This week features prints by Chet Zar, Stuntkid, Caia Koopman, Esao Andrews & Geoff Shafer
Check it out: Here.
“The Lowbrow Art Sale” Feb 19th
aotd: “The Death of Fiction”
Today’s art of the day is an oil painting by Matt S. Bennett, an artist out of Jacksonville, Florida.
The painting is oil on canvas, and is a huge 36″ x 48″. I have seen a few pictures of this painting and it doesn’t show here but the black area has quite a lot of texture in it. That’s the one drawback of viewing paintings in photos and especially the internet, is that you loose all these subtle details. I love the overall feel to this painting, it has that Caravaggio look to it. Like the scene you are witnessing is being revealed to you through the murky black of the background. This also has to be one of the cooler likenesses of Edgar Allen Poe I have seen in a while.
If you would like to see more of Matthew’s work, head on over to his homepage.
Matthew S. Bennett
“Winter Wind” original painting by Arabella Proffer
Arabella Proffer has some prints and a couple of original oil paintings for sale.
The painting shown is oil on board and is 11″ x 14″. I love the framing that the trees in the background provide. The price is very affordable as well. She has another original oil painting for sale as well, and some prints of her work. This is a great opportunity to grab some original work at a killer price.
Arabella will also have two pieces for show in the upcoming “Attack of the B Movie Art Show”. Until then check out her Etsy site for the paintings and prints:
Arabella Proffer on Etsy
James Jean “Charity by Numbers” painting
One of the shows that I really loved was the “Charity by Numbers” show. Artists were given these already paintied paint-by-numbers pieces and were to remix them. Some of the pieces were really cool, some only had minor additions. James Jean’s piece was one of the ones I loved the most. And it looks like someone is selling it. It’s acrylic on an 8″x 10″ paint-by-numbers board. I really wish a print was made of this piece. You can head over and take a look at it. James Jean Charity by Numbers
There is also a Jeff Soto Original drawing here, An an Amy Sol original here, Greg “Craola” Simkins original painting/drawing here. As well as two Tara McPherson paintings, both from the Fables comic: Snowfall painting & Diaspora
People are just going crazy selling all these paintings.
aotd: “Talisman”
I was visiting Varnish Art Gallery in San Francisco, and was able to see this piece in person. So I thought I would feature it as it’s an amazing painting and is the first time I am able to talk about a piece I saw up close for “Art of the Day”.
First of all the painting is huge, 35″ x 58″. And although the image doesn’t show it very well the colors make this piece really stand out. I noticed it from the bottom floor, it basically slapped me the face. It’s oil on wood and looks amazing. The wings have this great transparent quality to them. The frame really finishes this piece off so well. I love it when people use frames that don’t look like they were just picked up at the art store. It just adds a nice touch to it all. Michael Hussar uses custom frames, as does Sarah Bereza.
For more of Jennybird’s work head on over to her homepage. Jennybird Alcantra
“Blood Will Tell” animated short
I haven’t reviewed anything for a while, so it’s great to be able to get back at it with this killer animated movie.
“Blood Will Tell” is an animated short made by Andrew McPhillips, a British born CG Artist. He has done work on AI : Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Shrek II & Mighty Joe Young. This 3d animated short comes in at around 6 minutes. And for those who have seen Aphex Twin’s Chris Cunningham directed short “Rubber Johnny”, you know 6 minutes is plenty.
Andrew has a background in film & photography, it shows with the great shots this short has. The overall effect on the film looks like your watching a Victorian “tin-type” photographic process in motion. continue reading «“Blood Will Tell” animated short»
“The Lowbrow Art Sale” Feb 12th
This week features prints by Glenn Barr, Eric Bailey, Mitch O’Connell, Tyson McAdoo & Nik Scarlett.
Check it out: Here
Steven Daily art sale, with new vinyl toy
A while back I posted about an art sale that Steven Daily was having. A huge amount of work was for sale. A lot of work has sold and there is now some more, along with a limited vinyl toy that was designed by Steven and in “collaberation with big shot toy works and toy qube.” There are only 11 of these little guys left, check them out here.
Otherwise you can just take a look at all the cool art that he is selling, like the one shown. It’s graphite on paper, and is sold already. These are going fast.
Halloween Portrait giclee by Tara McPherson
The two versions of her Neurosis/Mastadon posters will be available to buy February 11th here. This print entitled “Halloween Portrait” is available to buy right now.
The print is on Somerset Velvet Paper, 17″ x15″ with an image area of 15″ x13″. It’s signed and numbered and limited to 100. It’s a great colorful piece, and contains a good amount of her iconic imagery in it. Such as the ballons and skullflowers. This print is really an updated version of her 2006 concert poster for Beck seen here.
It’s the same character really and scene, but with more pleasing colors, well to me at least.
If you want to grab the print head on over. Halloween Portrait print
Shows this weekend: The Trinity, Pop Subversion & Solo Shows
The “Trinity” opens on Feb 8th at the Thinkspace Gallery. This is a three person show featuring the work of Marion Bolognesi, Zack Johnsen & Tony Philippou. Along with this show the project room will feature “Pins & Needles”, featuring the work of Scott Radke and Kevin Titzer. Scott Radke makes such killer work (shown). Both shows are also online for you to view: Visit Here
“Demimonde: The Art of Molly Crabapple” opens on the 8th at the Arena Studio in New York. Visit Here
“Pop Subversion” presented by Ad Hoc Art opens the 8th. This group show featured work by: Molly Crabapple, Jenn Porreca, Kris Lewis, Sarah Joncas, Brendan Danielsson, Joe Vaux, Kenichi Hoshine and many more. The work is also online to see/purchase. Visit Here
Josh Taylor has a solo show at Distinction Art on the 9th. The work for his new show is available on the site as well, and these new works from him are looking very cool. Visit Here
“Supernatural Selection” is a new solo show featuring work from Mike Maxwell. This show opens on the Feb 9th and is at the Shooting Gallery in SF. Right next door at the White Walls gallery, there is a two person show featuring work by Ian Johnson & Albert Reyes. All the work for both of these show are now online. Visit Here
aotd: “For The Birds”
Today’s piece is from the amazing David Macdowell. He told me he was going to work on a piece inspired by Molly Ringwald, well of course he made one that was far cooler than I had imagined.
It’s acrylic on canvas and is a hefty 20″ x24″. I would love it if David taught classes somewhere on how to paint. I would totally go. Or maybe even just some youtube videos (hint-hint) showing a bit of the process. Well for now we can all just enjoy ogling his paintings, and hope he starts coming out with some prints.
To see more of his work, head on over to his homepage: David MacDowell Homepage
Featured artists for Feb, Joe Dion and Christopher Trenary
Ok the two featured artists for the month of February are now up. I always attempt to show two artists that fit well being shown with each other. I think this is the first time that it has worked out so well.
I love the idea that along with being similar in style, one is highly skilled at illustration particularly vector art and the other is skilled with acrylics and spray paint.
I would love to actually see a show at a gallery featuring these two artists, I think it would be great. Imagine them even collaborating on a few pieces? Blending printed vector work with acrylic and spray paints. Anyway, hit the button on the right there to check out their galleries.
