Todays piece if from Richard Pellegrino, he’s an illustrator and has an amazing portfolio.
It was hard to narrow down which piece of his I wanted to show, so I picked this for a few reasons. I really like the colors used in this piece, and I really like that the face is not visible at all. I also love the movie so it helped my decision even more.
Head on over to the artists homepage and see all of his work.
Richard Pellegrino Homepage
Chris Mars will launch his new website this Saturday July 1st. Chris Mars is one of favorite artists, and I’m very happy this is happening. I love looking at his work and I’m hoping this new site will also mean some prints will be available…
If you have never seen his work in person, you really should make it a point. His work is wonderful on the net and in books, but when you see it 5 inches away from you, you realize how amazing it really is.
Opening tomorrow at the Gallery 1988 in San Francisco, is the group show entitled “Back for Seconds”
This the second show at the new Gallery 1988, and has a great list of artists that will be displayed there.
The show opens on Friday at 7pm. Just a few from the list of 30+ artists that will be there are: Stella Im Hultberg, Travis Louie, Dave Chung, Ekundayo, Luke Chueh, Kathy Olivas, Matt Dangler and so on.
I’ll be heading to see the show on Saturday. Hopefully I’ll be able to get some pictures of the day, maybe give me a reason to create a gallery here of shows and events I go to..?
Here’s the gallery:
Gallery 1988 SF
SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!
Inky Dreadfuls will be the Corey Helford Gallery’s guest artist at their Van Arno show in Los Angeles on June 30th.
ABOUT THE WORK
Inky Dreadfuls (Michael Mararian) invites viewers to be amused at the macabre, yet whimsical storylines that comprise his latest collection of ink works called “Little Unfortunates”. Delivering over twenty-five new drawings, Inky Dreadfuls darkly rearranges our fondest visions of childhood naivete and bygone days in
an attempt allegorize the lost innocence of our modern times.>
Show runs June 30- July 28, 2007
The Glenn Barr solo show at Outre Gallery in Australia is now online. Wish I could have seen it, but thats a lil too far for me. Hopefully someday I will be able to see his work in person.
His work is really amazing, the way he uses color and the way he draws figures really blows me away. I like how he is able to draw normal looking people (like above) and also more cartoon like figures that have so much character to them. I picked the above piece for the color, that blue looks great and really adds to the face of the woman.
Head on over to the site and check out the show:
Glenn Barr @ Outre Gallery
From the same seller comes two Glenn Barr pieces. The first one is a print on blotter paper, entitled “Betty and Veronica” (above). It looks very sweet, 8″x10″ from an edition of 100.
The second one is a original drawing. It was the prelim sketch for what turned into “The Ruiners” painting, it was a part of the show at Billy Shire Fine Arts last summer. You can see the painting here: “Painted Ruiners”. As you can see by the sketch, Glenn has a very loose, gestural drawing style. He has a book called “Lowlife Companion” that is filled with his drawings, he has such a great style.
You can grab the drawing and print here: “The Ruiner” drawing & “Betty and Veronic” blotter print
The piece above is from Małgorzata Maj, an artist from Poland known as Sarachmet. She is a digital artist, that takes the photos, manipulates them and also paints and draws on them. Giving her pieces a unique quality to them, one that allows you to instantly recognize her work, once you become a fan of it of course.
If you look through her gallery there are so many great pieces, I chose the one above because of the feel and color scheme. The image reminds me of a beautiful hand painted Daugerrotype, with a nice amount of contrast, nice rounded corners, and a signature that fits well with the overall image. The colors are the most intriguing to me, sepia with a nice splash of crimson. It has a nice aged look to it, but it’s so dynamic you know its recent.
I would love a print of this, a giclee print on wood panel with soft rounded corners. Head over to he profile to see her other works, she also adds descriptions to each of her works, background stories really.
At the Compound Gallery in Portland yesterday (6/24/07) the above painting was stolen. If you happen to live in the area, or if you see it pop up anywhere, Ebay, forums or etc, please get a hold of them so that the painting can (hopefully) be recovered.
Of course having anything stolen is a drag, but for artists especially, this is how they make their living. It’s not an mp3, but a one of a kind piece of art. It’s basically food, rent, new shoes and so on being taken away.
Here are the specs: It’s 5″x7″ gouache painting on solid 3/4 inch thick piece of Poplar wood.
Head on over to the Land of Apak to help out.