This past Thursday, April 29th at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, the latest solo show from Mark Ryden opened up. The show entitled “The Gay 90′s Old Tyme Art Show”, features 23 new works from Ryden. There is a good mix of paintings(oils and watercolors), nice detailed drawings, and some sketches. You can see that some of Ryden’s famous iconography has come back for this show; meat, Abraham Lincoln, and Jesus are all there. A few of the paintings have a color palette that is a little bit darker in tone than most of his works, such as “Virgin and Child” (shown first). A few have some more earth tone based color schemes, and the candy colored scheme we know so well from Mark Ryden’s work can also be seen.

Check out the full show here: Mark Ryden @ Paul Kasmin Gallery

Virgin and Child

Opening this Friday, April 30th at the Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago is a dual show featuring new works from Ken Keirns and Jimmy Pickering. “Dream Burn Down” by Ken Keirns will have 14 new paintings on show, and “Beautiful Miasma” from Jimmy Pickering will have 40 new works, many of which are these great little 4″ x 6″ drawings called “Little Miasma”. If your in the area make sure to stop by, its going to be an amazing show. It runs until May 16th.

Check it out here: Rotofugi Gallery

The Poster Cause Project has recently gotten into the business of making screenprints, and for the first one a new release by Andrew Bell. Entitled” Screamin Bird”, this is a 4 color screenprint, 18″ x 24″, signed and numbered in an edition of 50. The great thing is that 100% of profits go to ACF/Action Against Hunger. So you get a great print, and you get to help people out. The print will ship on May 16th, but you can head over and pre-order one right now.

Get it here: Andrew Bell @ Poster Cause Project

Thanks to OMGPosters for the heads up on this one.

BLK/MRKT has just released a new print by UK artist Lucy McLauchlan. Entitled “From Every Angle”, this print is a 4 color screenprint on 100% cotton rag paper, 18″ x 24″, signed, numbered, and stamped in an edition of 110 for $110 each.

Get em here: BLK/MRKT Store

Ana Bagayan has added two new prints to her online shop. Ana has an upcoming solo show at Mondo Bizarro Gallery, and released these prints for those fans that will not be able to attend. “Flutter” is 15″ x 18.75″, and”Tick Tock Clock” is 15″ x 15″. Both prints are on 100% Cotton Hahnemuhle Paper, signed and numbered in editions of 30 for $100 each.

Get em here: Ana Bagayan Store

A Self Taught artist out of Indiana, Mab Graves works primarily with Gouache and Acrylic to create her very surreal portraits. Each painting has an exciting color palette, and one look at her online gallery, you can see that she has a unique style that is consistent and cohesive. Mab has quite a few original works up for sale on her Etsy page, “The Bride of Frankenstein” caught my eye first. It’s 18″ x 24″, gouache and acrylic on board. I love how she used a monochromatic color scheme, while the figure is stylized the colors provide that link to the old classic horror movies.

Check out her homepage here: Mab Graves
and Mab Graves Etsy

Carrie Anne Baade has just added a new print to her Etsy shop. Entitled “The Ectoplasm of Miss Svengali As Produced by Madam Phantasm Illusionista”, this print is based on a painting that was destroyed in a fire that hit the Harold Golen Gallery a while back. Luckily there are prints of the painting now, and in the words of Carrie “the prints look HOT! (oh wow…did I just type that?)”. The prints are 8.5″ x 11″ on 10″ x 13″ paper for $35 each.

Get em here: Carrie Anne Baade Etsy

Opening up this Saturday, April 24th at the Joshua Liner Gallery is the latest solo show from Shawn Barber. Entitled “Tattooed Portraits: Chronicle”, this will be Shawn’s first solo exhibition in New York. The show features 30 new paintings, 8 of which are Watercolor paintings of figure studies and tattoo machines. I was hoping to see some of his watercolor works at his last solo show at the Shooting Gallery (reviewed), so I am happy to see that he has a good amount for this show. Looking at all of the works at once, with the help of the Liner Galleries new website features, you can see that this is a very strong and cohesive show. Not only do we get watercolor pieces, but also paintings of tattoo equipment, studio spaces, arm portraits, and even a series of hand self portraits.
There is some really outstanding works this time, such as the Portrait of Marisa Kakoulas (shown first), the twin painting of James and Tim Kern, and two paintings of Bob Tyrell. A monochromatic, multiple head study, and a color portrait of Bob screaming. There is also the head study of Jo Harrison, that I mentioned during the Shooting Gallery review; I was wondering when this painting would pop up.

Take a look at the preview works, and if your lucky enough to be in the area, make sure you stop by. The show is up until May 22nd.
Shawn Barber @ Joshua Liner Gallery