Showing posts with label "Fine" Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Fine" Art. Show all posts

Thursday, February 14, 2013

"COME FOR THE ART SHOW, STAY FOR THE TRANYA!"

"Tranya"
12x16
Digital Media

It's been awhile since I've last post...I blame having two children! hahaha That, as well as the fact I haven't been legally allowed to share what I've been working on...SECRETS!!!

I am taking part in my friend and coworker KALI FONTECCHIO's STAR TREK themed art show down in Little Tokyo's Q POP GALLERY. The piece above is inspired by Clint Howard's character, BALOK from the original series episode "The Corbomite Maneuver". If you haven't seen it, I urge you to look it up, it's a CLASSIC.

Nice to see you all again!

A

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

"THIS AND THAT"

Look! I've got friends! Super, extremely talented friends...

Super excited to be a part of THIS LOS ANGELES Gallery's annual group show. Sadly, I will be in Oakland for the Image Comics Expo, but that's an announcement for another blog post. Just because I won't be at the opening doesn't mean you can't be (I'm a terrible conversationalist in person anyway). You should go and you should buy my piece (below)--it's super cheap!!


 My humble and rather grotesque contribution...

"O Cap'n! My Cap'n!"
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Illus. Board
11x14
*framed

Saturday, June 25, 2011

'WARHOL'S OTHER CAN"

This was a series of 5 prints done for the WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER-themed show at GALLERY 1988 in Venice, CA. I was unable to make the opening (or subsequent days following due to an endless onslaught of deadlines), but was told all 5 prints, including the framed one, SOLD OUT!

This great but confusing news: I did a completely digital piece for the first time because my schedule didn't allow any "proper" oil painting before the deadline (which is generally always my first choice). So it's confusing, because if I'VE crossed that digital threshold, where does that put my stance as to what's considered "fine art" and what I've always dismissed as "design" or as I was once fond to say: "the shit us animators throw away every day at our JOBS". Food for thought. This time I'm the one eating at the table...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

NEW PAINTING...

Sobering circumstances necessitated this paintings start to completion in two days; photographed then shipped (while still slightly wet--oils, after all). This was actually the very first painting I've done in over a year. I had to crack open my paints and brush off the cobwebs. Hope you enjoy.

The No Prize goes to those of you that spots Daredevil!

Monday, June 07, 2010

THE FINAL PAINTING...

It's been almost exactly one year since we've moved from Ktown and my upstairs studio; hence one year since painting. This was the final piece in my "Tales of the Sea and Other Forms of Child Endangerment". It started out as a piece for a Gallery 1988 show, depicting a scene from Jim Jarmusch's DEADMAN. Needless to say, it sucked and I ended up doing a PeeWee Herman painting instead. Eventually I came back to it and painted this image over top of my debacle. I usually give up such endeavors due to overworking the canvas. This was the first time I was okay with the result--even if it is a little more than heavy handed with visual metaphors.

"THE INTELLECTUAL"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
18"x36"


Wednesday, December 03, 2008

(2) ART (4 T.V.) SHOW IN NEW YORK!!!

THIS FRIDAY!

Too Art for TV 3
New York's 3rd Annual Fine Art Exhibit for the Animation Industry

Opening reception Friday, December 5th, 6pm-9pm
December 5th through December 15th, 2008

at Erebuni 158 Roebling St. Williamsburg, NY 11211

Check out more info HERE.

I'm so excited to be part of this show--and to be able to make a short trip out to the city (I wished I moved to). If you or someone you know lives there, stop by! If you have any suggestions of cool comics shops to stop at, please let me know: I'll be needing to pick up my copy of CHARLATAN BALL in NY, since I'll spend "new comics day" on a plane.

Thursday, November 06, 2008

ITTY BITTY COAST TO COAST!

And on to a less controversial topic: I have art pieces in not one, but TWO "ITTY BITTY ART SHOW"s on not one, but TWO COASTS! Completely unrelated. 'Great minds' and all that, I suppose. The 1st is at my favorite new place: Leigh Medeiros' YES GALLERY AND STUDIO in RHODE ISLAND. I created two very small, very affordable mixed media HARLEQUINS. You can see my pieces on her site HERE.

Here's the 4x9...

And look how cute the gallery is!

Her show opens this FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, running until the end of the month.

And here's my "fire sale" priced piece for Mayra's MONKEYHOUSE TOYS & ART GALLERY Itty Bitty Show:

A decidedly different piece than what will show @ YES. This opening will be this SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 5-8pm.

So, depending on your zip code, go grab some affordable art from a smorgasbord of amazing talents. Landlocked in middle America? Go to their websites and feel free to contact them.

YES Gallery and Studio
146 Water Street
Warren, Rhode Island
02885
(401) 245-7174
yesgalleryandstudio@gmail.com

Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery
1618 1/2 silver lake bl.
los angeles, ca 90026
323-662-3437
monkeyhousetoys.com

Monday, September 22, 2008

WHAT DID YOU DO LAST WEEKEND?

I'll let you know how you can get one of these for a STEAL at a charity auction coming up...


"Blue Harlequin and Child With Toy"
16"x20"
Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas



"Red Harlequin Playing Accordion"
16"x20"
Oil on Canvas

Friday, September 05, 2008

ART SHOW AT CARTOON NETWORK!

...or as the kids call it now, "CNS". Focus Groups can't be wrong!

My aptly named show...

That's right boys and girls, tell your parents to get sitters! Mothers, lock up your daughters (I don't know what that means), my work will be adorning the halls and walls of Cartoon Network Studios THIS Wednesday, September 10th, 5:30-7pm. They'll have refreshments (though I was told not quite the fanfare they once did---anyone remember when I had corndogs and circus foods at my last show?) I'll have my specific genre of Sea-inspired Paintings (that, if you'll recall or bothered to dig deeper, discovered they were, in fact an analogy to being laid off, casted off and away after having produced work and pilots for the networks), AS WELL AS some original pages from Charlatan Ball! Should be an interesting mix.

This was a last-minute event, as I'm filler until the next, "actual" show takes over next month. I'm just happy they still had my number! hahaha I kid, I appreciate ANY opportunity to slap my paintings on bare walls. A big THANK YOU to Leigh @ YES GALLERY in Rhode Island, for not only showing me these past few months, but being kind enough to ship my pieces back so I could include them as a whole, body of work. I'm still on the fence about selling anything, as I'd like to keep these paintings together for an actual show...if any galleries would be interested...? I might let go of a couple, perhaps a few comic pages as well--once I find out what a good price would be. I will DEFINITELY have some "ART OF ANDY" hardcovers on hand, so please make sure to ask me for one!

See you there, and for my friends that are still employed: see you there!

For you non-employees, you can come too, just say you're there to see the art! CNS is located @ 300 N 3rd St. Burbank, CA 91502 (818) 729-4000. Or Google Map it HERE.

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SEE ME IN A WEDDING DRESS...

...AND FORCIBLY TRYING TO KISS WIL WHEATON on "The Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show", then this video's for you!

This, plus my PEE-WEE PAINTING from the GALLERY 1988 "CRAZY 4 CULT" SHOW got me a mention on his highly trafficked BLOG.

Thanks for the kind words, Wil! Sorry about my breath!



...then imagine receiving this email in the middle of the night from the guy that's coloring your comic book: "Man, I just saw you in a dress trying to kiss Wil Wheaton. Joanne's friends with him, we had dinner during the convention. Joanne and her crazy connections. You and your hairy chest."

Thursday, August 21, 2008

PAINTING SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT!

The group show is called: "CRAZY 4 CULT 2: This Time it's Personal". Hosted by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (of Clerks fame) at GALLERY 1988, this Friday night, August 22nd, 7-11pm. Their info, address and directions are here.


"Pee Wee and His Dog Spec: Before the Curious Incident with the Bike"
Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas
24"x30"

...so the deal with this piece was we had to do something representing a "cult"-type movie(s) (list included)...being one to recognize most quote unquote "cult" movies are now widely accepted, thus no longer subversive, but rather welcomed into the mainstream consciousness--I attempted to make life hard on myself by sketching out a painting for one of the weirdest films I'd scene: "GUMMO". When I went to pop in my DVD to reference a specific scene (where he's eating spaghetti in the bath), I discovered the disc missing...(so whoEVER you are that's borrowed it, give it back! AND my copy of "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"...Ian.) hahaha Anyhow, I then switched subject matter and began actually painting a scene I made up from Jim Jarmusch's "Deadman". Almost finished, I didn't think anyone would see my 'irony' of painting style vs. subject matter, so I scrapped that piece too. So what you see above is more or less my compromise plus an exercise in painting my cartoon/animation-style designs. Who knows, perhaps that irony will fall on deaf ears, no, wait, blind--oh, you know what I mean. Hope you make the show or visit their website *(and buy my piece!).

Monday, July 21, 2008

"THE ART OF ANDY"



BIG NEWS!!!

Debuting at the San Diego Comicon, via The Art of Fiction Booth (#523)!!! "THE ART OF ANDY" idea started off as a portfolio...then turned into a sketchbook...then into this beautiful, 120 page, hardcover, full color smorgasbord of designs and sketches ranging from development ideas, Samurai Jack models and Clone Wars layouts...to comic book pages and paintings, many never before seen! Not to mention super-cool intro by Spongebob himself, TOM KENNY. All for the mere price of $25!

*I will also be @ The Art of Fiction Booth (#523) as well as the IMAGE COMICS booth (#2729) all throughout the weekend, signing and selling my wears...

Check out:

http://www.artoffiction.com/5CChome.html


For those not coming to the con, you can also purchase at:
THE HOUSE OF SECRETS
1930 W. Olive Avenue
Burbank, California 91506
(818) 562-1900
e-mail:
houseofsecrets@earthlink.net

Contact them via their website and they will tell you how to get one via PAYPAL.

One way or another, try and get your hands on one. They are very limited, only 1000 copies were printed.





Wednesday, July 09, 2008

PAINTING SHOW!

I am in an exciting painting show with three other artists at a fabulous place called YES Gallery in Rhode Island. So if you are close by, or know anyone on the hill (isn't that what they call it in Showtime's BROTHERHOOD??), tell them to stop by...and buy my pieces!


Saturday, April 12, 2008

VIRTUAL ART GALLERY VI: CHILD ENDANGERMENT

Not the best quality jpegs; soon to be updated, hopefully.


"CALAMITY IN THE VALLEY OF THE CATS"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
60"x70"
(SOLD)



"WHAT'S THE LION'S NAME, ANDY?" (GIA'S DREAM)
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
60"x70"



"SALLY PLAYS WITH SNAKES"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
22"x28"
(SOLD)

VIRTUAL ART GALLERY V: TALES OF THE SEA

I think inspired by a large part of American Folk Art, my fascination with this subject matter led me to purchase a couple amazing albums by WHITE WHALE and NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL , which, along with old Roxy Music, provided the soudtrack by which I painted to...


"LIKE TWO SHIPS: THE FISHERMAN AND THE MERMAID"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
18"x36"



"BEWARE THE WHALE THAT READS CROSSWORDS"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
18"x36"


"A STRANGE DREAM I HAD ON SEPT.25th, 2006"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
24"x48"



"TOILERS ON THE SEA"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
10"x20"
(SOLD)



"THE WHALER"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
24"x48"



"ULYSSES AND THE SIREN (THE MUSE OF SEPT. 15th, 2005)"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
24"x48"



"CHILD ENDANGERMENT"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
22"x28"



"BATH TIME"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
18"x36"
(SOLD)



"DISASTER AT SEA"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
18"x36"



"THE ADMIRAL WITHOUT HIS SHIP"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
36"x60"



"WATERWINGS"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
10"x20"
(SOLD)

VIRTUAL ART GALLERY IV: HARLEQUINS AND HIGHWIRES

*Please forgive the redundancy of some of theses images. This is my attempt at culling some of my better-photographed and archived work into a few, more complete posts.



"ENGAGEMENT PAINTING"
OIL ON CANVAS
20"x24"
(SOLD)



"THE HARLEQUIN AND MAGICIAN"
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
30"x40"



"PROBABLE CONCUSSION I"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
14"x18"



"WAITING FOR SUMMER"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
24"x36"



"HARLEQUIN AND CHILD WITH PULL TOY"
ACRYLIC AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
(SOLD)



"PROBABLE CONCUSSION II"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
14"x18"
(SOLD)



"PROBABLE CONCUSSION III"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
14"x18"
(SOLD)



"NEAR MISS"
OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
24"x48"
(SOLD)



"GREATEST SHOW"
ACRYLIC AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS
(SOLD)


I am currently attempting to hunt down and reshoot some of these pieces below...

"DANCING HARLEQUIN I"
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
(SOLD)



"DANCING HARLEQUIN II"
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
(SOLD)



"HARLEQUIN AND CHICKEN"
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
(SOLD)



"SHIP OF FOOLS"
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
(SOLD)



"LOVE"
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
(SOLD)