Paper moons
on flickr -collection of
Steve Chasmar
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mark Frauenfelder reports from TED Conference


Also, here is the TED conference LINK . I am following TED NEWS on twitter.
I'm looking forward to designer/illustrator Marian Bantjes speaking at TED on Friday from 2:15-4 pm. She was included in "The Scarlet Lettering", a letterpress project from the Cloudy Collection. There are still prints available if you follow the link. You may remember that my art was part of the very first Cloudy Collection card set (monkey image)!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Vintage Ukuleles -My Inspiration!
Uke design copyright 2010 Amy Crehore
I can't stop now! I have a few more vintage instruments to enhance with art - including a "minty" (in more ways than one) green Montgomery Ward duco-finished uke from the 1920's. It was found carefully preserved in the original mail order box. (It matches my "Demon" uke.) Can't wait to paint a design on that one.
Above, is a little sketch I came up with for the headstock of a blond-color vintage banjo-uke that someone kindly gave to me after my art show last year. The tuners were missing and it needed some clean-up. It's a Slingerland style-uke that has now been restored to a nice shine. An authentic set of vintage tuners were found to fit it. Luckily, my luthier loves removing rust from brackets,etc. (This one matches my Slingerland black "Tuxedo" uke.)
In fact, this weekend would be the anniversary of my "Dreamgirls and Ukes" show in L.A. .(A lot of the paintings and ukes from this art show have now found happy homes, but there are still some pieces available -if interested, feel free to contact: amy@amycrehore.com with inquiries.) I am also working on a couple of brand new canvases and a letterpress print right now. Lots to do!
The Art of Amy Crehore
The Art of Amy Crehore
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
"Be the Jazz King of Your Town"
This ad from 1926 says the banjo-uke
is "the most popular instrument there is".
Follow link to read more!
thanks, katinthecupboard's flickr and
www.ukulelia.com
is "the most popular instrument there is".
Follow link to read more!
thanks, katinthecupboard's flickr and
www.ukulelia.com
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Dali, the showman


Thursday, February 04, 2010
Moise Kisling, painter of women




Here's a Moise Kisling nude - he did wonderful melancholy portraits of women, including Kiki (famous artist model in Paris that Man Ray photographed). Although I cannot find a website devoted to him, Google images displays a selection of great paintings: Follow this LINK. A great book called "KIKI'S PARIS: Artist and Lovers 1900-1930" (I have it at home) has many photos and stories about Kisling. He was born in Poland on Jan. 22, 1891 and died on Apr. 29, 1953. He moved to Paris in 1913, where his friends included Modigliani, Picasso and Kiki.
Thanks for reminding me about Kisling, eric orchard !
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