Freaky Santa

Freaky Santa souvenir portrait #2
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We've Only Just Begun

The Carpenters owned two apartment buildings in Downey, CA.

The names of their hit songs are featured on the front of the buildings.

Contemporary Art

Julie Heffernan
Os Gemeos

Nick Cave

If I had gone to Art Basel Miami this year, I would have been interested in seeing these works: Julie Heffernan's paintings, an Os Gemeos' mural and Nick Cave's soundsuits (shown above).

I am also intrigued with Hernan Bas' paintings lately. He will have a show at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin called "Considering Henry" opening in January 9, 2010 in Paris. Follow this link to view some of his images: LINK

He is actually from Miami and had a couple of shows in New York in 2009 including one at the Brooklyn Museum.

I chose to not participate in the Miami art fairs this year, although I was kindly invited to paint something for the Aqua fair. I flew back east to visit my family instead. Luckily, there are tons of photos of the artworks here: flickr.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Hysteria Exhibition at Freud Museum

If you live in London, you can see a sculpture exhibit called "Hysteria" by artist Mat Collishaw at the Freud Museum (until Jan 3, 2010). I had been watching TateShots, videos of artists on the Tate Channel, and I found this particular artist to be quite intriguing:

Meet the Artist: Mat Collishaw .

The photo above (from timeout) shows one of three tree stump sculptures, with turn tables built-in, playing bird songs. There is also a fascinating kinetic sculpture with many little cupid-like boys hammering large nests of blue eggs. And, a mirror with spooky, animated cigarette smoke. Collishaw's art installation goes perfectly with the whole Freud office/couch setting. It's very Victorian-feeling. Too bad I don't live in London.

More short films with artists can be found here:

Tate Shots on Tate Channel

The Art of Amy Crehore

Washboard Rhythm Kings 1933

Short Films To Break Up Your Day

Watch award-winning short films like the animated "Madame Tutli-Putli" from Canada (winner of the best short film at Cannes Film Festival) here:

The Screening Room (YouTube Channel)
Inspiring stuff! I was a film/animation student myself...a long time ago.
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Detail of a new painting

Here is a detail of a small, new painting that I did for a group show in NYC opening on Jan 9, 2010. Since it's a month off, I don't want to reveal the whole thing yet. The painting is called, "A Curious Shelter".
The Art of Amy Crehore