September Show at OhNo!Doom

September 1st - Oct 11 -  OhNo!Doom, Chicago is host to a show that includes the work of myself, Teagan White, and Tiny Kitten Teeth .

My contribution to the show will be a collection of drawings and small paintings  (not unlike the "Tiny Paintings" series created for Too Art 4 TV 5 in March 2011) It includes 2 sets of paintings - one series of 13 and one series of 8. Then a series of 10 framed pencil drawings.  Below is what the sets look like all hung together in their proper configuration.  As you can see, while they can exist on their own of course, the pieces are somewhat of a color puzzle and relate to each other through the organization of the palette as a whole.  See all the work in its entirety here: www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157631311258400/ and purchase work from the OhNo!Doom site here: www.ohno-doom.myshopify.com/collections/the-grove


Thanks for coming along for this ride! Next up - November 9th Too Art for TV 6 and November 16th at My Plastic Heart with Julie West - stay tuned!

Series One

Series 2

 

4 x 6 in pencil on paper - "Spitting Pearls"

Series one - 6 x 9 in acrylic on wood panel - "I've Come Undone"

3.5 X 5 in pencil on paper - "Don't be coy"

Series one - 6 x 9 in acrylic on wood panel - "Hindsight"

Series Two, Image 6, "Self Soothing"

Series Three, Image 2, "Black Tears"

Series One, Image Four - "Goodbye Bunny"

Series Three, Image One - "Black Hands"

This is from the second series of paintings - "The Locket" Series 2, Image 3 - 9x7 inches

This is a sketch for the third series of paintings which I probably won't have a chance to complete before the September Show :( It's based on a lovely African succulent plant nicknamed "Baby Toes" - How cute is THAT?!

Set 1, Image 1 4x4 inches Acrylic on Wood Panel

Monster Sketch for Series 3 OR for Drawing only series

This lil guy is a "Cloudeater" omnom... (4x5in Acrylic on Wood)

(Sketch for the painting below Set 1, Image 8)

Set 1, Painting 8 - Acrylic on Wood Panel 7 x 8 inches

Sketch for Set 1, Painting 7 - Pencil on Vellum 7 x 5 inches

Set 1, Image 6 - 4 x 4 inches Acrylic on Wood Panel

Adventure Time Tribute Show at OhNo!Doom Gallery

August 11- August 30 OhNo!Doom in Chicago, IL is host to a fabulous group show paying tribute to that most adorable of shows, Adventure Time! Just TRY to not to sing the theme song - I dare you!

I chose to pay homage to my most favorite character - she's all lumps and attitude ladies and gentlemen - THEE Lumpy Space Princess or LSP.  The sculpt is called "OH.MY.GLOB." and is about 4.5 x 7 inches. It is housed in a glass dome with a walnut base, materials include: resin, acrylics, crystals, glitter, +more.

Here's some shots of the finished piece (with & without the dome). Scroll down for work-in-progress shots (if you are into that sorta thing) The piece will be available through the OhNo!Doom gallery through August. Please check out the amazing works by other participating artists here: http://ohno-doom.myshopify.com/collections/adventure-time Happy shopping!

"I'm ready for my close-up, Brad!"

LSP butt

In da dome

In the studio - final touches

LSP is DEEliscious

Happy little mountain - ala Bob Ross

Preliminary sketch

 

 DUTCHESS GUMMY BUNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

The list of artists includes:Logan Faerber, Niark1, Dave Palumbo, Kevin Luong, Michael Hacker, Patricio Oliver, Steff Bomb, Steph Laberis, Shawn Smith, Mr. Walters, Jeremiah Ketner, Nerfect, Mike Budai, Brian Luong, Kelly Denato, Noelle Stevenson, Jason Chalker, Jeromy Velasco, Pock-it Palz, Brain Killer, Veggiesomething, Michael B. Myers, Paisley Babylon, Jake Waldron, Michelle Coffee, Lana Crooks, Alex Willan, Andrew Thompson, Kat Brunnegraff, Love & a Sandwich, Sean Dove, Ennis Martin, Goni Montes, James Gilleard, Bill Halliar, Melissa Sue Stanley, Charles Santoso, Michal Wright-Ward, Christina Sanchez, Anne Kirn, Marla Campbell, Matthew Woodson, Dena Obaza, Mandy McGee, Kill Taupe, Eric Battaglia, Winona Nelson, Cory Benhatzel + More...

Crazy 4 Cult - Fezik's Dream

Here is the final image for my contribution to the Crazy 4 Cult show from Gallery 1988 NY.  Inspired by the cult movie "The Princess Bride" and a quote from Wesley/The Dread Pirate Roberts...

"I do not envy you the headache you will have when you awake. But for now, rest well and dream of large women"

The show seemed to be a TREMENDOUS success - huge thanks to Gallery 1988 who clearly know how to promote! And bravo to all the participating artists - the work was funny, lovely, and smart. FANtastic.  Please check out the Gallery1988 video of the opening event - the lines wrapped around the block.  Truly impressive :)

Crazy 4 Cult - Teasers and Show info!

August 9th - September 1st
Crazy 4 Cult: New York
Gallery1988 NY Pop Up Store
64 Gansevoort St
New York, NY 10014
Opening Reception: August 9th - THIS THURSDAY! 6pm-9pm 
http://nineteeneightyeight.com/

If you are in the area... In the meantime - TEASERS!

Have fun stormin' da castle!

He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using...

And there they were 4 white horses, and I thought, we’d need four, if we ever find the lady, HELLO LADY!!!

I do not envy you the headache you will have when you awake. But for now, rest well and dream of large women.

Signs of the Apocalypse - Full Reveal

Full reveal of my piece for the "Signs of the Apocalypse" show that opened this past Friday @ My Plastic Heart 210 Forsyth NYC curated by the lovely Lou Pimentel ("Sins of the Apocalypse" 12 x 12 in Acrylic on wood panel) The show is up for a bit so if you're around - check it out!

Signs of the Apocalypse - Flyers & Teaser Image

This Friday, August 3rd "Signs of the Apocalypse" opens at My Plastic Heart at 210 Forsyth Street NYC! Thanks to curator and talented artist Lou Pimentel, the show includes MANY incredible artists. Flyer and list of artists below as well as a teaser image of my final piece for the show - yay!

Artist Roster: Billy Norrby,  Matt Rota,  Julia Griffin,  Jon Beer,  Allison Sommers,  Jason Limon, Jonathan Bergeron, Christopher deLeon, Steven Daily Deph, Dan May, Jeremiah Ketner, Kelly Denato, Andrew Bell, Joseph Wu, Aaron Meshon, Chloe Yingst, Tatiana Suarez, Ruel Pascal, Mathew Curran, 64 Colors, Kit Lane, Dacosta!, Leontine Greenburg, Ken Keirns, Fang Ling Lee, DrilOne, Kano, Glenn, Arthur Yuri, Leonov, Brent Nolasco, Gustavo Rimada, Leonardo Villasenor, Lou Pimentel

Signs of the Apocalypse - WIP

Here we go! I am VERY late on these (pesky surgeries and complications will do that to a painter >:-| ) Below we have sketch, a color study, some early signs of painting.  Now get this -  i FINALLY get my ass painting again and >BAM< thunderstorm power outage! So I lost a whooooole day - argh.  Back on track today and was smart enough to preserve some of my mixed colors so hopefully things move along quick like a bunneh :)

The first doodle

Photoshop color study...we'll see how it works out...

Yup. That's a board.

Working out some new techniques - so much left to do!

UPDATE!
More WIP pics :)

 

Crazy4Cult Work In Progress - Fezik's Dream

More of the process fo yo eyeballz...

I've got some reference I pulled from the internet, old art books, movies - things that capture the mood, style, romanticism that I'm shooting for in this image.  Also color color COLOR! Check out my Pinterest for some interesting palette inspiration I pulled before settling on the one below.

 

Lovely Marie Antionette painting - lace and feathers!

Screengrab of me playing with colors - Took an image from the Sophia Coppolla Marie Antionette film (look at that platinum hair and gold fork- yum!) and married it with my own drawings and the classic portrait painting I found.

 

mmm...mixing colors.