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  • Shows this weekend: Liz McGrath, “La Femme” & 3 solo at Copro Nason

    There are some really stellar shows happening this weekend.

    “Uncommon Gardens” opens this Friday at Thinkspace in LA. It’s a group show that features work by Caia Koopman, Kelly Vivanco, Lilly Piri & Catherine Brooks, and Kris Chau is in the project room. The show online to check out, there are a lot of great pieces and a good majority of them have sold so far. Check it out: Thinkspace Gallery

    This Saturday at the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery there are two shows opening, Scott Musgrove and Liz McGrath. The work from both of these artists look amazing, Liz has all new watercolor works and from the looks of it the show has sold out! Scott Musgrove has sold a huge amount of work as well. Both of these shows are online so head on over and check em out. Billy Shire Fine Arts

    At the White Walls Gallery in Sf there is a dual show with AJ Fosik and Kelsey Brooks. The show looks pretty good, and the work is online for your viewing. White Walls Gallery SF

    “Pop Pollution” opens at the Lab 101 Gallery this Saturday. It features “small” artworks by Isaac Bushkin, Matt Stallings & Jacob McClure. Check it out Lab 101

    “La Femme” is a group show that opens this Saturday at the Gallery Nucleus. It features work by
    Marguerite Sauvage, Brandi Milne, Mari Inukai, Julie West, Amy Sol, Kukula, Junko Mizuno and many others. Check it out here: Gallery Nucleus

    And the big one this weekend is at the Copro Nason Gallery. Three solo shows, Luke Chueh with “She’s my Heroin(e)”, Mari Inukai with “Infiltration” and Chet Zar with “We Are the Shadows”. I really dig the work by Mari Inukai and the new work from Chet is quite amazing. I see he is using some new colors in his works and I think it looks great. All three shows are online for you to check out. Copro Nason Gallery

  • “Daddy’s Girl” original drawing by Michael Hussar

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    This drawing that was used for the “Daddy’s Girl” painting was auctioned off a while ago to help the Lithium Picnic defense fund. Well it’s back up for auction. The painting was sold long ago, and print of the piece show up quite rarely and sell for quite a bit. I remember a thumbnail sketch was sold as well, but of course being a thumbnail sketch it was quite small and rough.

    This is for an 8″ 10″ drawing, it is also framed and protected with UV glass and acid-free materials. The drawing was purchased directly from Michael, so there is a receipt and most importantly provenance. All framed up it’s around 13″ x 17″, and it looks amazing. I would love to have the original painting, but I think having the drawing would be just as cool.

    Check it out here, the painting is shown here you can see the drawing at the link: Daddy’s Girl Original Drawing

  • aotd: “A Desire To Be” by Mike Binzer

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    Todays piece is from an artist out of Calgary, Canada. He studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design and graduated with Distinction.

    He recently moved his website around and added more work to it, and while looking around I was really caught by the piece shown. It’s oil on canvas and is a very large 84″ x 72″. I really like the mix of the figure and the abstract kind of texture that the figure is emerging from. This is one of the main reasons I love the work of Ian Francis, but with the work of Mike Binzer it is a little more textural. He also has quite a large amount of work to be seen on his website, so head on over and take a look.

    Mike Binzer

  • Shows this weekend: Yoskay, Heavy Hitterz & Young Guns

    Here is the rundown for this weekend.

    Andy B Clarkson has a solo show at the Art N Soul Studios. If your in the area, check it out.
    Art N Soul Studios

    This Saturday at the Project Gallery in LA, Yoskay Yamamoto has his solo show open “”the upside of down”. This is supposed to be his largest body of work yet, so this should be a great show to check out. The work is up for viewing on the site as well and it looks like the show is almost sold out.
    Check it out here: Project Gallery LA

    “Carnivora” a show inspired by the “Dark Art of Automobiles” opens at the L’Imagerie Gallery on Saturday as well. The show features work by: Cam DeLeon, Brian Horton, Ken Keirns, Travis Louie, Eric Joyner, Craig LaRotonda, Chris Peters, Keith Weesner, Robert Williams & more. Check it out here: L’Imagerie Gallery

    Also opening this Saturday in Manila is “Heavy Hitterz”. Live music, live painting, and art by: Blinky, Daniel Fleres, Jenn Porreca, Josh Taylor, Rueben Rude, Ryan “Deli” De La Hoz, Sam Ramos and more. Sam Ramos, and Deli were in the B movie show, I would love to see the work they have in this one. Check it out here: Heavy Hitterz Manila

    “Young Guns” opens this Saturday as well at the iO Gallery in Connecticut. The show features work by some killer “emerging artists” such as: Dave Palumbo, Anthony Palumbo, Casey Weldon, Scott Altmann & Michael Shapcott. What a great show, would love to see this one. The reception is from 5-7pm. Check it out here: The iO Gallery

    There is also a good amount of “First Friday” art walks. Jason Rudolphpena has work for sale at a First Friday in AZ, and Danny Roberts does in Las Vegas. Check around and see if there is an art walk in your town/city.

  • Solo show of Eugene Guynn in SF

    rhino.jpgEugene Guynn, otherwise known as Rhino Barking Sparrow as well as one of the featured artists for this month, is having a solo show in San Francisco.

    The reception for the show opens tonight, so if your around make sure you check it out. It’s at 79 New Montgomery Gallery in SF. The reception starts at 6pm.

    And of course if your unable to look at the show in person, you are able to check out Eugene work in the featured artists area of this very website. He also has work for sale at the show, and I’m sure if you wanted something you could reach him through his website.

  • Featured artists for May, Eugene Guynn & Minjae Lee

    I would like to thank last months featured artists, Winston Chmielinski and Steph Chard. I hope you enjoyed their work as much as I did.

    For the month of May we have two killer artists, Rhino Barking Sparrow (Eugene Guynn) from San Francisco and Minjae Lee from Korea. Both of these artists have very exciting work, so head on over to the featured artists area and take a look.

  • aotd: “Dreaming” by Molly Brill

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    Today’s piece is from Molly Brill aka Mocabri. She has a killer style, each piece is literally stuffed with texture. I love the look of watercolor that has been used in this way, I’m sure many of you have heard me say this a hundred times.

    This specific piece was made using watercolor, watercolor pencils, acrylics and charcoal. The colors are pleasing and I love the contrast of the well rendered face, contrasted with that explosion of color and texture that surrounds it. Molly has been doing this for a bit, but is still really just getting started. I know a good amount of artists, including myself that would have loved to have such a hold on their style at such a young age. I’m really excited to see how she grows in the coming years. Expect to see amazing work from her.

    She now has a carbonmade profile so you can see all of her current work, and keep up with new work. Check it out here
    Molly Brill Homepage

  • Blackmetal Beethoven print by Angryblue

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    Justin Kamerer aka Angryblue has a new print up for sale. It’s the Blackmetal Beethoven, with Joker style colors. I think it’s a killer idea to mix the iconic Joker colors with the “black metal” style of face painting. The print is a 6 color print, with metallic purple and metallic red. It’s a hefty 18″ x 24″ and is limited to an edition of 75.

    You can also check out the whole process of making this print, and get a good idea of how vibrant the colors are over on this online sketchbook at Creativestem.com. I really dig seeing the process of these prints, it shows you just how much work goes into each one of these.

    Head on over to Angryblue to pick up one of these killer prints. Blackmetal Beethoven print