What am I up to?

I haven't been posting on the blog as much lately, but it's just temporary. I've been sketching a lot in my sketchbook and enjoying the end of summer. Here's a funny old photo of me with my Hokum Scorcher's gear on. The only thing that is missing is my musical partner, Lou. That's his National guitar and, behind it, a "Feed the Kitty" that I made. I am holding a vintage banjolele. Today, I'm looking forward to a visit from an old friend from Richmond, VA. He used to be Lou's partner in a mysterious band called "The Fabulous Daturas".

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Wacky Vintage LP Covers

I found these funny, old covers on a great site called:

LP COVER LOVER
Thanks, Internet Weekly

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Musicians' Holiday

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Originally uploaded by ricksoloway

Thanks, ricksoloway (flickr)

Cigar Box Nation

Cigar Box Guitar by Mark Frauenfelder

See more photos of this guitar and many more here:

CIGAR BOX NATION

Fun!

More drawings, more cartoons, more fun!

Heidi MacDonald of "The Beat" sent boingboing a great link to one of their blog posts called "The Happiest Cartoonists of All Time" . It's about a Life magazine photo shoot in 1950 with a bunch of bathing beauties being tortured by the pens of happy cartoonists. Here's Alfred Andriola doing his thing on one of the young models. Follow link for more photos from this session. Crazy man!

Goya's Sketches

Here are some drawings from Goya's sketchbooks. The top one shows a guy trying to roller skate in 1824. I did not know they even had roller skates back then. Oh, but of course! I love Goya's line work almost better than his paintings. He shows a lot of emotion using simple gestures and classic design. Brushed-in ink washes add volume and light to the drawings. These are from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where you will find more.

"Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns."
What's really great is this website with links to all kinds of sketchbooks (that is where I found the Goya link):

Artists' Sketchbooks Online

Enjoy!
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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.)

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