2008 Events including Howie's art and mural installation in Delray Beach, FL and at the Dimock Center in Boston, MA: CLICK HERE

2007 Events including Howie's art and mural installation in Fleming Island, Jacksonville, FL and Howie's Biggie Smalls album cover: CLICK HERE

2006 Events including the Boston Cow Parade: CLICK HERE

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Howie Paints New Mural In Delray Beach, FL
12/20/08: On a recent visit to sunny Florida Howie took the opportunity to create a new mural at the Mellow Mushroom (On Fed. Highway 1) in downtown Delray Beach. The mural depicts Mellow's character Mel and the Fun Guys as rock stars on a stage at the Atlantic Ave. Cavern - named after the Club that the Beatles made famous in Liverpool, England. The mural is located on the outdoor patio so if you're in the neighborhood drive on by and take a look.

Howie Paints KISS Tibute Cover For The Venue Newspaper
12/4/08: Howie's painting of his KISS guitar sculpture and KISS album covers was the cover feature of the December issue of "The Venue" newspaper. The Venue, New England's Premier Arts & Entertainment Newspaper, is distributed thoroughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York.

The issue also featured an extensive interview Howie did with the paper's Editor Julie Bernier. To read the interview, click here.

Howie Participates in Live Nation Charity Art Auction
11/11/08: Howie's painting of the band Widespread Panic's album cover was one of numerous music-themed paintings that were auctioned off in the beautiful refurbished Opera House in Boston, MA by Live Nation to benefit Action for Boston Community Development. The paintings are commissioned by Live Nation during the live music season for entertainers and bands that play at the Bank of America Pavilion located overlooking Boston Harbor. The venue hosts the top of the line touring acts every summer including Ringo Starr, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, and many more who all were featured in the auction through paintings done by Boston area artists. The performers get to see the art and autograph the paintings on the night of their concerts when the art is on display.

Howie and his painting for the band Widespread Panic

Janis Joplin Homestead mural project includes one of Howie's album cover paintings
11/10/08: James Rougeau lives in the Port Arthur, TX childhood home of Janis Joplin and is creating a tribute mural project on the property. James bought one of Howie's album cover paintings of Janis' Live in Concert album that he is going to have enlarged to 5 feet square to be included in the mural and created an online video of himself opening Howie's painting package and talking about the mural project - click here to view. It looks like the town that once rejected the wild girl has embraced the legend.

Howie said "I'm am very happy about my painting being used in a mural that is a tribute to Janis and escpecially since it is going to be on the site of her family home. I adored Janis and her music has been a joyous part of the soundtrack of my life."

Our favorite Janis memory though comes from the Rosanne TV show. Rosanne, also a huge Janis fan, was attending the funeral of a friend on an episode and after she paid her tribute at the casket she started to walk away and then went back and said to the deceased person "Hey if you should run into Janis up there say Hi for me."

Howie's artwork wins Sun Life Financial 3 Awards of Excellence at IFCA Annual Conference.
10/6/08: The marketing and promotional materials featuring the ongoing series of paintings that Howie has been producing for Sun Life Financial Services garnered the company a series of awards at the recent Insurance & Financial Communications Association annual conference in Boston. Sun Life's Review Kit Series, A Fresh New Look materials and the Small Business Program Kits were all honored with Awards of Excellence. Among comments from the jury and judges were "Bold & exciting," Great art work," and "nice & fresh." The conference featured works and participants from financial companies from the U.S. and Canada including Sun Life Financial, Met Life, John Hancock and many others. Howie was also a featured speaker at the conference and made an hour-long presentation on how to differentiate your company and products through design.

Special thanks for Carolyn Forbes of Sun Life's Invidual Insuruance division. Pictured below are some of the materials Howie produced for Sun Life including printed brochures and postcards as well as note cards, coasters, shirts and other pieces.

Howie's Doors Album Cover Painting featured on cover of The Venue
10/3/08: The October 2008 cover of the Connecticut-based entertainment publication The Venue featured Howie's original painting of the rock group The Doors first album cover. Curt Bernier, Director of Sales and Marketing for the publication told Howie that "we love what you do and the cover has gotten a huge response from all ages and we look forward to using more of your work in the future." The Venue, New England's Premier Arts & Entertainment Newspaper, is distributed thoroughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York.

One of Howie's original pop art "Fantasy Flowers" paintings helps raise money for Boston's Bottom Line 2008 Back To School Auction
8/19/08: In September "Fantasy Flowers" an original painting by Howie Green was up for auction to help raise money as part of Boston's Bottom Line 2008 Back To School Auction. Howie donated the painting (which sold for just under $400) to the auction through Michelle Van Leer and Sun Life Financial. Bottom Line is a non-profit organization that helps low-income and first-generation students in Massachusetts get in to college, graduate from college, and go far in life by providing one-on-one counseling from college applications to college graduation and beyond.

Aidan H. D. and his first Backstage Pass

Howie's 'grandson' and band make YouTube video debut
9/9/08: "My pride and joy, the young Mr. Aidan H. D. (the coolest kid you will ever meet) and his bandmates Galaxy made their debut at the Dover Brickhouse in Dover, NH last night as part of the Rock Band 101 concert. Galaxy appeared with 5 other bands who had all graduated from the RockRight Academy at Ralph's House of Tone in Dover. Aidan and his bandmates recorded and performed two song and I have to say that he looks good on stage fronting a band of young rockers. Galaxy consists of Aidan on vocals, Gavin and Charlie on guitars, Tim on bass and the insanely talented Landon on drums.

Below are the links to videos I shot of Galaxy on YouTube. Enjoy!"
- Howie

Aidan and the boys rocking away.

Galaxy performing the Beastie Boys "You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party

Galaxy performing The Monkees' "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone"

CIBU's Jenn Mapp, Chrisitian Siriano and Howie's painting.

Project Runway winner Christian Siriano and Howie's CIBU Shampoo painting featured in YouTube Videos

9/6/08: Our friends and clients Jenn Mapp and John Harold from Ratner/CIBU International hair products are posting videos on You Tube of their montly contest winners, and, to our delight, they are using the painting that Howie did for Jenn of her famous CIBU shampoo bottle as the background. The young stylish guy back there is Chrisitian Siriano the winner or the reality show "Project Runway" and a former CIBU stylist. Winners of the contest got to attend Christian's upcoming new fashion show - Click here to view the videos

Howie meets Pop Art Superstar Steve Kaufman
9/6/08: From Howie - "In the middle of August my friends Tom and Anita called me and asked if I wanted to join them on a jaunt to Providence, RI and go gallery hoping and visit a museum or two. It was a nice day and I thought it sounded like fun so off we went... totally random and totally off the cuff. I love Providence and encourage everyone to visit it as often as possible. It's a great city and you can pretty much park anywhere.

After finding a couple closed galleries, visiting the R.I.S.D. museum and having a yummy lunch at Johnny Rockets up on Thayer Ave., we were meandering around town and ended up stopping at an Italian festival in a park we just happend to be driving past. We walked around for a bit and then I came around a corner and saw, much to my surprise, Steve Kaufman, Pop Art Superstar sitting there by himself looking a bit forlorn and out of place. I was literally stopped in my tracks because Steve is one of my favorite arists and I own 20 and counting of his paintings - and, to add to the total randomness I had just purchased one of Steve's paintings the day before.

I introduced myself and we had a delightful visit with Steve. If you have never met Steve then go out of your way to do so because he's a very funny and charming guy. Steve was at the festival as one of the guests of honor (his mother is Italian). Had I not just purchased the painting I would have picked up serveral of the pieces that Steve had on display. I was particulalry taken with one of his Rat Pack Las Vegas pieces and had to stop myself from buying it... of course now I realize I should have bought it anyway - dumb dumb dumb. I could have had a photo of me and Steve and art. OY!

As part of the Festival Steve was having a show of his work at the new Renaissance Hotel so we went there too and Tom purchased Steve's Frank Sinatra piece that you can see in the photos below. We got to spend more time chatting and hanging out with Steve who should be on everyone's "must meet" list of celebrity folks. I want to thank Steve again for being such a great host and for being a genuinely fabulous fellow." - Howie Green

Pop Artist Steve Kaufman and Howie in Providence, RI in August 2008

Howie in the background with friends Tom Michaelson, Anita Shaw, Steve Kaufman and the painting that Tom purchased.

Howie's Art Goes International
9/6/09: Port of Call Singapore - Howie can now truly claim international recognition for his art. A collage of Howie's paintings was used on the newest cover of the Singapore magazine Harvest Times to promote their Pop Art cover story. Special thanks to Amy Bellsheeena from Harvest Times!

Howie and Sun Life Financial Volunteers Paint
Pop Art Murals For Boston's Dimock Center

Boston Globe photographer Bill Brett's photo as featured in the newspaper's Lifestyle Section

8/17/08: Back in July Howie was asked by the good folks at Sun Life Financial in Wellesley, MA to created a set of murals for the Dimock Center in Boston. Howie jumped at the chance to do a home town project and was even more delighted to join the project when he discovered that the mural was located at ground level with no death-defying scaffolds or ladders required!

For two days Howie was joined by Michelle Van Leer's Sun Life team of volunteers who weilded brushes and paint to help create a series of pop art murals including the 72' x 7 1/2' mural in the photo plus an 8' square rainbow, two kid's bathroom murals and wall graphics for refurbished dance recital room. And he's going back in September to do 2 more smaller murals just for fun!

Click here to see lots more photos of the production and finished murals.

Howie's Bruce Springsteen album cover painting
helps raise money for Jacksonville, FL food bank

9/6/08: Howie donated a painting of Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" album cover to an auction in Jacksonville, Florida to help raise money for the Second Harvest Food Bank. We just got this letter from the event's director, Jim Schoettler:

Howie,
Due to battling Tropical Storm Fay and a few other issues, I'm just now finding the time to let you know about the Springsteen party & Second Harvest Food Bank raffle that you contributed your work toward.

About 300 people showed up for what was a wonderful night of fun and friendship and the raffle to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank raised nearly $2,700. People loved all the offerings and it really was the topper to a fantastic evening.

Thanks again for your help. I'm sure Bruce would be proud.
Take care,
Jim Schoettler

Howie's Cow Parade "Flower Cow" now available as collectible jewel box

8/16/08: We just stumbled across the news that Howie's Flower Cow - one of the three cows he painted for the 2006 Cow Parade Boston Event - is now available as a collectible jewel box. As seen in the photo the cow is a simplified version of the cow Howie painted and it has to be because it's a very small hand crafted metal box encrusted with three dimensional flowers and tiny jewels. The Flower Cow is available from various vendors on Ebay and the little guys are expensive ($40) due to the extensive production process and all the hand work involved. We're so proud to see the members of our little heard of cattle being made into collectible stuff - it's pop art at it's finest... and silliest. Click here to see lots more photos of Howie's 2006 Cow Parade Boston Cows... and welcome to the Department of Redundency Department.


Flower Cow Collectible Jewel Box by Cow Parade Boston Artist Howie Green

Howie Green's Poker Cow now available in Europe
as Best-Selling Collectible Ceramic Figure

3/24/08: Although not yet available in the US (who knows why?) Howie's 2006 Cow Parade "Poker Cow" is now available in the rest of the world as a collectible ceramic figure. Fulfilling one of Howie's lifelong dreams to be able to have his art reproduced as a collectible figure to gathering dust on shelves around the globe, the Poker Cow (renamed "Moovin' All In" for some reason), is available through out Europe including the Netherlands where it is listed as the #2 best seller -- which is lovely because Howie's heritage is 98% Dutch.

Seems that the infamous paintings of dogs playing poker done as cigar advertisements in 1903 by C. M. Coolidge are a running joke to Europeans as the heights of American cultural achievement and Howie's satirical cow version seems to have struck a collective chord or two in the European funny bones.

After he stopped giggling Howie's response to all this was "I'm going to get a t-shirt made that says I'M BIG IN EUROPE!"

If anyone in Europe finds the Poker Cow in a gift shop Howie would love to know and he will gladly reimburse you to purchase one and ship it to us so it can gather dust on our shelves as well.

Cow Parade 2006 Moovin' All In ceramic collectible figure by Pop Artist Howie Green.

Howie paints image art for Fonzworth Bentley - MTV's latest Reality TV Star - rapper, fashion guru, author and Mr. Style

7/28/08: Last year Howie painted artwork that is being used to promote Hip Hop Rapper, Entertainer, Fashion Guru and former P. Diddy personal assistant Fonzworth Bentley. The theme was "Colors" and hey, who's better at colors than Howie? One of the pieces of art that Howie painted for Fonzworth (seen below) features the silhoutte of Mr. Bentley and his ever-present umbrella. If you have not seen Fonzworth's TV show "From G's To Gents" he is basically taking a bunch of hip hop studs and trying to turn them into gentlemen... yea and lots of luck with that effort!

Fonzworth Benley portrait by Howie Green

CLICK HERE TO VISIT FONZWORTH ON MYSPACE

Howie's Pop Art Pirate Painting Graces the Cover
of the Harbor High School 2008 Yearbook

6/5/08: Way back in the Fall of last year teach Margaret Rummens of Harbor High School in Santa Cruz, CA contacted Howie and asked if her yearbook team might use one of Howie's paintings for their cover. When Howie heard the school's mascot was a pirate he decided to do a whole new painting that the school used for a wrap around cover with a parrot on the back. The yearbooks were finally released this week and Ms. Rummens forwarded us this photo of her surprise table she prepared for the kids who worked on the books.

Along with the photo Howie got this nice note -- "I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done to make this such a special year for us. You have made an impact on my students that will last a lifetime. Thank you for being so generous with your time and talent." - Margaret Rummens

Thank you Margaret and Harbor High for thinking of us and we tip our hats in congratulations to this years graduating class. It's cool to know that a piece of Howie's artwork will be one of the mileposts in your high school careers!

TV Chef Ed Interviews Howie Green on YouTUBE... and and more... Howie filmed this interview with TV Chef Ed in 2007 and a lot of people have mentioned to us that they have found it online on various video sharing sites . Chef Ed and Howie discuss pop art and the hand-painted gift tins that Howie painted for Dale & Thomas Pop Corn.

Also we have added a bunch more of videos of Howie and some of our pop art animations for to see...Click here to view our videos

Mamboland Rises in Connecticut School

6/2/08: Howie gets asked regularly to participate in various projects with schools around the country and he is always open to joining in the fun. A young lady named Quinn from a Croton, Connecticut school asked Howie to answer a series of interview questions she used Howie's answers and his Mamboland art in a presentation to her class. She also built her own version of Howie's Mamboland, complete with Jazz Fish and Noodle that is pictured here. Howie was amazed at the results and honored that Quin had gone to all the work to build her own mini Mamboland scene. Thanks to Quinn and special thanks to Quinn's teacher Melissa Bloomrose for her inspiration and for sending along the photo.

To see more of Howie's Mamboland art and to find out more about his book, "Jazz Fish Zen: Adventures in Mamboland", click here.

Howie Participates in Dover Mills Arts Collaborative First Annual Arts Festival in Dover, NH

5/12/08: When Howie was in school way back when he and his friends spent most summer weekends exhibiting their work in the many outdoor art shows and festivals in western New York State. Later on Howie's mom even got into the swing of things and for several years produced a large show on Conesus Lake, one of New York's beautiful "Finger Lakes."

For the first time in several decades Howie participated in one such show to launch a new arts initiative in Dover, NH. The Dover Mills Arts Collaborative hosted their First Annual Festival which featured over 30 artists, dancers, musicians and some yummy food. Howie said the although it had been a long time since he had particiapted in such an event not much has changed. "It's still a great way to show your work, get immediate reaction, meet some nice folks and sell few things" says Howie. The festival brought a lot of people to the Mills buildings which will soon be the home to a premanant gallery featuring New Hampshire artists and the new New Hampshire Children's Museum.

Howie Completes Album Cover Painting For American Idol Finalist Chris Sligh

5/7/08: American Idol finalist Chris Sligh's first album is being released this month and Howie was commissioned by Chris' compatriot Carmen Metcalfe to do a painting of the cover for Chris. On a drive from Boston to South Florida Howie met with Carmen and her husband at the Mellow Mushroom in Fleming Island, Jacksonville, FL and handed over the painting to her which she then delviered to Chris in South Carolina. Congrats to Chris on the album and thanks again to Carmen! Visit Chris online: click here

Howie Completes Installation of Delray Beach, Florida Murals and Artwork in the new Mellow Mushroom

5/7/08: Howie's latest large mural projects were installed and completed in Delray Beach, Florida in April in the brand new Mellow Mushroom in downtown just off Atlantic Ave. and a short walk from the beach. The Mellow Mushroom opened for business in May and if you visit you can see Howie's 2 murals and 26 individual paintings that decorate the very cool and very modern new facility. Designed for owners Ron and Mary Ann Platt by architect Roger Cope with interior design by Bridget Conway / Lighthouse Interiors the Mellow is a stunning new landmark in the booming fun destination of Delray Beach and will surely quickly become the town's new hot spot... 50 beers on tap!!! If you're down in Boca or West Palm Beach stop on by, toss back a few brews, have some of the best pizza on the planet and see lots of fun artwork.

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Howie's artwork featured on interior design blog site
3/19/08: Howie's art was featured in a nice writeup on interior designer Lasheca Earls' blog site where she discusses the art and shows several examples. Thanks Lasheca!