Funny Embroidered Letter

"Letter to the Future"

Hand-stitched embroidery by Simon Evans 2011

Shitty Heaven at James Cohan Gallery opens today May 12-June 11, 2011 NYC

Drawings for New Work (Crehore)

"A Delicate Promenade" by Amy Crehore 2011 (click to enlarge drawing)

"A Little Escapade" by Amy Crehore 2011 (click to enlarge drawing)

Someone told me that they really liked my preliminary drawings, so I thought I would show you the two pencil drawings that I did for my new paintings. "A Little Escapade" totally morphed into something different when I painted it. Also, here are some quick digital shots of how these paintings looked framed before I shipped them off to the NEW BROW IV show in Seaside, CA. (Opens Friday May 13, 2011) More info about this show in a previous post.

Please go to my website homepage for larger images of these oil paintings on linen:

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Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962), Inventor of the Pin-Up?

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) "was a French painter specialising

in portraits of Parisian women. In the 1920's Domergue invented a new type of woman : thin, airy, elegant, with a swanlike neck. 'I invented the pin-up, he later claimed."

See two pages of images at FRENCH PAINTERS blog

Another New Painting (Crehore), "A Delicate Promenade"

Painting by Amy Crehore 2011, "A Delicate Promenade"

8"x 10", (11.5"x13.5"black frame), oil on linen

Click image to enlarge

See my other painting for this show, "A Little Escapade" in previous post.

These are for the "New Brow IV" Group Show -

Seaside, CA opening May 13th, 2011.

Featuring: Anthony Ausgang, Van Arno, Shawn Barber, Chrystal Chan, Luke Chueh, Andy B. Clarkson, Amy Crehore, Adam Flores, David Joseph Gough, Eric Joyner, Jophen Stein, Kevin E. Taylor, Jason Limon, Chris Mars, Buddy Nestor, Terribly Odd, Charmaine Olivia, Michael Page, Everett Peck, Christopher Polentz, Dan Quintana, Isabelle Samaras, Kelly Vivanco, and more.

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One of my new paintings, "A Little Escapade"

Painting by Amy Crehore 2011, Click to Enlarge

The image shown above is a new painting that I just finished. It is called "A Little Escapade" (8"x 10" oil on linen with a black frame 13.5" x 11.5"). I will blog my other painting as soon as it is dry enough to scan. These are for an upcoming show in Seaside, CA on May 13.

More details to come!

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Plexus Magazine:French Erotic Cover Art

Plexus, issue 25, June 1969

Cover: painting by Michel Plaisir

Plexus, issue 27, September 1969

Cover: Julie Leblanc

These are great. I have never seen these before! My friend Will over at 50 Watts Blog has acquired a bunch of late 60s-early 70s copies of the French magazine PLEXUS. For more covers like these (and weirder) follow this LINK. Thanks for sharing, Will!

There is even one cover featuring an umbrella that looks a little like a painting (A Curious Shelter) I did last year.

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Using an Eyelash for a Paint Brush

A microscopic sculpture of Prince William and Kate Middleton

is on display in at the Castle Fine Art Gallery in Birmingham.

Willard Wigan painted these tiny figures with an eyelash!

BBC News: LINK