Movie Star Jane Russell just died. LINK
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Winner of my "Barbie as a Saint" contest
A guy named "Kevin" won this piece of original illustration art by me (Amy Crehore) with his answer:
"Saint Barbie of Kitsch, Our Lady of Plastic Curves"
Achieved sainthood after transcending from her born position as the beloved slave/servant of impossible glamour and conscripted consumption to which young hearts and minds were to be warped and molded for the greater corporate benefit to her current status as an icon of impossible glamour, conscripted consumption, transient job security, sexless love, and plastic surgery for an ever widening variety of worshipers who pray to the saint of crushed childhood dreams and plastic curves.
Please email me Kevin!
amycrehore@hotmail.com
Thank you all for participating. I hope you had fun!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Final 24 Hours to enter my "Barbie as a Saint" Contest
Win an original piece of illustration art by me (Amy Crehore). I painted it many moons ago for Playboy magazine. (detail shown above)
The contest ends at noon PST, Sat. Feb 26, 2011.
Here's the LINK with rules to my contest.
Dzama at Zwirner
Marcel Dzama's "Behind Every Curtain" Exhibit (Feb 17-March 19, 2011) at David Zwirner in NYC looks interesting. Photo above shows a section of the exhibit and below is a trailer for a surreal film that he made, also part of the exhibit. I'm reminded of wonderfully inventive "theater of the absurd" or dada artists: Alfred Jarry (his Ubu Roi 1896), Hugo Ball and Hannah Hoch who came a bit later.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Sweet Crying Virgins
The literal translation means "handsome candy" or "sweet name". There are many crying virgins on this site and they are rated by viewers. Here's number one: Dulce Nombre de Malaga. She has beautiful crystal teardrops. (Spain)
antena3.123listas: LINK
Monday, February 21, 2011
Photo of the Day: Garbo with Uke
Early photo of Greta Garbo from The Silent Movie Blog
Thanks for the tip, Internet Weekly -
check out their great art picks this week!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Cartoon about Uke Craze 1916 by Louis M. Glackens
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The Backward Ukulele Player, a great ukulele blog, posted this cartoon from the New York Tribune, illustrated by Louis M. Glackens in 1916. This is perhaps the earliest depiction of the American uke craze that I have seen. It's the NYC craze! The drawing style is fantastic and super funny. This obscure illustrator is the same one that illustrated "Tell 'Em Again Tales" (1924), a children's book written by Marguerite Day, my grandmother's aunt. I did an earlier post about that book: LINK . Louis M. Glackens is the brother of the more famous artist, William Glackens. Not much can be found about Louis online, so I was super glad to run across this rare gem on The Backward Ukulele Player. Big thanks!
Friday, February 18, 2011
5th Anniversary of Little Hokum Rag: contest to win a piece of art by Amy Crehore
Piece of original illustration art by Amy Crehore (painted in oils on flat canvas, image is 7 3/4" x 5 3/4")
As you may know, I illustrated for many of America's top magazines starting in 1991 with Esquire and Playboy (my first big jobs). I'll never forget what a thrill it was to have my mug appear twice that year on the "Playbill" page. The magazines I have worked for over the years include: The Atlantic Monthly, Business Week, ESPN Magazine, Esquire, Forbes, GQ, Islands, The Los Angeles Times, MS., The New York Times, Outside, Playboy, Prevention, Redbook, Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, Utne Reader and many more. I also did book covers for publishers such as Simon and Schuster and Houghton Mifflin. I even did a picture book once. I have drawers full of original illustration art. Most of my illustrations are oils on a piece of canvas taped to a board or on gessoed watercolor paper.
I plan to set up an online store soon to sell this illustration art (none of which appears on my website). Today, however, I am announcing a giveway contest for one of my originals. This one happens to be "Barbie as a Saint" (an illustration I did for Playboy).
CONTEST RULES:
Give this Barbie a saint's name and tell me what she did to deserve sainthood.
I will then pick the one I like the best and ship this painted little piece of "pop surrealism" to that person.
You have until Feb. 26th, noon PST to leave ONE comment on my blog. Anyone who leaves more than one comment and/or more than two sentences will be disqualified. I will decide who the winner is by Sunday night Feb. 27th, 2011, so watch my blog. I will ask that person to contact me via email.
Good luck and have fun! Love, Amy
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A Look Inside Dubway Recording Studio, NYC
Watch as my brother, Mike Crehore, and Al Houghton of Dubway Recording Studio in NYC present two artist-musicians, Vienna Teng and Ben Arthur, in a series of videos via Breakthrough Radio. Here is PART ONE and here is the LINK to the others which will air every day this week (also on YouTube). DUBWAY
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Inspirational Garden for Valentines Day
I watched this film last night, "A Man Named Pearl". Amazing!!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
5th Year Anniversary of "Little Hokum Rag"
"The Creature" painting, 2006, by Amy Crehore
On Feb. 18th, it will be Little Hokum Rag's 5th year anniversary. I plan to do some things to celebrate. Stayed tuned for another contest to win art. Meanwhile, have a look at my archives. For instance, here's a very happy memory from the summer of 2006, Santa Monica, CA:
If you don't see my archives to the right of this post, please access my archives by clicking on banner at top of page and going to home page.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Year of the Cat and Year of the Rabbit
Nip-Cat ukulele headstock image by Amy Crehore
Rabbit Foot Blues 1920s image- song by Blind Lemon Jefferson
You can still buy 2011 calendar with free CD at Bluesimages
"The Chinese word for rabbit is 'mao', which sounds like 'meo' in Vietnamese, where it means cat."
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Fascinating Human Forms
Sculpture by Li Xiaofeng
Sculpture by Anders Krisár
Artist Li Xiaofeng likes to buy shards of broken porcelain recovered from ancient archeological digs for his sculptures. There is an interesting article about him with more images at Yatzer.
At Yatzer, I also read about a new book called "Doppelganger, Images of the Human Being" by Gestalten which features artists who are interested in the human form, like Anders Krisar. His woven human torso is shown above.
Article plus more images: LINK on Yatzer
Thanks, Lori, at Automatism
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Dali Loved Harpo Marx
Top photo shows a harp with barb-wire strings that Dali gave to Harpo Marx as a gift. In 1937, Dali wrote a surreal screenplay, Giraffes on Horseback Salads (LINK), for the Marx Brothers. It never got produced. The drawing "Surrealist Gondola Above Burning Bicycles" is connected with that script. READ a fascinating article about Dali's love for Harpo and see more pictures at :
Friday, January 28, 2011
Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder
Via Boingboing comes this beautiful collection of worn down and weathered children's playground folk art (from Russia with love) : LINK
Scroll and pick your favorite.
Dyed Potato Starch Grains Produced This Color
Dancer wearing Egyptian-look costume with wings reaching to the floor
Originally uploaded by George Eastman House
(Thanks, Mr. Powell)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Got A Ukulele?
Baz, a guy from UK, has got a ukulele blog called Got A Ukulele Blog . He wrote a nice little piece about my hand-painted fine art ukes (shown above lined up on the floor of gallery in L.A. ). Thanks, Baz. Gotta love those Brits.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Black is Beautiful
Some really nice clips of Josephine Baker on this mini-film.
This is for my pal, Ruth.
This is for my pal, Ruth.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Martin, Bogan and Armstrong with Jethro Burns
A couple of videos on YouTube from University of Chicago Folk Festival in late 1970's. Produced by David Affelder.
(Thanks for the tip, Jad Fair)
(Thanks for the tip, Jad Fair)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Miss Alma's Tattoos
The emperor Franz Joseph I. devotee.
RPPC
Photo is copyrighted by
josefnovak33 flickr.
RPPC
Photo is copyrighted by
josefnovak33 flickr.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Dark Pop 3.0 Show NYC, Opened Jan 15, 2011
"A Moonlit Ride", oil on linen by Amy Crehore
Here are some photos of the show I'm in at Last Rites Gallery (NYC). These two photos show my painting on the wall hanging next to Esao Andrews "Hare" piece. Looks like a great show! More photos on this
(Thanks, arrested motion blog!!)
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Paintings Sold (Crehore)
"The Waiting Pool", oil on linen by Amy Crehore 24" x 12" (sold)
(Please click on image to enlarge for full effect- this is a much larger painting than I can show here.)
"Mystery Song", oil on linen by Amy Crehore 5"x7" (sold)
"French Bubble Gum Encore" oil on linen by Amy Crehore 18"x12" (sold)
"Black Ball Finale" oil on linen by Amy Crehore 16"x 16" (sold)
"A Curious Shelter" oil on linen by Amy Crehore 5"x7" (sold)
"Wild Cat Fever" oil on linen by Amy Crehore 8 3/4" x 8 3/4" (sold)
Please click on images to enlarge.
These paintings have all found wonderful new homes.
Here's a list of SOLD works from a year ago: LINK
Go see my "Moonlit Ride" painting at Last Rites Gallery, Dark Pop 3 show, if you are in NYC opens tonight 7-11pm!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Blond Slingerland Painted Banjo-uke Photos (Crehore)
Click photos to enlarge:
Side view of painted banjo-uke by Amy Crehore showing birdseye maple veneer.
Front of "Dirty Blond" Banjo-uke by Amy Crehore 2010
Headstock with authentic antique uke tuners.
Close up of painting with little pierrot on banjo head by Amy Crehore
(note: this photo does not show the original tailpiece which comes with this uke)
I finally got around to taking some real photos of my "Dirty Blond" (Slingerland) banjo-uke from the 20s. I still need to add the original tailpiece and bridge, string it up and take another photo. But, here, you can at least see a shot of the entire instrument. It's been restored and shined up by the luthier and painted by me. I've now added these photos and the photos of my green "Nip-Cat" uke to my set on flickr called Hand-painted Antique Ukes (have a look!)
Each Uke is a one-of-a-kind fine art object and playable musical instrument. Quite a few are from the 1920s which makes them quite old and rare at the same time.
(Thanks again A. Barrett)
Also check out my 2 ukes built from scratch by a luthier:
Thursday, January 13, 2011
My Green "Nip-Cat" Ukulele (Crehore)
"Nip-Cat" fine art ukulele, hand-painted design by Amy Crehore 2011
Back of Nip-Cat Ukulele showing green and silver duco finish from the late 1920s
Headstock design on Nip-Cat with gold letters (matching gold colored frets)
Design on front of Nip-Cat (devil-woman cat perched on top of brick wall, chewing on catnip-like plant)
Side-view of Nip-Cat ukulele (originally painted duco finish from 1920s)
PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE
Here's is my finished "Nip-Cat" fine art ukulele. I believe this model is a Regal from the late 1920s. It was stored in it's original Montgomery Ward mail order box and had never been played. There was no label or name on it. It has original tuners. The original finish is a wonderful green and silver (or grey) duco finish. I enhanced this antique ukulele with my own design. I had previously painted a black duco model called "The Demon" for my "Dreamgirls and Ukes" art show in Los Angeles. This one is a lot like it, although the headstock is shaped a little differently.
Reminder: If you happen to be in NYC this weekend, you are invited to Last Rites Gallery for the Dark Pop 3.0 Group Show (a group of artists who don't normally do dark art were asked to tap into their dark side). It opens Saturday, Jan. 15th, 2011 (from 7-11pm) and continues until Feb. 12, 2011. I did a special painting for it called "A Moonlit Ride" and I blogged about it here: LINK
View the show's online preview. Contact Last Rites for more info: LINK
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Juxtapoz has a new website
"Second Fiddle Infatuation" oil painting 2009 by Amy Crehore
Juxtapoz Magazine has a clean new website. I can make a search for my name and revisit some posts about my art.
Friday, January 07, 2011
Gauguin's "Still Life has Hope" up for auction
"Hope" by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (see reference to Gauguin on this link)
"Nature Morte à L'Espérance" by Paul Gauguin
A painting by Paul Gauguin will be up for auction at Christies in February. They say it is a tribute to his friend Vincent Van Gogh who had committed suicide 11 years earlier. The main subject is sunflowers (shown above), but the painting's title, "Nature Morte a L'Esperance", means "Still Life has Hope" and in the upper left hand corner is a reproduction of my favorite Pierre Puvis De Chavannes' painting called "Hope" (1872). Gauguin painted this nude with a slight turn of the head, but the title of his painting and the nude on the wall definitely pay tribute to Pierre Puvis De Chavannes. There is also a small B & W image on the wall that looks a little like a french nude postcard, but one article says it is a nod to Degas. We can only ponder the meanings. The year Gauguin painted it (in Tahiti), 1901, there was also a retrospective of Van Gogh's work in Paris. Two years after painting it, Gauguin died at age 54. LINK
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Photographer Vivian Maier
Thousands and thousands of images shot by a nanny who lived in Chicago and captured it's essence from the 50s through the 90s. Read about the incredible photographer Vivian Maier who was discovered after her death by John Maloof at an antique auction, watch a news video of her story and look for an upcoming exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center. Here's the link to John's blog with more of Vivian's memorable and artistic photos such as the one shown above: LINK (Thanks, Raleigh Powell!)
Saturday, January 01, 2011
New Painting- "A Moonlit Ride"(Crehore) for NYC show
"A Moonlit Ride" oil on linen, showing frame
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New! "A Moonlit Ride" by Amy Crehore (direct scan)
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You may remember the drawing I did. Well, here's the finished painting, "A Moonlit Ride". It's oil on stretched linen, 12" x 10" (with 15 1/4" x 13 1/8" chocolate-colored carved frame). The painting will be part of the "Dark Pop 3" fine art show in NYC.
Looks like a good show: includes me, Buff Monster, Esao Andrews (art shown), Scott Musgrove, Mark Dean Veca, Daniel Hyun Lim, Glenn Barr, the Pizz, Brian Despain, Mr. Christopher, Beau Stanton, Molly Crabapple, Michael Page, Mark Elliot, Mark Garro, Gaia, Nouar, and more! Opens Jan 15th, 2011 (7- 11 pm) at Last Rites Gallery, NYC.
P.S. Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!
I like the way my "favorites page" looks on flickr: LINK
Here, I can collect inspiring images from my flickr friends.
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