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  • Released: “Fables: Covers” book by James Jean

    Every week when I go out to pick up the latest comics, I have a bad habit of often buying a few based on how amazing the cover is. Fables is one of those comics. I am told the stories are great, but it’s really the art by James Jean on the cover that draws me in.

    If you head on over to his website, he now has a book filled with covers, sketches and progress shots. The book is hardbound, 208 pages, 2-sided 4 color dust jacket, black foil embossing and 1 Color tipped-in plate on the case. The book is also signed if you buy it from his online shop, or you can get it signed in person at the Gallery Nucleus on November 29th. The book looks amazing and will be a good replacement for all the loose Fables comics I have.

    James Jean Shop



  • Preview: “Clowns” @ Corey Helford Gallery

    Coming up this Saturday is the “Clowns” group show at the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. The show will feature work by Chris Anthony, Ryan Bubnis, Chet Zar, Krista Huot, Natalia Fabia, Korin Faught, Audrey Kawasaki, Dave Kinsey, Wednesday Kirwan, Travis Lampe, Joe Ledbetter, Travis Louie, Dan May and many others. Here is just a sample of the work you can see there.

    That new Chet Zar piece is amazing, look at that frame!



  • Our New Sponsor: Metro Orange Art

    I would like to welcome the Creep Machine’s newest sponsor, Metro Orange Art. If you check out the site you will see that they have a wide range of prints, sculptures and even some originals. I featured one of the prints available from Leslie Ditto last week for SFWeekly.com, and along with her prints you can find prints from Ron English, Van Arno, Shawn Barber, Benji Williams, Anthony Ausgang and many others.

    The Creep Machine is managed by just one person and it takes quite a lot to keep this site going, so any help is much appreciated.

    Metro Orange Art


  • Shows now online: Imaginary Friends, Drawing Room & Destination Unknown

    Looks like its going to be another one of those weekends that is just filled with great shows opening up.
    Here we go, these are the ones that are online for your viewing pleasure:

    “Imaginary Friends”, a group show featuring work by Andrew Bell, Cherri Wood, Israel Sanchez, Ken Garduno, Scott Campbell & Yoskay Yomamoto at the Gallery 1988 SF is now up. The work looks amazing, and I am especially drawn to the pieces that Ken Garduno (shown) and Andrew Bell submitted. Check it out: Gallery 1988 SF

    “Destination Unknown” opened up and Distinction Art, and features work by Sarah Joncas, Angelina Wrona & Patrick Fatica. It’s a good looking show, as all the work by the three artists flows together nicely. It’s very cohesive. Check it out here: Distinction Art

    “The Drawing Room” a show curated by Audrey Kawasaki opened Friday at Thinkspace. There is also work by Timothy Karpinski & Robert Pokorny in the project room. I think the Drawing Room show looks great, it’s nice to be able to see some graphite work from Travis Louie (shown), as well as Audrey (shown). I hope he puts more of that kind of work in some shows. Thinkspace Gallery

    At the Cerasoli-Lebasse Gallery, you have two shows that opened up. Jill Simonson & Scott Belcastro, as well as “Put on a Happy Face” by Nate Frizzell. All the work here looks excellent, check it out: Cerasoli-Lebasse Gallery

    The Copro Nason Gallery has work by Tin, Sas Christian & Kukula for you to gawk at. Tin is getting popular very fast, no works are left to purchase. I am not super happy with Sas’ work, I am a big fan, but these pieces just don’t have the same pop to them. Check out the show here: Copro Nason Gallery



  • “It Wanders West”, Craola Solo show @ Gallery 1988 LA

    Greg “Craola” Simkins latest solo show at the Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles is now online to view. The show is completely sold out, save for some prints and a limited edition vinyl toy. The show looks amazing, there is a huge amount of work and the presentation makes me wish I was able to see this show in person.

    The print “Knight Watch” (shown) from the show is a giclee on stretched canvas print, 24″ x 36″. It is hand signed and numbered in an edition of 30. That is one massive print, and the idea that it is already stretched is killer. You just pop it up on your wall and enjoy. Not sure how long these will last.

    Head on over and check out the show. Craola at Gallery 1988 LA

  • Artist of the Day: Candice Tripp

    I’m going to change the “Art of the Day” portion of the site to “Artist of the Day”. The change comes with the fact that I will now be showing a few images from the artist, as opposed to one.

    So, with that I would like to share the work of Candice Tripp. She is an artist based out of Newcastle, it appears that she mainly uses ink and oils to create her work. I love how here work is placed on these open backgrounds, your eye goes right the central figure(s), kind of like what you would see with Marion Bolegnesi or even some of the works by Fuco Ueda. It’s nice to be able to see some work like this, that isn’t filled with color from every corner of the canvas. The first piece shown, “Franny” is amazing. The colors, the skull features and the the staining is right up my alley. I’m also a big fan of the last piece, and the “Robot Monster” like helmut she is wearing.

    If you take a look at her website, she has news of upcoming shows and even an area for fine art prints of her work. Candice Tripp Homepage



  • Erik Jones prints and originals at Uberbot

    If you head on over to Uberbot, the collected works of Erik Jones is there for not only your viewing pleasure, but also available for purchase. This show looks to be the last one at Uberbot for a while, as he is getting ready to move to New York.

    There is a great amount of work, all in a variety of mediums. There are some acrylic works, and some mixed media pieces were he uses water color, colored pencil, acrylic and oils. I think he has a great style, and love the fact that you get a slightly different feel with his work depending on which medium he is using.

    Head on over and check out the work: Erik Jones at Uberbot



  • Shows now online: Ron English @ Shooting Gallery SF

    After spending the whole day wandering around the Alternative Press Expo, which you can read my article for SFWeekly.com Here, I stopped off at the Shooting Gallery on the way home. I was told that the Ron English show was opening that night, and never one to turn down an art show I made sure I checked it out.

    I was never the biggest fan of his work, I respect what he has done, but it never caught me quite like some other artists work has. I am also not a fan of Kiss either, and this whole show is basically Bouguereau styled paintings with Kiss themes to them all. Once I got a close look at the works however, I was hooked. Ron is such a masterful painter that it really doesn’t matter if you like Kiss or not. Each one of the paintings was a masterpiece. The colors, presentation and the way he handles paint is not only inspiring but awe inducing. You really need to see the work in person, as images on the net do not show all the subtle details that these oils works have. I did take a good amount of pics, and like always I took some close up shots to show the detail in some of the paintings. You can see those pics here: Creep on Flickr

    Shooting Gallery SF