Danielle Schnur is one of our amazing STUK Renaissance Women. She is such a talented artist and has developed a beautiful mature artistic style at such a young age. Her art hustle inspires us. Recently she had A$SP (Always Strive And Prosper) rock some of her art pieces at Coachella. She is now commissioned to do some more art for him. We think there is something SO powerful about a successful rapper rockin powerful images of women. Danielle’s art is all about self love, doing YOU, and embracing curves. She uses bold lines to show the beauty in the female form! Danielle has a bright future ahead. Come support her, E+J and us on Friday Night. Dance, sip, converse and bring some cash to purchase some pieces by Danielle!
Hey lovers! We are throwing an artsy loft party in downtown Los Angeles FRIDAY NIGHT for the amazing musical duo we brand manage — E + J ! There will be some amazing art for sale by our previous Renaissance Woman the talented Danielle Schnur! It’s going to be a festive night of music, dancing, art, fun, creative networking, and good conversation. And a dope DJ will be sure to make the speakers knock. Join us!
We at Stuk Designs are not huge on trends or what is… lets say… “trendy”, but we figure it would be pretty dope to drop you with a few key trends that can be awesomely combined with your vintage, thrift, artsy, or unique style. And for the summer we are in love with SPIKES. Spikes on collars, wrists… wherever! Have some fun and get creative with spikes. Xo.
We are currently collaborating with the dope eclectic duo EnJ on a fierce branding project. I’ve taken on the exciting role of their branding manager. EnJ has a fiery sound with a loud style to match. These two are destined for greatness, in fact… they are already great! These are some images I shot of them at their debut show at the House of Blues in San Diego. They were amazing and, like Santigold, they have become the soundtrack to my creations. Support them. Love them. And come to their next show on Saturday May 19th!
Saturday Max (the man behind Wine and Bowties) and I spontaneously shot around downtown. We ran into some pretty fun textures. My tye dye hippie shirt blended into an artsy wall and an urban floral arrangement pretty amazingly.
YES. YES. YES. It’s finally here. On May 1stSantigold released her second album and it’s everything I hoped it would be. It has an eerie eclectic sound matched with beats to make your speakers… BANG. The album visuals are abstract, vibrant free and fun. The other week I got to see Santi preform some new songs at the MOCA in downtown LA. Shes been preforming with two dancers who have a dance style that I view as hoodoo inspired. It’s so culturally rich and pulls you in. It san officially become the sountrack to my art. From the album title, to the visuals, and the sound I am in LOVE with Master of My Make-Believe!
Art in all forms is a mechanism for change. It is the light or dark energy of an artist transformed into a media of passion, movement, and inspiration, using the viewers eyes as a guide to pull strands of paint across the canvas. Art is a portal into another realm. Another dimension. A dimension where unconventional thought is allowed and welcome. Art is tranquil world that uses bright colors and powerful metaphors to fight it’s battles rather than weapons of destruction.
Thoughts streaming in various directions. Miscellaneous points of connection. Other worldly enlightenment. A web of random brilliance… all finding it’s way… in one work of art.
When I first met Callie, we were both students at LMU. I remember my eyes being drawn to her while she was in her element… Dancing like a creature! At the time there was something about her that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. She was a freshman, only a budding young adult, but her movement was deliberate and original. Over the years she has continued to develop a distinct style, always pushing the envelope. I recently visited her blog and learned that Callie’s unorthodox dance style is matched by an equally creative writing style that articulates thoughts that interweave culture, the creative moving artist, musical artist, writer and the digital world. Callie is a Renaissance woman because she is unapologetically brave. She is fearless in her artistry and inspires so many artists to do the same. It’s no wonder that her intense focus on her craft has now afforded her an opportunity to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Meet the wonderful Ms. Lyons!
What’s your focus, passion, and contribution to the world? My passion is dance. I am grateful that my body has been blessed with the wisdom of dance and that I can channel humanitarianism through that very force. In everything I do, I stress humanity. Whether you are the performer or the observer, it requires you to do some spiritual cleansing and introspection. Sometimes it has a story and other times it’s purely abstract. The thing about dance is that it’s a fleeting expression of life’s nuances. It’s the in betweens and the transitions, thoughts we cannot assemble into complete sentences, and the mysteries of the human psyche. I use dance as a tool to challenge people to think with their instincts. Most of my actions are purged out of instincts and what feels natural. Dance is a form of instincts. Instinct is the fall and recovery. It’s weightlessness and heaviness. It’s the yin and yang. Notice the pattern that revolves around dance, instincts, and life? This is what I live for.
How do you do it and who do you do it with? It all gets done in my mind. My mind is my tavern.
Why is he amazing? British artist Stephen Wiltshire has managed to draw the Manhattan skyline from memory. These were drawn after a half hour helicopter trip over the city. Stephen Wiltshire was diagnosed with autism at the age of three and he has an unusually powerful photographic memory. He can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. Stephen has embarked on drawing tours worldwide: Venice, Amsterdam, Leningrad, Moscow, Tokyo, attracting crowds wherever he stopped to draw. Simply amazing!
you are a horse running alone
and he tries to tame you
compares you to an impossible highway
to a burning house
says you are blinding him
that he could never leave you
forget you
want anything but you
you dizzy him, you are unbearable
every woman before or after you
is doused in your name
you fill his mouth
his teeth ache with memory of taste
his body just a long shadow seeking yours
but you are always too intense
frightening in the way you want him
unashamed and sacrificial
he tells you that no man can live up to the one who
lives in your head
and you tried to change didn’t you?
closed your mouth more
tried to be softer
prettier
less volatile, less awake
but even when sleeping you could feel
him travelling away from you in his dreams
so what did you want to do love
split his head open?
you can’t make homes out of human beings
someone should have already told you that
and if he wants to leave
then let him leave
you are terrifying
and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love.
Check out the latest creative project we took on with rap duo BEeFF. I created the art which was an awesome surreal concept that Evan and I adapted from a vintage Elton John cover. It was a challenging yet awesome project to take on. For album art inquiries, photo shoot’s, reels, flyers and more contact email me [at] brettesims@gmail.com or drop a note in the inquiry box for me or any of my lovely and talented STUK business partners HERE.
Ships at a distance have every mans wish on board. For some they come with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.
