Crehore Artwork (Sold)

Crehore Uke (sold)
Tuxedo Uke (sold)

Nighttime Ditty (sold)
The Teaser (sold)

The Wasp Uke (sold)

Slither Uke (sold)

Tickler Uke #2 (sold)

Peekaboo Uke (sold)

The Caged Wonder (sold)
Smoking Pussycat Dream (sold)

Hoop Dream (sold)

Dragonfly Vanity Waltz (sold)

Monkey Love Song (sold)

I am pleased to say that all of the fine art oil paintings and painted objects shown here have found their way to wonderful homes in the last six months (or so) of 2009. In addition, I have shipped many fine art drawings, signed prints and t-shirts to people around the world this year. I am deeply grateful to everyone who has believed in me and supported my art. Your support helps me to continue expanding my creative vision and making new works. Thank you! I will be blogging about more new art soon. Stay tuned.

The Art of Amy Crehore
amy@amycrehore.com

More Vintage Halloween Goodies

Steve Chasmar has added some more photos to this year's Halloween set on flickr! There are many photos featuring pumpkins such as the two above. Have a look: Halloween Countdown 2009 and while you are there, you must check out last year's set which has no equal : Halloween in the Time of Cholera . I don't know about you, but where I live we have no trick or treaters. The candy bowl just sits there all night long. Steve Chasmar's photos bring all of those fond memories flooding back to me. Of course, some of the pictures are so old, you can't believe it. Waaay before my time!

The Art of Amy Crehore

National Guitars Have Perfectly Shaped Dust Bunnies

Steve Olson, who repairs guitars for Elderly Instruments , has collected dust bunnies from guitar and mandolin bodies for years and has even catalogued them. The one pictured on the top left was found in the cone of an old National guitar. Apparently, National guitars create perfectly round and dense "tone balls" (dust bunnies) over time. Interesting! I happen to know someone in Oregon who once worked at Elderly repairing guitars and I also know a National guitar collector/repairman who would absolutely love this article which appeared in the Summer 2006 issue of The FretBoard Journal (Number 2). Thanks, Mark! BOINGBOING

Vintage Theatre Photos

Wedding tableau, Sydney, ca. 1930 / Sam Hood

The State Library of New South Wales

has some beautiful vintage photos of theatre in Sydney dating from the latter half of the nineteenth century. How fun!

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Girl Portrait Has Leonardo's Fingerprint

Times Online has reported: "A fingerprint in the top left corner of this portrait appears to have confirmed it. The 13 x 9in picture, in chalk, pen and ink, was catalogued as 'German school, early 19th century'. It sold for $19,000 in 1998. Now some leading art experts agree that it is almost certainly by Leonardo da Vinci and worth about 158 million." Read the rest of the story here:

TIMES ONLINE

Looks like a Leonardo to me!

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Vintage Cigarette Rolling Papers

Here are a couple of examples of cover art for Italian rolling papers (1890-1910).

Follow this link for a wonderful catalogue of images from different countries:

CIG PAPERS

Thanks, Internet Weekly

Bizarre Early Picture of "The Boss"

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Here's a photo I found at home. What are they wearing? Floppy hat, raggy mop-top hair, jeans with patches. What are they playing? A P-90 equipped gold Les Paul guitar and a transparent Dan Armstrong Ampeg bass. What are they whispering to each other? "Vinnie, you just got busted for wearing those silly love beads!" This is an early picture of 3 members of the band Steel Mill with none other than Bruce Springsteen himself. It was taken in 1970 at the Hullabaloo Club in Richmond, VA. (Photo previously unpublished, copyright Lou Reimuller, part of a set of photos taken one afternoon, March 1970).

The Art of Amy Crehore