TEAM SKUNK at WORKS noon2noon 24 hour art marathon

see this empty space? Friday Dec 3 it will be filled with artists. For 24 hours... OK, actually, will anyone last to 3 AM? We don't know. What we do know is I reserved a space at WORKS. In a room with plenty more spaces and artists. You are invited to visit. So far, at some time or another should see, Lacey, Michael, Kate, Drew, Trina, Eddie and Matthew. Christine, Kyle, Brian and Cherri - maybe sneak down from FRESH PRODUCE? As we certainly will be sneaking up there all night. If we run out of room, going to spill over into the Canvas Ghost booth.


works/san jose presents ‘noon2noon’, a 24-hour art marathon: make art, buy art, support works


And everyone needs to go everywhere tomorrow night.


Finally, please, make sure to visit Kaleid Gallery, they close earlier than the South First Friday area, so start your tour there.  Glass ornament show and available for purchase is original works of art and creative gifts by over 60 regional artists. Including my blue holiday shop wall across from Christmas Hell and lots of other interesting affordable fun holiday gifts. (not Crate and Barrel)


Here is what I suggest!
start at Kaleid Gallery
[7-9pm] Opening Reception for the 2nd Annual Glass Ornament Show presented by the San Jose Glass Artists Alliance.


Head over to Fresh Produce next, preview 7pm, event starts 8pm


eventually make it all the other galleries, and finally, hang out to 3 AM at works

Holiday Shop @ Kaleid Gallery, San Jose $5-$90

THE BLUE HOLIDAY SHOP IS OPEN, NOW, at Kaleid Gallery. New Specials every week. Things happening all the TIME.


$5 hand painted, hand made ornaments/cards
(please someone take home the sad bear with winter scarf)

$15 illustrations (ink, Japanese brush, worn out markers, good markers)  100% cotton paper, mounted on black mat (all done @ & of McDonald's)

$40 paintings on 1 inch cradled wood panel

$90 paintings on cigar boxes

& plenty of other quality art & holiday deals... why just the other day i was looking at the board across from my all blue Holiday Shop & what did I notice, but lots and lots of all wintery ornaments & paintings: Christmas Hell - Ornaments Available now!


so there is double the reason to visit - don't waste your recession holiday money on pricey glass ornaments, when you can get so much more for your loved ones & have cash left over for fun!

new cigar box paintings

exhibiting with 18 other artists

Fine Craft Sale

Today, Friday, Nov 6 6:00p to 9:00p, Saturday Sunday Nov 7, 8, 11:00a to 4:00p

at Pacific Art League of Palo Alto
668 Ramona St
Palo Alto, CA 94301

The Pacific Art League is pleased to announce our first Fine Crafts Sale, featuring works in all media and styles—including ceramics, glass, jewelry, handmade artist’s books, fiber art and more, all by local crafts artists. A wonderful opportunity to find unique, handmade gifts for the holidays. Preview exhibition and sale: Friday, Nov. 6, 6-9 pm; continues on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 8, 11am – 4pm. For more information please call the League at 650-321-3891.

ongoing results of FREE halloween CAT cards

i'm exploring free art

(sometimes in conjunction with pellet (info here) who, also, right now, has a free art contest)

why?

been asking friends and strangers to email me cat photos, in return I mail them spooky halloween cards with their cat photo, somehow, worked into the art - example above of Silas

2 more in the mail, not putting them up until I'm sure they've been received, to not spoil the surprise

other free cat and/or halloween card project was held in person, last Saturday, at the Pacifica Art League in Palo Alto

this is even more direct, they get to watch the art created in front of them

examples below

much thanks go to Liz Lada and Chrystelle for promoting, eBlasts, twitter, balloons, posters & candy

Liz, I still want to make a card for you

one result, continue to notice with these, is everyone appears happy, even when the art is, ... questionable (kind of make a decision and go with it, so turning Nila & Ila into pumpkin and ghost. well, I'd just like another chance to do it again)

FREE CAT halloween cards at The Pacific Art League

I'll be at The Pacific Art League in Palo Alto this Saturday, October 24, 11-3 hand creating halloween cards.

And GIVING THEM AWAY. As in FREE.

First come first served. And the cards will be made JUST FOR YOU. Bring along a photo of your cat & I might just work him/her into the art!

While you are there, be sure to peruse the 10 scrolls, on view in the new hall gallery. These modern interpretations of the traditional scroll form first showed in August at the Kaleid Gallery in San Jose. I was fortunate that Dotti Cichon, of PAL, invited me to show them in Palo Alto. So for those of you who missed the Kaleid Gallery show, they are up until the end of October.

hope to see you and your cat photos this Saturday (or you and your cat!)

interview and sketches

Phantom Galleries, thank you for the interview. After re-reading, realized I meant to also conclude with comments on how what I'm doing now picks up again what I did when younger. I'm again making things out of paper, making strange recordings, hanging out with friends doing ink draw. 

These drawings are examples of just the sort of "ink draw" did at multiple middle of the night drawing and painting sessions.

Been asked, process for painting the TANGLE paintings. I start with these, many of them. The ones above are from the 10 in the show. There were hundreds.  Would refer to them before starting a painting. Sometimes tape 1 or 2 on the wall. But the paintings were never a copy, instead, just as these were rapid, feeling driving, developing as they went - the paintings were as well. With the sketch just as a starting point.

meet the TANGLE artist today, and surprise musical act, 3PM

final week for TANGLE show at Kaleid Gallery in San Jose

go to today to meet the artist. 12-5 , Saturday August 22

scroll art AND wonderful inspired glass

stop in, enjoy light refreshments

ask questions of the artist, pester him, find out what TANGLE really means

and while there, don't forget to say hello to one of the 2 gallery managers, Eddie (Lacey done a great job as well, she, however, is locked in a wedding today)

make sure you stay for surprise musical guest at 3PM