why is trina merry smiling?

the free mother's day card show at The Pacific Art League was a success

trina received 2 CUSTOM cards

free-mothers-day-cards

We had husbands of moms, daughters,  & even moms. young & old. 

comments from long time PAL member "wow, what is going on here, never seen something like this at PAL before! is this going to be a regular thing?"

received tips & donations to PAL donation box AND many requests to find out more about PAL, how to join and such

Only 1 person turned down our free offer. "No, and I'm not a mom either"

Trina Merry showed up. That was weird. Who is this? Why do I know her? PAL & Kaleid brain mashup was too much. THANKs, much appreciated, made the afternoon

mr Pellet also was recipient of fine friends of his

Took photos of all cards & recipients. one thing stood out. Everyone is smiling.

Have continued custom cards at locations beyond PAL.

AND tonight, you too can get your own art at Pelletron 8000

subzerofestival.com

Pelletron Beta Painting

see you tonight

tips for lovers, be sweet and gentle

Today is two buck tuesday at Kaleid Gallery in San Jose.

Art, food, music, demos and of course quirky speakers.

Also, I'll be updating my board with Tips for Lovers - because everyday is valentine's day.

All conveniently & affordably priced @ $15. All works approximately 4x6, mounted on 8x10 black mat board.

I'd attempt to explain them, except, well, they sort of explain themselves.

FREE!! Mother's Day Cards

bespoke Hand Painted JUST-FOR-YOU & your mum

at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto CA

Saturday May 9th 2009

11AM until 3PM

668 Ramona Street

Palo Alto

CA

94301

from matthew seigel* & pellet

you tell us what you want, answer a few intimate questions & watch 2 real LIVE artists create an on-the-spot masterpiece just for you to give to a special mum

WATCH OUR NEW TV SPOT

giggle with hilarity as we just go and do something completely different, hey, we are artists, what do you expect?

while you wait, be sure to explore the beautiful art & crafts in our fine gallery

we only use REAL Organic First press acrylic paint, all cotton rag de-bossed wedding quality card paper & whatever else we have around the studio

none of that Giclee stuff

partake in lite refreshments, or not, depending on how lazy we are saturday morning

"double teen" certified San Jose INDIE artists

examples of the quality or lack of, to be found here

valentine's day cards

*you may know matthew as the "cigar box painting guy", you might be right

**first come first served**

bread pudding @ satura cakes in palo alto

bread pudding & crispy brioche cupcake, both fantastic

carolina saw my drawing & asked if she could put it up! yes, of course, so this is up in

satura cakes in palo alto - please visit, view the art, eat some cake

also, i've invited carolina to submit to 2 buck tuesday @ kaleid

she does wonderful marker drawings (loves sharpies)

outer space animal hillbilly adventure dinner

in response to

"I think I wanna design an outer space animal hillbilly adventure dinner. Any takers?"

http://twitter.com/pelletfactory

people of Peet's coffee

as said in previous post, draw people in public setting, get their chins wrong, noses funny, and some weird monster like results emerge - I'm willing to do this to strangers, not to friends & family

Dogs and Demons and Vicki

Dogs and Demons

Tales From The Dark Side OF Japan

by Alex Kerr

Worth reading for the darker issues facing Japan, written when the whole world considered Japan an economic miracle. Crime, environmental issues, social problems, destruction of their architectural and art heritage is what is revealed here.  The flip side of what was making the mainstream press.

All his books worth reading. And I follow his work to preserve traditional homes.

What does that have to do with this drawing of Vicki?

The title Dogs and Demons is from an Chinese old tale, about which is easier to draw: Dogs or Demons. The answer is Demons, because we can make it look like anything as nobody knows what a demon looks like. We all know what a dog looks like.

I'd take it further, a human is harder. And a human we know is the most difficult. Or to go the other direction, a rock is easier than a demon.

I know Vicki, so if I get a tiny detail, wrong, only a millimeter, she will look wrong.  I'll know it, her friends will know it and she will know it. Might make her look really weird, which she does not. I'll post again this week, with an example of people I draw whom I don't know. They look weird.

So for people I know, I'm going for the essential, the essence, the minimum I can get away with. And so far, making for more interesting art.