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  • aotd: “Lady of the Shadows — Odetta”

    Lady_of_the_Shadows_Odetta_by_hardcoremiike.jpg
    It’s been a bit since I’ve been able to post another art of the day. There is just so much great art out there, and I need to find the time to find it all.

    This piece is a painter, well I don’t know much about her really, not much written in her Profile. She goes by “hardcoremiike”. The main point is that this painting is quite amazing. It’s based off of a fictional character from Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. The rendering on the face looks perfect, I have always felt that if your going to do realistic based face – as opposed to the more illustration like, cartoon like that is going on as well – I think people should really be able to paint the face as if it existed and took up space. This one cuts it very well, and the background is great, I love the colors.

    Make sure you head over and check out the rest of the artist’s work:hardcoremiike

  • Ninja Show 2, Gallery Nucleus


    The Second Installment of the Ninja Show will happen this weekend at the Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, Ca. I never went to the first one, but this one looks like a show you don’t want to miss. The theme obviously being ninjas, and who doesn’t like ninjas? Theme shows are great, and this one is going to be very cool.

    There are 50 artists involved in this show, some which I’m very excited about like: Aaron Jasinksi, Ben Kehoe, Charlie Wen, Edwin Ushiro, Luke Chueh and many more. If you’re lucky enough to go to the show, here’s what’s in store on the opening night:
    – Free Refreshments
    – Come dressed as a Ninja and receive 15% off all instore merchandise.
    – There will be plenty of door prizes and sponsored give aways.
    – And there’s a raffle ticket give away!

    Gallery Nucleus

  • Amy Sol & Kathie Olivas dual show


    At the Copronason Gallery there will be two simultaneous shows going on. In gallery 2 Amy Sol, and in Gallery 1 Kathie Olivas with her show entitled: “Ghosts & Martyrs”. Kathie will also have sculptures along with paintings.

    Both shows will start August 11th, with the reception running 8-11:30pm ad the shows will end on September 1st.

    I would love to go this show, two greats shows at once. I’m very curious to see what Kathie Olivas ‘ sculptures will look like.

    Copronason Gallery

    You can see the paintings now, most of which have sold already.
    Amy Sol Paintings
    Kathie Olivas Paintings

  • Ashley Wood original, Lore Cover


    Right now, eBay is littered with post San Diego Comic Con merchandise, all of which is grossly overpriced. It’s still fun to look at though, and often you see something that isn’t a keychain that was given away and is now magically $8, or a myriad of prints and sketchbooks. I did see this Ashley Wood original oil painting.

    It’s for a cover of the Lore comic, and is around 16×20. It shows you how sketchy and loose his style is, it’s quite energetic. I wouldn’t say this is my favorite piece that Ashley has done, I would much rather be able to buy one of these here, but I don’t often see these works for sale.

    Maybe one day he will do a show, or release some giclee prints again.
    Ashley Wood Lore Painting

  • Lithium Picnic show at Perihelion gallery


    Philip Warner, aka Lithium Picnic, will have a show open at Perihelion Gallery August 3rd in Phoenix,AZ.
    So if your in the area head on over and take a look. I don’t often post photography shows on the site, but I would like to more often. This is a show I wish I was able to go to, Philip Warner is an amazing photographer.

    You can also buy one of his prints, one of which is the image shown in the show flyer. The prints are being sold to help Philip with his current lawsuit, which you can read about here.
    The prints look amazing, and there is a huge amount to choose from.

    Lithium Picnic Prints for sale
    Perihelion Gallery

  • unFOURgettable show at Windup Gallery


    Opening August 4th in Mesa, Arizona at the Windup Gallery will be the “UnFOURgettable” Show.

    This is a group show and will feature artwork by Cj Metzger, Miss Mindy, Lesley Reppeteaux & Shaunna Peterson. The show will last until September 1st. If your in the area make sure that you drop by. I’m sure we’ll be able to see the show on the Windup website, even though I really dislike maneuvering flash based sites.

    Windup Gallery

  • Phase 4 of the “Untitled Love Project”


    On Saturday August 4th, Phase 4 of the Untitled Love Project will start. The reception is from 6-11.
    If you have been watching the full show so far, some really amazing pieces have been shown. I’m quite excited about this next Phase of works.

    The artists that will be involved in this phase are: 7Teen, Allison Sommers, Angry Woebots, Brian Kesling, Brian M. Viveros, Camilla Engman, Candace Metzger, Catia Chien, Chris Ryniak, Courtney Oquist, Dan-Ah Kim, Daniel Fleres, Dave Chung, Dave Pressler, Elesavet Lawson, Erik Siador, Frieda Gossett, Gabe Leonard, Inky Dreadfuls, Isaac Pierro, J. Shea #9, Jarrod Eastman, Jenna Colby, Jesse Hotchkiss, Jesse Kerr, Jon Todd, Justin Ridge, Kenneth LaValle, KMNDZ, Kristian Olson, Kristyn Dors, Marco Zamora, Mark Allen Miller, Melissa Contreras, Miss Mindy, P.J. Fidler, Patrick Ballesteros, Rachel Schmidhofer, Scott Chenoweth, Scott Saw, Timothy Karpinski, Yuka Yamaguchi & Zoso

    Check out the past phases and bookmark for Phase 4 here:
    Untitled Love Project
    ThinkSpace Gallery

  • Process Recess 2 book

    James Jean has a video up, a preview of his new Process Recess book 2. It’s very hard to find the first one, and I know that this new one will sell out very fast. From he said in his blog, “We sold out of our advance copies of the regular and limited editions of PR2”

    So expect this new one to drop in about two months. I’m already saving. I missed the last one, and i’m not going to miss this one. He also had a very cool print at the Comic Con that i’m upset I missed.

    Head over to his homepage to see the video preview of the new Process Recess Book 2:
    Process Recess