Billy Vs Matt 11

SLEDDING ART BATTLE Billy Vs Matt 11 ART BATTLE BY WILLIAM HESSIAN & MATT SEMKE JANUARY 2009 "Suicide Hill" at Kenwood Park Minneapolis, Minnesota Billy Vs Matt 11: sledding art battle. Artists' William Hessian and Matt Semke have an art battle where the paintings can only be created while sledding. Five rounds of paintings, each painting must be finished in 45 minutes. The crowd votes on their favorite, and the losing art is frozen into blocks of ice. An interactive art battle show featuring Matt Semke and William Hessian's eleventh collaborative show. Displaying brand new paintings. Please contact us if you are interested in buying some of the sledding artwork (sold in pairs). Below you can find 87 photos from the event, including photos from at least five photographers. To learn more about the photographers, visit their websites by clicking on the links below each pictures. A video of the event will be posted in the near future. If you would like to leave a comment about this event please do so on the blog comments here. Please visit: www.catswilleatyou.com wwww.williamhessian.com

Postcard 2009	ice tower concept sketch by william hessian	william hessian & duct tape suit photo by Jesse Valley	the stage: kenwood park, minneapolis photo by Jesse Valley
the supporting cast photo by Jesse Valley	the people of suicide hill photo by Jesse Valley	william hessian's sledding style photo by Jesse Valley	custom duct tape sled suit photo by Jesse Valley
beard icicles (aka beard-cicles) photo by Jesse Valley	matt semkes' sledding style photo by Jesse Valley	the dismount photo by Jesse Valley	billy & matt climb suicide hill photo by Jesse Valley
sledding while painting photo by Jesse Valley	two styles clashing photo by Jesse Valley	two sledders crashing photo by Jesse Valley	not room enough on the hill for both photo by Jesse Valley
the dangers of sledding art battles photo by Jesse Valley	leg easel photo by Jesse Valley	next round theme: "baby" photo by Jesse Valley	freezing the first "loser painting" in ice photo by Jesse Valley
Adam Hafermann & Semke watch as art is frozen photo by Jesse Valley	Art Battle Medium: Oil Sticks photo by Jesse Valley	matt semke & adam hafermann photo by Jesse Valley	backwards, headfirst, sledless and on his back photo by Jesse Valley
semke showing off his flower painting photo by Jesse Valley	hessian at the bottom of suicide hill photo by Jesse Valley	william hessian photo by Jesse Valley	semke braving suicide hill photo by Jesse Valley
on his way back up photo by Jesse Valley	ready to launch photo by Jesse Valley	going down photo by Jesse Valley	one goes up the other goes down photo by Jesse Valley
and then up again photo by Jesse Valley	trusty black sled photo by Jesse Valley	surveying the hill during the flower round photo by Jesse Valley	in motion photo by Jesse Valley
in motion photo by Jesse Valley	concentration photo by Jesse Valley	white wash photo by Jesse Valley	sledding & art photo by Jesse Valley
concentration photo by Jesse Valley	the 15 second ride photo by Jesse Valley	this is second number 10 photo by Jesse Valley	and second 15 photo by Jesse Valley
how bad did it turn out? photo by Jesse Valley	better not look photo by Jesse Valley	someone liked it photo by Jesse Valley	matt's turn for pretty photo by Jesse Valley
billy vs matt photo by Jesse Valley	sledding art battle photo by Jesse Valley	flower round photo by Jesse Valley	average paintings took 11 times down the hill photo by Jesse Valley
late minute details photo by Jesse Valley	a little more red photo by Jesse Valley	possibly done? photo by Jesse Valley	sledding snowboard art photo by Argente Photographie
quick additions photo by Argente Photographie	pat reese off "the jump" photo by Argente Photographie	matt semke's gentleman photo by Argente Photographie	william hessian's gentleman photo by Argente Photographie
freezing william's losing flower photo by Argente Photographie	matt pours the water photo by Argente Photographie	with precision photo by Argente Photographie	the billy vs matt voting booth photo by Argente Photographie
vote for your favorite painting photo by Argente Photographie	as long as the marker is not frozen photo by Argente Photographie	freezing the painting with the least votes photo by Argente Photographie	the set up photo by Argente Photographie
william returning to the top photo by Argente Photographie	the youngest to attend, and Kristin Prideaux photo by Argente Photographie	Pat pushing William and Kelsey photo by Argente Photographie	matt trying the knees photo by Argente Photographie
blowing off the snow photo by Argente Photographie	william pulling up the sled photo by Argente Photographie	pat pushing billy & matt photo by Argente Photographie	who will out paint the other? photo by Argente Photographie
crunch time photo by Argente Photographie	midflight: final round photo by Alex Needham	time is running out photo by Alex Needham	cute father & son photo by Alex Needham
semke: self portrait photo by Alex Needham	hessian: self portrait photo by Alex Needham	the view from the top photo by Alex Needham	final round: self portraits photo by William Hessian
the next morning photo by William Hessian	semke in front of the winners photo by William Hessian	woman, man, baby, flower, self portrait photo by William Hessian	the frozen losers photo by William Hessian
double the art, double the fun photo by Kris Ericson	semke downhill painting photo by Kris Ericson	semke backwards photo by Kris Ericson	hessian downhill photo by Kris Ericson
semke sideways photo by Kris Ericson	the icy march up photo by Kris Ericson	carrying canvas, paintsticks & sled photo by Kris Ericson	freezing another loser painting photo by Kris Ericson
down the hill photo by Kris Ericson	semke on belly photo by Kris Ericson	sitting hessian photo by Kris Ericson	the frozen losers photo by Kris Ericson
the speed of semke photo by Kris Ericson	out of control photo by Kris Ericson	top of the hill photo by Kris Ericson	semke's 'woman' drowns photo by Kris Ericson
death by freezing water photo by Kris Ericson	freezing cold kent photo by Kris Ericson	funny sledders photo by Kris Ericson	two full hands photo by Kris Ericson
hessian's 'man' after one run photo by Kris Ericson