Creations

Last week, the Ploppet crew (Claire and Kyle Johnson) came across a particular opportunity on the free section of Craig's List: boxes and boxes, thousands on thousands of snazzy, holographic American Girl stickers. After securing several carloads of the goods, the question remained: who would provide a loving home for all these lost girls?

My brother and Phoenix musician Trey Vincent was just the guy crazy enough to step up to the task! The entire Art Car was stuck up over the course of the day, thanks to the help of the crew that came through - fastest one yet!

Feature film entry for Joel Haver's Oscars film challenge: Instead of watching The Oscars, make a film DURING the Oscars!

This film was recorded in entirety during the 2022 Oscars award show. ONLY what was recorded during the 3 hours on Sunday, March 27th, from 5pm to 8pm, is permitted to be used. A week was given to edit the production. Here is my submission: To Hunt a Fairy, benkesselmedia's very first feature film!

Had the pleasure and honor of photographing and producing the recap video for the Third Annual Planted Alchemist Community Garden Seed Exchange!

Live Art News recorded at Art Night in Arizona, via the benkesselmedia Creation Emporium booth!

Art Night AZ is a free admission monthly gathering in Phoenix, Arizona for artists of all mediums to create, network, and get inspired! I am often the photographer capturing the craziness of Art Night each month - but for the final one of the year, we did things a little differently:

A timelapse of a massive epoxy resin pour project led by my friends Claire and Kyle Johnson!

A 55'' by 100" mirror with epoxy resin poured over caulk groove designs, and colored with alcohol inks! Had such a blast being a psycho-chemist, creating the microbiology of other universes!

Claire and Kyle's artwork and visual enomalies, including The Ploppet art cars: spectacular sculpture cars bringing the party to every highway!

Claire Johnson's Art Page

With help from: Newt Grover https://www.newtglass.com/

and Marisa Fugleberg

The Smooth boys enlisted me once again to join their lovely picnic in honor of their first full album debut - no doubt I had to slide my way in.

SMOOTH HANDS by SMOOTH HANDS available now.
Featuring James, Tony, Mario, and AJ

Musician Miss Pirate breached our shores and heisted our open mics in AZ during different ventures while she still lived in Germany. This was how we first connected, back at Phoenix Firebird Events.

We became good friends after that. It's fun to be open about art and lay out all of the challenges on the table as we navigate a world no one's ever been before.

Can inclusivity go hand in hand with quality? Could a community sustain events that are completely free? Can fun and freedom be preserved as essential parts of artistry?

Photos taken on a single street in San Jose, during a trip to see my friends.

Collaboration with James Corbett - Chef and Music Producer on the 2021 episode of his online cooking show “Corbett’s Kitchen”

Music and Recipe by James Corbett
Video created by me

The Tragedy of the Bone King - A crypt denizen
Who ends each disappointing date with murder
By adorning the decaying remains as decoration,
Their pride is protected, and position sequestered.

‘Judas’ - photoset with Nina Giuliano - Artist, Model, Rogue.

Having gone ‘round realms of realities concurrent,
we imagined a color and light experiment.

An ongoing series of poetry videos reciting original works from my first collection. Available as a continuous playlist.

Photoshoot for musician Trey Vincent, promoting his single “Going to the Movies”

Additionally, we collaborated with Fourth Branch Presents to produce Trey Vincent’s episode of Collective Expressions, showcasing the new song alongside two other favorites.

An exploration of photo subjects around my house. Taken during the summer of 2020, amidst the lockdowns for the global pandemic leaving photographers and artists without work worldwide.

Video showcasing “Remembrance” - a mural in Phoenix, Arizona by artist David Morgan.

Through paintings, comic books, other murals throughout the valley, and more, David is a fountain of imagination to the benefit of the AZ art community.

The second season of Phoenix Firebird Events Open Mics, hosted at Smooth Brew in downtown Phoenix! Run by Savannah Meadow and myself, the Firebird Open Mic harbored a tight-knit creative community, running weekly up until the lockdown. This era will be archived by date for any who wish to take a trip down memory lane. The fire burns yet!

“Magnum Opus” Poem and Video

Personally written and produced.

Photoshoot for musician Abby Walker for her performance in December ‘19 at the Hyatt Regency in Scottsdale.

Abby’s astounding voice and engaged the crowd with a set of select cover songs and original works, including her single Blue and Black released earlier that year.

A music video for "Somewhere That's Green", displayed as part of Ironwood High School's theater production of "Little Shop of Horrors."