art by kevin ilacqua

2012-02-06T13:08:00.000-08:00

I've been listening to Justin Townes Earle a lot lately.

The Descent

2012-02-04T21:47:00.001-08:00

Brewery OZ

2012-02-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

Dorothy - Krystallweizen

The Cowardly Lion - German Pils

Scarecrow - Amber Rye Ale

Tinman - Imperial Porter

The Wicked Witch - Double IPA

The Date Is Set.

2012-01-31T16:58:00.000-08:00

My first solo show will have its opening on the Ides of March. Work will go up on the first Sunday of the month and prints will be available for purchase!

Mailers will be sent out soon!

3. 15. 2012

2012-01-29T18:32:00.001-08:00

Thinking Oz.

2012-01-28T19:18:00.000-08:00

222nd Post!!

2012-01-24T18:45:00.000-08:00

Tap Tits!

2012-01-19T20:13:00.001-08:00

March 2012.

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Sketch Book DUMP!

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2012-01-07T19:29:00.000-08:00

Next time I'll actually ink the border.

2011-12-28T14:16:00.000-08:00

Progress on this piece, but I'm not expecting to go further with this one, the inking drove me up a wall and it needs a break.

This however, is a more serious involvement. The top are some villainous concepts, and the bottom is a delicious composition study for my next project.

2011-12-19T14:57:00.000-08:00

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Number Three

2011-11-28T17:32:00.000-08:00

Something Different.

2011-11-06T20:41:00.000-08:00

I need quite a lot of practice.

2011-11-06T17:51:00.000-08:00

Fresh with the ink still wet!!!

2011-11-03T20:22:00.000-07:00

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Preview.

2011-11-01T20:53:00.001-07:00

Featured in ZombieBOMB!!

2011-10-26T07:05:00.000-07:00

Thank you to Adam Miller and the whole ZombieBOMB team for this great opportunity! The anthology has been out for a couple years now and is five volumes strong!! I am featured in the second volume titled "The Feed". Also featured: Fred Lynch, Mike Vance, Ryan Alves!

Success on the BLVD!!

2011-10-15T06:09:00.000-07:00

The BLVD opening was a much better turn out regardless of the weather and I am incredibly grateful to all my friends who could make it out. WOO!

Halloween Art Show!!!

2011-10-12T04:57:00.000-07:00

I have work up on Newbury St. in Boston!!!

The invite is really quite sudden but if you can make it please come to the BLVD Annual Halloween Art Show on Friday, from 9pm-12am!!!

251 Newbury Street, Boston!!

Link to the venue here.

The Prints.

2011-10-03T22:37:00.000-07:00

Prints!! I have made two new pieces that will be shown soon in Boston! More info on that later on. Please contact me at kilacqua97@gmail.com to inquire about purchasing any original work or prints.

Also I have ran off a very limited number of each of these previously posted pieces of my most recent work!

Some things.

2011-09-28T07:37:00.000-07:00

Two new pieces soon to come.

Collaboration Project

2011-09-23T15:50:00.000-07:00

New work!! A double dose of awesome from yours truly and a truly gifted friend of mine.

my 201st post!!

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2011-09-09T09:48:00.000-07:00

sketch on left... possible promotional piece?

the sketch on the right is a little tribute to Al Columbia

2011-09-07T18:04:00.000-07:00

work progresses through a visual communication of your own mind to the outside world. life experiences, expectations, perceptions are spawned and cultivated when you draw. just start. the physicality of the process is usually enough to spur the ideals and interests of the subject, if you are actually open to the ethic involved. it is not always about the what. but the do. the physical act of putting media to paper is the end and what carries you to that relationship is only the means. having "fun" is irrelevant. it becomes an intense debate and assessment of learned knowledge and pure instinct begot of choices make of experimentation, desperation, and excitement. when i draw my involvement sometimes does not include the subject i am drawing but the strain and the effort of my hand on the surface of the paper. my breathing becomes heavy and labored when i scrub an area out, i hold my breath till it is done. i give way for accidents, for mistakes. my arm gets tired, i burn my fingers working an area too much. external sensations are usually drowned out. play music with heavy beats, the rhythm will determine your work speed and intensity. also pay attention to your handwriting. a unique look into the lyricism of your lines are always evident in your scripted hand. dont second guess. if a piece is not working out trust in your hand and make your decisions according to a new and fresh view. walk away. do other things. cook. ratios of paint and medium are relative to spices and food. a pleasing taste is like a pleasing visual. visit the ocean. theres is nothing so humbling or so relaxing as giving oneself over to something that is infinitely larger than your comprehension. just like your art, the ocean is always changing. water will never be calm or the same or still. a still pond or puddle will be disrupted by a leaf or a foot fall. know that the only constant IS change. forget your life. forget the girl that left you because she is still afraid of growing up and getting old. all thoughts of this nature are disruptive to your work and are in the end trivial to your work ethic. stay true and honest to that work ethic and your work will never fail of flee from you. adress all other work with care and love. from the most basic "outsider art"(a poor term) to the best master work. it is all relevant to you. honesty. live honestly and you will always have direction. even if there is none apparent. an honest person will have the fortitude to admit they are lost. acceptance is a clear concise way to step forward. honesty to yourself. realism in the most empathetic way. art is suffering. art is not suffering. the way work is produced is relative to your life. it changes with you. honesty and love and an ethical mindset will be the best direction without direction. a life lived based on organized disorder is not a bad thing. it provides a sense of letting go that is as flexible to change and to stability as you will let your self go. make a mistake, a mess, fuck it all up. you will clean it up when you are ready. your perceptions will make that decision for you. trust in yourself. honesty.

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Ice bergs of awareness. no one is or can be aware of who they really are. too many variables. even when retreating to a "safe" mindset. you change. many people look for god. i dont believe in "god" as a higher power, but as a higher perception made by the human mind. of things you cannot know, or are just not open to. many people look for who they really are. what they mean to themselves. i have my own answer to these questions. go to independence park on lothrop st. in beverly massachusetts. walk out onto the stone jetty at about 8pm at high tide. go as far as your fear will allow you. stand on a rock and watch the water flow between the cracks and gaps around you. know that if theres a big enough wave it will swallow you whole. look out into the water at nothing. listen. listen for a very long time. turn around and you will see the world, but you will not be in it. you will be outside of the world, your ears will ring with the crashing sounds of the waves still threatening to take you away. the jetty is your umbilical cord. walk back with the sense that the ocean is following you, waiting for you to slip and fall into it. when you are back in the world again, what ever time you spent out there on that rock, a minute, an hour, feel comforted with the fact that you have spent that time with your true self. with god. you cannot know it when you experience it, but you can be content with the fact that that time was yours and that it has happened.

I visit the ocean very often. I have not done much art in almost three months.

Inspired by a talk given by Bill Flynn.

2011-09-05T20:42:00.001-07:00

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New work soon.

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RUMORS

2011-08-12T08:36:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the absence.... But things are still happening behind the scenes..... Rumors of a solo show and possible TA position at Montserrat College of Art are floating in the air... We shall see... we shall see...

2011-07-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

"Self Portrait of a Changed Man" 2011, gesso, rubber cement, 3 years of my life

Sad Monsters.

2011-07-18T17:14:00.000-07:00

I did these for poops and giggles about almost two and a half years ago. I had random people tell me the most sad things that someone else had ever said to them, morbid I know, but I did not have any attachments at the time and I just thought it was funny. I thought about submitting them to the New Yorker, but ultimately gave up and forgot about them. I've rediscovered them and I am now thinking about starting the series up again.

I've only ever shown these to one other person. The irony involved with some of these now years later is almost palpable.

Threadless!!

2011-07-13T18:21:00.000-07:00

I've finally submitted to Threadless! Please go check it out, and VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

Featured Again!

2011-06-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

Please check out Blue Circle Yellow Square and see yet another recent blog mini feature of my work!!

2011-06-22T17:03:00.000-07:00

Had to get some Ashley Wood inspired sketchies out of my system.

http://ashleybambaland.blogspot.com/

2011-06-19T21:29:00.000-07:00

Scans and color soon to come.

I've been reblogged!

2011-06-19T10:03:00.000-07:00

I wanna send a quick "Thanks!" to Chelsea Sams for pointing out that I have been recently featured on BuzzFeed.com. The post was arranged by the Uniblogger, check it out here!!!!

Who says DeviantART is good for nothing?

"'Sup Doc" 9x12 Watercolor and Ink 2008

Some work since graduation.

2011-06-06T06:55:00.000-07:00

E X P O S E D

2011-05-26T06:22:00.000-07:00

Aoi Suzuki

Dana Martin

Food Gremlin

Corinne Reid

Possibly my favorite piece in the show.

Hope you all enjoyed that! More posts soon to come.

2011-05-19T16:48:00.001-07:00

"What do you mean you don't remember Oswald?"

2011-05-02T18:42:00.000-07:00

My Piece for the All Senior Show at Montserrat College of Art!!

Website Revamp!!

2011-04-23T09:45:00.000-07:00

kilacquaart.weebly.com

I've got a lot of work to update in the coming week! Keep your eyes out!! WAY OUT!!

Installation photos from EXPOSED!

2011-04-12T10:54:00.000-07:00

More to come!

2011-03-28T12:19:00.000-07:00

51,000, Mixed Media, 2011, 22"x30"

A finished piece for my next show. Sorry the picture isn't better, Aaron Berger has my good camera.

2011-03-22T20:16:00.000-07:00

One of my thesis drawings that's close to finish.

Finally! I've FINISHED something!!

2011-03-17T11:02:00.000-07:00

This camera makes it look way more harsh than the tones and darks really are, but it was the only camera I had laying around. I would re-do the picket fence in hind site and incorporate the flaw in the surface better (In the house on the right.)

What DOES one do with no Printing Press?

2011-03-11T17:10:00.000-08:00

The Plate.

The Press.

The Pressure.

The Product.

2011-03-11T11:33:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Corinne Reid for teaching me the wonders of photoshop!

(Edit of an earlier post.)

home?

2011-03-10T15:49:00.000-08:00

Studiesssss

2011-03-07T15:49:00.000-08:00

2011-02-05T11:23:00.001-08:00

Step two!!

2011-01-24T12:50:00.000-08:00

REMEMBER THIS?!?

Unfortunately it was a dud. BUT it was a path in the right direction.

MOC 2 WILL SURELY BE A SUCCESS.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING I SWEAR

2011-01-09T22:43:00.000-08:00

Sculpted this the other night with my fellow in the field Chris Thibodeau.

Maybe an update on my submission to Montserrat College of Art's Illustration Department Show? Maybe?

Ta for now.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010-12-31T18:42:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

And a special Happy New Years wish goes to Morocco

where someone very special is spending her winter.

Some more Crabs.

2010-12-23T20:31:00.000-08:00

Some GROOOVY t-shirt designs I've been up to with my internship.

More Photos from SUNAPSE!!

2010-12-21T20:12:00.000-08:00

Three more photos from my senior thesis exhibition! From right to left: Abigail Wamboldt, Clara Bohan, Montana Pessin, and me! Kevin Ilacqua!

Rockstar poses... I think I was a bit too excited for this one.

A quiet moment after the show was winding down.

Crabs.

2010-12-20T18:13:00.000-08:00

Feels good to get back into some good ol' digital illustration!

This is some intern work I've been up to lately.

Work on YOUTUBE

2010-11-29T08:18:00.000-08:00

My work at (0:56), Fred Lynch's work at (1:11), Ryan Alves' work at (2:24), and my good friend Cptn. Mike Vance at (2:54)!

Thanks to Adam Miller for getting our work out there!!!

Go ZOMBIE BOMB!

HAPPYTHANKSGIVING!!!!

2010-11-25T20:35:00.000-08:00

THANKSGIVING HAPPY.

SUNAPSE - The Installation!

2010-11-21T18:32:00.001-08:00

A Few Things While You Wait.

2010-11-21T17:36:00.000-08:00

More to come...

2010-11-19T17:06:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Maggie Cavallo for the photo!

It was an amazing turnout!

SMALL PREVIEW

2010-11-14T06:10:00.000-08:00

Told you it was small!! See you all there on the 17th at 6pm!!!!

PREVIEW

2010-11-10T10:42:00.001-08:00

Please Attend if you are Able!

2010-11-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

There will be mini pumkin pies!!

ITS HAPPENING

2010-11-01T20:48:00.001-07:00

Have done VS. To do

Mailer Designs!!

2010-10-27T15:08:00.000-07:00

"SUNAPSE"

2010-10-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

syn·apse

NOUN:

The junction across which a nerve impulse passes from an axon terminal to a neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

intr.v.

syn·apsed, syn·aps·ing, syn·aps·es

To form a synapse.
To undergo synapsis.

ETYMOLOGY:

Greek sunapsis, point of contact, from sunaptein, to join together :sun-, syn- + haptein, to fasten

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Clara Bohan

Abigail Wamboldt

Montana Pessin

Kevin Ilacqua

Reception NOVEMBER 17, 2010

6:00 - 8:00

CANTSTOPNOWSORRYFORNOTPOSTINGWORKINGONSENIORTHESIS

2010-10-23T17:10:00.000-07:00

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It's gonna happen.

Pikchaz

2010-09-29T21:34:00.000-07:00

Sketches of the design. Some editing needs to be done, building it was a wayyy different ball game.

Mock-Up Pinhole Camera! This is test film, the full canister feeds into an empty canister. Each full turn of the empty canister makes a new exposure! When its done you wiiiind it back up!!

Hopefully the finished camera will be made of masonite glued and calked and painted black.

Show logo and poster design.

2010-09-26T11:27:00.000-07:00

-REVISIONS-

2010-09-21T21:12:00.001-07:00

Friendly neighborhood reminder!

2010-09-20T12:41:00.000-07:00

Please check out my website for my latest updates and most recent work.

I am currently working on a page of links to network Montserrat students, alum, and faculty for my own reference, but also for the benefit of the rest of us. So please check out my links page and email me if I've forgotten someone or forgotten you.

Thanks!!

2010-09-19T15:30:00.000-07:00

Edit soon to come.

Edits!

2010-09-18T20:45:00.000-07:00

NEW MAILERS

2010-09-15T08:30:00.000-07:00

Mailing list maybe? If you would like one of these personally letterpress'd mailers please email me at kilacqua@montserrat.edu.

This is only one of a series of ten cards.

2010-09-15T08:27:00.000-07:00

Some catching up to do in my moleskine. Edits on a couple of these later.

2010-09-13T14:23:00.001-07:00

Issue: Plexi is too big for the press bed.

New Studio!

2010-09-09T19:36:00.000-07:00

Last Studio of my college career.

THEY'RE IN

2010-08-31T17:47:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posts this summer, its been really slow in terms of art making... money making... etc.

But luckily I do have my mailers in!!

Please if you would like one, or would like my info for commissioned work, email me at kilacqua@montserrat.edu!

My final semester starts tomorrow, keep a sharp eye out for more work!

AAAAAMBULAAAAANCE

2010-08-23T07:19:00.000-07:00

aaambulaaaaanc

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more to come

Damn son

2010-08-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

self portrait assignment. 9th grade.

2010-08-13T08:56:00.001-07:00

"you are not an artist"

some old sketches with new flare

2010-07-27T11:58:00.000-07:00

there's not really any editing done on this one. i kinda like it the way it is.

2010-07-22T15:26:00.001-07:00

2010-07-20T16:31:00.000-07:00

this is a gift for the perretts.