Hi-Fructose Feature
I am quite stoked! Thank you Hi-Fructose Magazine for my cool feature! Thanks to my thoughtful interviewer Liz Ohanesian. Thank you Ransom & Mitchell for the killer promo shots! Volume 41 is officially out! Be sure to grab a copy! This issue features a special 16-page glossy insert section of cover artist Greg “Craola” Simkins! Also featured is the art and soft sculptures of John Casey, the gigantic drawings of Sergio Barrale, the cinematic photography of Gregory Crewdson, the sculptures of Crystal Morey, the other-worldly paintings of Smithe, the installations of Crystal Wagner, the dream-like paintings of Shang Chengxiang, the beautiful sculptures of Gosia. Plus, multi-page reviews on Marion Pecks’s career-spanning monograph, and the pin-hole photography of Bethany De Dorest.
How to Get a Head
Reception: Saturday, October 8, 1 – 4 PM
October 7-28, 2016
4 solos at NIAD Art Center: Karen May, Saul Alegria, Erik Friedman, John Casey
Oakland artist John Casey is a natural character creator. Often his paintings and drawings include invented people with detailed clothing, sometimes backgrounds, and occasionally several folks interacting. In “How to Get a Head,” Casey narrows his focus to just head portraits: cut out head shapes from plywood, painted. These wall pieces are not pre-planned. Instead, he draws a variety of head shapes; some simple, some more elaborate, without a finished image in mind and then Casey loosely paints in the features in and let the portraits emerge through play.
NIAD Art Center
551 23rd Street
Richmond, CA 94804
gallery@niadart.org
stARTup Art Fair CHI Pix
Enjoyed myself in Chicago at the stARTup Art Fair CHI at the MileNorth Hotel (9/23-9/25/16). I also got to spend time with my family which was a big bonus. Here are some images from the fair.
Greeters at O’hare
Check it!
Appropriate bathroom art
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The long shot
Room with a view
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Busy weekend at MileNorth Hotel
Family!
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Drawn Together Fundraiser
Drawn Together at Children’s Fairyland
September 30, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Children’s Fairyland in Oakland present the fourth annual Drawn Together, an adults-only evening (21 and over) of live art-making, fixed-price art sale, music, food, and magical fun at Children’s Fairyland. More than 50 exciting artists from Oakland and the Bay Area, including myself, will create over 100 pieces of original Fairyland-inspired art that will be sold for $40 per piece; proceeds will help Fairyland keep admissions low for all and free for those most in need, as well as funding park restoration. Complimentary beer and wine; food available for purchase. Space is limited, so get your tickets early and support a great cause! $18 until Sept. 13, $22 afterward. Thanks to FLAX art & design for in-kind support of this event!
Children’s Fairyland
699 Bellevue Ave
Oakland, CA 94610