In the Hokum Spirit - CRANKbait!

Lure Sculpture by Scott Harbine
Lure Sculpture by David Krys

If you haven't seen the CRANKbait! exhibit you are missing out.

Finkbuilt Gallery has an unusual assortment of lures still available to collectors.

Read all about the 16 wacky artists who created them:

CRANKbait!

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Teenar Is Hip

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Hey, check it out! Lou Reimuller and Teenar are in this month's Popeye Magazine, a very fashionable men/boys magazine from Japan. Funny! By the way, Teenar has a whole new updated outfit, but I'm not allowed to show it yet. Stay tuned.

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Ape Fight - Art Lovers

The Strummer copyright 2006 Amy Crehore

It looks like a band called Ape Fight likes my art a lot ...they blogged about it here. They are "6 Dudes from Jersey City NJ". Did they know I'm from N.J. ? They recently blogged my "Strummer" painting from last year's Blab show. Thanks, Ape Fight! I'm working on a painting with a chick, monkey and guitar (I don't just do ukuleles) as we speak.

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Utamaro Kitagawa

Utamaro Kitagawa 1750-1806 Abalone Divers series

I like these finely detailed narrative prints of women that I found here:

Japonisme

It looks like Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has 66 works by Utamaro Kitagawa !

"Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese printmaker and painter, and is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga." link

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Surreal Vintage Fairy Cards

You can buy these and view more vintage fairies here:

Edwardian Delights

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New things on the horizon...

What is it?

This is part of a sketch for a new painting. A large painting. I don't want to show the whole thing, so I'm giving you another piece of it. I'm excited about this new painting and I will be unveiling it in November at a very special show in Santa Monica, CA. I will be blogging more about that show soon as well as some other new and exciting developments. Stay tuned.

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Spirit of Hokum

Photo courtesy of Scoboco blog

Photo credit: Peggy Roalf (this photo courtesy of AI newsletter)

They had an Art Parade in NYC last Saturday sponsored by Deitch Projects and Paper magazine. These two people get the Little Hokum Rag costume prize. They epitomize the spirit of hokum, plus great design. The guy in the top photo is my fantasy man. This parade was a lot like the crazy parades we have here in Eugene, OR.

More great PHOTOS of NYC Art Parade here

Scoboco

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