the art of chase

Residential backyard murals in Venice (Part 1)

Residential backyard murals in Venice, California.

'Anversa' hits the big screen!

‘Anversa’ hits the big screen! Throughout this holiday season, Belgian movie theaters will feature this trailer as part of the launch of Anversa, Belgium’s largest student housing development.

Offering 223 modern student flats and 30 stylish studios for young professionals, Anversa addresses the urgent need for quality student housing in Antwerp. By 2030, the city is projected to face a shortage of 4,000 student dorms—a challenge Anversa aims to help mitigate.

Interested in this unique investment opportunity? Go to Antonissen Development Group for more information.

For The Hive in Mar Vista, Los Angeles

The superfood cafe The Hive recently opened their third location in Los Angeles, this time in the Venice Beach adjacent neighborhood of Mar Vista. As with the previous locations, I designed and painted all of the interior walls to be vibrant and playful with good vibes all around.

1-800-CONNECT on Jefferson blvd

Upgraded public pay phone on Jefferson blvd next to the legendary Mel’s Fish Shack.

It goes without saying, but the world was a different place before the internet and cellphones. We’d head out in the morning to skate, paint, or whatever, and meet up with friends at a few spots around the city. If you didn’t find them at one, you’d run into them at another - or on the way there. You had a general sense of when dinner was and somehow just made it back home, unreachable the whole time.

Being connected like we are today has its upsides, but we’re also constantly distracted - if not outright addicted - to our phones. The dopamine-driven feedback loops keep us hooked: texting, checking likes, posting and doomscrolling.

Beyond the nostalgia, pay phones represent a time that felt freer, more innocent, less fragmented by distraction. With the last pay phone recently removed from NYC, these actions are my attempt to make them just a little harder to erase from the streets of LA.