The Blackest Friday lead to Christmas Memories..

Hey Blog world. I'm Back! Happy Belate Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

I hope you had a fun Black Friday because mine was just well...BLACK!

It rained while I was at work, I found out I have to move from my new place, and I'm not going

to be going to Florida for work at Seaworld. Ugh.. The Devil's startin' up mess again!

Well I heard one of my fave Christmas tunes at the Park. It was a cover of WHAM!'s " Last Christmas". I loved the song when I was kid! My sis was a big WHAM! head back in the 80's.

So I did an illustration/speed paint inspired by the song. Check out the youtube link and listen to the song and look at the pic. To be honest it is a bit true for me. As much as the I love Christmas , I often feel sad about not having a relationship. I would give my heart and only have it turned away and it's been like that since I was young. So related to this song especially with current events in my life after my Mother's Passing. So Enjoy..

-SRS

Wonderland / DTRH featured in Golden Gate Xpress

Wonderland and Down the Rabbit hole where featured in Golden Gate Xpress last week!
I was interviewed for the story!!! So awsome!!! Mad thanks to Kelly Connors andmy bud/ photographer Trina E. :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trina158/

God's doing amazing things and taking me to amazing places!
Thank you Jesus and all my friends who I worked with and supported Wonderland
and DTRH!! Stay believing my friends he will make a way and keep his promises!!

-SRS

Down the Rabbit Hole

Wow! Wonderland has been an amazing project and experience to workon!
It's been a great pleasure working with my teammates Jonathan Fung, Eric Otto, and Monika Jones on this powerful art installation! Wonderland as well as DTRH has been making major
waves in the media. I did the initial concept for the proposal which is the above image. It was great being apart of the production design. Everyone did a terrific job and took the audience into
the eyes of the victims of Human Trafficking. Please come see the show on it's last
week! Here's the info:

“Down The Rabbit Hole”, (YWAM building) - 357 Ellis Street

M-F, 11-3pm, call Katie at 415.885.6543 for an appointment; Sat, 11-3 pm

Also Mad Thanks to all the organizations that supported this installation and this show:

Down the Rabbit Hole Partners

http://www.becausejusticematters.org

http://www.notforsalecampaign.org

http://www.sagesf.org

http://www.sfsafehouse.org

Special Thanks

Alf Pollard

City Impact

Colin Day Photography

Community Benefit District

Fern Silva

Fight Club

Katie Greenawalt

Lance Fung

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

San Francisco Grant for the Arts

Santa Clara University, College of Arts & Sciences, Dean's Grant

Tim Svoboda

Youth With A Mission (YWAM)

Thanks for stopping by and please check out our exhibit and all the fantastic works

in Wonderland! Please continue to fight the horrible crime of Human Trafficking!

(Production Stills by Jonathan Fung)

-SRS

Batman Snack Sketches continued..

Hey Blog world I'm back from the enlightenment trip at least for a little while. I got the urge to do more Batman Begins/Dark Knight themed sketches. So I went after my fave villain of all the Joker and one Batman Rogue who always messed with me Two-Face. Just for fun I did a chibi version of Joker. I was imagining the Joker as a young, smart, hip and mad Emotional Hardcore Kid. Mostly I did it for the hair, that hairstyle is just so cool and at the same time it's a bit menacing. Two-face I was just trying to get really creepy with it like my previous Scarecrow. Well I hope you all will enjoy these I have more to come soon with a full report about Wonderland and Down the Rabbit Hole. Thank you for all your prayers and support. It's a big challenge to morn a loss, have financial problems, trying to find another job, family challenges, and moving. Yet thankfully they are not to big for God!!! I'll be back this week with more. Thank you all again.

Down the Rabbit Hole: Wonderland hit's San Francisco this weekend!!

Hey everyone! How goes it? for the past week and through out the year I've been collaborating with film maker Jonathan Fung, Artist Monika Jones, Artist Eric Otto, and Mark Lee on a very exciting art installation called Wonderland. Wonderland is an art exhibit that was created to bring a lighter face towards one of San Francisco's Oldest and Impoverished District's "The Tenderloin". Several Artists from around the nation and globe are working on this landmark exhibit. My team's installation titled "Down the Rabbit Hole", which is a installation that confronts the social issue of Human Trafficking . We were fortunate enough to be donated a room by the good folks over at YWAM in the Tenderloin that was exactly what we needed to make this happen. This past week, we were busy painting the walls before we move in the furniture this week.

Please come join me and my team mates at the opening this weekend.

Here's our blog for down the rabbit hole: http://wonderlandshow-7.blogspot.com/

Wonderland

http://www.wonderlandshow.org/

Opens :October 17th -November 15th 2009

Opening Ceremony: Oct. 17th 2009

Boeddeker Park@ Jones & Eddy st.

San Francisco, Ca

11am-5pm, Opening Remarks 12pm

Oct. 18th 2009: Public Symposium

Warfield Theater 2pm-4pm

San Francisco,Ca

Down the Rabbit Hole

YWAM building 357 Ellis st. San Francisco , Ca.

BTW: we got mentioned in a big UK Publication , SF Bay Guardian and the New York Times!!!

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/whatson/results.asp?id=1111255

http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?page=2&entry_id=9057&catid=85&volume_id=398&issue_id=447&volume_num=43&issue_num

Yeah I'm still in monk mode but I've been working too! LOL, so please come see our exibit!

And if you look below at the pictures you can see my hand!!! ha ha..

see you there friends!!

-Brandon Robinson

Monk Mode aka I'm going to be away .......

Hey Blog world friends! I've been having some hard times as of late and I've come to the decision that I have to get away for a while. I won't be posting up for sometime ( don't worry I'll be back).
I need to take some time away from the net to get things together. If you wish to contact me just email me. Thank you all for your support!

I will see you all soon in the near future with new art,

Brandon Robinson
StudioRisingStar

Switchfoot- The Loser

Sorry for the long pause in posting. I'm working at the LA County Fair this week! Come visit me at Kaman's Art Shoppes I'm the only short guy working!

Well I don't recall posting this song before but this another Switchfoot song I love but, it really got me thinking about the meaning of this song. Being a Loser is a very interesting concept. Commonly we look down at the those who we consider losers because of their personalities, social status, list of mistakes, failings, finacial status, physical features etc. If your an american you know this concept because it's been raised with us since we were children to not be losers in society's view. Yet Switchfoot turn this common idea around to something amazing. What if being a Loser was actually and is actually one of the best positions? Some could take this the wrong way but, they are not making a cynical joke about being successful.

Consider these bible verses:

Matthew 6:20-21 (New Living Translation)
20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

1 timothy 6:17-18

17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

We're so trained to go after Success. We've been told to get the best educations, jobs, homes, spouces, and other things that we call "Successful" and look down at those who don't measure up to society's standards(Losers). Yet in this song and in God's word he tells us that the Loser's will ultimately be the winners in the end because they have nothing in this world and for that they have a home in the Kingdom of God! They don't have to keep up with the Jones' , worry deeply about status,
or what the world/ people think of them. In a way they are free from the great slavery that so many people in my country are bound to. I've learned and experienced all this in my early 20's and up today. I couldn't measure up to the standards of my parents, my culture, my industry, my religion, and for that matter my world. I'm the greatest of Losers and I have nothing good to offer this world and all the more why I rely on the hope of my Savior. With that hope the Lord has shared his wisdom about life with me that I'm still learning everyday.

So ask yourself today could you loose it all?