Michael Shapcott has a new homepage

April 15, 2008

Michael Shapcott, whom I interviewed just a while ago, has a new homepage.

Previously you had to either visit his Myspace or Talentdatabase profile. His site is designed in flash, and for those that have read my “Best Ways to Show your art on the web” article, you know I’m not the biggest fan of flash. Michael’s site however is one of the first times I have ever enjoyed looking at a flash site.

It’s clean, it loads fast and is just easy to maneuver around in. The gallery of works is also one of the better gallery sections I have seen. It loads super quick, and is just a really great example of how you should do a flash site.

Head on over and take a look: Michael Shapcott Homepage

Update on B Movie Show

April 14, 2008

Well, there is a slight update on the B Movie show. It looks as though the gallery will be closed Monday and Tuesday. I apologize for anyone who was going to come out on one of those two nights. I will actually be hanging the art on one of those nights now.

The show itself is not very long, but I guarantee it will be filled with some truly amazing art and the reception on Friday the 18th will be quite a blast. I’m going to launch the Creep store on Monday night, so you will be able to see the art in the show and also purchase some of it if you wish. I decided to do this as the show is quite short. After building the store, I realized that there is roughly 60 pieces of art for this show! That’s insane, that is a huge amount of art for this show, but every single piece is exciting and I’m super happy to have them all.

So please, make sure if you go to the show, make it there on Friday. That is the best night to go.

See you there.

Monster mini paintings by Dienzo for sale

April 12, 2008

george_dienzo.jpgL.A. based artist Dienzo has been working on a new series of paintings called “Monster Mini’s”. Each one of these little paintings are 6″ x 6″, acrylic on canvas.

So far he has done: “Wolfgang”, “Julian”, “Dolores”, “Mumford” & “George” (shown), and you can see that these six are based on the classic horror monsters that have inspired so many people. I think these little paintings are amazing, they have a great feel to them and Dienzo’s style of painting is really catchy. They’re also pretty affordable so don’t hesitate.

Dienzo also has a killer painting that will be in the B Movie show, it’s huge and really exciting. So if you cant make it to reception this coming Friday the 18th, you can see the work online this Monday.

Dienzo Monster Mini’s for sale

Shows this weekend: Space Party, Joshua Liner & Paul Chatem

April 11, 2008

There are some really killer shows opening this weekend, wish I could see them all.

“Happily Ever After 2″ is a group show curated by Monica Choy. It opens on Friday at the Suite 100 Gallery in Seattle. The show looks great, wish I could see it in person. She does have some preview pics up that you can look at Here.

“MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS” is a duo show featuring art by Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters. It opens this Friday night at the Thinkspace Gallery. You can see the show online right now: Olivas & Peters at Thinkspace.

“Zombies Attack Again!” opens this Saturday at the M.F. Gallery in New York. The show features work by Frank Russo, James Wrona, Gary Pullin (art director of Rue-Morgue Magazine) and many others. There will also be live music. Check it out here: Zombies Attack Group show

Art Whino is having the “Yuri’s Night ‘08 - World Space Party”. There will be perfomances, music and art by Scott G Brooks, Papermonster, Arabella Proffer, Brandi Read & I believe David Macdowell has a piece in the show as well. This is a party really, so there is a door price. Check out all the info here: Out of this World Party

Aaron Jasinski will have his first solo show, “Seraphim and Spacemen” at Distinction Gallery this Saturday. The show looks amazing, there is a huge amount of work. You can check it all out here: Aaron Jasinski Solo Show

The Joshua Liner Gallery in New York will have it’s Inaugural Group show open on Saturday the 12th. Liner is the co-founder of the Lineage Gallery, and this is his new gallery. You can see work by Shawn Barber, Ron English, Jeremy Fish, Blaine Fontana, Naoto Hattori, Zach Johnsen, Kris Kuksi, Travis Louie, Greg Simkins, Ben Tour and many others. This is going to be a killer first show, check it out here: Inagural Group Show

I’m super excited about “Running on Empty”, Paul Chatem’s first solo show at the Shooting Gallery in SF. The show is online for you to gawk at, and maybe purchase. I love his work, and will be seeing this one in person this week for sure. Check out the show here: Paul Chatem Solo Show

Also, the B Movie show will be hung up on Monday. The best time to see the show and all the ruckus that will go with it is Friday the 18th. See you there: B Movie Show info

aotd: “Gatecrasher” by John Cebollero

April 10, 2008

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Today’s art of the day is from John Cebollero. He has done work for DC, Marvel,Cartoon Network & Topps. His work at Topps was for the “Hollywood Zombies” cards, and John’s work was by far my favorite of the set.

His work is wonderfully nostalgic, and to me represents the best of what you can find when looking at art by Bill Ward, old Mad Magazines and Garbage Pail Kids. His pencil works are amazing and his acrylic works are amazing, and his acrylic paintings such as the one he has showing in the B Movie show, has David Macdowell and I trying to sell some blood so we can have split custody with it.

John also just updated and redid his website. So you can now head on over, take a look at his work and maybe buy a print once he has that section updated. John Cebollero homepage

15 new artists at BeinArt Surreal Art Collective

April 8, 2008

There are 15 new artists added to the Beinart Surreal Art Collective. As I stated in an earlier post Andy B. Clarkson is one of the new additions.

The full list of additions is: Saturno Butto, Brian Hoover, Yo Coquelin, Samuel Gagne, Shinji Himeno, Elisa Terranova, Andy B. Clarkson, Markus Vesper, Jay Dee, Ruben Cukier, Josef Fastus, Boris Hodak, Martin Wittfooth, A R Teest & Daniel Mirante.

Beinart is filled with just a massive amount of talented artists, it’s best just to visit the site and hang out there for a while really looking at everything.

Beinart New Additions

“The Lowbrow Art Sale” April 8th

April 8, 2008

This week’s article features prints by Cam De Leon, Basil Gogos, Ken Keirns, Mark Brown & Heiko Müller. Check it out Here

aotd: “Eskimette” by 8pussy

April 8, 2008

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Todays art of the day is from an artist out of Brussels, Belgium. She goes by the name 8pussy, and has a seriously unique, dynamic style. Her work is really tight and clean, but the colors are intense. This is the kind of art that reaches out and smacks you in the face.

There is so much I love about her work, but the thing that caught me first was the eyes. They look so perfect and real. I’m always waiting for them to start moving around in these images. She came up with a really killer piece for the B Movie show, even though i’ve only seen half of it so far. If you want to see more of her work, head on over to her homepage here:
8pussy Homepage

Attack of the B Movie Art Show April 14th-21st

April 7, 2008

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It’s only one week really until this show opens up. So here is the official info with updated artists list.

The Attack of the B Movie Art Show will take place at the Space Gallery in San Francisco. The show starts on the 14th and runs until the 21st. The reception is on Friday the 18th and will start at 8pm. There will be drinks, music courtesy of Matt Delight and a B Movie video installation from George Delair. The gallery has a bar, so unfortunately it’s 21 & over.

There is some really great art for this show, it’s far exceeded anything I imagined. Here is the lsit of participating artists: 8pussy, Alex Kuno, Andrew Barr, Arabella Proffer, Bill 13:11 McEvoy, Brandi Read, Christopher Uminga, David Macdowell, David R. Choquette, Dean McDowell, Dienzo, Drew Falchetta, Ego, Emma Mount, Greg Houston, Heather Watts, Irene Mendonis, Jason Rudolphpena, Jesse Balmer, John Cebollero, Josh Callaway, Ken Garduno, Kerry P. Talbott, Matt Sharp, Meatspider, Mr. Christopher, R.M. Hanson, Ryan De La Hoz “Deli”, S.L. Grice, Sam Ramos, Tanya Pshenychny, Tatiana Suarez & Tom Haubs.

If you would like some preview pics, message me and I’ll send a link to the preview/pre-sale page I created.

Here is the page for the show: The B Movie Show

Proteus Mag #4 available now

April 6, 2008

Issue number 4 of the online art & design magazine, Proteus Mag is now available.

This issue features work by: Zach Johnsen, Brad Ruder, Tony Philippou, Marion Bolognesi, Chris Trenary & many others. There is some really great art in this issue, Marion Bolognesi, Tony Philippou and Chris Trenary are shown as collaborative artists. So your not going to be seeing their full works, but it’s great to see how these artists mix with others for collaborations.

Well worth the download. Grab it here: Proteus Mag

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