Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Rare Crehore Piano for Sale

This beautiful piano was made by Benjamin Crehore, an ancestor of mine (I think), who manufactured the first pianos in the U.S. in Milton, MA. (1915 article from the Boston Globe attesting to this: here.) Look at the pretty decoration and hand-lettering on this piano! I know there are other instruments by Benjamin Crehore in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (bass viol and piano). This rare Crehore piano is among the items the Boston Public Library will offer at auction (Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers) in the coming months.
Here's the
Globe article.
They are also selling off their Audubon prints.

Friday, April 17, 2009

San Francisco Gets to See These


" Murmur of the Innocents"-a new series of paintings by Gottfried Helnwein. More photos HERE . Fascinating shots of the artist painting large, emotionally disturbing, photorealistic portraits of a pale little girl with a baby-powdered face and giant toys, a gun and... covered in blood (The Disasters of War, Part II). The paintings will be at Modernism Gallery in S.F., CA on May 7, 2009. www.modernisminc.com


Thursday, April 16, 2009

My Newest Work in Slideshow Format


In case anyone missed my show in L.A. last month, here it is in mini slideshow format.

LINK on flickr if you want to see larger images.

Contact amy@amycrehore.com for information about acquiring my original art.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

March Hares

Another goodie from Steve Chasmar via flickr
Click to enlarge. Just what is going on here? Two colors of rabbits, I see.
Must be a bunny dance of some sort.

Vintage Cigarette Cards

Girls-with-animals-and-things-on-top-of-their-heads. It's all the rage. I can't count the number of contemporary painters who have followed this fad. Is this where it all started? Here are just a few cigarette cards from the NYPL collection of over 700 hundred series (totaling thousands) from before 1900 to mid-20th century. You won't believe this collection.

NYPL Digital Gallery

The Art of Amy Crehore

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Woman with Flowers and more

Woman with Flowers 2009 12" x 9"
acrylic and oil on panel by Tasha Kusama

Project Room: Tasha Kusama"Prismatic"
April 15-May 9, 2009 (opening Wed 7-9pm April 15)
with a Liz McGrath Solo Show, "Shadowless Summer"
at a sweet little gallery on 128 Rivington in NYC:

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Crehore Tickler Uke #2 Coming...





Here's a glimpse of my design for my fine art Tickler Ukulele #2. As you can see, it is a pineapple shaped uke. I am all finished painting it now, so it is almost there! Built from scratch by a luthier, it has beautiful ivoroid binding around all sides, neck and headstock! Sweet. The top is spruce, the back and sides are mahogany. The neck is carved walnut. The wood is aged to perfection. Gold tuners with amber-colored buttons (I think), mother-of-toilet-seat fingerboard (pearloid), two rings of B&W rossette around sound hole, a thin strip of persimmon down the back of the neck. There is an end graft triangle of B&W ebony with an ivory border, plus an ivory "cloud" inlay on the bottom of the front (made from an old piano key). The bridge is ebony and there is an ebony cap on heel. It won't be long now (I know I promised it over a year ago, but who's counting). It just needs a few finishing touches and then I can photograph it and present it to you. I call it my hybrid Hawaiian/1920's Jazz design - featuring my trademark pierrot and a banana-skirted hula girl. My monkey in a sailor hat makes an appearance on the headstock.
P.S. Look for a spring sale of Tickler uke t-shirts and other prints on my website.
New prints are coming soon.