TOOFLY NYC

My new pocket sketchbooks have arrived!!! I love these little sketchbooks. I had to do a new series because the first one sold like hot cakes. The new series features the love warrior, a limited edition of (50) signed and numbered by yours truly. ENJOY!:)

Available exclusively at www.tooflynyc.com/shop

Just finished rocking one of my favorite pieces I’ve done this year for the upcoming ROOFTOP LEGENDS event being held next Saturday in the lower east side. I’m really happy with the way it came out, especially since I totally freestyled it from beginning to end. With no sketch in hand, and a bunch of scrap paint left over from my gigs I dove right into this talllllllllll wall triple my size! Painting something so big takes a lot more time out of my crazy schedule, but luckily the practice over the years has helped improve my speed, and aerosol skills. I’m so proud of how far I’ve come with my work, my beauties, my messages. The transformation feels amazing. I have a huge year of change approaching and the love warrior spirit is on my side…

ROOFTOP LEGENDS
Saturday, October 8th, 2011// 2-7PM
New Design High School (Rooftop) 350 Grand Street.  // F train to Delancey
HOT 97 DJ Enuff.
Fundraiser for NDHS $5-25 entry. No one will be turned away.

Shout out to Jesse Pais for curating Rooftop Legends and making this place a safe haven for urban art, youth programming, and community events.

Hooked up with one of my best friends this weekend to rock one of her favorite pieces off my sketchbook at her new cut & sew shop in Brooklyn. Alex, and I go back like peas & carrots;) I am so happy and excited for her!!! Cheers & congratulations to your new venture kid! LOVE YOU!!!

“Love Saves the Day”

flower childs at heart since 1992

Vik and I just wrapped up a dope project for a very special client. The piece came out so dope!!! Unfortunately we have to keep it under wraps for a few months until it’s official release so we can share the final shots with the general public. Until then, here’s a little behind the scenes action…

Shout out to the AmplexusLab studio located at 3rd Ward in BK for letting us rock it out…

Big ups to Vik for locking down the gig. More after the jump!

Welling Court Mural Project#2 rocked! Lots more walls, lot’s more artists. Big ups to Alison, and Garrison (adhocart.org) for organizing another beautiful event. Sending love to Louie for opening his home, and heart to all the artists again this year. Thank you Welling Court community for supporting us, we hope you enjoy this amazing public art museum for years, and years to come. To my Project Girlz™ summer youth team you guys made me very proud yesterday. I hope you had a blast, get ready for more the summer has just begun! Shout out to all our friends and family who came thru to check out the event. See you at the BBQ’s brunches, picnics, beach trips and much more. Hello Summer!!!!

3-4 hours…

Zam, Toofly, Chorboogie

IN LOVE WE TRUST….

Our youngest little member, Princess Ani…

I live for those smiles:)

You guys ready to rock your first gate?

Shout out to Tanya for hooking my girlz up with extra paint:) Thanks girl!

After a few can control lessons they were ready for their first ever freestyle session…

Project Girlz™ Youth team 2011 baby!

Time for their photo opps…

Little pro, in love with paint…

Cern…lovely as ever…

Cycle, Lady Pink, Free 5….

Street artist process shots…

This lady’s work is amazing!

This too! DOPENESS….

STREET ART is the BEST! Feel right at home in this world…the artists are diverse, kind, and conscious….

Explore…

More gardens, more gardening, more green, more plants, more, earth, more peace, more flowers…

Nature, the true queen of art!

Summer blooms…

Grown with Love, Grow with bugs:) One step closer, we’re getting one step closer….THANK YOU.

For more infromation about the Welling Court Mural Project check out the press release below:

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Just finished Bless Roxwell’s logo. Original hand style design by Toofly baby! Check it out…

Who can make folks sing a song they’re hearing for the first time at the top of their lungs? BLESS ROXWELL!! She IS Hip Hop revisited, renewed and refreshed, reminding listeners of b-boys and b-girls, turntables and mics, and most of all, love!

(((Drumroll please ))) Toofly’s “HEY LADIES” limited edition art prints are officially SOLD OUT! That’s right, let the collector frenzy begin. It took a minute but 150 prints are now in the hands of the very few people who made the investment to own my very first print series:) THANK YOU ALL for your support. I enjoyed creating these silk screen illustrations because it gave my a chance to create a collectors set that can easily travel. The series showcased at various galleries and spaces around the world. They also gave me the opportunity to help others when it came to donating art for fundraisers, and charities. Making art prints of my work is a great way to spread the love, and now it’s time to work on a new series! Super excited….can you guess what’s coming? I can’t wait to share…

Until then, if your looking for the last chance to own your set make your way to the Yours Truly shop in Brooklyn NY!!! ( 1007 Broadway ) Shout out to Jenny for reaching out through Twitter to get the last set to showcase at the opening of her new shop. Thanks girl! Zoooooom…..

Girl Mark
18″X24″ silkscreen print on archival paper
created: 2006 /// Edition of 50

Sunshine at last! well sort of with, dabs of showers here and there. Easter weekend got the painting season started. Anarkia was in town visiting from Brazil, and our good friend Spaze Crafte invited us to his rooftop in BK to rock a little collabo. Sweet, and beautiful lady…def building and planning what we can do together back in Rio. I’ve been meaning to go there on one of these trips, and now I have an amazing friend I can stay with:) THANKS GIRL! Anarkia is an amazing woman artist and organizer back in Brazil working with women against violence through her street art work. I think our meeting at this time is right on point. I look forward to our collaboration together, more after the jump!

IN LOVE WE TRUST…

Anarkia, Brazil

Thanks Joy! For taking flicks and building with us on some LA exhibits…

It’s amazing what a few scraps of paint can do. I need to re-stock painting season is here!

RAIN OR SHINE BABY! Next jumpoff painting party/veggie BBQ coming soon…

Toofly X Anarkia collabo has just begun…

Our Spaze Craft characters;)

GOOD TIMES! Shout out to everyone that came through to spend time with us and build. Also looking forward to working with SpazeCrafte on the rooftop workshops with our youth teams this summer. There’s gonna be a whole lot of FUN IN THE SUN this year stay tuned…

Gearing up for the Pantheon exhibition…

Photo by Jaime Rojo

PANTHEON: A history of art from the streets of NYC
Windows exhibition runs April 2-17, 2011
On view 24 hours a day @chashama at the Donnell // 20 West 53rd Street, b/w 5th & 6th Avenue New York, NY 10019 (across from MoMA)

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Busy season seems to be getting here sooner than years before which leaves me scrambling for personal time. All I wanna do during winter is focus on what I love to do. My own shit!!! It’s all good, I’m gonna make sure I drop some dope pieces by spring. Here’s a sneak peek at a new design I’m working on. No fonts, and no shortcuts here. If you wanna be skilled at your craft, and respected for your original flows you gotta put in the time. Get busy creating from the heart or get busy wasting away the spirit that gives you meaning. I remember the days I spent hours and hours in my room drawing and painting before the computer moved in and did a Speedy Gonzales on me. I haven’t been the same since. Luckily I stayed on top of my traditional tools, and it saved my life. You won’t ever find me blending in to the collage of garbage that’s put out on the daily. Nope. The more we stay true to ourselves, the more we enjoy life and give life. That my friends is where the true gems exist.

Marker hand styles, by yours truly…

Ready for print…

Sneaky Peak of the warrior piece I’m working on for the upcoming exhibit at Fresthetic. Info below see ya’ll there!

COME OUT TO PLAY
Friday, September 10th // 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
@Fresthetic //560 Grand St // Brooklyn NY.

I’ve been in the studio since 7am this morning working on a bunch of new works. I enjoy deadlines. I get super focused, and motivated. SOOo I’m on board for this photo collaboration with Ricky Powell for some upcoming spreads on FRANK151. I’ve never painted photographs before so I was excited to give it a try. I had taken a few hours to build up the inspiration and once that marker hit the paper I didn’t stop. I swear making art is a sweet sweet rush! It just fills you up like love. I don’t know why I don’t paint as often? I need to have a talk with myself about this. Anyway…these came out dope!!! I’m really happy with them. I got a new little steelo going on that’s surfacing off some of my street work. Gonna see how far I run with it. Shout out to Ricky Powell for the invitation to be part of this collabo joint;)

Basquiat Soho 1986 Photo by Ricky Powell, collaboration with Toofly

Honey Rockwell NYC 1995. Photo by Ricky Powell collaboration with Toofly

PS. I’m officially hooked on these Posca markers I won at Sweden art battle. OMG! I want more…

Got an 11″ X 17″ Toofly poster now available at the The Poster Cause Project! This project is an online effort to create limited edition poster works by various artists and have 50 – 100% of all profits go to charities and organizations in need. The idea was simple. Support art. Support those in need. This is a limited run, for a limited time. Check out the Poster Cause Project for more details…

11″X17″ Warrior Poster by Toofly
- Limited to 50 prints
- Full color on high quality 100# stock
- Will begin shipping August 3rd, 2010

Linked up with my boy WERDS this past weekend at a Brooklyn rooftop. It’s been a minute since I painted with the fellas…

The weather was all out of wack earlier, but we rocked this wall straight through the goblets of rain drops. Not without it’s share of “ahhh hell RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!”

Once the storm passed the sun beams peaked out and it was sOOOoooo worth it! Sometimes you just gotta bear the passing storms. Glad I didn’t bail. { TROOPER }

Werds was nonstop though, rain or shine!

We ran out of paint at one point, but still managed to rock it. I need to remember to triple quadruple pack my paint next time…

On my 10th break. Enjoying the fresh breeze, rays of light, and clicking away…

The Magician having fun in the sun…

Found some interesting things up on this roof. Especially this drawing. Hidden from view. It’s amazing what you can find when you explore.  Artist – unknown.

Peeps with the wicked stylez stopped by to join the fun…” Yeo bro get me a beer!” lol…

I was strolling through the roof and found some urban gardens. Ahhhh yes…It’s a sign…

Nature is the shit! Tomatitos anyone?

All about the good times, and good peoples. Life is sweeeeeeet, thanks fellas!!!

WERDS & TOOFLY Brooklyn, NY 2010

“To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.” – Auguste Rodin

New works! Got a large 20″ x 27″ sticker sheet to draw an original piece for the “BRACE YOURSELF” sticker show. Presented by STICKY RICKS in Los Angeles, CA. It’s next week! in the mail as we speak,  here’s a sneaky peak…

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.
– Morihei Ueshiba

BRACE YOURSELF!
The Urban Underground Speaks. Brace Yourself for the message.  Artists tell the story through adhesive art.
Saturday, JULY 17, 2010 // 6pm-midnight // $5
Self Help Graphics & Art
3802 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90063

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