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  • “The Collector” print by David Lozeau

    David Lozeau has added a new print to his site, and a little blurb about it as well:
    ” Once again, we find our friend the octopus scouring ocean floor for oddities to add to his collection. After spending a considerable amount of time shopping an ancient moai resting place, he finally selects a large, battered stone statue to drag back to his eclectic underwater tiki hut.
    The background was painted with various shades of blue and green acrylics to create a murky, monochromatic feel, while the octopus and moai were painted with 1 shot enamel to make them pop off the clayboard. Lots of highlights and lowlights were used to detail and outline the characters, but black was only used on the eyeball.”

    The print comes in two sizes, 8″ x 10″ for $20 or 16″ x 20″ for $60.
    The Collector Print @ David Lozeau’s Site

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  • New prints by Josh Ellingson

    Josh Ellingson has added some new prints to his online shop. All of the prints are Ultrachrome inks on archival paper, 11.7″ × 16.5″, signed and unframed for $39.95. I really like the Godzilla print, as well as “Free Wi-Fi” inspired after Edward Hopper’s “Night Owls” painting.

    Josh Ellingson Store>

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  • “Orphan I” print by Ben Tour

    Ben Tour currently has a solo show going on at the Joshua Liner Gallery, that will be over this coming August 8th. He also just added a new print to his online shop. “Orphan I” comes from a painting he had in his last solo show, “Electric Orphans” at the Meta Gallery. This print is 17″ x 22″ on museum rag paper with deckled edges, signed and numbered in an edition of 50 for $200. This was by far my favorite piece he had in the “Electric Orphans” show. It was available from the gallery, but now you can go straight to the source and get it from Ben.

    Ben Tour Store

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  • “New Breed” @ Last Rites Gallery

    Just this Saturday, August 1st at the Last Rites Gallery in New York the group show “New Breed” opened. The features work by 10, emerging artists that have never been shown at Last Rites before. The list of participating artist is: David R. Choquette (shown), Shay Davis, Mickey M Edtinger, Paul Gerrard, Charlie Immer, Sara Antoinette Martin, Richard Meyer, Reuben Negrón, Chris Peters & Kurt Wiscombe.

    If you have been a reader of the Creep Machine for a while now, you will know David R. Choquette from the “Attack of the B Movie Show”. He entered an amazing Killer Klown painting. He has three in this show, each one looks outstanding. I’m glad he has had the opportunity to show at such a great gallery. Another familiar name is Paul Gerrard, having been featured on the site three times so far. I love his work, and am happy people are seeing how exciting digital art can be. I was also happy to see Charlie Immer (shown). He has been putting out some paintings that are just a blast to look at. Some of these painting have been in a few galleries already, quite possibly due to the price of his working getting too high too fast maybe? The card also shows a painting by Reuben Negron, and while he is in the show that specific piece does not seem to be. He is a very talented painter, one that I have been watching for a while now. He works primarily in watercolors, a medium I have great respect for and seems to be gaining more popularity.

    Anyway, make sure you head over to the site and give the full show a look. New Breed @ Last Rites

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  • Interview: Shawn Barber @ Shooting Gallery News

    Coming this August 15th, Shawn Barber has a new solo show that will take place at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. “Tattooed Portraits – Snapshots” is a whole new body of work by Shawn “Contrasting between realistic figurative painting, art history and tattoo culture, this exhibit showcases Barber’s signature brush work”. Right after the Paul Chatem/Mike Maxwell show, Shooting Gallery gives us another amazing exhibition.

    Shawn Barber is not only an extremely talented painter, but a teacher as well. A certain private college I was interested in had him listed on the site as one of the current professors, and when it turned out he was no longer teaching there I was at least able to learn some tricks from the Massive Black released “Foundation Painting with Shawn Barber” dvd, which I highly recommend.

    Shooting Gallery News has just posted an interview with Shawn, so make sure you check it out. Shawn Barber interview @ Shooting Gallery News

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  • “We’ll Be Right Back… After These Messages” @ Rivet Art

    Freshly opened this August 1st at Rivet Art in Colombus, OH is a group show entitled “We’ll Be Right Back… After These Messages” . All the pieces from the show are inspired by cartoons from the 80’s and 90’s, which in my humble opinion had some truly amazing cartoons. There are some really excellent artists participating in the show, Andrew Bell, Charlie Owens, Daniel Elson (co-curated the show), Scott Campbell, Thom Glick, Shannon Bonatakis, CJ Metzger and more.

    I was already becoming a huge fan of Scott Campbell’s work, then he goes and makes an amazing Thundarr the Barbarian inspired work “Feelin Super Similar”, perfect. I also really like Jason Limon’s “Ooze got the Snorks”. I was never a fan of that cartoon, but if it looked like what Jason has created I would have never missed an episode. Along with the original works, there is also a couple of prints to be had. Charlie Owens has a print of his piece, “Somewhere over the Rainbow” limited to 38. Chris Lee has “Mr. Villain’s Class of 1983″, which is 19″ x 13”, limited to 50 and can be framed or not.

    “We’ll Be Right Back… After These Messages” @ Rivet Art

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  • New prints by Andy Kehoe

    Andy Kehoe has just added 5 new prints to his Etsy shop. All of the prints are on printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm paper, and limited to editions of 50. The print shown, “Desolation Afflicts the Greedy-Hearted” is 12″ x 15″ w/ 1/2″ white border for $65. I love the blue against the ochre and sienna colors he used. For a look at the rest of his prints, take a look at his shop.

    Andy Kehoe @ Etsy

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  • Kelly Vivanco & Jason Limon @ Subtext Gallery

    Opened just last night, July 31st at the Subtext Gallery in San Diego was “Under the Cover of Darkness: New Works by Kelly Vivanco & Jason Limon”. The show is online for those of us who can’t see the works in person. Kelly’s work looks amazing as usual, and almost seems to be getting more intense. I like the odd shaped panels she has been working on lately. Jason Limón’s new work has really grown on me. I have enjoyed his art since the first time I saw it, the textures the way he cuts the panels he paints on and the slightly muted color palettes. While I liked the content of his older work, I am glad that that he has shifted over to these new elements. It’s always a treat to not only enjoy the technical side of an artists work, but to also be surprised at every new new show not knowing what they will bring.

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    You can also check out an interview with Kelly and Jason over @ Erratic Phenomena

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