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Merry Christmas

| December 25, 2012

(Photo copyright Tom Spencer) A very Merry Christmas from Austin, TX. This great shot of downtown Austin showcases the Zilker Trail of lights in the foreground.

2012 Toy Joy Art Show

| August 6, 2012

The Good, The Bad And The Monkey will be among the four ChetArt pieces chosen for the 2012 Toy Joy art show. Artwork by the Toy Joy staff and 30 local guest artists will be represented, along with fellow Austin Craft Riot members Erin Mason Flynn, Lauren Hemphill and Mamus James Judd. Reception will be [...]

Steambat!

| June 11, 2012

What do you get when you combine the awesomeness of the bat with the flavor of the Victorian goggled Steampunk world? Why the Steambat, of course. Austin, Texas is world renowned for its bats. So with a Steampunk treatment, the town’s winged residents take on an additional level of weirdness mixed with turn-of-the-century fun. This [...]

Automagical Mural Art

| March 13, 2010

Back in late December I was greeted by a super sized order from my Etsy shop for a large variety of prints. All monkeys.  I noticed that the buyer was Ben Chestnut, one of the co-founders of the Atlanta based company Mailchimp. Additionally I was proud to learn that he planned to pass them out [...]