Jason Levesque, otherwise known as Stuntkid, has some new prints available over at the J Fergeson Gallery. There is quite a few prints here, but I am posting the “Loose Lips” series, featuring Blueberry, Lime, and Raspberry. Each of these prints is 12″ x 12″ on heavyweight watercolor paper, signed and numbered in editions of 100. You can get the prints unframed, or framed. The frames are painting to be the same color as the lips (see here).
Get em here: Jason Levesque @ J Fergeson Gallery
Back in November 2007, Pressure Printing released “Grandpa Cyclops” with Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh. Now they have officially released the companion piece, “Grandma Cyclops”. Looking back at the original production notes, this print was made in the same fashion and even put into the same frame. Grandma is a 4.75†x 3.375†hand printed intaglio print on Rives Heavyweight printmaking paper. Each print is individually stained with gouache and ink, signed by the artist and placed in a custom resin frame with convex glass. Each print also comes with an embossed and perforated Certificate of Authenticity also signed by the artist. This print is limited to an edition of 50. See the full production notes on the Pressure Printing Blog
Get the print here: Pressure Printing
A fine artist working out of New York, Jenny Morgan got her MFA at the School of Visual Arts NY. She primarily paints oils on canvas, and focuses on portrait work. The figures in the paintings are not only rendered with great skill, but you can see that each portrait has something uniquely altered. It might be a color that is invading a portion of the face or arms, or areas that look as though they have either been sanded down, or not rendered past the underpainting. It’s an amazing effect, and what I find most interesting is that her portraits are filled with emotion and life, and these alterations do not cover up, or take over the work. Jenny has a few paintings with no alterations done to them, and they are just as powerful as the others. About her work Jenny states: “I manipulate the figure to expose the individual’s idiosyncrasies and create a physiological portrait. Working with people from my own life as subject matter allows me to hone in on specifics of their character and present their personalities as I experience them.”
See more of Jenny Morgan’s work on her homepage: JennyMorganart.com
She also has a book available: New Territory by Jenny Morgan
Rue Morgue Magazine is always a must have for any horror fan, and now the 100th issue looks as though it will be a great collectible for art fans as well. Creep Machine was given an exclusive preview of the art that will be found in this milestone issue. I’m sure you will recognize most of the names that are participating in this feature, and will make your way to the local bookstore to pick up a copy. Here is an image of the cover, and the press release, make sure you click the link for the art.
To celebrate their milestone 100th issue, Rue Morgue commissioned sixteen of the best dark artists, established and up and coming, to each create an original piece that exemplifies a personal nightmare, and tell us why the work haunts them. The results will scare you too. Curated by Gary Pullin, The Nightmare Gallery is their biggest art feature to date and features new works by Chet Zar, Travis Louie, Bob Tyrrell, William Basso, Jason D’Aquino, Simon Marsden, Jason Edmiston, Joshua Hoffine, Nat Jones, Chad Michael Ward, Dan Harding and Kris Kuksi. The Rue Morgue house artists, Ghoulish Gary, Justin Erickson, Vincent Marcone and James Fisher, also contributed their personal nightmare. Rue Morgue’s Black 100 special edition cover features a spot varnish design on a black matte cover. Look for it on stands now.
This past Saturday at the Phone Booth Gallery, the “Girls, Girls, Girls” group exhibition opened up. Artwork by Bree Dentice, Camilla Taylor, Elisa Tanaka, Jennie Cotterill, Nancy Chiu and many more is now up in the site. A print has also been released based on one the paintings by Jennie Cotterill, aptly entitled “Girls, Girls, Girls”. Jennie had three paintings in the show, all acrylic on floating wood panel. I am now hooked on Jennie’s style of painting. Very brushy, amazing colors, and has a great way of rendered those figures. The print is 11″ x 17″, giclee on 300 gsm Archival Museo Cotton Rag paper, signed and numbered in an edition of 50.
Get the print here: Phone Booth Prints
Gene Guynn has added a new print to his Society6 shop, entitled “The Fall”. The print is 17″ x 24″ on matte, 100% cotton rag paper with Epson K3 archival inks. Each print will only set you back $25.
Get it here: Gene Guynn @ Society6
The original edition of “Belladonna” by Lori Earley was put on hold due to printers being switched up. The edition is once again for pre-order and will be shipped out this coming June. The print is 24″ x 30″ giclee on canvas, signed and numbered in an edition of 200. This is a beautiful image, and quite darker in tone that the last few prints Lori has released.
Get it here: Lori Earley Store
Art Whino has just launched a new version of their homepage. If you remember the last page it was pretty much all flash based, which I am not a fan of, but this new version is back to html. I know animations and effects are fun, but simpler sites are easier to see on mobile devices, easier to move around in, and most importantly allow the viewer to focus on the most important thing; the art! There is also a new store layout, that allows you to browser by artist, see new arrivals, or use the search field to find what you are looking for.
For all the fans of the Creep Machine, Art Whino has supplied a special code, “whinoslovecreeps”, that if you use from now until May 16th you can get anything in the shop for 10% off. Looking around there is some amazing work to be had, such as “Headlong Buckle Buster” by Paul Chatem (shown).
Check it out: Art Whino
