Dave MacDowell has taken on one of the greats of all time, Vincent Van Gogh. See him attack Sid Vicious and Go Go Yubari, hear what he has planned for the future. And A SPECIAL EDITORIAL about the current state of and THE FUTURE OF URBAN-MUSE.com. You don't want to miss this one guys...

GET AWESOME!!!!!

We're having a HUGE 50% off sale at Urban-Muse Commerce! But it's until 9/15 only. MAKE ART. PAINT THINGS. BE AWESOME. hoodies and tees are only 14.99 and 24.99. Cuca Refugia's painting "Let's Talk About Hate" is 50% off. All Decimus Watercolor's 50% off! 
only at http://www.Urban-Muse.com/commerce

We're running out so snag them while you can!

CucaRefugia.com and Urban-Muse Commerce are having Special "Fan Appreciation Sale' - Until July 6th 2011, "There is no Blind Faith" is available at 50% through Urban-Muse Commerce Online. Click the Image for More information/Purchase information.

Come with us on a journey to our Buddy Dave MacDowell's huge show at ThinkSpace LA. "Low Brow Love Letter" Awesome art, marriage proposals, and Carson Daly! (Hulu Link included) Enjoy!

Urban-Muse artist, Xiau Fong Wee is fast becoming one of the strongest voices in art. Join Urban-Muse as we take a secret glimpse into her studio, her mind, and her life. The process that goes into her beautiful destruction. Find out why we call her "The Destroyer." And watch her work be taken from San Francisco, all the way to Singapore for a Landmark event, at GJ Asian Art Gallery inside the Four Seasons. Watch as this young artist rises towards the highest heights. Read and view this here on Urban-Muse. - "Xiau Fong Wee - Rebirth: The Destroyer Rises."

BIG WEEKEND SALE on our Fashion Lines at Urban-Muse Commerce. Make Art. Paint Things Be Awesome Tees 50% off! Make Art Paint Things Be Awesome Hoodies 50% off! Atomica Undead Weep/Miscreant 67% off! All Shirts/Hoodies printed on sexy soft American Apparel cotton. Free Shipping on Orders over 100$, Comes with Sticker Pack. THIS WEEKEND ONLY. (2/24 - 2/27)

MAKE ART. PAINT THINGS. BE AWESOME.

http://urban-muse.com/commerce/fashion.html

From Street Fighter, King of Fighters, SNK Vs. Capcom, Resident Evil to Marvel Vs. Capcom. The most comprehensive look at the outstanding career of master artist Toshiaki "Shinkiro" Mori. A massive retrospective chronicling his most important and classic works in the past 20 years.

We are pleased to present our latest Urban-Muse Commerce "It" girl Julia Wang. http://urban-muse.com/commerce/ Julia is a wonderful young model and actress working in NYC and studying Fashion and Design at Parsons. She has been a friend and collaborator of ours for many years now. This promo shot comes courtesy of our friends Nikko La Mere for upcoming fashion/jewelry line ROMEINGPANDA, Julia wears their art.

In addition to our wonderful family of artists, please look forward to many more "Muses of the month" and covergirls for Urban-Muse Commerce. And as always if you are a gallery, brand, or high level artist and want to work with UMC, Apply via commerce@urban-muse.com

MAKE ART. PAINT THINGS. BE AWESOME.

Introducing Urban-Muse Commerce. This is the biggest thing we've ever done. And could make a very very large splash in the global art market. It's an entirely new sales platform for Urban-Muse's artists. And here's the best part. We want you to be a part of it. Browse around to see what we mean. http://www.urban-muse.com/commerce We are selling our new Tee/Hoody line, and have new work availible to buy instantly, from Decimus, Michael Shapcott, Nichole Camarillo, Xiau-Fong Wee, and Cuca Refugia. In the coming weeks look forward to seeing more work from our other wonderful artists us availible on Urban-Muse Commerce. We also look forward to exclusively stocking all of Biafra Inc, and Give Up's merch. And if you browse Urban-Muse commerce you can also see a glimpse of our upcoming intercontinental alliance with Fine Grime UK. This is big guys.

A couple weeks ago we heavily tested our slogan "Make Art. Paint Things. Be Awesome." to overwhelming response. So we put our money where our mouth is, (Literally) and printed an entirely new line of Mens and Womens Tees and Hoodies screenprinted on American Apparel. These things are NICE. And what better way to launch Urban-Muse commerce than by practicing what we preach. They are made in extremely limited quantities and we expect them to sell out QUICK. So snag one while you can.

Stopped by the newly opened Lopo Gallery to see this incredible show put on by Spoke Art Editions. The gallery was slammed, and there were so many wonderful paintings. Wes Anderson + Badass art + San Francisco +Halloween = Hipster Magnet. Lot's of wonderful themed costumes were in attendance. The audience at the show was half of the fun/attraction... You know how Blizzcon and Anime Expo have alot of nerds/geeks? Well imagine that but with hipsters. Everyone was dressed to the nines in their favorite Wes Anderson costumes. (some may have not been dressing up) The showing was very strong, we overheard one of the artists mention they were approached about the show over a year ago, the time spent and dedication put into this show was really apparent.

Congratulations to all the phenomenal artists involved! It was really an impressive and memorable show.

These are just some of our favorites, there was so much more art.  It was so full it was difficult to get photos and we couldnt get everything.

Dave MacDowell - "Fly" (Detail)

Shannon Bonatakis ----

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I had all these thoughts pouring through my head, reciting word for word of what I was going to post. Days of thoughts, day's of opinions, days of bullshit. When the time finally came that I would have approximately one hour to upload my drawing, post it on here and share on other sites my mind went blank. As usual....

My mom told me the average mother loses a total of six months of sleep in the first year of having her child. 

NO WONDER!

This is my first entry...and it's going to suck.

We're very proud to present the first Urban-Muse.com feature, a very special interview with one of our favorite artists in the world: Cuca Refugia.

She talks about her son, creating stunning artwork, and working with Urban-Muse for "The Beginning of the End."

Welcome to the new version 3.0 of Urban-Muse.com! These are really exciting times because now this site is fully web 2.0 compliant, which means the site now has full database integration, and dynamically generated pages. But most importantly, now the crew of Urban-Muse artists each have their own accounts, so they can update and make blog posts etc! Very exciting times!

But what else is in store? How about interviews with, Cuca Refugia (Urban-Muse),  Chiara Bautista (Milk), and Stephen Bliss (Rockstar Games)... Click for a sneak peek!

Legendary Fashion house Miu Miu influenced by Pop Surrealism and Mark Ryden?

While in Vegas I visited City Center's new ultra high end shopping space. (I hesitate to call it a mall). One of the massive campaigns for the new Las Vegas Miu Miu store really caught my eye. It was two massive ads, and must have been 2 to 3 stories high by several hundred feet long. (much larger than a standard billboard.)