On Exhibit at the Zissou Society Aquarium

I created the above piece from cut paper for the "Postcard Correspondence" show which opens at Gallery 1988 this Friday. The image depicts the Crayon Ponyfish from The Aquatic Life of Steve Zissou  and is meant to be a souvenir that could be purchased at the gift shop of the Zissou Society Aquarium.

Both the original piece, and a limited run of 50 signed and numbered, as well as very affordable, postcard reproductions will be available at Gallery 1988 once the show opens.

"Postcard Correspondence" opens at Gallery 1988: West, 7308 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046, on Friday, March 20, 2015 from 7:00 - 10:00 PM and runs through April 4, 2015.



 

Postcard Correspondence

Postcard Correspondence is the next show I'm participating in at Gallery 1988. The show opens on March 20th. I'll be posting an image of my piece here closer to the show.

Postcards

The mail brought me postcards I had printed for an upcoming show. This is the first time I've made anything resembling prints available of my work. Information on the show, the image, and purchasing will be posted here in the near future.

Ask Me Anything #47

Today is the first Monday of the month which means it's time for "Ask Me Anything."

You can ask me any questions you'd like, whether it's about my work, opinions, influences, favorites, least favorites, or anything else you think I might have an answer for. Questions can be posted in the comments section below, and I'll either answer them there, or in a separate post sometime later in the month.

I've been asked a lot of good, thought provoking questions in the past as well as some really banal ones, all of which I tried to answer. You can see the previous questions by visiting Ask Me Anything  #1, #2 ,  #3, #4, #5, #6 , #7 , #8, #9,  #10,  #11,  #12 , #13, #14,  #15 , #16, #17 , #18 , #19,  #20,  #21, #22,  #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42,  #43, #44, #45, and #46.  Answers not found following the questions can be found in the archives section for each associated month under Ask Me Anything.

Now ask away. 

Mad Scientist #30

Mad Scientist #30 is now available. I contributed a piece of artwork to this excellent magazine which features the amazing Mark Maddox cover shown above. The contents of this issue and ordering information can be found here.

The Breakfast Club Turns Thirty

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the classic high school movie, The Breakfast Club. To mark the occassion I thought I'd share this piece I did for "The Road to Shermer" the John Hughes tribute show at Gallery 1988 a few years back. This piece was called "25th High School Reunion" and showed what I thought the characters from The Breakfast Club would look like twenty five years later. I didn't go about this the obvious way. First I determined what sort of careers and lives they'd have 25 years after the movie, then I age progressed the characters based on those decisions. I never went and looked at photos of the actors as older adults. 

The piece actually started as something I made for the 25th Anniversary of my own graduating class. Originally, Emilio Estevez's character was wearing an athletic jacket from my own high school. When I repurposed it for the Gallery 1988 show, I replaced the jacket with one true to the movie. 

You can learn more about this piece by reading the article by Brian McQuery in the debut issue of Backstory magazine. 

Ask Me Anything #46

Today is the first Monday of the month which means it's time for "Ask Me Anything."

You can ask me any questions you'd like, whether it's about my work, opinions, influences, favorites, least favorites, or anything else you think I might have an answer for. Questions can be posted in the comments section below, and I'll either answer them there, or in a separate post sometime later in the month.

I've been asked a lot of good, thought provoking questions in the past as well as some really banal ones, all of which I tried to answer. You can see the previous questions by visiting Ask Me Anything  #1, #2 ,  #3, #4, #5, #6 , #7 , #8, #9,  #10,  #11,  #12 , #13, #14,  #15 , #16, #17 , #18 , #19,  #20,  #21, #22,  #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42,  #43, #44, #45.  Answers not found following the questions can be found in the archives section for each associated month under Ask Me Anything.

Now ask away. 

Ask Me Anything #45

Happy New Year!  Welcome to the first installment of "Ask Me Anything" for 2015.

You can ask me any questions you'd like, whether it's about my work, opinions, influences, favorites, least favorites, or anything else you think I might have an answer for. Questions can be posted in the comments section below, and I'll either answer them there, or in a separate post sometime later in the month.

Please take the time to view the previous questions so that we don't wind up with a lot of repetition. I've been asked a lot of good, thought provoking questions in the past as well as some really banal ones, all of which I tried to answer. You can see the previous questions by visiting Ask Me Anything  #1, #2 ,  #3, #4, #5, #6 , #7 , #8, #9,  #10,  #11,  #12 , #13, #14,  #15 , #16, #17 , #18 , #19,  #20,  #21, #22,  #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42,  #43, #44.  Answers not found following the questions can be found in the archives section for each associated month under Ask Me Anything.

Now ask away. 

Manga and Anime

At the beginning of the month, Michael Jones asked me if I have, or have had, a manga or anime series that I have particularly enjoyed.

 The answer is actually quite a few. My first exposure to anime was back when it wasn't labled as such through daily afternoon viewings of Speed Racer,/Space Battleship Yamato, Gatchaman, and Captain Harlock.

More recently I've been enjoying Attack on Titan (both the manga and anime series), Blood +, and Death Note in the form of anime, though I've also seen the live action Death Note movie.

Other manga that I've liked quite a bit are Astro Boy and other works by Osamu Tezuka, such as Buddha, and The Lost World,  Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. I'm also really fond of the Anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.

There are others but those are the ones that occurred to me.





 

Crazy 4 Cult: Back In LA

Gallery 1988's annual "Crazy 4 Cult" show opened last night at their gallery at 7308 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. I contributed the piece below, based on They Live (1988). The show runs through December 28, 2014, and the rest of the art from all contributing artists should be available to look at and purchase at the Gallery 1988 website soon.

The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass

As promised, here is a look at the four pieces I did for "The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass" show now on display at Creature Features in Burbank, CA through January 4. Each is 3-D cut paper. Contact Creature Features for purchasing information. 

Rudolph Turns 50

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beloved Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which debuted on this night in 1964, Creature Features, in Burbank, CA, is hosting "The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass" a group art show featuring some very talented folks.

I have four pieces in the show, which I'll share here tomorrow.

The show runs through January 4th. If you can, you should definitely stop by and check it out.

Ask Me Anything #44

After a much needed month long break, things will be returning to normal here. There will be some updates in the days ahead, but in the meantime, the first Monday of the month means it's time for "Ask Me Anything."

You can ask me any questions you'd like, whether it's about my work, opinions, influences, favorites, least favorites, holiday gift suggestions, or anything else you think I might have an answer for. Questions can be posted in the comments section below, and I'll either answer them there, or in a separate post sometime later in the month.

Please take the time to view the previous questions so that we don't wind up with a lot of repetition. I've been asked a lot of good, thought provoking questions in the past as well as some really banal ones, all of which I tried to answer. You can see the previous questions by visiting Ask Me Anything  #1, #2 ,  #3, #4, #5, #6 , #7 , #8, #9,  #10,  #11,  #12 , #13, #14,  #15 , #16, #17 , #18 , #19,  #20,  #21, #22,  #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42, and #43.  Answers not found following the questions can be found in the archives section for each associated month under Ask Me Anything.

Now ask away. 

Next Saturday...

Don't Ask

This is the first Monday of the month which normally would mean it's time for "Ask Me Anything." However, I have a heavy schedule this month, so I'm putting it on hiatus.  This month you can expect some posts pertaining to things I did not post during October so that they would not get lost amidst all of the Countdown to Halloween material.

"Ask Me Anything" will return the first Monday of December.