Meth & Hot Dogs. Art Show in St. Louis

Hooray for St. Louis!

For most of my California friends St. Louis might be far… but you can always check out what the people at  Cranky Yellow are doing via facebook, flickr and their www.crankyyellow.com…

I’ll be apart of the August show titled “Meth & Hot Dogs”  running 8/7/09 – 08/28/09

If you’re in, near, or wanna head over to St. Louis… go support these “Unscrupulous Characters”

A bit of the Sideshow at the Fair!

I’m pleased and excited to say that I will have two paintings on exhibit at the San Diego County Fair (Del Mar, CA)!

Pleased because I’m glad they found “Oh My, It’s Fat Cleo!” Sideshow Banner to be a fun addition to “One of the oldest exhibits at the Fair; the Exhibition of Art.” Excited because the original Sideshows met some of their final days on exhibit in California County fairs in the late 1960’s, not much remains of the glorious freak shows that once  graced the county fair since.

find more great sideshow fun at www.sideshowworld.com

Step Right Up…
Come on Out to the FAIR!

http://www.sdfair.com/fair/

Of course you’re invited to see the Exhibition of Art which includes:

“Oh My, It’s Fat Cleo” &  “Time Stood Still No Longer”

Oh My, IT'S FAT CLEO!

Time Stood Still No Longer

AND of course, go support my family and BUY Char-broiled CORN-ON-THE-COB & Funnel Cakes! The family starts the Fair Season traveling along the West Coast County Fair circuit selling Yummy Fair Foods, sure to delight your senses!

San Diego Fair, Orange County Fair, LA County Fair, Sac State Fair, Fresno Fair, Oregon State Fair…

Oh Goody, SUMMER IS HERE!

“Images of the Secret Self”. ART MUSIC & Comics May 30th

Great show, new work, awesome music and more!

YES, this event is FREE!

Sky High Comics 172 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. San Marcos, Ca. 92078

MAY 30th, 7-10pm

Music by Bushwalla

Images of the Secret Self. Art Music Comic Show.

ART by LOCAL SAN DIEGO ARTISTS.

Goodies by Elizabethan Desserts

RSVP on FACEBOOK

Pink Pollution & Smoking Monkeys; Mesa College Art Show

It was a good show, I even ran into an old pal and art professor; Kraig Cavanaugh (Check out his work!) who was happily appalled by the pink I used in my monoprint.

The true highlight for me was the sculputure, I’m especially a fan of Paper Sculpture too. (see some of the photos below)

AND… You can see my monoprint as well, titled “Pink City” that was selected by my Printmaking Professor Jim Machacek for the show. THANK YOU JIM!  (Check out Jim at Bay Park PRESS)

THE SHOW  Titled “Art You Can  Sink  Your Teeth Into” runs until MAY 14 so it’s not too late to check it out. more info

Here are some photos of the show… I look proud as a peacock! Funny what a camera catches.

Smoking Monkey at Mesa College Art Gallery

Jim Machacek & Jeanette Vieira at the Mesa College Art Show

Me (proud!) at the Mesa College Art Show

Jim peeking through a paper sculpture.

“Pink City” Monoprint on Exhibit

I have a Monoprint titled “Pink City” in the upcoming Mesa College Spring Art Show.

Join me at the reception… Reception & Art Sale 4-7 PM

Details:

April 30th Art Show at Mesa College Gallery

7250 Mesa College Drive -D104 San Diego, CA 92111-4998

Time stood still no longer… (Creation Myth Part 1)

And in that moment, time stood still no longer, the soul of the world conspired. The sky, conjoined at the horizon of the sea, together they knew no other, and they were one in the same body, two heads and one heart. Their bond, a love that is forged in the creation of everything, has been there before time began and will be here after time ceases to exist. The language they speak has no words, it is the language of the cosmos, the language that knows no beginning and no end, it is the language of love.

…to be continued.

Neve Disguised as a Sea Monster. Etching

Sachami must battle the Sea Monster sent by  the evil Karawan.

Neve Frightens Sachami

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*My second attempt at Etching, this time with soft ground and two colors.

Sachami at the Threshold of the Dark Forest. Etching Intaglio

Sachami Entering the Forest

Sometimes running away is only the beginning.

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This is my very first Intaglio or etching! I have a lot to learn but the process is pretty fun and full of potential.

Bearded Venus “She Shines Strongly”

 

bearded venus by Jeanette Vieira

 

 

 

Could Venus really have been bald and bearded?

We may never know.

However ‘living’ bearded woman such as Zenobia whom have had strong, independent character combined with exotic sexual appeal makes this Venus all the more Mytho-rific.  I choose to believe the lore! 

 

Excerpt from “Folk Lore. Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society” 1945.

The Bearded Venus (text) by Alexander H Krappe.

In an interesting study published in France a few years before the First World War, the late Morris Jastrow commented on a curious passage occurring in a hymn to the goddess Istar and reading: “She has a beard like the god Asur.” This text has long been used to

223 Light bulbs later… Tribute to Historic Neon

JUST IN: Special thanks to “WALKING AROUND IN SAN DIEGO” blogger, Jorge for  the box props.

After about 24 (wo)man hours and 223 light bulbs… I’ve finished my second Utility Box Project. Special thanks to my supporters, especially Dad and Dennis who came out and hung out while I worked.

Now, something silly… a poem about neon (Am I a dork?).

Last year I wrote this  for a little book I put together called “Neon Nostalgia and other Roadside Oddities”, I think it’s appropriate for this post.

The unassuming beauty of its half-lit, faded facade,

beats a nostalgic rhythm into your mind,

one lonely blink at a time.

Blink, blink…

Blink, blink…

the rhythem beats peacefully into the dawn

beckoning the next decade,

the next eon.

The location of the “Historic Neon” box is 68th and Imperial Ave.