Beaten To The Punch

Cool Hunter Josh Rubin beat me to the punch on this one. A new pair of Limited Ed. Puma Roma's:



And after I spent the whole day at work yesterday looking for cool shoes. Well, that and porn. I love when I'm the only one in the office.

Alrighty then. If you liked those sneakers, check out these Limited Ed. PF Flyers - PF Grounder Reissues by Justin Bua:





According to Crooked Tongues news:

PF Flyers have teamed up with visionary street artist Justin Bua from New York, applying his unique designs to the original PF Flyer model, the Grounder Reissue. There are three limited edition styles of PF Flyer by BUA - The Baller, The DJ and The Boom Box - all of which will be available from select stores throughout the USA, Europe and Asia.

Out of the three different style shoes, I gotta' say I like the Boom Box versions the best. If you like Justin Bua's work, check out some of these Limited Ed. prints. I really like this one, entitled "El Guitarrista":



It reminds me of the artwork of Ernie Barnes who did the famous painting "The Sugar Shack":



Which is seen at the beginning and end of the TV show "Good Times". Ernie Barnes is from my home town of Durham, North Cackalacky, so I am quite familiar with his work, which is well represented around these parts. Bua's work also reminds me of the paintings of Thomas Hart Benton. I especially like this painting, entitled "The Boy" from 1950:



And that's your art lesson for today. Any questions?