I had a great day in Santa Barbara recently. I will now admit that Santa Barbara is underrated. Maybe all of the college kids were in class during my visit, and maybe it’s unusual for dolphins to swim that close to the beach, and maybe the people I happen to know in town are in fact the nicest people there. Happenstance or not, Santa Barbara has been added to my map of visitable cities.

Swampy’s tip of the month: When someone invites you to go somewhere, YOU GO!

p.s. When I had my friend help me make this website I thought I’d be updating it more. If anyone’s reading this I apologize! I wonder if I should try to put stuff up here more or if no one really looks at it since I only update once a month. If you’re really out there reading, I’ll do better.

p.p.s. I’m on my way out east in a week or so: new orleans, miami, atlanta, pittsburgh, philly, nyc etc..

Had to find a new place to store all of my paintings recently. Can’t leave them stacked in the kitchen of a collapsing punk house forever (especially one I’m no longer a resident of). Lucky for anyone reading this, moving my paintings around inspired me to document some of the larger ones that I never got a chance to photograph (Thanks to Jenn for using her really expensive camera to take the photos). Here’s one of the paintings:

I’m taking down my show at Subrosa in a few days. Here’s a few of the new pieces I made for the show:

I’m doing a small solo show in Santa Cruz in March

Over the years mysterious dark forces have guided friends and strangers to get swampy tattoos. I’ve collected some of the pictures but lost track of most of them. Here’s a couple of the ones I could find in e-mails and other corners of the internet. If you have others send them to me!

California

Australia

California

United Kingdom

Minneapolis

Louisiana

Painted a semi-legal truck late last night in west oakland.

“SWAMPY (3)D” Shirts are still for sale for a little big longer. Not all of the sizes have been made so when you order them this time around it’s a pre-order. A lot of people have asked me where their shirts are so I guess I didn’t make it clear when I put the news out. So if you’re waiting on your shirt bare with me, I’ve been busy deep in the dark hyphy mist. If you wanna order a shirt while they’re still available click HERE!

obviously this site is in the works, thanks to Konstantin for putting it together for me today!