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TONY @ sk8likecanvas2010 (expo curated by mrklevra)

Image by OMINO71
RIP – Tribute to Tony Perez
written by Omino71
photo by Jessica Stewart

This is the story of an artist, a virtual friend whom you’ve never met in person, but with whom you share an undying passion for art. It’s a friend that was chosen from the thousands of photos on Flickr and whom, almost by chance, becomes part of your daily life through the exchange of comments on photos, sharing of ideas, and invitations to events, all leading to the inevitable exchange of artworks. These artworks arrive at any time of the year, packages coming in as a sort of “Santa Claus,” to celebrate the idea of spontaneous art, fun, generosity, and selflessness. It is this friend that we have the honor to celebrate in this corner today at Sk8 Like Canvas Vol. 2, thanks to an idea by Mr. Klevra.
>TonyTony< was the screen name of Tony Perez, an artist born to Spanish parents in northwest London and who landed in the US, more precisely, Kentucky. It’s from there he sent his beautiful multi-layer stencils out into the world via internet. His hyper realistic stencils reflect his own experiences and passion for vintage “Made in the USA” of the 1920s and 50s, including hot rods, swing, jazz, rockabilly, cult horror films, and so on. Pitched somewhere between low brow and urban art, he was an outsider who loved to march to the beat of his own drummer, just like us.
Tony posted his last masterpiece on Flickr on December 6, 2010. It was a beautiful 70×100, 13-layer stencil done in red tones that realistically captured the spirit of John Lennon in celebration of the 30-year anniversary of his death. It was still there on December 21 when Tony wrote his last commenting thanking everyone for the kind words that he’d received – punctual and polite as always. At 11 pm that same night a sudden heart attack took Tony away from his loved ones, friends of his posting comments immediately following the incident to let everyone know. It was a lightning bolt that struck through the clear blue sky, as they say in these cases.
While it isn’t our place to sing his praises or comment about him personally, being a person we never knew personally, what we can do, as both artists and curators being “on the ground,” is to continue to circulate his art to the public. This display starts with two skateboard pieces that Tony had already completed for the first edition of Sk8 Like Canvas. To this we have added some of the pieces that we had the pleasure to exchange with him, stencils on vinyl, record covers, cardboard, newspaper, and canvas, which are consistent with his practice of transforming everyday objects into masterpieces. His compositions, full of tonal subtlety, which layer upon layer show a rich hyperrealism that was always present whether the subject was a lost pop icon, vintage portraits of strangers, or old school tattoos – Tony was a window into his own time.
We’ll leave you with Tony’s own words, taken from his Flickr profile, which reminds me of a time this summer when, with Mr. Klevra and Jessica Stewart, we pasted up some of his stencils on newspaper in Pigneto. This long distance paste-up was an honor and it is thank to these exchanges that Tony’s work was able to arrive millions of miles away from Kentucky to places like Rome, Paris, Bogota, and Sao Paolo, Brazil, just another reminder of the power of his art to find its way into the hearts of the many users of Facebook and Flickr.
For more details: www.flickr.com/photos/26253553@N06/
www.facebook.com/pages/In-loving-memory-of-Tony-Perez/170…

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Places I have lived #4

Image by surprise truck
Meet The Parents.
This photo could be misinterpreted to tell the story of my teenage life. But it’s not like that at all !

scream and shout

Image by mdanys
my son when angry:)

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Filling in the pieces of my life

Image by Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good)
Filling in the pieces of my life, Finding the pieces of her life, My second grand daughter. My daughter lost her first child after a two year battle with a disease I cannot pronounce or spell, she was a perfect child until two and a half, then the nightmare began. A two year fight she did not win. Through it all, We baby sat for an equally beautiful and perfect child of a friend. Born to teenage parents the same day our battle began. She was bounced from parent to parent to grandparent and great grand parent and great-great-grandparent. Two things were stable in her life. Between each bounce she was with her great- great-grandmother and we were usually her babysitter. By two and half it was determined that none could care for her properly. They were going to put her up for adoption.
It had only been 4 months since our loss. The gggmother, a friend of mine, knew of our loss and hesitated to suggest that we consider a permanent arrangement. Our wounds were still fresh. But this child was such a delight. I passed on the proposal to my daughter and her husband. We hadn’t seen her since our loss. She was being bounced around Kansas and Arkansas with her fathers family returning only a few weeks before. After thinking for twenty four hours, They decided to try a whole week as if she were theirs. During that week she was a different child than the one they remembered. She would not make eye contact, only allowed hugs, had no vocabulary, she sat shaking her hands or walking in circles, or stacking things, she can stack anything, only responding to cartoons or commercials. The equivalent of a six month old at 2 ½ and yet more. By the third day we knew she had a photographic memory but had trouble communicating. They asked for a second week, it couldn’t hurt her. She had learned to use thirty words in 5 days. Each one a battle. That 2nd week they got her in to their doctor. She was diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (dah) and Autism Aspbergers Syndrome. By then Their hearts had already committed. The papers were drawn and she was ours December 2006, just in time for Christmas. Her former life can visit her but she stays here, HOME. Its been three years, they don’t visit much anymore, none for 6 months and she has learned more in the last 5 months than all the years before. She is almost completely normal by outside appearances. She keeps her mind locked but takes in and remembers everything. She changes the key frequently. You just have to figure out the Key of the day or the moment. If you read her the grocery list before going to the store, she will remind you of whats not in the cart at the checkout, a walking, talking palm pilot.  She fills our world with love, lots of hugs, laughter, adventure and challenges everyday.
She is the reason I found Flickr. She loves to look at the pictures, and she learns the words for EVERYTHING around the world. She is also the reason I don’t get to respond or comment sometimes. Be assured WE look at and enjoy Every picture. But she gets WAY impatient when I try to leave a comment. ( When she is in learning mode we must keep things moving.) Sometimes I am too tired to come back after she is in bed.
She fills our hearts and challenges our minds..
When God closes one door he opens another somewhere.
She is my Beautiful Magical Granddaughter

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FEBRUARY’S 2ND & 3RD CHALLENGES
Feb 2nd thru Feb 15th .
a two week challenge, no limit as to how many pictures you can post.
The Challenge . . .
"share the love and show us your heart . . . through pictures share the many things in your life that you love and those people that hold special places in your heart OR illustrate this special occasion we call Valentine’s Day! It is all about LOVE!"

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