Glass, Cinder & Thorns II

This Saturday (tomorrow) @ 323 East in Royal Oak, MI

will be the 2nd Glass Cinder and Thorns show, curated by my dear friend, the lovely April Segedi.

Its an all female line up! All works based on Fairytales, mostly the dark little twists hiding inside the stories.

The first show was amazing! And Im pretty excited to see all the work for this installment!

Here are my pieces

"Let Me In" - plaque set of 4 - oil on wood

Click images to see at original size

I see this girl, shes the wolf, but she wont be cooked in any boiling water. The pigs lose in this story.

I have a thing for the rule of 3. Not sure why. And Ive always loved the 3 little pigs. I can remember being at my cousins house, listening to the Disney record over and over.

My pieces were aesthetically inspired by Disneys adaptation of the story.

check out the picture in the background, what a bunch of sick-o's.

I Love this book cover as well.

be sure to contact 323 East for any purchasing questions!

april@323east.com

oh and here is the flyer 

vist the FB event page for more info

https://www.facebook.com/events/426245224106034/?fref=ts

have a great weekend everyone!

Splinters and Paper Cuts

Ive been hustling away finishing up my last couple pieces for the show.

We've titled the show "Splinters & Paper Cuts", referring to Tims woodwork, and my theme of paper dolls in the show.

These pieces were a bit of a challenge for me. I wanted to work bigger, so I can incorporate more into a piece. I also tried a few other techniques. I dont ever want to become stagnant, and that means I have to push myself. Having learned on my own, Im still learning things I may have if I went to art school, so its always hard growing correctly. 

And of course I already want to start a new body of work, since figuring out some things with these pieces. I see my next step. 

Here are some more sneak peaks.

I will be posting full images of a couple pieces next month.

For those of you in Michigan

The show opens

October 6th 2012

Rivers Edge Gallery

Wyandotte

drip drip drip

Im pretty thrilled about this show!

Prisma's first exhibit!!! 

Joining Prisma was one of the best decisions I made this past year.

The group stands for support and coming together as artist'. And its been nothing but a joy getting to know everyone in the collective!

Ok enough blubbering. 

WWA is offering a preview to anyone who signs up to the mailing list

so you can get a first look, or first grabs at any of the pieces ( there are some seriously awesome pieces in the show!) 

here is a link to their website

www.wwagallery.com 

and!

Prisma has a tumblr now

F O L L O W

I'll be posted my full image and info in the next couple days!

paper cuts

here are some sneak peeks of pieces that I have done for a 2 person show in September. 

just a couple for now. 

Im working bigger these days, so each piece is taking a little longer than normal.

The idea for the pieces in this show started off inspired by the Antique paper dolls I have. These fragile, thin paper dolls like a metaphor for childhood. Such a delicate state and so easily torn. 

The pieces will be like a sequence of stages, beginning to end. Innocence, the damages and then the reconstruction. Using the adversity to rebuild.

So I will be posting sneak peeks of the pieces along the way.

I will have more info on the show within the next month.

Gallery 1988 Anniversary show

this flyer is brilliant.

yes its an "Meme" art show.

Its amazing how many people dont know what a Meme is, I had to explain it every time someone asked what I was working on. Maybe they arent on the Internet as much as I am. 

there is a whole site dedicated to the explanation of Meme's, their origins and all that. It can make your head spin. 

http://knowyourmeme.com/

here is a sneak peak of my piece

more soon

next show

this show is curated by the lovelies over at Perfect Laughter

when they asked me to be part, I didnt hesitate, and I liked the idea of stepping outside of my normal process.

I didnt realize how difficult it is for me to do so. ha!

But it all worked out and Im pretty happy with my piece

heres a little preview.

its a bit hard to tell whats going on maybe, but I'll explain later ;) 

if any of you live in Michigan, they show is at Rivers Edge Gallery in Wyandotte, on Friday the 21st

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!

Im a loner Dottie.

(click image to see bigger)

you have no idea how excited I am to be part of this show!

And I have actual pain inside of me that I cant be at the show opening. 

*sigh*

well, I will be posting an image of my piece soon!!

Beautiful Monstrosities

click the images to see them bigger

watch out for a flood of sneak peaks, and other fun info in the days to come. 

also make sure you check out Aprils blog for sneak peaks as well. 

Next show

July 9th happening @ 323 East in Royal Oak, Michigan

We are currently working on the promo stuff and will soon have an actual flyer. 

I will be posting sneak peaks soon. 

we are both super excited for this show, and are going all out for it! It will be a great show I promise ;)

Thursday

So Thursday is the opening for Quentin VS Coen, and Im assuming its going to be a awesome time. 

Once again I will not be able to be there, so Im a total square...or rectangle.

also Spoke Art is setting up a buyers preview list.
You can sign up to get first dibs on original pieces HERE <------

Quentin wins

while thinking of ideas for a piece to submit to the Quentin vs Coen show, the only movies that popped in my head were all Quentin films. So he wins. I had a hard time picking only one image to do though. Can you guess what film I went with? Shouldn't be too hard. 

I'll post the full image soon. 

does he look like a bitch?

holy crap yes. working on my piece as we speak!

more to come. and sneak peaks as usual. 

hello 2011

so Ive been sick since New Years Day. But thats ok, that means it can only get better..or much much worse. Im hoping for the former. Sickness, its a time burglar.

Ive only been sick for a few days and it feels like a month has past. I feel like all the work I need to get done is building up and is getting out of control.

I also didnt clean my brushes the last time I painted, so I guess I need new ones.

I need to start a piece for a upcoming "John Hughes tribute show" @ gallery 1988 :)

since its the new year, heres a blurry sneak peak photo.

I have a bunch of finished pieces lined along my walls waiting for July.

bursting

Im really looking forward to next year.

One big reason is the art shows I get to be part of.

But the one Im most excited for, is the show I will be doing with the lovely Miss April!

I met her through 323 East gallery, shes the manager there, and also a fantastic artist!

But being a pretty busy gal, and working with other artists for the gallery , she never gets a chance to devote time to her art.

I was looking to set up a local show and after talking with her often at shows, and getting to know her I asked if she would like to do a show together and it all just fell into place. I couldn't be more excited!

we've been working on all the details since fall, and Ive been working on pieces since.

It will be my biggest collection to date, Ive got 20 pieces already worked out and ready to be painted.

the show is scheduled for July.

I will as usual post sneak peaks as the show comes closer...though I want to do so now, I got to keep them hidden for the time being.

New York group show!

I thought I posted about this, maybe I was going too then I didnt, and thought I did. oh well

Either way, Im excited about this show! An all girl group show, at My Plastic Heart in NYC!

11 lovely ladies in total! Curated by John Wong, hes curated some great shows there and is a super nice guy!

Everytime I hear "Ladies Night", I think of Jon Lovitz singing in the Wedding singer.

Ladies on the list:

Pilar Berrio - http://www.pilarberrio.com/
Shannon Bonatakis - http://www.shannonbonatakis.com/
Daisy Church - http://www.daisychurch.com/
Alessandra Fusi - http://alessandrafusi.carbonmade.com/
Leontine Greenberg - http://leontinegreenberg.tumblr.com/
Aya Kakeda - http://www.ayakakeda.com/
Angela Lizon - http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=13983
Misha - http://www.misha-art.com/
Audrey Pongracz - http://www.audreypongracz.com/
Naoko Stoop - http://www.brownpaperbagcollection.com/
TOOFLY - http://www.tooflynyc.com/

I wish so dearly to be able to go, but its just not in the cards.

next time for sure!

heres a sneak peak of my 2 pieces

I think I posted a couple images of this one already.

as usual I will post full images after the opening.

But if you want a preview of all the pieces, you can sign up over at http://www.myplasticheartnyc.com/

I got wood

Ive been itching to do another custom toy, so I was happy when Lift Detroit asked me to be part of this show

the list of artists is amazing!

I will have a preview of my piece very soon.

"She was known for her extreme secrecy"

tonight is the opening for Bad Dad's over in San Fran. I would really love to be there.

I have so much respect for those people who give 110% in what they do. And Ken Harman is one of those people. Im very grateful to be part of this show.

so here is my other piece for the show.

"Those aren't mine" - 20x24 - oil on canvas

who dosent love Margot Tenenbaum? What a great character.

And Gwyneth Paltrow is so beautiful, so that helps too.

For the love of Wes

I got invited to be part of a Wes Anderson group show! Dream come true! So Ive been working on 2 pieces for it. One will be an ode to Steve Zissou, my fav Wes film, and the other of Margot Tenenbaum.

I found this little nugget at Juxtapoz online

sneak peaks will be coming soon

G4 & Crazy 4 Cult

check out this great video on this years Crazy 4 Cult. Great stuff!

click here

I feel so grateful to be part of this fantastic gallery and their shows! :)