Charity Ebay Auction Ends April 10! Crehore Original Hand-painted "ema" and sketch in "Artists Help Japan" Ebay Auction

Original Painted "ema" by Amy Crehore (2011) of "Girl with a ukulele and a cat in a teacup" up for auction today through Sunday.

Original sketch for the above painting by Amy Crehore (2011) also up for bidding!

CLICK ON THE TWO LINKS ABOVE TO BID!

I am participating in an "Artists Help Japan" auction on ebay. Curator Christina Conway came up with the idea of having the artists paint "emas" (traditional Japanese prayer plaques). 100% of the proceeds will benefit Give2Asia Earthquake and Tsunami 2011 Fund. Follow this LINK!! You'll have until late evening April 10, 2011 to bid on my art.

LINK TO ART AUCTION FOR JAPAN

Artists: Amy Crehore, Fawn Fruits, Joel Nakamura, Kelly Vivanco, Aaron Meshon, Allison Sommers, Yoskay Yamamoto, Jeya, Zoe Williams, Lili Piri, MALL, Axelhoney, Lorena Alvarez, Celene Petrulak, Amy Huddleston, X03, plus more being added! (Note: Audrey Kawasaki has been added and more.)

Auction Summary Link

I will be shipping my pieces to the buyer(s) personally and will include a note.

(This auction is under "ebay Charity Works", puck.rye)

Thanks, Christina Conway, for all of your hard work in setting up this amazing auction.

My wish is for calmness and joy for all people of Japan.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Writers and their Cats

Edward Gorey and family

I'm a sucker for this. Not only are the photos in black and white, but its a whole blog devoted to Writers and Kitties

Follow the link and you will find some excellent photographs such as the one shown above.

Thank you! It warms my heart to see these images.

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New R Crumb Interview

Artist Robert Crumb (Aline makes an appearance, too)
Associated Press LINK

Teenar's Cousin

What are "Jazzers"?

Made by Dean's Rag Book in England 1932, these Mickey Mouse Jazzers were fitted to the tone arm of a gramophone by an adjustable clip. They danced to the music of the period.

via Calico Teddy where you can see more Mickey plush .

(Thanks to artist Kim Deitch and his wife Pam- interviewed on this link)

Illustrated Books of German Expressionists

A Pierrot by Alfred Kubin

A Beckmann Pierrot

Flip thru illustrated books of the German Expressionist Collection at MoMA .

Kirchner, Kandinsky, Beckmann, Corinth, Klee, Kokoschka and more. 1907 to 1947.

LINK

Dolly Haas: Al Hirschfeld's other half

Who was this Louise Brooks-style cutie pie photographed playing the accordion, wearing trousers and smoking a cigarette or a little pipe? It was Dolly Haas and she was a famous actress (born in Germany in 1910) who married a famous American illustrator in 1943. They were married until she died in 1994. She did European films, acted on Broadway and was in an Alfred Hitchcock film. Al Hirschfeld, her illustrator-genius husband, lived to be 99 years old. LINK

Read about Dolly here: European Film Star Postcards.

The Art of Amy Crehore