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  • “OH, YOU ARE SICK”, David Lynch Group show @ Phone Booth Gallery

    Another show that opened up this past weekend is “OH, YOU ARE SICK”, a group exhibition with the artists drawing inspiration from David Lynch movies. The show features art by Ryan Milner, Mr Frivolous, Handiedan, Adam Isaac Jackson, Lora Zombie, Garry Booth, Craww, Rich Kelly, David Owen, and more. The show has a very nice balance of art created in different mediums. The gallery will also be releasing 6 prints with the David Lynch theme, two of which have been released. Ryan Milner’s “Blue Velvet” print and Joe King’s “Eraserhead” (shown last).

    Check out the show: Phone Booth Gallery


  • “Vinyl Girl” print by Glenn Barr @ 1xrun

    1xrun has been really cranking out the amazing prints lately. Working along with Flavorpill, they are now dropping prints on Friday, such as “Hair Dress” by Serge Gay Jr, and “Man from Topanga” by Dave Kinsey coming this Friday. This past monday they released a print a new screen-print by Glenn Barr. This is the second print they have released by Barr, and let’s hope it’s not the last. The print is entitled “Vinyl Girl” and is 16″ x 25″, 5 color silkscreen on 140lb Mr French Paper, signed and numbered in a max edition of 75.

    Get it here: 1xrun.com

  • James Jean – “Rebus” @ Martha Otero Gallery

    James Jean’s first Los Angeles solo show “Rebus” opened this past weekend on March 12th at the Martha Otero Gallery in West Hollywood. The show features new paintings, sculptures, limited edition scarves, drawings, and sketchbook layouts. If your a fan of James’ work you have no doubt been following the stream of teaser images that have been popping up on various sites while this show drew closer. I often wish I was able to visit every show that caught my eye, but this has to be one of the shows I am truly going to regret not seeing in person. I cannot rave enough about how exciting his work has become in the past few years. The scale, color palettes, and the brushwork of these paintings just keep getting better and better. Giant Robot and Brandon Shigeta have photos from the reception, which really help to see the scale of some of the works.

    Martha Otero Gallery


  • Ken Keirns “Alone With Ghosts” @ Gallery 1988

    The past weekend some really great shows opened up, with Craola’s “INLE” group exhibition opening at Gallery 1988, and Ken Keirns latest solo show at the Venice gallery. This latest show from Keirns is entitled “Alone with Ghosts” and features 14 new oil paintings. Ken has such an amazing style, the figures in his work are becoming more intense. Compared to his early works, these latest paintings have this “smokey” or Sfumato look to them. Make sure to check out the full show.

    Ken Keirns “Alone With Ghosts” @ Gallery 1988


  • Kenichi Hoshine Japan Disaster Relief Sale

    Kenichi Hoshine has listed a couple of original works up for auction, with 100% of the proceeds going to Red Cross in order to aid Japan during this growing disaster. Every hour it seems like the news just keeps getting worse and worse. I am happy to see artists like Kenichi donate art in order to help, and while posts on social networking sites with people sharing art and videos are great for keeping moral up, the best thing you can do is donate. I hope to see other artists do the same.

    Check out the auction here: Kenichi Hoshine Disaster Relief Sale

  • New work by John John Jesse

    New work by John John Jesse

    John John Jesse, Punk Painter, recently released a new painting to his Facebook fan page. The painting is entitled “The Story of My Life”, and like all of the artists work is mixed media on wood. Throughout his career, John John Jesse has drew inspiration from his life, and many familiar elements seen in previous works is present in this new painting, however the inclusion of his band name Nausea, as seen on the right figure, is not something that surfaces in his work often.

    CHeck out his fan page here: John John Jesse Facebook

  • New work by Steve Kim

    Steve Kim was one of the featured artists here on the site back when the Creep Machine was only a few months old (here). I am very happy to see that he is still going strong, and has some new work on his site. He also recently had work in a two man show at the ADC Contemporary Art Gallery in Los Angeles, CA on March 5th, and will be in the Incognito show at the Santa Monica Museum on April 30th. If you head over to his site to see the new work, make sure you check out his blog and social network profiles to keep up with news.

    Stevekim.net

  • New prints by Jason Levesque

    Jason Levesque, aka Stuntkid, has just released two new prints. “Dye Job” and “Penny” are both 12″ x 18″ on heavy watercolor paper, signed and numbered in editions of 50.

    Get em here: Stuntkid Shop