Garbage Pail Kid - sneak peak!

I havent posted in a while. 

Ive been painting a ton!

So why not post a little peak at my piece!

can you guess which card this is based off?

I had a real hard time picking one just one! 

Of course if there would have ever been a card using my first name, I would of had no problem!!

I still cant believe there isnt one card with my name! Out  of all those cards! 

This missing piece to my childhood. *sigh* 

I can not wait to see what the other artists have done! 

What a fun show this is going to be!

full image coming next week.

artist's I like : APAK

APAK are Aaron and Ayumi, a husband and wife art making team!

If thats not cute enough, check out their art!

I have been a fan for a while, and I love the next piece more than the last it seems.

There is something about their work that draws me in a personal way.

A lot of their pieces remind me of dreams Ive had.

Like this one titled "pools of light".

I would have dreams of a garden surrounding a natural pool. 

The flowers and plants of the garden looked like  crystals, and they glowed a blue light.

its one of  my most favorite dreams. I havent dreamt of it in a while, but looking at this piece reminds me of it.

this is another favorite of mine

A piece they did for Gallery 1988's Crazy 4 Cult. 

"goodbye loompa land"

too cute!

Garbage Pail Kids + Art = Gallery1988

Only Gallery 1988 can do this!

and this flyer is the coolest flyer ever.

so crazy!

Did you collect Garbage Pail Kids? Me and my sister had a good collection. 

Of course we ended up getting rid of them while growing up. REGRETS!

But the past 4 or 5 years me and my son have been re-collecting them.

Its been super fun. I go to comic stores and flea markets with my checklist! ha! 

well Ill be honest, I always have the checklist in my purse!! 

I spent a lot of my time drawing these cards as a kid, either for friends or myself. 

 I actually learned a lot from these cards, so its pretty cool to be an adult and re-creating what was a big part of my childhood. 

Image of my piece soon to come!

Crazy 4 Cult book

I was so thrilled when Gallery 1988 contacted me about having my art in the book!

I thought that I would just have 1 image, but I was even more thrilled when I flipped through and saw 4 of my pieces inside :)

Im so grateful! 

There is some great stuff in this sucker!

If your looking to get one, they are in all book stores

Or buy from 1988s website

www.nineteeneightyeight.com

boo

"The Intruders"

15x30 - oil on canvas

I love dollhouses. I never had one growing up. Well I made one out of shoe boxes once. 

It wasnt the elegant fantasy I wanted, but why ruin my sense of reality right?

Being the hermit I am, my home is my castle. I spend most my time inside, and a lot of time in my head.

With this girl, I seen a crown that looked like a Victorian dollhouse. 

Her home is haunted with unwanted guest, that she dosent know how to be rid of.

I spent some time deciding whether too give her tears or not. 

Shes sad, but in a way she is used to them being there.

New Print

Just updated my web store.

"My Poor Baby"

Giclee print

on smooth art paper

edition of 25

you can get one HERE <-----

share your light

"Flutter"

15x30 - oil on canvas

I talked about moths in one of previous post, as I was painting this piece, so I wont go back into it.

BUT I will say that I think I made myself a little more comfortable with these guys in the process. One night a moth got into our house, and instead of smashing it out of fear, I chased it around my house, caught it and released it outside! I did scream the whole time, but hey its a step.

I had a hard time naming this piece. 

She ended up looking so sad, as if shes apologetic for attracted them. 

As they get too close they just end up dying.

Paging Mr Herman....

So Friday was the opening to the Pee Wee Herman tribute art show.

Sadly once again I could not go, but some fellow artist friends filled me in and it seemed like it was a great turn out.

heres my piece in its frame

and here are my favs from the show!

Dimitri Simakis "The Spirit of the Universal Illumination"

Jason Liwag "The Playhouse Gang Print Set" 

Ryan Snook "Pee-Wee"

Scott Derby "A Loner, A Rebel…"

Chris B. Murray "Mr.Breakfast"

So if you live in the Venice area you should go check it out!!!

But if you dont go check them out online!!

www.nineteeneightyeight.com