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  • “Dark Pop” at the Last Rites Gallery Sept 6th

    Looks like I almost forgot this one. The Dark Pop show curated by Andrew Michael Ford opens up this Saturday at the Last Rites Gallery. The preview for the show is already online, there is some killer work for this show. I don’t know if I would have called it “dark” though, some of the pieces are, but maybe I just have a different view of what is “dark” art and what isn’t.

    Either way, it’s still a good show so head on over and take a look at what is to offer. I really love the works by Esao Andrews, David Macdowell & Tessar Lo.
    Last Rites Gallery

  • Shows this weekend: Craola, The Blab Show & Camille Rose Garcia

    Here is the rundown of all the killer art shows that will be happening this weekend.

    Friday:

    “The Poor Man’s Art Show” opens at the Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective in Oakland. The reception is from 5pm to 9pm. All the art from this group show will be under $50. Looks to be a great show, and my friend Tony is showing some work in it. Rock, Paper, Scissors

    Saturday:

    “Artificial Enlightenment” , the solo show of Eric Joyner opens up at the Corey Helford Gallery. There will also be a book release and signing for his new “Robots and Donuts: The Art of Eric Joyner” book. Corey Helford Gallery

    “Made in Canada”, a group show featuring five Canadian artists opens at the Bear and Bird Gallery. Check it out here: Bear and Bird Gallery

    Greg “Craola” Simkins and David Choong Le both have openings at the Joshua Liner Gallery. This is Craola’s first solo show with the gallery, and from what I have seen all the work looks amazing. Check it out here: Joshua Liner Gallery

    “Diverge” The art of Oddzoo opens at the Carmichael Gallery. I really dig the colors in his work, kind of the same vibrancy that you see in Ekundayo’s paintings. Check it out here: Carmichael Gallery

    Then, we have “The Blab! Show”. A group show featuring work by Shag, Gary Baseman, Travis Louie, Luke Chueh and many more. There is also work by Ryan Heshka in Gallery 2 and Tom Huck in Gallery 3. Check it out here: CoproNason Gallery

    Finally at the Jonathan Levine Gallery is “Ambien Somnambulants”, a solo show of Camille Ros Garcia. The show looks astounding, the colors in these paintings are insane. Head on over and check out all the work: Jonathan Levine Gallery

  • “Untitled” by Michael Ryan

    Today’s art of the day is from an artist that has quickly become a favorite of mine. I found his work browsing around, bouncing from gallery site to gallery site. I was blown away when I looked at the work n his online gallery.

    He works in oils, and also does a good amount of works on paper as well. I love how beautifully rendered his works are, but you can also see the energy in some of the wild strokes, and drips of paint. The colors are amazing, such as the piece shown here. It glows when you look at it, and knowing how images on the net are, I can imaging the real piece, directly in front of you would love breathtaking.

    For more of Michael’s work head on over to his homepage. I will surely be showing his work on the Creep many more times.

    Michael Ryan Art

  • New prints and drawings at the Viner Studio store

    Jonathan Viner has two new prints available in his online store, and if you are quick enough he also has a few drawings available. The drawings are 5.25″ x 7.25″, graphite on paper and will no doubt be gone very soon.

    The new prints available are: “The Virtues of Gathering” (shown) which is 24″ x 31.5″ on photo rag paper in an edition of 15. “Anchor Point” is also on photo rag, 16.5″ x 24″ in an edition of 50. Both prints look amazing, the colors are perfect and Hahnemuhle Photo Rag is some of the best paper to get prints on. I really love “The Virtues of Gathering” print. It’s a nice big size and i’m sure would look spectacular all framed up.

    Head on over to the store before these goodies run out. VinerStudio Store

  • Chet Zar original drawings and merch

    If you missed out on grabbing one of Chet Zar’s sketches at the latest Paper Pushers show, there are a few sketches up for sale right now. The sketches look amazing and are a great way to score some original work from Chet at a great price. Each one of the drawings looks to be around 6″ x 8″. You can check them out here: Chet Zar Sketches

    He has also updated his website with a couple of cool new products. One is a blown glass pendant with the gas mask logo made by his brother, Rick Zar. The other is his instructional dvd, that shows you his methods of painting digitally. It’s called “Digital Creature Painting with Chet Zar” and is released by the Gnomon Workshop. I have seen bits of the dvd and it looks amazing, if you work with digital painting this dvd is a must. Chet Zar Merch

  • In the Store: “Hostile Space Clown” by S.L. Grice

    This artist/animator made some of the coolest works of the B Movie show. He sent me three 6″ x 6″ acrylic on canvas painting that really solidified the show as a good idea. I was feeling kind of wary of it in the beginning, but these little painting really helped me to feel better. Each painting carries over onto the think side panel areas, this is what you see in the preview images.

    The one shown is based off of “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”, one of the most recognizable “B Movies”. The painting perfectly captures the idea of he movie, in S.l. Grice’s killer style. The other two works are just as amazing. “Bored Monster Actor” features aguy in a killer monster suit that just looks bored with the job, like a guy working on an assembly line. “Brundle Nurse” is inspired by another killer movie, “The Fly”, only instead of getting meshed with a fly the nurse got meshed with some crab she was munching on.

    All three of these works are still available. They look amazing and would no doubt be great conversation starters, or just to sit there and remind you how amazing cheezy movies can be. Head on over to store if you want to pick one up. I will give discounts for anyone that gets all three.
    Creep Machine Store

    bad clown by sl grice

  • “Tolerance” art book by Chris Mars now available

    It looks like the art book “Tolerance” by Chris Mars is now available on the Last Gasp website.

    The book is hardcover, and is a whopping 176 pages. Now obviously thats not the Iliad or War and Peace, but as far as art books go its a great size. Chris’ work looks amazing in person, and I think the next best choice, the only choice, is a book filled with high resolution images of his works.

    I’ll post a review once mine shows up. If you feel like making an impulse buy like I did, head on over to Last Gasp and grab one. LastGasp.com

  • Shows this Weekend: Dan Harding, Cannibal Flower Anniversary

    Just a few shows opening up this weekend, but they are killer shows. All these shows open up Saturday.

    Dan Harding has a solo show opening up at the Art n Soul Studios. Not sure if they will post the work online, but Dan makes some killer art that you must see. ArtnSoul Studios

    Cannibal Flower is having their 8th Anniversary Show. There will be live painting by Ekundayo, featured art by Eric Montoya, ,music and art from about 50+ artists such as: Chris Peters, Chet Zar, James Zar, Brandi Read and many many more. CannibalFlower.com

    “Whistling Past the Graveyard” is a solo show featuring works by Mercedes Helnwein. There is a preview of the show online right now. The show will be hosted by Jason Lee. MkGallery.com