The Blab! Show Revisited

Roaming Tomcat Rag by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006
Black Snake Wiggle Blues by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006 The Strummer by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006

Little Tickle by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006

Mini-monkey #4 by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006

Mini-monkey #3 by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006

Mini-monkey #2 by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006

Mini-monkey #1 by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2006

The Tickler by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2005

The Charmer by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2005

The Banana Eater by Amy Crehore, Blab Show 2005

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In case you didn't know, I was in the very first Blab! art show at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, CA. In 2005, I had 3 paintings in the 1st Blab! show (that was the beginning of my "Monkey Love Series"-bottom 3 images). And in 2006, I had 8 paintings in the 2nd Blab! show (top images). "The Banana Eater" painting later became a framed, canvas print by Pressure Printing

as well as a spread in "Blab! 17", the magazine.

(All of these paintings are sold. More original paintings, prints and drawings on my website.)

The Art of Amy Crehore

THE BIG FUNNY Newspaper and Art Show!

Big Funny Web site, 16″ x 23″, 48 pages, only $5 US plus shipping

I recently got a copy of THE BIG FUNNY in the mail to read and review. It's HUGE! The largest newspaper I ever saw -16" x 23" ! Or, is it because my local paper has now shrunk down to nothing that it seems so big? Anyhow, it's ALL comics. Can you beat that? 48 pages of color comics. Looks like it has about 45 or so contributors, all of whom love to draw comics and want to preserve the history of comics. The best I can do right now, because I still haven't even finished reading it, is to list their names and creations and to clue you in about the BIG FUNNY art show which opens this friday at Altered Esthetics Art Gallery in Minneapolis (7-10pm).

“Hey Kids, Comics!” by Terry Beatty
“Little Emo in Slumbaland” by Jesse Gillespie
“Little Miss Mechanical’s Bedtime Amusement” by Diana Nock
“There is a Heppy Plonet” by Mike Sgier
“Captain Kleinbottle” by Jason Sandberg
“Hey Rube!” by Daniel J. Olson
“Army Men” by Kevin Cannon
“Classics Majors…in Love!” by Ursula Murray Husted
“Tommy Chicago and Jimmy” by Brian Bastian and Danno Klonowski
“Oil Painting” by Bjorn Rolvaag
“Banana Republic” by Kirk Anderson
“Citizen Participation in Hell” by Ken Avidor
“The Teenage Ghost Hunting Society” by B. Sabo
“Vis,Croatia: The Ride” by Jenny Schmid
“Residue Comics: Krack-Up” by Roger Lootine
“Middle Management” by Andy Singer
“Mark Droppings” by BIll Prendergast
“Dewey Dawner” by Madeline Queripel
“Post Modern” by David Sandberg
“Flying Boy!” by Lewis Tuck
“Authoritative Expert J. Wiggins” by Bud Burgy
“Squirrels and Pigeons” by Caanan Grall
“Eye of the Beholder” by Adam Wirtzfeld
“Uncle $achs” by Donn Ha
“The Madcap Shenanigans of Randolph & Sir Chirptrude, Esq.” by Lonny Unitus
“Gee, Whizzard!” by Kevin McCarthy
“Nate the Nonconformist” by Stephanie Mannheim
“Rampage!” by Erik Nelson
“Inkwellspring” by Henry Chamberlain
“Laffit Forward!” by Blake Himsl Hunter
“The Further Adventures of Vegan Ninja Cats (Who Ride Bikes)” by Mike Toft
“Living in Filth” by Hawk Krall
“Rocket Steven” by Earl Luckes
“Talewinds: Little Jimmy” by Steve Mason
“L’il Buddha and the Hungry Ghost Realm” by Ryan Dow
“Dear Friends” by Britt Hammerberg
“A Breast Abreast” by Lupi
“Uptown Girl” by Bob Lipski
“Underground Funnies” by D.C. McNamara
“Adventure!” by David Steinlicht
“Bongo the Monkey” by Steven Stwalley
“Pumpkinship” by Maxeem
“Look” by David Paleo
“Pickle-Head” by Paul Fricke
“Ticket to Crickety Creek” by William Ede

Please buy a copy of the Big Funny (it's a steal at $5., plus shipping) and go to the show if you live nearby.

Produced by: The International Cartoonist Conspiracy , Big Time Attic , and Altered Esthetics
Thanks, Steven Stwalley.

Buy a copy here: BIG FUNNY WEBSITE

Gallery Closings...

Here is an interesting little film by James Kalm called In Memoriam: Gallery Closings in NYC

James Kalm was the guy who happened to film my own gallery opening last summer in Brooklyn, NY.

Josephine Baker 1927

Wearing my T-shirt

Well, wadda ya know? Here's a sweet photo of a guy wearing my ukulele t-shirt on the boat to Stromboli, Italy. He looks so happy with his uke. That guy happens to be Steve McNie who is one of the founders of the Corktown Ukulele Jam and website: Toronto Ukes . These folks have so much fun! Have a look at the "Streetcar Night" slideshow. Thanks, Steve!

P.S. If anyone else wants to send me a photo of themselves with my ukulele shirt on (in various parts of the world), I would be more than honored to post it on my blog.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Photo of the Day

Follow the Fiddler's Lead (Steve Chasmar's flickr)

Here is the most dreamy, vintage, musical scene - complete with clown outfits.

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Thanks, Steve!

Limited Edition, Artist Signed Prints by Amy Crehore (and a T-shirt)

Amy Crehore Artist T-shirt

The Charmer Print (one of 6 different Monkey Love Prints)

Roaming Tomcat Rag Print (small quantity available)

The Banana Eater Framed Canvas Print by Pressure Printing (small quantity available)

Banjo Gal Print (one of five different "Little Pierrot" prints)

Deja Vu Waltz Print

Weed Smoker's Dream Print

Song of the Sea Print

Monkey Love Song Print (small quantity available)

CLICK ON LINKS UNDER IMAGES TO GO TO WEBSITE PAGES
I have a variety of prints available on my website for very reasonable prices right now. Each edition is limited, signed and numbered (archivally produced by Sterling Editions or Pressure Printing). I sometimes include small pencil drawings in orders (chosen at random). I always include postcards, a certificate of authenticity and archival sleeves. This is an excellent way to see my art up close and live with it, if you can't get to a gallery to view the real thing. I also have an artist t-shirt still available in 5 sizes. My artwork features ukuleles, guitars, banjos, girls, monkeys, a lion, a tortoise, cats, a "little pierrot" and other characters.

This week, I am taking part in a San Diego Comic-con art show. If you can't make it to comic-con, or to the wonderbreadhaus where the events will take place, have a look at Mark Murphy's Blog to see a preview of the art. He is actually staging two exhibits back-to-back on July 23rd and 24th. The first is Scribble 08, featuring these artists and a documentary film:

Jesse M Balmer + Glenn Barr + Tim Biskup + Cathie Bleck + Matthew Bone + Marc Burckhardt + Colin Christian + Sas Christian + Kevin Christy + Christian and Rob Clayton + Robert Connett + Tony Fitzpatrick + AJ Fosik + Femke Hiemstra + Hiro Kurata + James Jean + Chris Mars + Jeff Soto + Gary Taxali + Thesis + Mark Todd + Damon Soule + Esther Pearl Watson + Kent Williams + Martin Wittfooth

The second exhibit is the Planetillogica Exhibit on July 24th, which I will have two paintings in:
David Van Alphen : Jonathan Bergeron : Chris Buzelli : Bob Dob : Molly Crabapple : Amy Crehore : Steven Daily : Brendan Danielsson : Leslie Ditto : Travis Lampe : Jason Limon : Travis Louie : Lola : Tim Mantoani : Dan May : Mike Maxwell : Brandi Milne : Joel Nakamura : Kathie Olivas : Nathan Ota : Brandt Peters : Luke Ramsey : Chris Ryniak : Erik Sandberg : Raudiel Sanudo : Mijn Schatje : Nathan Spoor : Matt Stallings : David Russell Talbott : Jon Todd : Joe Vaux : Marco Wagner : Jeni Yang
Follow this link to view the art in these shows:
http://murphydesign1.blogspot.com/
Contact for purchases/price list of the art in these two shows: Mark Murphy murphy@murphydesign.com
LINK: My two paintings for this show


The Art of Amy Crehore
(Other original oil paintings, drawings and ukuleles contact: amy@amycrehore.com)