Jason Castro (America Idol) won them over with his uke version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
I think he needs one of my Tickler Ukulele T-shirts.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Fine Linen Oil-primed
It's time for me to get back to blogging about my own art and my art process. For my larger paintings, I order linen canvas from Daniel Smith in Seattle. It comes pre-primed in a roll. There is a product description on their website: "Claessens' preprimed Belgian linen canvases are among the finest produced..." Link I have been using this product since around 1990. It's amazing and completely archival. I stretch this linen on Daniel Smith stretcher bars (which come in medium or heavy-duty). Daniel Smith bars have a much nicer lip on them than most stretcher bars you'll run across and they fit together well. I use stretching pliers and tacks. Then, I staple the canvas around the back.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Springtime - Time for Tees
All looks happy in this scene of Springtime... however, I think since the weather is getting warmer, they could really use a couple of my Tickler T-shirts and some free art postcards that come with them. They are so cute and so are my tees. :)
Monday, April 07, 2008
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Lee Moyer's New Website
My friend Lee Moyer in Portland, OR has a new website. He's a fantastic illustrator who hosts an illustrators' group up there. Lee can draw just about anything. I found this image in his poster section. I really love it! I'll get up there one of these days, Lee. Have a look:
The Art of Amy Crehore
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Alex Gross Show Opens 4/5 at Jonathan Levine
The Mandolin, painting by Alex Gross
The Tragedy, painting by Alex GrossAlex Gross has an art show opening in NYC on April 5 (through May 3, 2008) called "Mysteries and Manners". He has created some mysterious, surreal and complex new paintings.
Here's the link: Jonathan Levine Gallery
Alex Gross derives a lot of inspiration from the Shanghai advertising posters of the 1930's. I have blogged about these kinds of images many times before. His new show has some ambitious large-scale work in it. Here, I have selected a couple of the simpler pieces: a straight portrait of a woman with a mandolin and an absurd, yet wonderful, portrait of a floating woman with a tennis racket and four legs, getting ready to smack her ice cream out of it's cone. He is really using a beautiful selection of colors in these works and his technique is completely honed in. The faces of the people in his paintings are serious, yet there is an underlying humor to each narrative situation. I was lucky enough to see some Alex Gross paintings in person at Earl McGrath in L.A. back in 2004.
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