Revisiting my L.A. solo show

It was called "Dreamgirls and Ukes". It took place at Thinkspace in L.A. in Feb 2009.

There were 15 paintings and 13 painted ukes. The Hokum Scorchers (Lou Reimuller and I)

 played music at the opening. 

Here's one of my paintings- "Monkey Love Song" (Amy Crehore).

Here's the link to all images-

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The Dancer and the Lily (Lilliput Pocket Omnibus 1930s)

Love these two comparison images from the book Lilliput Pocket Omnibus 1937
Here are some more! 
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1920s Illustrated Children's Covers by Takeo Takei

Covers by Takeo Takei for the illustrated magazine "Children's Land", 1922–33 on
  50 Watts blog 
Follow this link for more! These are amazing. Thanks,Will.

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Look at all those buttons!

This is possibly my favorite Jean-Antoine Watteau painting. The costume of The Pierrot is impeccably painted. His face is amazing. The composition with the figures and donkey gathered around the bottom is just right. 

 Gilles (or Pierrot) and Four Other Characters of the Commedia dell'arte, c. 1718. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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Hieronymous Bosch's Painted Butt Music

Love this! A college student in Oklahoma named Amelia transcribed and
recorded the music that Bosch painted on the butt of a sinner guy in hell
(from The Garden of Earthly Delights).
More info: LINK (globalpost)
A few people have told me over the years that my painting style sort of looks like Bosch and
I am getting a huge kick out of this butt story. Plus, it is one of my favorite paintings ever in the history of art.
To this day, Bosch's imaginative art still charms the pants off people. Bosch was so modern and funny.
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Happy Valentines Day!

More painting progress...just a detail of something I am working on shown above. 

I want to wish all of my fans, collectors, blog readers, friends, fellow countrymen and everyone else around the world a fabulous Valentines Day! Stay warm if you are in a deep freeze state.

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Painting progress and a few links

Here's a small detail of my new painting in progress (Amy Crehore 2014)
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and a few links:

1. Jo David's flickr set R.I.P. Leonard Knight, creator of Salvation Mountain. LINK
2. Shirley Temple, genius child entertainer and beautiful person died LINK
3. Leonora Carrington short story White Rabbits LINK
4. Amazing stretchy carvings from paper Ling Hongbo LINK
5. New animation by Allison Schulnik called Eager LINK