After seeing the latest painting Travis has in the Lush Life 2 Exhibition, I went looking for some prints and other collectibles of his. While I am really hoping this new painting of his makes it way into print form, he has a dozen available prints over at Circus Posterus right now such as “Oliver Smiley” (first). In the ‘additional products’ section, you can find a very cool oversized postcard set for only $25. The set comes with 10 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock postcards with rounded edges, and you can add a Special Edition Mini “Mr. Griswald spoke for the fish” Giclee (shown second) Signed and numbered edition of 100 at 5.5″ x 8.5″ for only $15.
Get me here: Travis Louie @ Circus Posterus
Audrey Kawasaki has added a couple of new “study” pieces to her blog and I had to share them. She states “so ive been having some fun doing these small ‘studies’. i tried to be more loose with the marks, and i must say, i enjoyed it immensely! no matter the outcome, the process was really refreshing.” The outcome looks amazing. I have always loved more brushy, loose works. When done correctly the art has so much energy and movement to it; and as you can see by these pieces, not only did Audrey fully retain her signature figures, but has placed them in an exciting new environment.
Head over to her blog for the rest of the process pics: Audrey Kawasaki Blog
Last week, the “Lush Life 2″ group invitational opened at Roq La Rue in Seattle. The shows features new works by Joe Sorren, Chris Berens, Marion Peck, Kris Kuksi, Travis Louie, Brian Despain, John Brophy, Martin Wittfooth, Ryan Heshka, Michael Brown, Charlie Immer, Mandy Greer, Gail Potocki, Laurie Hogin, Boomer, Madeline Von Foerster, Ryan Heshka and more. How is that for a line-up? With so much amazing work in one gallery it makes me wish Seattle was just a little closer. The show isn’t fully online yet for those of us that weren’t able to make the reception, but there is a web preview you can check out. So far from the preview, all of the works are very strong, but I am particularly taken with Travis Louie’s “The Ghost Of Laura From The Reeds”. His paintings are insane in person, the level of detail is very impressive to say the least. I also like that he adds stories to each of his characters. I often did this with my mothers Cabinet photo and tintype collection, but my stories were not as entertaining as the ones Travis comes up with.
I really liked that a good majority of the artists in this show, are either inspired by classical themes, or paint in the style of classical masters. This is seen with the work of Madeline Von Foerster, Andrew Arconti and the “Lady Clown” from Marion Peck. That painting is so perfect, the color palette, the inspiration from Francisco Goya’s “La maja desnuda“, and the expression that clown face has. I really hope this is turned into a print soon.
Check out the preview here: Lush Life 2 @ Roq La Rue
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This Tuesday, March 16th, the latest “O-No Sushi” vinyl collectible from Andrew Bell will be released. This is the grayscale/bloody edition and can only be purchased from the Rivet Gallery. This new version will go on sale 12:00 pm EST, and will be limited to an edition of 150 for $35. The first super limited edition, blue version, sold out at the SDCC very fast and I have a feeling this will go just as fast. No phone orders, you either have to go to the shop, or purchase it online.
Get it here: Rivet Gallery
This past March 4th at the London Miles Gallery, was the opening of the first European solo show from Scott Campbell. “Everybody, All the Time” features more than 100 new watercolor works, many of which are on the smaller side and very affordable. There are many works still available, one in particular I wish I got to before it sold (see first).
Check out the show: Scott C @ London Miles
March 6th at the Last Rites Gallery two solo shows opened, one from Chris Peters and the other from David R. Choquette. Long time readers of the site might recognize David’s work from not only being a featured artist (here) but also having an amazing ‘Killer Klowns’ inspired painting in the ‘Attack of the B Movie Show‘. David has an great style, dark and surreal. The work for his solo show at Last Rites is now up on the site, along with Chris Peters’ new paintings. Here are a few from the show that I especially liked, make sure you head on over to the gallery to see the rest.
David Choquette @ Last Rites Gallery
Serge Birault, an illustrator out of France has some prints of his work over at Inprint. He is very inspired by Gil Elvgren and Sorayama, and shows just how amazing digital art can be in the right hands. He has quite a few prints available on the site, all of which are open edition and comes in a couple of sizes. The prints are on 100% cotton rag paper, with archival inks and a 1″ border.
Get the print here: Serge Birault @ Inprint
Last weekend, March 6th, I made my way over the 7th Anniversary show over at the Shooting Gallery in SF. It has always been one of my favorite galleries to visit, as there is perfect lighting for photography and consistently good exhibitions. Opening that night was the latest solo show of Aaron Nagel entitled “Marks”. Right next door at the White Walls Gallery was also works from Kevin Cyr, Jessica Hess and upstairs at Gallery Three was new works by Jessica Whiteside.
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Jeremy Fish is currently embarking on a traveling art and print show entitled “Road Less Traveled”, and to kick it off he has a very impressive new screenprint available. The print made by Decoder Ring, is a 21 layer screen print on heavy archival paper. Decoder Ring is known for making very intense screen prints such as the “All Gone” print from Tara McPherson (here). Jeremy’s print, “As the Mind Wanders” is signed, numbered and embosses with Jeremy’s chop and the Decoder Ring chop. The print is limited to 100, with 80 being sold on the site. This is quite an amazing print, I don’t imagine it will last long. After the ‘read-more’ link I have an animated version of the layers being put on, images that were originally on Expresso Beans Forum.
Get the print here: Jeremy Fish @ Decoder Ring
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Godmachine has just added a new print to his online shop. “Sonisphere” is a 3 color print on Mr. French black stock paper, 18″ x 24″ signed and numbered in an edition of 50. This print is made for the Sonisphere festival that will feature music from some of the best isuch as: Alice in Chains, Iron Maiden, Mastodon, Rollins, Slayer and many more.
Get it here: Godmachine online shop
This past Saturday, March 6th the Phone Booth Gallery opened “Daydreamer” with new works from the artist known as Mr. Frivolous. All of the works are mixed media on paper, and all appear to be 8.3″ x 11.7″. There is some good work in this show, I especially like “One Size Fits All” (seen below).
Check out the full show here: Phone Booth Gallery
Later today I will be posting images from Aaron Nagel’s “Marks” show that I checked out on Saturday. For the time being those interested in prints of Aaron’s work can head over to his site. He has four prints available in the shop, “A Swan Among Ducks” was one of the paintings in this recent show. The print is 26″ x 21″ on archival paper, signed and numbered in an edition of 20.
Get em here: Aaron Nagel Prints
