Creep Machine Magazine – Contemporary Art & Culture

Author: Creep

  • Ashley Wood original, Lore Cover


    Right now, eBay is littered with post San Diego Comic Con merchandise, all of which is grossly overpriced. It’s still fun to look at though, and often you see something that isn’t a keychain that was given away and is now magically $8, or a myriad of prints and sketchbooks. I did see this Ashley Wood original oil painting.

    It’s for a cover of the Lore comic, and is around 16×20. It shows you how sketchy and loose his style is, it’s quite energetic. I wouldn’t say this is my favorite piece that Ashley has done, I would much rather be able to buy one of these here, but I don’t often see these works for sale.

    Maybe one day he will do a show, or release some giclee prints again.
    Ashley Wood Lore Painting

  • Lithium Picnic show at Perihelion gallery


    Philip Warner, aka Lithium Picnic, will have a show open at Perihelion Gallery August 3rd in Phoenix,AZ.
    So if your in the area head on over and take a look. I don’t often post photography shows on the site, but I would like to more often. This is a show I wish I was able to go to, Philip Warner is an amazing photographer.

    You can also buy one of his prints, one of which is the image shown in the show flyer. The prints are being sold to help Philip with his current lawsuit, which you can read about here.
    The prints look amazing, and there is a huge amount to choose from.

    Lithium Picnic Prints for sale
    Perihelion Gallery

  • unFOURgettable show at Windup Gallery


    Opening August 4th in Mesa, Arizona at the Windup Gallery will be the “UnFOURgettable” Show.

    This is a group show and will feature artwork by Cj Metzger, Miss Mindy, Lesley Reppeteaux & Shaunna Peterson. The show will last until September 1st. If your in the area make sure that you drop by. I’m sure we’ll be able to see the show on the Windup website, even though I really dislike maneuvering flash based sites.

    Windup Gallery

  • Phase 4 of the “Untitled Love Project”


    On Saturday August 4th, Phase 4 of the Untitled Love Project will start. The reception is from 6-11.
    If you have been watching the full show so far, some really amazing pieces have been shown. I’m quite excited about this next Phase of works.

    The artists that will be involved in this phase are: 7Teen, Allison Sommers, Angry Woebots, Brian Kesling, Brian M. Viveros, Camilla Engman, Candace Metzger, Catia Chien, Chris Ryniak, Courtney Oquist, Dan-Ah Kim, Daniel Fleres, Dave Chung, Dave Pressler, Elesavet Lawson, Erik Siador, Frieda Gossett, Gabe Leonard, Inky Dreadfuls, Isaac Pierro, J. Shea #9, Jarrod Eastman, Jenna Colby, Jesse Hotchkiss, Jesse Kerr, Jon Todd, Justin Ridge, Kenneth LaValle, KMNDZ, Kristian Olson, Kristyn Dors, Marco Zamora, Mark Allen Miller, Melissa Contreras, Miss Mindy, P.J. Fidler, Patrick Ballesteros, Rachel Schmidhofer, Scott Chenoweth, Scott Saw, Timothy Karpinski, Yuka Yamaguchi & Zoso

    Check out the past phases and bookmark for Phase 4 here:
    Untitled Love Project
    ThinkSpace Gallery

  • Process Recess 2 book

    James Jean has a video up, a preview of his new Process Recess book 2. It’s very hard to find the first one, and I know that this new one will sell out very fast. From he said in his blog, “We sold out of our advance copies of the regular and limited editions of PR2”

    So expect this new one to drop in about two months. I’m already saving. I missed the last one, and i’m not going to miss this one. He also had a very cool print at the Comic Con that i’m upset I missed.

    Head over to his homepage to see the video preview of the new Process Recess Book 2:
    Process Recess

  • aotd: “Brittle”

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    This piece is by Nykolai Aleksander, it’s oil on canvas.

    The first thing that struck me, well was that I thought this was a photo, it wasn’t until I zoomed in and saw how it was painted. The lack of color is amazing, the whole painting has this glow to it, much like some of the “flemish” underpainting techniques i’ve seen. It gives the painting this feel like a nice beautiful, contrasty photograph. Very striking.

    I think my favorite area has to be the hair, it looks as though it was just some quick strokes of the brush, but it’s done in a way that really gives the impression of slightly messy hair.

    Check out the rest of this artists gallery:
    Nykolai Aleksander Profile
    Ad Memento (homepage)

  • Riceboy Sleeps exhibition

    Riceboy Sleeps is an art duo formed of Jonsi of Sigur Ros, and Alex of Parachutes.
    They will have a show at the Gallery 801 on August 3rd to September 7th.

    The artists will be there promoting theyr prints. Live video will also be shown. If you head on over to the Riceboy Sleeps homepage you can see the prints, and also a book that is available.

    Gallery 801 homepage
    Riceboy Sleeps

  • Joe Ledbetter print and Qee


    A Joe Ledbetter canvas print of his “Deathbot SNAfu” piece is up for sale, it’s an edition of 80 and is 12×12. It also comes along with a Joe Ledbetter Qee still in the box.

    Quite a good opportunity to snag two pieces at one time. I’ve always liked these Deathbot pieces, pretty crazy looking.

    Joe Ledbetter set