
Monday, March 31, 2008
Magic Eight Ball

Sunday, March 30, 2008
More Gems from Casino De Paris




To view a really nice page of them (listing the names of the dancers, too):
Saturday, March 29, 2008
The Hundred Year Old Blog
This groovy image of a devil-thumbing-his-nose radiator cap from the late 1930's was found on Shorpy Blog
Thanks boingboing . I love this. Follow the Shorpy link for more nice photos.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Dinosaurs and Robots Blog

Dinosaurs and Robots, a blog created by Mr. Jalopy and Mark Frauenfelder, with special guest blogger Steve Lodefink, is shaping up to be a fun bag of tricks. I found this vintage photo of there- which made me laugh. You can also find Houdini's straightjacket and PDF's of Andrew Loomis' how-to-draw art books and lots of other tidbits including "dusty tape cassette Friday".
Dinosaurs and Robots
The Art of Amy Crehore
Dinosaurs and Robots
The Art of Amy Crehore
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The Word "Flower" Will Find Me
Someone pointed out to me a while back that if you do an image search on google for the word "flower", my painting "The Flower Muncher" is right there on the first page. In fact, if you google the names of my series or the individual titles of my paintings, they can often be found on the first page of web listings and/or images. That's pretty nifty.
Here's my news: I now have a show lined up in NYC (July 2008) and a solo show in L.A. in Feb. 2009 and various group shows in-between in other places, so I am currently painting away on new works. The # 2 Tickler Uke is still in production, unfortunately. Sometimes really good things take longer than expected. It's a nice spring day here in Oregon after a week of craaaazy weather. And...this is the last day of a 20% off print sale at Pressure Printing.
Carnival in Rio




Monday, March 24, 2008
New Hokum Scorcher's Song, A Day Late

There's a new song on my website player: "20 Second Man", original song by Billy Ward and His Dominoes from the 1950's ("60 Minute Man"), adapted by the Hokum Scorchers. Lou Reimuller on the National Guitar w/kazoo, vocals and Amy Crehore (me) on the snare drum this time w/vocals. (Recorded in 1992 - from "Feed the Kitty" by Hokum Scorchers). Scroll down for music player on my website:
Read about Billy Ward and the Dominoes
This song will change every Sunday Night, so it might be different when you read this post.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Meg Hunt's Sketchbook

Julia Rothman ,an artist from Brooklyn, has a cool blog called "Book by it's Cover" . She regularly features artist sketchbooks and today she did a thing on Meg Hunt , a really great cartoonist/illustrator. Have a look:
You might also want to check out the archives for some other fascinating sketchbooks.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Where is Tickler Uke #2?

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Female Form - Angles and Curves



Magritte's "The Dangerous Liason"
(Thanks to Art Deco blog )
I've been painting today, but the weather is acting up, so my oil paint is not going on very smoothly. It's frustrating. Had to wipe it down again. I decided that I had better quit for the day so as not to ruin what I've already got down. I thought we were well into spring, but the weather is not cooperating. It almost snowed earlier.
Anyhow, I thought I'd post these titillating images that I found. The top two are by Paul Cuvelier who was a comics artist (he created a series called Corentin, commissioned by Tin Tin's Herge). He was also an incredible painter. It looks like he had that "two women" composition thing down. More of his art to be found here. He did not live very long, unfortunately, and Corentin was not that successful and it ultimately wore him down and he quit comics. He spent the last 5 years of his life painting. The bottom painting is by Magritte, who did some very unusual things with the female form.
The Art of Amy Crehore
Monday, March 17, 2008
B & W Photos - So Beautiful

I love this photo by Robert Doisneau. Femme Femme Femme is blogging some classic B&W photos. They also just blogged my Memphis Minnie painting along with some photos of her.
I basically majored in photography and film in college and I really love the drama of black and white images! Perhaps I will upload a Memphis Minnie song (by the Hokum Scorchers) to my website music player next Sunday. Meanwhile, it looks like my music page has recently gotten "stumbled upon" which is always a nice bonus.
The Art of Amy Crehore
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Dance Me to the End of Love
There are some beautiful black and white music videos of Leonard Cohen songs on YouTube. My favorite is this one,
Check it out. It's gorgeous and surreal.
The B& W videos for "Closing Time" and "First We Take Mahattan" are nice as well. I have mentioned this before, but I'll say it again - I listened to Leonard Cohen albums non-stop when I painted my "Little Pierrot" series paintings. So, thanks for helping me along, Mr. Cohen. He was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (about time) and he recently got a mention on American Idol when Jason Castro did a heart-felt version of his incredible song "Hallelujah". Leonard Cohen will set out on a world tour in June, 2008.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Vintage Easter Cards from Germany



I like how they show surrealistic scenes of lambs pulling big eggs instead of the usual cliche (children with bunnies).
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Bad links, what can ya do?

I noticed that a heck of a lot of old links going to pages on my website are not working. That's because my website host made us change to a new template program a few months ago. I have tried to go back into my blog archive and correct some of these links, but I know that a lot of external links from other blogs and such are dead now. Hopefully people will google my name and find my new website if they are interested enough. Maybe some of these blogs will correct their links.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Gazette Du Bon Ton





La Gazette du Bon Ton was a leading French fashion magazine that was published from November 1912 to 1925 and founded by Lucien Vogel. There is an amazing digital archive of the pages from this magazine on a Japanese library website and it is guaranteed to fascinate illustrators and painters alike - featuring the artwork of :
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
One Cool Blog Leads to Another





That blog lead me to another blog that has many beautifully illustrated vintage travel posters, cigarette advertisements and magazine covers:
Monday, March 10, 2008
Howard and Barbara Armstrong's Art




There is so much more to this story, just follow the link.
Read all about Howard and Barbara Armstrong's amazing art and music at:
Awaiting "Tickler" Uke Number Two
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Barefoot Girl
I like this painting of a young woman by Aron Wiesenfeld. Wish I could view it larger. Looks like she's got a slingshot in her hand. Is she a barefoot huntress? The rabbit is not a stuffed toy? I like the simplicity of the composition, her super long legs, the spindly tree on top of the bluff that she is holding onto. The mysterious grey sky. The title suggests that she should not be out hunting in barefeet. More of his work online at:
Saturday, March 08, 2008
French Beauties


The Art of Amy Crehore
Friday, March 07, 2008
Clever Coconut Amp by Steve Lodefink

Speaking of ukes, my #2 Tickler uke is still in production. It will be worth the wait when it finally appears. The luthier is adding so many nice little details to this uke.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
New Art Print by Mark Frauenfelder

Slingshot Press has a sweet deal today. You can get a signed print of Mark Frauenfelders' "Map of Everything" (10.5" x 11") for $50. Only 50 in the edition. I really like this design. One of Mark's best! (boingboing)
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Polka-Dot Entertainers
Mr. Little's Company of Pierrots photo by A. Breach
Polka-dot costumed pierrot troupes were all the rage once upon a time, especially on the coast of England. To paint them is traditional. I never really thought about it the first time I painted one, though. I wasn't even really aware of the history of the pierrot. I had an old family photo of my grandma's uncle, an actor dressed in a pierrot outfit, and I used it as reference because I liked it. That's how the pierrot became one of my characters. Later, I noticed pierrots could be found all over the place - in all kinds of art, music, and theater images. They still look good in their polka-dots. Classic.
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