The Making of The Bah Johns

So every time I show people my Bah John key-chains they always ask me 'how were they made' This video was actually done more than a year ago and was sitting on a hard drive somewhere so I finally decided to pull it out and show you a little inside into how it all came together for the Bah Johns.

The Making of The Bah Johns from Seon on Vimeo.

Happy New Year. 2013

Fight Sleep

As artist the most creative time for us is at night, so "Fight SLeep".

UWI Juried Art Exhibition & Show and Sell

My 50 Proud Posters would be on sale at the show and sell event so be sure to mark the dates down on your calenders so you can purchase yours.

Feature in the CXC Examiner.

CXC featured me in their Examiner Magazine as part of the 'Where are they now? section. Here's the article and a link to the magazine. http://bit.ly/PPUrkV

Ba-Johns Chilling - The Botanical Gardens

Divali with the Ba-Johns

 So I went out for Divali with the 'Ba-Johns to take some photos. I really enjoyed the experience of posing them among the deyas and quickly taking the photo before they burn. I hope you like what I did with them. Stay tuned to see where they appear next!!!

The Ba-Johns

Look out for 'The Ba-Johns'. They would be appearing in a space near you!!

Super ______

This drawing came out of a story from my past. When next you see me ask me about it.

Ten Images for Ithaca 2010

Ten Images for Ithaca is a annual poster design competition that is held in Ithaca, Greece. This year the theme was Labels. You can find out more about the competition here. I had several ideas on the theme but one stood out more that the others, skin as a label. Just imagine putting a label on a person because of the colour of their skin.........and I mean a REAL LABEL. One that categorizes a persons ethnic makeup, personality traits, and value when related to other skin types. The design involved photographing various skin tones and filling out the Nutritional Value accordingly. The poster below is the one I chose for the competition. I did not win but I really think I want to continue the study. I am on the search for new skin so if you are interested drop me a line.

I am back.

Ok so I know I haven't been posting stuff for a while, but I have been working. Doing a lot of stuff these days actually. So I would be updating you soon.

Commissioned Paintings

These paintings were commissioned for Island Beauty, a store that sells hairdressing equipment and products. The pieces were meant to be vibrant with hints of abstracted hairdressing equipments. I really enjoyed creating these paintings and I realize now that I really need to start back painting. I love it!!!!

Christmas gift

This is a portrait i did for my Uncle's wife as a Christmas gift.

Medium:- Oil pastels on paper

Political Landscape

When we talk about landscapes we usually think about spatial representations of the environment around us, but to me it is sometimes more interesting to present aspects of our landscape that are not easily exposed. Social issues such as crime and corruption affects us all on a daily basis either directly or indirectly, so why do some people view it as not being part of our landscape? This was my motivation for creating these pieces. I needed to express my views on the political landscape of Trinidad and showcase the views and opinions of others through my paintings.

Election Gimmick:- Elections in Trinidad is really interesting. We beg politicians for basic necessities for years but only around election time we would see these issues being 'halfway' addressed. They pave roads and clean streets in an attempt to silence us and convince us to vote for them, but isn't it ironic that the same index finger they use to silence us, is the same finger we use to vote for them. THE POWER IS IN YOUR FINGER.

Father of the nation?

I want your VOTE!!:- Uncle Patos (Patrick Manning-Prime Minister) running things. We saw the extent of this when he decided to allow a smelter plant to be constructed in this country with blatant disregard for the well being of citizens. But you know what, that is what you guys voted for.


JUSTICE?

$20 Budget Sculpture.

This was another assignment that i enjoyed. It was actually a challenge that required each group to create the tallest sculpture possible using $20 to buy the materials. So only $20................. what material would be the cheapest and structurally stable at great heights? The decision we eventually came to was to use newspaper which was relatively cheap and obviously accessible. We did a prototype first to work out the structural issues and then we did the final piece.

Red Bull Doodle Competition

Red Bull had a doodle competition at UWI last week, so I thought it would be cool to try my hand at something. I don't doodle as much as I did in secondary school but I still see the importance of just creating random designs. These designs could be the catalyst for brilliant creative ideas in the future. I call this piece 'Exam stress, drink the best'

Gaza mi seh and Gully for life!!!!

So this "Gaza and Gully" uprising that has been spreading from community to community got me thinking. I asked myself why we Trinidadians always following other people's culture? We are like a big piece of tracing paper. So you know the saying 'if you cant beat them join them so I decided to use the hype behind the 'Gaza and Gully' feud to promote my Key chains that represented the two waring fractions. I came up with this idea while just joking about the situation and thinking of creating something for a design exhibition UWI hosted. I got some valuable ideas from the guys at work and then decided to actually make the key chains. Now don't get me wrong, I am not promoting violence, so you would not find any key chains with weapons just cool hair styles, funky colors and funny expressions. Talk to meh if you want one!!

'Gaza'

'Gully'

Red Bull Art of Can Competition.

Artists from all over Trinidad submitted artwork featuring Red Bull's iconic can to enter the annual Art of Can creative competition. The local leg of the award ceremony was held at The Corner Bar in Woodbrook, where Dave Cooper's Michael Jackson piece won. My piece 'D Pan Man' came in fourth. The four selected pieces represented Trinidad in the Red Bull competition in Jamaica. The images below are from the night at Corner Bar.

The four artist whose work represented Trinidad at the Red Bull Art of Can in Jamaica. The exhibition ran from October 1st-11th.

Anti-Smelter

The anti- smelter uprising in Trinidad was a serious and major issue in 2007 and I took this opportunity to express my views visually through my work. I experimented with everything from propaganda posters to animation and even chalk art. I was very serious about most of the issues I dealt with in my work but overall I was just trying to have fun.



This piece entitled 'Stop D Smelter' was created in Photoshop and Illustrator. I enjoyed do this piece and the comical image of 'Uncle Patos' helped it even more. At the time i was researching a lot of Soviet union propaganda posters and i got inspired.


Chalk art has always been an integral part of Animae Caribe and i have enjoyed creating unique pieces. This was done at UWI for the festival.




Graphite animation created in Photoshop, Premiere and Crazy talk. Just experimenting.