Keith Greiman is an artist, musician, lover of cats, tough enough to brave the Kensington Quickie Mart at any time of night, and a hell of a nice guy.  I first found Keith’s work wheat pasted all over Fishtown.  After tracking down who was behind these pasted posters, I had the honor of a coffee and a chat with the man himself.

Where did you start?  What were your creative beginnings?

My mom was a diligent mother that compiled boxes of all my stuff I did.  I made tons of Indiana Jones comics in kindergarten.  I still have all of them to prove it.  I started formal training in the sixth grade at the Painters Nest, which is a little art camp down the street from our house, and then Tyler.  I have had tons of support from my family.

Where are you from? How long have you been living and working in Philly?

Bucks County.  I didn’t travel very far.  I’ve been coming down since I was young, taking the train in for shows.  And during college I started wheat pasting and trying to get into shows.  Then I moved here when I was 23.

What is your creative process?  When you start a painting do you know what it’s going to look like at the end? Or does it develop as you paint?

When I first started painting I definitely had a very clear idea about what I was going to do before I started a piece.   Then I spent years after sort of doodling doing more stream of consciousness stuff like that.  But now I’m getting back into having a very concise idea about everything.  Which works better for me.  So I wasted about seven years to learn to go back to the way I started.  But that’s how you develop. You just have to chip away at it.

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The Cannonball Press show last Friday the 13th at Ninety Nine Galleryshowcased a myriad of artists and prints, as well as some large scale wood cut prints that blew my mind! The biggest ones were 132″x276″, that’s 11′ by 23′!!!!! There were also tons of other good prints, so make sure if you have time and are in Brooklyn that you swing by the gallery and check out the show. As part of Cannonball Prints mission is to provide affordable prints, their prices are super reasonable. Where else can you get prints for $20?!??! All of the prints are done with amazing detail and covered a large range of subject matter. VIEW MORE AFTER THE JUMP »»

PHL: PRINTERS/HATERS/LOVERS

Printed jawns by the artists that loath and love their city.

FEATURING ART BY
Anni Altshuler / Dan Blackman / Christian Cantiello / JP Flexner / Jill Ginsberg
Eleanor Grosch / Erik A. Hamline / The Heads of State / Shawn Hileman
Daniel Hughes / Dan Judge / Edward Kelley / Chris Kline / Dan Knapp
Largemammal / Robb Leef / Alyssa Maucere / Michael Munter
Christopher Daniel Romano (Sire Press) / Adam Smith / Ralph Stollenwerk and more

PHL: Printers/Haters/Lovers
The Grindcore House
1515 South 4th St.
FREE
7 pm – 10 pm

Mishka released the fall 2010 look book this season much like last look books once again  reveal some really clean well designed pieces. Not as loud and outspoken like first Mishka collections, this collection focused on a slick somewhat retro throw back with things like the classic jersey and letterman’s jacket to the classic bodega bag graphic with Mishka twist . This collecting is definitely not disappointing and look forward to the fall release.

This past first Friday, Part Time Studios hosted an Ice Cream themed, screen-printing show titled, ‘We All Screen For Ice Cream.’  It featured work by local t-shirt designers displaying their summer flavor.  And you can’t have a summer ice cream themed opening reception without an array of ice cream treats on site.  Special thanks to The Franklin Fountain and My Jello Americans for making this night a sweet success!

Special shout out to the Fishtown duo, My Jello Americans, for being a part of the August show, We All Screen For Ice Cream.  Check out this link to read the write up they received in this week’s food and drink section of Philly’s Citypaper.

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Shwood is one of my favorite eyewear company making  hi quality wood framed sunglasses, Check out what they have in store with the fall look book. the book has every thing from the classic Canby and Govy models and the new Ashland frames. Get more info on Shwood here.

Check out the 5th Episode from Levis, “We Are All Workers” series. Bells Market: Meet Lou who has owned Bells market for 43 years, and Walt who has worked in bells for 19 years since he moved to Braddock.

The workers of Bell’s Market have been proudly serving the local community for over 43 years through prosperous times and lean. Dedicated to the residents of Braddock, and committed to supporting the community that supports them back, Bell’s Market shows the power of local business to overcome urban decline. Brought to you by Levi’s in partnership with IFC and Sundance Channel.

We Are All Workers Episode 1 The Seeds of Change

We Are All Workers Episode 2 The Mayor

We Are All Workers: Episode 3 Old Timers

We Are All Workers: Episode 4 Unsmoke Artspace

This Friday Check Out the  Adidas ObyO Kazmeetuki Collection Release Party at Ubiq!