Painting at the ArtBar

I did the "Open Canvas" live painting show at ArtBar in Riverwest on Sunday, and did some improv with a little cubist and graffiti fusion. Thanks for everyone that came out!

Robot Invasion

A Chicago Tribune article spotlighted robots as a design trend and featured my Vintage Robot Mousepad among some other mechanical man items.

Designer Shoes

I recently launched about a dozen shoe designs with Zazzle and Keds. They feature my retro-mod and graffiti stylings. You can check the full line out here: http://www.zazzle.com/billoneil

Graffiti inspiration in the Agency

The savvy creatives at Digitas opened up a new office in Texas, and asked me for a super-sized print of my painting Eeek! 2 for their lobby. I wonder which came first, the wall color or my painting? You can see the painting on my online gallery.

Painting: Cubist Madonna with Child

I've always had a passion for cubism and cubist paintings so I tried exploring cubist themes a little. This was inspired in part by a Picasso cubist painting of mother and child. I like surprising myself with new paintings.

Gallery Show at the Intercontinental Hotel in Milwaukee

I've been running a show in the main gallery at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Milwaukee, featuring ten of my paintings. The show will be running until mid/late January 2008. The hotel also features some cool upscale restaurants and cocktail lounges including Kil@wat, Clear, and Zen Den. You can view some pictures from this show and previous shows at billoneil.com

iPhone as a Magic 8 Ball?

My iPhone has been randomly deleting contacts from itself. I wonder if it's trying to tell me something. Like the subconscious mind communicating through dreams. Speaking of dreams, I recently had a vivid one where I was flying alot, actually it was more like controlled floating. But I think it's a good omen.