Opening this Friday, October 23rd at the Seattle Fifty 24 Gallery is Parkid’s latest solo show “Electric Corpse”. This show will feature some unique works from the artist, as well as a limited edition “Santa Muerte” resin figures. There will only be 5 of the figure available at the show, but the rest will be up at Flatcolor Gallery.
Check out the Electric Corpse blog for more: Parkid Electric Corpse
Jonathan Bergeron aka Johnny Crap has a killer ink drawing for sale over at the Gigposters classifieds. The original drawing is 11″ x 14″, ink on bristol vellum. I know Johnny has some shows coming up soon, so this is a great chance to skip having to go to the galleries to get an original.
Check it out here: Johnny Crap @ Gigposters.com
I’m not the biggest fan of social sites like facebook, myspace and twitter. I do use them but mainly to keep up with news and updates in the art world. It’s also a great way to learn about artists you haven’t seen before, such as illustrator Ronald Kurniawan. A graduate of Art Center in Pasadena, Ronald has done work for such clients as Sony, Mattell, Disney exhibited work with La Luz De Jesus, Thinkspace and more. I seen a few sites compare his work with that of Jeff Soto’s earlier paintings, and while some of the pieces do have a similar feel, Ronald illustration work is what stands out the most to me.
The illustrations that he creates for clients is not only colorful and exciting, but also a blast to look at.
Head on over to his homepage for more: Ronald Kurniawan Homepage
Chris Mars has added a new online store to his website. Inside you will find copies of his book “Intolerance”, as well as three new limited edition posters. Each poster is 22″ x 28″ on heavy 80# recycled stock using vegetable-based inks and varnish, each poster is hand signed and numbered in editions of 1000 for $25. I would like to see some giclee prints of his work, but these exhibition posters are very welcomed as is the price.
Update: Ok I ordered one of these for myself, and the poster looks fantastic. Well worth the $25. And just like its said in the comments, I went and grabbed a $20 frame from Target. Dropped the print in, secured the back and it’s up on the wall in under 10 minutes.
Get em here: Chris Mars Store
Matt is an artist out of Clearwater, Florida. He received his BFA at the Ringling School Of Art and Design, in Sarasota, Florida.He had work shown at Thinkspace Gallery, Roq la Rue, Gallery Nucleus, Toyroom Gallery. Most of his seems to be oil on canvas. He has an amazing color palette, one that has a similar dreamy quality as seen in certain Mark Ryden or even Ana Bagayan pieces.
Matt also has an Etsy store, so if you head over to the shop he has you can see some prints made from some of his works. All of the prints are made on the beautiful Hahnemuhle Photo Rag with Ultrachrome inks.
Head on over to his website and see the rest: Matt Pasquarello Homepage
On Saturday I made my way into San Francisco for the 2009 Alternative Press Expo. Last year was a blast and I made sure I went this year, with a better idea of what to expect and what to look for. This year was more zombies, more squids/octopi and more derivative art but on a happier note the weekend reminded me of a few artists that I liked the first time I went. One of these artists is J.R. Williams, animator, illustrator, comic artist you name it. J.R. has done work for Weirdo and Heavy Metal Magazine and more.
J.R. had a good amount of prints and originals for sale at the Expo. If your like me and grew up on pulp comics, classic monsters and pined over ads for scary Halloween masks then you will dig J.R. Williams. I was able to pick up a Vampira print, would have liked the original but it was gone already. Most of his originals are ink and acrylics on paper and most are around $40.
Here is some that fit with the Halloween mood, the three shown are still available.
Check out more here: JR Williams @ Comic Art Collective
Justin Kamerer (Angryblue) has just released a new print for the band Dinosaur Jr. You might remember the Mandrake letterpress print of his I posted a while back, well that drawing was created for this poster.
This print is 20 ” x 36″, is a 4 color screenprint and can be had for $30 + Shipping
Get em here: Angryblue.com
Alex Kuno is having a sale in his Etsy shop. There you will find a large amount of original work, as well as some prints. He also has a couple of pen drawings; I haven’t seen him show or sell many of these. Head on over and take a look at all he has to offer.
On Friday October 16th, two new shows opened up at Rotofugi. “Fake it ’till you make it” by Martin Ontiveros and “The Devourer of Men” by Jeremy Tinder. The work shown from Jeremy Tinder will all be a part of a book being released in 2010, so not only is this a great chance to score some original art from Jeremy, but also art that is going to be a part of what looks like a very interesting book.
Both artists have very colorful styles. Martin seems to be using acrylic and inks on paper mounted on wood, and Jeremy is all acrylic on wood panel with display shelf. The shelf looks like a unfinished piece of wood attached to the bottom of the painting, kind of a cool effect.
I like Martin’s work, but I have been a big fan of Jeremy’s work for a while now and really like that his show pieces are all sequential, but you can buy a single piece and not worry that you are missing anything to go with it. A cool little bonus, is that when you purchase one of Jeremy’s painting your name “will receive a special thank you credit in “The Devourer of Men” book when it is published in Fall 2010.”
Head on over and check out the full show: Martin Ontiveros & Jeremy Tinder @ Rotofugi
Brian Ewing just added two new prints to his online shop. “Hasta La Muerte” and “Dead Spring” sold out quickly from the last show that Brian was involved in, but he saved a few of the prints for the fans that couldn’t make it.
Each print is 18″ x 24″ on Sunset Cotton Etching Paper 285g, signed and limited to an edition of 25 for $100 a pop.
Get em here: Brian Ewing Store
On Friday Eclectix Gallery opened it’s Fourth Halloween themed group show, “Dementions”. There were 50 artists participating in the show, Dan Harding, Scott Hove, Sean Chappell, Brooke Kent, Jackie Gallagher, Buddy Nestor, Dean McDowell, Isabel Samaras and many more. This was the first time that I had been to the new location of Eclectix. The space is much bigger with the shop downstairs and the gallery space upstairs. The weather that night wasn’t that bad, but upstairs in the gallery the temperature was that of a hot summer day. So it was a good idea for me to take a break outside, get some fresh air and wait for the crowd to cool down anyway.
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A while back I posted of an exclusive Lil Mort Red figure, and now it looks like Munky King has a black version in stock. This new figure is 7″ tall, vinyl and limited to an edition of 400. They will have the red one coming soon, and they also have a very smooth looking clear version that is limited to 100.
Get em here: Coop Stuff @ Munkyking
