Friday, November 21, 2008

Speaking of Cats in Art

"Maiko Tiger"painting copyright Moira Hahn
"Bat Luck" painting copyright Moira Hahn
Aren't these beautiful? Moira Hahn is currently showing her watercolors at Roq la Rue in Seattle until Dec. 6 (shown above are two from that show) and she is also in the upcoming "KNOW" exhibit curated by Mark Murphy (Art Basel Miami). If that isn't enough, she is having a solo show at Koplin Del Rio in Culver City, CA opening January 10th, 2009. I am hoping to swing by and check it out when I go down there in February. Can't wait. "Moira Hahn celebrates the mythology of Persian miniatures, Tibetan Thanka paintings, Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, Indian animal drawings and Chinese guardian figures" ...with a twist.

Eva Natus-Salamoun, Czech Ilustrator

This is a sweet little romantic drawing by Eva Natus-Salamoun, born in 1936. This one is from the blog, Lezinfo . And, there is even more of her whimsical, fairy-tale folk art on:
(Thanks, Will)

Sneak peek

It looks like I may not have time to finish painting Tickler Uke Number 2 anytime soon. I've been working too hard on things for my Feb. show in L.A.
Here's a sneak peek at the Jux ad for my show . (Click to enlarge)
More details coming!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

What am I listening to?




One of my favorite albums from Yazoo with the Robert Armstrong cover. It's perfect to paint by. No singing, just pure guitar music. Listen to a few more tracks and buy the album here:
His name was Salvatore Massaro a.k.a. Eddie Lang (1902-1933). He died tragically at a young age during a botched tonsillectomy. He was a jazz guitar virtuoso. Read more about Eddie.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Ukulele Headstock Designs


I like looking at ukulele headstocks.They come in all shapes and sizes. Beautiful. Here's a handful of old drawings of different headstock designs on a great uke website: Nalu-Music Link

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Art Basel Miami with Thinkspace!

(Click to enlarge)
I am fortunate to be included in an exhibit called "Looking Glass" with Thinkspace Gallery in the Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair this December during Art Basel in Miami, FL.
I will be showing two of my new paintings with beautiful frames:
"The Caged Wonder" and "French Bubble Gum Encore".
The ‘Looking Glass’ exhibit will offer a sampling of new works from artists that are showing with their gallery in Los Angeles during 2009 and 2010 and beyond.
Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair
Charcoal Studios in the Wynwood Arts District 2135 NW 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33127
Runs 12-04-08 through 12-07-08
Allison Sommers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/on_a_boutade
Amy Crehore
http://www.amycrehore.com/
Andrew Hem
http://www.andrewhem.com/
Andy Kehoe
http://www.andykehoe.net/
Anthony Pontius
http://anthonypontius.vox.com/
ARMSROCK
http://www.armsrock.blogspot.com/
Audrey Kawasaki
http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/
Bo130
http://www.bo130.org/
Brandi Milne
http://www.brandimilne.com/
Brian M. Viveros
http://www.brianmviveros.com/
Camilla d’Errico
http://www.camilladerrico.com/
Cherri Wood
http://cherriwood.livejournal.com/
Damon Soule
http://www.damonsoule.com/
Dan-ah Kim
http://www.dkim-art.com/
David MacDowell
http://www.macdowellstudio.com/
ELBOW-TOE
http://street-fodder.blogspot.com/
Ekundayo
http://www.ekundayo.com/
Esao Andrews
http://www.esao.net/
Fafi
http://www.fafi.net/
Imminent Disaster
http://www.flickr.com/photos/disasterstrikes/
Joao Ruas
http://souvlaki.jp-ar.org/
Kelly Vivanco
http://www.kellyvivanco.com/
KMNDZ (aka Johnny Rodriguez)
http://www.kmndz.com/
KuKula
http://www.kukulaland.com/
Matthew Feyld
http://matthewfeyld.blogspot.com/
Michael Alvarez
http://www.michaelalvarezart.com/
Microbo
http://www.microbo.com/
Mr. Jago
http://www.mrjago.com/
Paul Barnes
http://www.paul-barnes.com/
Peter Taylor
http://www.handmadefeat.com/
Reuben Rude
http://www.reubenrude.com/
Robert Pokorny
http://www.ripgallery.com/Site/Home.html
Sarah Joncas
http://www.teapartylove.digitalinkz.com/
Seth Armstrong
http://www.setharmstrong.com/
Stella Im Hultberg
http://www.stellaimhultberg.com/
Stephen Smith (aka Neasden Control Centre)
http://www.neasdencontrolcentre.com/ncc.html
Timothy Karpinski
http://timothykarpinski.com/
Tony Philippou
http://www.tonyphilippou.com/
Yosuke Ueno
http://www.spaceegg77.com/
Check out their current Drawing Show curated by Audrey Kawasaki (they had lines around the block at the opening for this one):

Thursday, November 13, 2008

My New Painting for Murphy's 2nd "KNOW" Exhibit in Miami

The frame is actually more bronzy-gold antiqued color, but this sort of gives an indication.

Here is my oil on linen, "The Song of the Firefly", featuring a girl and her uke, 6" square with a 10"x10" ornate gold frame. Copyright Amy Crehore 2008. Contact Mark Murphy if interested.

This is for Mark Murphy's KNOW exhibit. He will be at Art Basel Miami again this year and he invited me to participate. He has gathered together many artists for his KNOW exhibit to be held at Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair - Charcoal Studios in the Wynwood Arts District 2135 NW 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33127
12-04-08 through 12-07-08
Follow this link to see some more of the art and for contact info:



Featuring:Jennybird Alcantara : David van Alphen : Ana Bagayan : Robert Bellm : Jonathan Bergeron : Mike Bertino : Cathie Bleck : Jonathan Boam : Darren Booth : Brandon Boyd : Katherine Brannock : Calef Brown : Ryan Bubnis : Marc Burckhardt : Christopher Buzelli : Ray Caesar : Luke Chueh : Dave Chung : Robert Connett : Molly Crabapple : Amy Crehore : Brian Despain : Xiaoqing Ding : Leslie Ditto : Doodles : Ekundayo : P-Jay Fidler : AJ Fosik : Andrew Foster : Ken Garduno : Ill Gill : Matt Haber : Moira Hahn : Robert Hardgrave : Ryan Heshka : Vincent Hui : Jordin Isip : Jason Jacenko : Levon Jihanian : Ron Job : Dan Kennedy : Kinoko : KMNDZ : Zane Kozak : Kukula : Travis Lampe : Daniel Hyun Lim : Tommii Lim : Jen Lobo : Lola : Dan May : Brandi Milne : Mark Murphy : Joel Nakamura : Andrew Neyer : Clinton Neuhaus : Kathie Olivas : Brandt Peters : Jenn Porreca : Luke Ramsey : relAx one : RG : Mark Ryden : Chris Ryniak : Erik Sandberg : Mijn Schatje : Jeffery Scott 92501 : Kim Scott : Jeff Soto : Nathan Spoor : Matt Stallings : David Russell Talbott : Yoko Tanaka : Gary Taxali : Peter Taylor : Jon Todd : Joe Vaux : Alexei Vella : Jonathan Viner : Marco Wagner : Cynthia Walton : Nicholas Wilton : Martin Wittfooth : Davey Wong : Johnny Yanok : Marco Zamora : Chet Zar


More of my art here: