Acrylic on Cardboard. 9.25″ x 5.75″ Flickr

It felt like the facebook like buttons needed some company, so I copied the Google +1 button down in acrylics for them to hang out with.

Acrylic on Cardboard. 5″ x 7″

Acrylic & Ink on Cardboard. 11″ x 14.35″ Flickr

After Blackest Night I stopped reading the Green Lantern. Has it continued to go downhill? What are you doing Geoff Johns?!

“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.” – Banksy

This ‘logo’ series of works I painted on $1 and $2 bills reflects the flight of great artists to the fields of advertising, marketing and design. Fields where they can make a living, but ones where their creativity is going to be crushed over and over again. many strong artists not only survive, but thrive in these fields, but at what cost?

Acrylic on USD $1 Bill & Cardboard. 6.25″ x 2.5″. Flickr

In 2009, Visa’s global network (known as VisaNet) processed 62 billion transactions with a total volume of $4.4 trillion.

Part of a 13 piece series.

“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.” – Banksy

This ‘logo’ series of works I painted on $1 and $2 bills reflects the flight of great artists to the fields of advertising, marketing and design. Fields where they can make a living, but ones where their creativity is going to be crushed over and over again. many strong artists not only survive, but thrive in these fields, but at what cost?

Acrylic on USD $2 Bills & Cardboard. 8.5″ x 11″. Flickr

Part of a 13 piece series.

Reddit sold to Conde Nast for an estimated $65 million in 2006. This series of work was possible because of my self imposed 30 day reddit ban.

“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.” – Banksy

This ‘logo’ series of works I painted on $1 and $2 bills reflects the flight of great artists to the fields of advertising, marketing and design. Fields where they can make a living, but ones where their creativity is going to be crushed over and over again. many strong artists not only survive, but thrive in these fields, but at what cost?

Acrylic on USD $1 Bills & Cardboard. 8.5″ x 11″. Flickr

Puma was founded in 1924 and had €2.4 billion in revenue in 2010.

Part of a 13 piece series.

“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.” – Banksy

This ‘logo’ series of works I painted on $1 and $2 bills reflects the flight of great artists to the fields of advertising, marketing and design. Fields where they can make a living, but ones where their creativity is going to be crushed over and over again. many strong artists not only survive, but thrive in these fields, but at what cost?

Acrylic on USD $2 Bills & Cardboard. 11″ x 8.5″. Flickr

Playboy has a monthly circulation of 1.5 million.

Part of a 13 piece series.

“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.” – Banksy

This ‘logo’ series of works I painted on $1 and $2 bills reflects the flight of great artists to the fields of advertising, marketing and design. Fields where they can make a living, but ones where their creativity is going to be crushed over and over again. many strong artists not only survive, but thrive in these fields, but at what cost?

Acrylic on USD $1 Bills & Cardboard. 11″ x 8.5″. Flickr

I coated the resin on this piece when the paint was still a little wet, to cause some of the color to run.

Part of a 13 piece series.

In 1987 you could buy 1 share of NKE stock for close to $.80. It is currently at $80 a share, an increase of almost 10,000%