Works in Progress- Amy Crehore, June 2016

Forgive the lack of blog posts, but I have been quite busy.

I recently finished painting an illustration for boingboing.net 

(which I will show you when the time is right) 

and I am currently working on this piece of bathers (progress shown above) 

for one of two group shows in Sept. (Chicago and L.A.). 

Watch this blog for more details soon!

Also, here's the beginning of a 

commission for a very special collector (girl and monkey):

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Online shop with special items and originals coming soon. 

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Newest Painting "Four Bathers, Two Cats" by Amy Crehore 2016

Four Bathers, Two Cats by ©Amy Crehore 2016 oil on linen 14" x 18" 

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Twitch Uke Paint Job (Crehore)

I took this photo with my ipad in my new studio. I think the paint job is now complete

on my Tickler #3 Twitch Concert Uke. It is time to hand it back over to the luthier for the final touches. There is a green and black inlay at the bottom. I'll take some better photos later on.

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Some Links for You

Shown here: Just a detail of a larger illustration that I did for The Magazine . Art by Amy Crehore 2013.

(My original illustration art for this has now been sold, oil on wood)

 



I recently did an illustration for The Magazine (digital subscription magazine)

Issue 24 August 29, 2013

LINK 

Article is Hacked Off by Rosie Spinks. Editor Glenn Fleishman @GlennF

 

Here are some more links for fun:

1. How Video Games Revived the Dying Art of Japanese Woodprinting, article John Brownlee Fast Company Design LINK
2. 1972 Interview with Moe Howard of Three Stooges LINK 
3. Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky has tons of ventriloquist dummies on display LINK
4. Crazy French Clown Photos1900-1930s LINK
5. Pre-Raphaelite Mural uncovered in William Morris' Red House LINK
6. Magritte cover art for Minotaure issue 10 1937 LINK
7. French staircase, early 19th century LINK
8. Hilarious Mennen Talc Ad from 70s LINK
9. Leo Dohmen, photographer with surrealist period 1929-1999 LINK

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Girls with Ukes

"Song of the Wind" (SOLD) 2009 6" x 6" oil on linen by Amy Crehore

 

Another new collector came along and snagged this little painting last week. One of the girls in the painting is holding a round camp uke. This piece was part of my Dreamgirls and Ukes solo show in Los Angeles.
This week, I am working on an illustration job and trying to finish up the new "Twitch" ukulele. I will show my finished paint job soon, so please stay tuned!

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More cool links from Little Hokum Rag

Amy Crehore Studio July 2013

As I begin to start the next two paintings in new my series, I am blogging a new list of links that might be of interest-

1.  Amazing ukulele w/flashing lights (youtube)Le Le AvantGarde by lighting ukulele LINK !
2. The link above was tweeted by Bosko and Honey of Ukulele Safari (thanks!)
3. See models buried in sand w/bathing caps & red lipstick, the surreal fifties The Nifty Fifties !
4. Collection of 7 videos of 60s/70s bands/performers doing the song Season of the Witch LINK !
5. Giant sculpture of Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth) from Pride and Prejudice in lake HUH magazine !
6. How a Bat is like a Bow String from Science Now: LINK  (Thanks Internet Weekly) !
7. BoingBoing featured my newest painting A Gymnast's Memory of Fall LINK !
8. Internet Weekly also featured same painting in their wonderful Art LINKS section!
9. Internet Weekly featured my A Bellhop's Memory of Spring the week before that. LINK !
10. Mardecortesbaja also posted my Gymnast's painting. Thanks, Lloyd!

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New Painting: "A Gymnast's Memory of Fall" (Amy Crehore)

 

Here's my second painting in my new series. It is called "A Gymnast's Memory of Fall".

Oil on linen, 12" x 14" ©Amy Crehore 2013 (Update: this painting has been sold)

I want to thank Boing Boing for blogging this- here's their LINK

 You can also view this painting larger here. 

Both paintings are now on the homepage of my website-

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First painting in the series is called "A Bellhop's Memory of Spring".

Original Paintings and Prints by Amy Crehore

My art has been shown in many galleries over the years: Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, Palm Springs, New York City, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Art Basel Miami and more. The Portland Art Museum (OR), the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the American Museum of Illustration (NYC) have all exhibited my paintings. Visit my website for available work and a selection of signed prints.
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"Blue Whale Cove", New Crehore Art for Sea No Evil Art Show 2011

"Blue Whale Cove" by Amy Crehore 2011, oil on wood, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" SOLD

Here is my "Blue Whale Cove" framed, 12" x 13"

I created this small piece especially for the Sea No Evil Art Show 2011 - an "Art Benefit to Preserve and Protect the Oceans of the World" to be held on June 25, 2011 6pm at Riverside Municipal Auditorium in Riverside, CA. Captain Paul Watson will be speaking. For more details (tickets):

Sea Shepherd Art Show

Artists include: Amy Crehore, Ana Bagayan, Camille Rose Garcia, Cathie Bleck, Chris Anthony, Clayton Brothers, Eric White, Friends With You, Gretchen Ryan, Jeff Soto, Korin Faught, Nate Frizzell, Shepard Fairey, Tara McPherson and LOTS more (over 100).

For complete artist list click here .

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Girl on a Miniature Horse and a Clown-child (Crehore)

Background detail of "The Angel at Gossamer Creek"painting by Amy Crehore 2010 (direct scan)

Background detail of "The Waiting Pool" painting by Amy Crehore 2010 (direct scan)

Here's just a glimpse of my two new paintings. They have lots of layers of paint. I am waiting for the weather to clear before I can take slides of the completed paintings. Then I will scan the slides for you. "The Waiting Pool" has 10 figures in it. I allowed myself to work on them for as long as I wanted to and they took me... a long time! I scanned these small details directly from the paintings.

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My Green Duco Vintage Ukulele

Nip-Cat Design for headstock of vintage green duco ukulele 1920's, copyright Amy Crehore

Back of my green duco-finish uke from the late 1920s. Click to enlarge.
There's a beautiful green duco-finish vintage ukulele in my collection that I am getting ready to enhance. I won't touch the back and sides, but I have something in mind for the headstock and part of the front. Here's my pencil sketch for the headstock design. I call it my "Nip-Cat" uke. I scanned the back of the actual uke on my scanner bed. You can see the gray and green crystallized finish. This baby was found in it's original Montgomery Ward mail order box and had never been played.
More of my hand-painted fine art ukes can be found here , here and here. Some are vintage and some are built from scratch. My Dreamgirl's gallery show in L.A. last year featured 13 of them including another duco (a black one) called The Demon.

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