetrim.com

I attended the opening of “Love Conquers All: Art for Equality” on Saturday,  August 7th from 7-10 pm in L.A. and you have to get to this Exhibit!!!  L.C. and Andrew put an amazing show together, one of the best I have seen in a while, anywhere! Thinkspace Gallery has a sweet new space located at 6009 Washington Blvd. Culver City, Ca. 90232. Phone # is 310.558.3375.  Make the time to fit this into your schedule, the Exhibit is up through August 28, 2010.

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If you are in the San Diego area make the time to get down to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Downtown. The Viva la Revolucion Exhibit is one to remember and I promise you will not be let down. Print out the map as well that will send you all over San Diego checking out site specific works by the Artist’s. The Exhibit is up through January 2011.

www.mcasandiego.org/vivalarevolucion

I was going through some old books the other day and came across this original sketch of my painting, “Flammable Substance”.  I did this sketch many years ago and then it came to life on the canvas. Hit “gallery” and then you will find it in “paintings 2008″.

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