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One of my favorite albums from Yazoo with the Robert Armstrong cover. It's perfect to paint by. No singing, just pure guitar music. Listen to a few more tracks and buy the album here:

Yazoo

His name was Salvatore Massaro a.k.a. Eddie Lang (1902-1933). He died tragically at a young age during a botched tonsillectomy. He was a jazz guitar virtuoso. Read more about Eddie.

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Ukulele Headstock Designs

I like looking at ukulele headstocks.They come in all shapes and sizes. Beautiful. Here's a handful of old drawings of different headstock designs on a great uke website: Nalu-Music Link

Art Basel Miami with Thinkspace!

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I am fortunate to be included in an exhibit called "Looking Glass" with Thinkspace Gallery in the Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair this December during Art Basel in Miami, FL.

I will be showing two of my new paintings with beautiful frames:

"The Caged Wonder" and "French Bubble Gum Encore".
The ‘Looking Glass’ exhibit will offer a sampling of new works from artists that are showing with their gallery in Los Angeles during 2009 and 2010 and beyond.
Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair

Charcoal Studios in the Wynwood Arts District 2135 NW 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33127

Runs 12-04-08 through 12-07-08
Allison Sommers http://www.flickr.com/photos/on_a_boutade
Amy Crehore http://www.amycrehore.com/
Andrew Hem http://www.andrewhem.com/
Andy Kehoe http://www.andykehoe.net/
Anthony Pontius http://anthonypontius.vox.com/
ARMSROCK http://www.armsrock.blogspot.com/
Audrey Kawasaki http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/
Bo130 http://www.bo130.org/
Brandi Milne http://www.brandimilne.com/
Brian M. Viveros http://www.brianmviveros.com/
Camilla d’Errico http://www.camilladerrico.com/
Cherri Wood http://cherriwood.livejournal.com/
Damon Soule http://www.damonsoule.com/
Dan-ah Kim http://www.dkim-art.com/
David MacDowell http://www.macdowellstudio.com/
ELBOW-TOE http://street-fodder.blogspot.com/
Ekundayo http://www.ekundayo.com/
Esao Andrews http://www.esao.net/
Fafi http://www.fafi.net/
Imminent Disaster http://www.flickr.com/photos/disasterstrikes/
Joao Ruas http://souvlaki.jp-ar.org/
Kelly Vivanco http://www.kellyvivanco.com/
KMNDZ (aka Johnny Rodriguez) http://www.kmndz.com/
KuKula http://www.kukulaland.com/
Matthew Feyld http://matthewfeyld.blogspot.com/
Michael Alvarez http://www.michaelalvarezart.com/
Microbo http://www.microbo.com/
Mr. Jago http://www.mrjago.com/
Paul Barnes http://www.paul-barnes.com/
Peter Taylor http://www.handmadefeat.com/
Reuben Rude http://www.reubenrude.com/
Robert Pokorny http://www.ripgallery.com/Site/Home.html
Sarah Joncas http://www.teapartylove.digitalinkz.com/
Seth Armstrong http://www.setharmstrong.com/
Stella Im Hultberg http://www.stellaimhultberg.com/
Stephen Smith (aka Neasden Control Centre) http://www.neasdencontrolcentre.com/ncc.html
Timothy Karpinski http://timothykarpinski.com/
Tony Philippou http://www.tonyphilippou.com/
Yosuke Ueno http://www.spaceegg77.com/

Check out their current Drawing Show curated by Audrey Kawasaki (they had lines around the block at the opening for this one):

THINKSPACE

My New Painting for Murphy's 2nd "KNOW" Exhibit in Miami

The frame is actually more bronzy-gold antiqued color, but this sort of gives an indication.

Here is my oil on linen, "The Song of the Firefly", featuring a girl and her uke, 6" square with a 10"x10" ornate gold frame. Copyright Amy Crehore 2008. Contact Mark Murphy if interested.

This is for Mark Murphy's KNOW exhibit. He will be at Art Basel Miami again this year and he invited me to participate. He has gathered together many artists for his KNOW exhibit to be held at Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair - Charcoal Studios in the Wynwood Arts District 2135 NW 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33127

12-04-08 through 12-07-08

Follow this link to see some more of the art and for contact info:

Curated by Mark Murphy

Featuring:Jennybird Alcantara : David van Alphen : Ana Bagayan : Robert Bellm : Jonathan Bergeron : Mike Bertino : Cathie Bleck : Jonathan Boam : Darren Booth : Brandon Boyd : Katherine Brannock : Calef Brown : Ryan Bubnis : Marc Burckhardt : Christopher Buzelli : Ray Caesar : Luke Chueh : Dave Chung : Robert Connett : Molly Crabapple : Amy Crehore : Brian Despain : Xiaoqing Ding : Leslie Ditto : Doodles : Ekundayo : P-Jay Fidler : AJ Fosik : Andrew Foster : Ken Garduno : Ill Gill : Matt Haber : Moira Hahn : Robert Hardgrave : Ryan Heshka : Vincent Hui : Jordin Isip : Jason Jacenko : Levon Jihanian : Ron Job : Dan Kennedy : Kinoko : KMNDZ : Zane Kozak : Kukula : Travis Lampe : Daniel Hyun Lim : Tommii Lim : Jen Lobo : Lola : Dan May : Brandi Milne : Mark Murphy : Joel Nakamura : Andrew Neyer : Clinton Neuhaus : Kathie Olivas : Brandt Peters : Jenn Porreca : Luke Ramsey : relAx one : RG : Mark Ryden : Chris Ryniak : Erik Sandberg : Mijn Schatje : Jeffery Scott 92501 : Kim Scott : Jeff Soto : Nathan Spoor : Matt Stallings : David Russell Talbott : Yoko Tanaka : Gary Taxali : Peter Taylor : Jon Todd : Joe Vaux : Alexei Vella : Jonathan Viner : Marco Wagner : Cynthia Walton : Nicholas Wilton : Martin Wittfooth : Davey Wong : Johnny Yanok : Marco Zamora : Chet Zar

More of my art here:

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Nice Old Drawings

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" 'General Jackson Slaying the Many Headed Monster'Lithographic cartoon; Andrew Jackson, Van Buren and assisting personage in uniform battling with serpent with numerous caricature heads. Artist unknown, Henry R Robinson (publisher); 1833."

More drawings here:

BibliOdyssey: Military Caricatures

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Ladies and Their Fame

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Originally uploaded by carbonated

Great set on flickr (by carbonated) that goes on and on. (Click link above)
Includes lots of Alfred Cheney Johnston photos.

"View" Arts Magazine

I love this cover painted by Morris Hirshfield in 1945 for"View"arts magazine. Kind of sexy, yes? So modern. That fabulous blog, A Journey Round My Skull , has 13 more by famous artists like Georgia O'Keefe, Andre Masson, Duchamp, Fernand Leger, Man Ray, Calder, etc. Just follow the link. Cool.

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