The Blue Menagerie

Closet Cases

2009-04-03T19:44:00.000-07:00

"Closet Cases", group show organized by Paul Evans, Happy, 4675 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. May 1 - June 28, 2009

Opening reception, Friday May 1, 2009, 6-9pm
http://happyonlinestore.blogspot.com/

More Bears

2009-03-25T19:50:00.001-07:00

Pencil and Gouache on Paper, 2009
I have become quite obbsessed with bears these days.

juxtapoz Reader Art

2009-03-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

Good News. My work is featured on the Juxtapoz Readers art section today! Check it out http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5706&Itemid=59

2009-03-16T20:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who attended the Landscape Painting: Variations on Abstraction reception. Here are some images from the show and the studio. More pictures to come soon!

2009-03-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

Tree Study II
Oil on Panel
5' x 7"

2009-03-16T20:03:00.000-07:00

Untitled 2009
Oil On Panel
20' x 16

2009-03-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

The Forrest 2009
Oil On Panel
32" x 40"

2009-03-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

Tree Study I
Oil on Book Cover
8.5" x 11"

2009-03-16T19:45:00.000-07:00

Attachment 2009
Oil On Panel
12" x 16"

2009-03-16T19:42:00.000-07:00

In The Studio before the instalation

2009-02-26T16:46:00.000-08:00

Landscape Painting: Variations on Abstraction
Douglas Stenhouse, Steve Metzger, Trice Tolle, Robert Rossoff & Corrie Gregory

March 7th - April 2nd, 2009
Reception: Sunday, March 15th 2 - 5PM

ROARK
549 W. 23rd Street, Los Angeles CA 90007
M - F 9am - 6pm; Sat 10am - 5pm
(213) 747-6100

2009-02-06T19:43:00.000-08:00

Greetings and Salutations. On a beautifull rainy night!

The Garden of Eye Candy Book has arrived and it's super cool.It's a beautiful book, and I am so honored to be included in with this great collection of artists:

Amy Sol, Cabizbaja, Candy Bird, Daniel Hyung Lim, Dollydidit, Jamie Zollars, Kennyswork, Kukula, Lisa Petrucci, Mijn Schatje, Luke Cheuh, Mayo, Melanie Florian, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Noferin, Phunk Studio, Brandt Peters, Danielle Lamberti, Kokomoo, Koralie, Majorie Ann, Mark Bodnar, Ryan Myers, Saul Zanolari, Sok Kuan, Tim McCormick, Adolie Day, Amandine Urruty, Kendra Binney, Lacombe Benjamin, Cristina Paulos, Otoshimno, Josh Taylor, Juri Ueda, Camillia d'Errico, Carrie Chau, Toshiyuki Fukuda, and Kyung Soon Park.

The good folks at Big Bros Workshop / Gingko Press were kind enough to include me in this collection thanks Juan

Featured on page 200-2005 is We've Got A Bleeder. Little Miss, Caster Oil, Pipes The Body Shop, Spot, Deer Girl, and Holding On are also featured. There is a nice little bio about me to, though they called Ed Kienholz Backseat Dodge a painting ! :( Thanks to my collectors. Grey, Jill, Lisa, Eric and Barrie for giving these works a good place to call home.

Copies of The Garden of Eye Candy can be ordered here

It always ends up to be all about the Donkey

2008-12-17T17:40:00.001-08:00

Pencil On Found Paper 2008

Happy almost new year! 2008 has beena rough one, but stay tuned 2009 looks to be great "The Garden Of Eye Candy" Book is due at the end of January, and I have a show schduled for April 2009. To be added to my e-mail list please e-mail me.

2008-02-22T12:46:00.000-08:00

I have some painting at a super cool shop in Silverlake called:

Matrushka
3822 West Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
323-665-4513

Including this one:
Tree Girl 2007 Oil on Panel

And some exciting news. A few of my paintings will be included in a super cool book called "THE GARDEN OF EYE CANDY". Being published by www.bigbrosworkshop.com

The book is due for publication sometime later this year. Im super excited ......

Here is some info about the book

THE GARDEN OF EYE CANDY

The fashioning and creation of characters and dolls have existed from the beginning of human civilization. In the past, it was carved into the walls of caves, or made into dolls using raw materials found in nature. Human kind have always known a fascination, if not a need, in producing other beings in our likeness, much like the creation stories of how God fashioned us in 'his/her' own image.

These toys evolved into a fine craft with time, and were given to us as children. As our playthings and friends, they became an integral part of our imaginations and psyches. They served as markers and witnesses in our personal histories, appearing as characters in our stories, and as such, began a life of their own, out of the hands of their creators, in a world of their own.

Toy culture and these iconic images and characters, have grown in our time to be a huge phenomenon. It crosses the boundaries of fine art, high and low culture, the sweet and sometimes dark aspects ourselves. The Japanese were at the forefront with their cutting edge productions of Anime and Manga, prompting an Otaku cult which today has spread all over the world. US animation productions, from Mickey Mouse to the Simpsons have become household names and larger than life characters in our daily lives.

We are lucky to have now, characters, icons, toys to love well into adult hood. From the whimsical to adorable, erotic to innocent to the dark and gothic, luring us into their lush worlds, of fairy tales, dreams and inspiration, where id driven impulses and alter egos come to life. We invite you to slip into this mysterious parallel world of the imagination with us in the Garden of Eye Candy.

2007-09-06T18:15:00.000-07:00

The is a commission I did for my friend Lisa, She owns the best dog grooming place in Los Angeles ok, well No Ho, its called Euphuria Pet Salon. Its a humane wonderful place and Lisa is a cool ass mama

2007-09-06T17:19:00.000-07:00

In May I was included in a fantastic group show. I was pleased as punch!. It was curated by John Souza, who is my favorite person to work with, He gets it and he is super cool. Here are some images. I was so quick with the camera that I only shot images of my work. Wich sucks cause Kerry Horvath work was the best in the show. But I felt honored to be included with such a steller group of artist.

YOU MUST BE HIGH
May 26th, 2007 - June 23, 2007

Kip Fulbeck
Corrie Gregory
Kerry Horvath
Lindsey Kuhn
Sergio Mora

AndrewShire Gallery
3850 Wilshire Blvd #107 Los Angeles, CA 90010
phone: 213.389.2601

2007-09-06T14:19:00.001-07:00

Welcome to The Blue Menagerie. Kinda crazy if you ask me. I like writing about as much as pulling teeth and even worse talking about myself. But its time to share and sharing is fun….And well some pretty exciting things are happening in the studio and so welcome to my world.

Here something Im pretty stoked about. The nice folks at Otis picked the image “Holding On” from the Tales of The Root Cellar show. It was featured in the August 2007 edition of Juxtapoz magazine right next to the table of contents SWEET!