'Monet Goes Surfing' - Paintings by Mike Jines Sr.

My old man, Mike Jines Sr., has always pushed his kids toward thinking differently. "Keep it positive," he always says. Especially in today's economic turbulence, its important to remember simple ideas like this one. A lot of his artwork, whether it be sculpting or painting, shows his mentality about his subject matter as well as his everyday outlook. "I don't want these waves that I am working on to look like pictures. I don't want them to just be another photograph." If you take a quick look at his paintings, you can see that a piece of art can work in all kinds of ways. It doesn't have to be perfect to be right. Sometimes, what people really want to see is a piece that allows them to participate rather than one that only instructs the eye. Whats important to you?

Trey Billion - "She Can Get It"

A recent video I shot & edited for my good friend, Trey B. Representing One Take Music, Trey has always been a ridiculously talented MC. Ever since I met him in 2003, he has had this crazy ability to freestyle for hours. Back in college, Jeff Sweeney, Muammar Reed, and a number of others used to tell him that he HAD to record his stuff sometime soon and that he had too much talent for just our ears. Low and behold, Trey kept at it and has now created a sound for himself that is wrapped in intelligent wordplay and packaged in a crispy fresh L.A. package.
(-performance recorded on LMU campus (L.A.) at 'The Library' and at a house party/show in the 909. Mini-DV and HD footage.)

http://www.myspace.com/treyb4u2