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What can I say about Patrick...I will start by saying he is an amazing artist, and a genuine guy! I ran across his work on the KR forum , and I knew I had to start digging deeper to find out more about him, where he is from, what his inspirations are, and what future plans he has. Please continue through to the interview and get a glimpse into the life of artist Patrick Francisco!
1.Hey Patrick, tell us a little about who you are and where you are from.
I am an artist living in New York City. My work tends to depict strange, intense, and melancholic moods. It is my goal to incorporate all three in most of my work. I have shortly lived in Jersey City and the Philippines, but I spent most of my life in NYC. I have an Illustration BFA from SUNY FIT and have spent some time in both the Art Student's League of NY and Spring Studio SoHo.
2.Is there anyone who really inspires you in the vinyl toy and/or art world?
I am inspired by the vinyl scene in general. I especially love the work of Kathie Olivas. Also, Hans Yim, Kerry Lee, and MonsterDecay have stuff that I think is awesome. And Sketchbot too - I hope he plans on selling blanks - I love that character!
3.Do you have any of their pieces in your personal collection?
Not yet, but I hope to soon. I am finishing up a trade with MonsterDecay and I can't wait to have his creation on my shelf. With non-toy stuff, I NEED to get something by Silvia Ji, and I have been a huge fan of Kent Williams for years. I might be stalking him.
4. So what's up with painting primates?
My traditional work has been portraits, but I've found that painting monkeys and apes allows me to just have fun creating art. I painted a monkey's face on my oil paint box some years back and I've loved painting them since then. Now that I've gotten into vinyl toys, painting apes just seems to make even more sense.
5. What can we look forward to from you in the future, are you involved in any upcoming vinyl or art shows?
Currently, I have two mini munnies on display at an urban culture boutique on Smith St., Brooklyn (rimenyc.com). I also just sent a munny and two minis over to Australia for the Melbourne Stencil Festival's Devinyl08. I had to split up my Pantless Bunch, unfortunately. This Fall, I will be participating in APW's vinyl (records) group show, and that should have a huge turnout. Most recently, I was contacted by a Florida curator about exhibiting a drawing for a show in Sept/Oct and some paintings for Nov/Dec. I don't want to say much about the gallery until its finalized, but I will post the news on my blog when its confirmed. Till then I have some toy commissions to keep me busy.
Thanks for the interview and the pics Patrick, I am really looking forward to following your progress as an artist and wish you the best of luck with all your future endeavors.
If you would like to check out more of Patrick's work visit his flickr, blog and his website.
Monster 184 appears to be some sort of missing link. It's neither funk nor fowl. Or both, at the same time. What do you think this one's story is? Are we seeing it at a moment of transformation? Or is this how it's always looked? Does it always wear heels? You have a theory about all this already, don't you? I'd love to hear it! If you have a minute, please...
I just got word from Adfunture about a special collection of Yokas created in celebration for the upcoming 2008 Olympics! 
AdFunture has worked together with sports lifestyle company, PUMA, on a very special collection of YOKA(s) in celebration of Olympic 2008 in Beijing China. Different than the first SC Yoka we have previously released, this series of Yoka is 6.5cm tall and comes in individual PVC blister packaging. These PUMA Yoka(s) will not be available for public sale. However, we will pass on these goodies to our customers will make purchases via our online store.
These 5 PUMA "Beijing-Jian" YOKA (s) represent a few of the many different nations brought to Beijing by PUMA in 2008. PUMA is the proud sponsor of the Jamaican Olympic Association, the Moroccan Atheletics Federation, and the Swedish Athletics Federation. PUMA is also proud to present Scotland's Paolo Nutini for his debut musical performance in Beijing on August 5th.
The FUTURA Tag was sold out shortly after its release, thank you for your support. However, we have purposely not ship out the products yet, because we would like to treat the 40 individuals with one of the 5 Yokas (above) we are set to release in co-operation with PUMA in the spirit of Olympic 2008. (If you are one of the 40 owners of the Futura Tag, and would not want to wait any longer, please drop us an email and we'll ship yours out ASAP. However, these special Yokas will be available to us to send to you no later than August 12th.)
PS: Shipping in and out of Mainland China has proved to be a problematic recently due to national security. Please bare with us for the time being. This will resolve as the Olympic events pass.
