Amsterdam Swing Out Challenge 2018
“Once upon a time in Amsterdam there was a Lindy Hop Swing Dance Exchange. Dancers came from all over the world to dance. The Amsterdam Lindy Exchange (ALX) set a Swing Out Challenge to dance all over the city. Lucia and Jeremy decided to take up the challenge! This is their story…” Lucia and I […]
Dancing at The Great Gatsbeats!
This video shows myself and a wonderful group of fellow Lindy Hop swing dancers performing at the DayBreaker / SF – The Great Gatsbeats party at the Bently Reserve, the old Federal Reserve Bank Building built in 1924 and designed in Beaux-Arts and Moderne style by same architect, George William Kelham, who designed the 1915 […]
Art of Jazz
Stanford Jazz Fest, Jul 14, 2018
After a phenomenal Art of Jazz Tour on the East Coast and Mid-West with the Birdland All-Stars featuring Tommy Igoe, the Art of Jazz live performance experience mixing art and music came to the West Coast! On July 14, 2018, I painted on stage with the Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy at the Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford […]
Virgin Atlantic Activation
Boston 2018
Location: Virgin Atlantic Activation at the Café ArtScience, Boston Brief: To create live event iPad paintings of three activities in London that influencer Eugénie (Instagram handle @FeralCreature) will make when flying from the USA to London with the new Virgin America Economy Delight class of travel. Solution: I worked in digital media, using the iPad […]
Tony Bennett Way Dedication
Sketches made at the dedication of Tony Bennett Way, Pen on paper, 6″ x 4″ On Saturday, June 2nd, the “Tony Bennett Way” street sign was unveiled by Tony Bennett himself amid a celebratory block party outside the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, the same venue that Bennett first publicly performed “I Left My Heart in […]
Painting the Scene at the Davis Estates
Painting the Scene at the Davis Estates, Calistoga, Napa Valley, Jeremy Sutton, 2018, diptych, 72″ x 30″, acrylic, ink and oil stick on canvas This diptych comprises two 36 x 30 canvases, the first painted during a reception on the beautiful deck of the Davis Estates, and the second painted while guests enjoyed a sumptuous […]
Satjiv Chahil
Satjiv Chahil, Jeremy Sutton, 2018, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate 4 This sketch was created using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app from direct observation of Satjiv Chahil, an innovator and marketing pioneer who has helped leading Silicon Valley firms commercialize technologies that have changed the world, while he gave a keynote presentation, […]
Drew Bennett
Drew Bennett, Jeremy Sutton, 2018, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate 4 This sketch was created using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app from direct observation of Drew Bennett, Founder and Director of the Facebook Artist in Residence Program, while he was giving a presentation, Designing Authentic Intersections between Art and Community , at the […]
Breakdancing at the Daybreaker!
The common theme across my art – whether painting on canvas, iPad or in VR – is taking risk and improvising in the moment. You can see me doing that on the dance floor, or should I say on the grand staircase of the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda, when I breakdanced at a 50s […]
Future Presence at Kepler’s
iPad Sketch Notes
This iPad sketch/notes was drawn (using iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Procreate app) at Kepler’s Bookstore, Menlo Park, as WIRED Platforms Editor Peter Rubin, in conversation with Second Life founder and High Fidelity co-founder Philip Rosedale, discussed Rubin’s latest book, Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life. […]