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  • Cristina Beller Huge art sale!


    Christina Beller, or otherwise known as Asunder, is having a huge art sale (here). She needs to work up some money for an upcoming move. So in order to prepare she is selling off a lot of original work. 21 pieces to be exact, all of which are around 15×20 or so. If you find a piece you like, get a hold of her and she’ll tell you the specifics.

    These pieces are selling very cheap, it would be a good opportunity to grab some great artwork from an amazing artist. Take a look at her gallery and you’ll see that this is definitely work that you don’t want to pass up.

    …and if anyones in a charitable mood and would like to buy the creep a present I would like the third piece down on the left hand side. Very sweet, as all of them are.

    Visit one of the sites below, and you’ll be able to get a hold of her there.

    Christina Beller profile
    Myspace Profile

  • aotd: “What a suprise another face”

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    Today’s piece comes from an artist out of Philadelphia, Sean Metcalf. He is currently going to school for illustration is making quite big noise there as well. One look at his art and you can see that it’s quite dynamic.

    I first got hooked on his work when I saw the inlfuence of artists like Ralph Steadman and Joan Miró. Take a look at Sean’s gallery and you”ll see that while being influenced, he has quite a loud voice of his own.

    Sean Metcalf Profile

  • “Venus” groupshow at Roq La Rue June 8th

    Another must see show starts this Friday, entitled “Venus” its a group show that focuses on the female as a muse.

    The list of artists that will be showing their female inspired art will be: Lori Earley, Audrey Kawasaki, Travis Louie, Marion Peck, Glenn Barr, Kukula, Stella Im Hultberg, Isabel Samaras, Sas Christian, Joshua Petker, Derek Nobbs, Sarah Joncas, Amy Crehore, Rik Garrett, Sarah Bereza and many others. That’s quite a list. I would love to be able to go this one.

    You can see the info for it here on the Roq La Rue website.
    Roq La Rue Gallery

  • Mark Brown prints and original


    The CDavis Gallery has some work by Mark Brown for sale. One original painting entitled “The Escapist” and around 7 prints, all of which run about $20.

    I haven’t seen this artist before, but one look at the work and you can see a little of a Joe Sorren influence. They are all great pieces, “Eddie the Yeti” and “Transplant” (above) being my favorite.

    I can’t seem to find his homepage at all (if he has one) but I did see that he has an Etsy account, so you can snag some work from him there as well.

    You can get his original and prints here: Original and prints
    Also here is his Etsy page: Mark Brown Etsy Profile

  • Art Dorks group show at Thinkspace

    This Friday at 7-11pm at the ThinkSpace Gallery the Art Dorks group show opens.

    The show will feature work by such artists as: Shawn Barber, Jad Fair, Travis Louie, Dan May, Chris Ryniak and many others. This is going to be a great show. There will also be an a special installation done. The show runs until July 6th.

    Check out the site below.

    ThinkSpace Gallery
    Art Dorks Collective

  • “Loving Robot” original by Jeff Soto


    Right now there is an original painting by Jeff Soto for sale. The piece is entitled “Loving Robot” and is acrylic on wood, 3.5″ x 6″ x 1.5″. So it’s not very big, but it looks quite sweet.

    I don’t see many pieces by Jeff Soto for sale, prints maybe, not originals.

    Head on over and take a look: “Loving Robot”

    Also see the artists homepage: Jeff Soto Homepage

  • Silver Surfer art

    Today for about an hour, my eyes were pummeled by the television. While watching this, I saw a new ad for the Fantastic Four movie. I heard the first one wasnt that good, but this new one has Silver Surfer in it. Not matter how corny a surf board riding superhero is, I alwasy liked the character.

    So, I looked around for some work on him, prints or originals. I found a good amount.

    Silver Surfer acrylic by Duckman In The 21st Century

    Animation art litho, signed by John Buscema
    Rise of the Silver Surfer prelim art by Alex Ross
    Original Comic Page

  • “How NOT to display your artwork on the web”

    This site was posted on the frontpage of Juxtapoz, but honestly it’s too good to have it posted here and all over the place really.

    It’s a bunch of (sarcastic) tips to help artists understand the best way to display their work. Just because your an artist doesnt mean your an advertising guru as well. There are a few popular gallery pages that I have gone to, that could really be helped by reading these tips.
    There are also a good amount of artists that I would love to share their work, but can’t get to it.

    I spend a pretty good amount of time, making sure this site works well, loads fast and is easy to navigate. I the Creep Machine falls into any of those tips, let me know. I’ll fix them.

    Here’s the tips:
    How not to display your artwork on the web