Brush Bash in the Desert 2009...

This weekend, Tony Perez hosted his annual paint jam that attracted pinstripers, airbrush artists, sign writers, and fine artists from all over Arizona and California. It was great to see some familiar faces and meet some new ones. There was a lot of awesome art being created and styles shared! I made some new friendships, and was inspired by the artwork that everyone brought...
...the airbrush pieces above and below were created by the guys at Bad Boy Custom Paint: Mo, Sage, and Tim.

...there were plenty of lowrider scroll striping panels like the two above...
...this portrait was airbrushed by Charlie "the Kid" Armstrong. I've lived on the east coast most of my life, so I wasn't familiar with his work until I moved out west, but now he is one of my favorite custom painters. We got to hang out a good bit after the meet when a bunch of us went out to a bar for food and drinks...
...this panel was painted by Bugs, and was my favorite striping piece of the whole meet...
...I really liked this panel too, especially all the varigated leaf mixed in the wild scrolls...
...the photos above and below are of a car hood that everyone left their mark on. The above pic shows Manny Cisnero's, mine, and Ron Hernandez's striping...

...later that night after we left the bar, I followed Sage and Mo back to their shop where they gave me a tour and showed me some of their current projects. I snapped a pic of this panel on the wall of the car with a girl ghosted in behind it. I love that girl!
...the above piece was done by the very talented fine artist Moises. His work has a ultra colorful and unique style that depicted traditional Mexican scenes. His pieces were HUGE, and contained thousands of colors...I loved it...
...here I am with my bro Juan "the Wand" who is a killer pinstriping artist and a great guy!
...this was just one of the many wicked custom cars in the parking lot. There were hot rods, lowriders, custom vans, and sports cars...
...here is Bugs doing what he does best, pinstriping! His scroll style is badass, and his long lines are laser straight! I always enjoy seeing his new work, and hanging with him because he's truly a nice guy...
...and speaking of nice guys, this is Charlie "the Kid" Armstrong airbrushing another masterpiece. He is really good. And if you were lucky enough to be at the SEMA Show and catch his airbrushed surfboard at the PPG booth, you know exactly what I mean!
I had a really good time, and I'm all ready looking forward to next year. Thanks and shouts to Dino, Sage, Tim, and Mo at Bad Boys, Charlie Armstrong, Bugs, the Wand, Manny Cisneros, Mike, Moises, Mark Brodie, Ron Hernandez, Jeff Isabell, Tony Perez, and anyone I forgot. See you all soon...