Visionary

Most people are art admirers, some are artists, few are master artists and
rarely, we have visionaries.
A former New Orleans residents, Paul DEO now calls Harlem his home and this month, he'll be joining us in Bed-Stuy to enlighten us with his neo-spiritual art.

Paul DEO's visionary artwork has been featured nationwide in venues including the Museum of Natural History, galleries, motion pictures, film festivals, private collections, and on college lecture circuits. Branching into new fields, DEO is producing Art Concerts where the audience is uplifted with his art, animations and music producing a healing aura for all to share. DEO is also inventing and registering patents for innovative breakthroughs in "pervasive computing" and cyberkinetics. He has worked on over 80 films, music videos and commercials as a conceptual visual designer, producer, and director. He is new art, films, animations and graphic novels seek to push the boundaries of spiritual art and healing. A New Orleans evacuee, DEO and his family are currently rebuilding in Harlem, NYC.

Paul DEO
www.pauldeo.com
504-782-2000

Good things coming from a distant land of...

Some people have a hard enough time getting artwork from local artists but this month theCOMPOUNDbrooklyn has the pleasure of a bright energetic body of artwork coming all the way from Atlanta GA.

Ernest Hood has been an artist and entrepreneur since childhood. A native of Gary Indiana, Ernest was born with the gifts of drawing, painting and business. In early childhood he sharpened his skills working with his father, a reknown sign painter and muralist. He launched his art career in middle school where he sold sketches of students' school pictures for a small fee. ChaCHING... Then he applied his precision skills with another set of tools, the clippers. By the age of 15, Ernest was one of the top barbers Denver. There was such a demand for his original hair designs, he was invited to work in a shop to regain their clientele. Mr. Hood moved to Atlanta 10 years ago and has been a centripetal force in the grooming, arts and culture movement of the city. From lecturing young men at Morehouse on grooming and entrepreneurhisp to orchestrating some of the hottest live jazz & art shows in ATL, successful multiple business owner and veteran artist Ernest Hood is bringing the heat from Hot-lanta.

On July 11th, Ernest will be gracing us with his artwork, as well as his presence here at the Atlantic Lofts for theCOMPOUNDbrooklyn + Rural Haiti Project. You cannot miss this.

You can contact him via e-mail, hoodvision@ymail.com or find him on Facebook, 'Ernest Hood'.