Interview With Artist Dean Fleming

To read the latest Eclectix artist interview with Dean and view a gallery of his surreal art click here.

San Francisco Street Art Attack in the Mission

A very cool, block-long wall of urban art, outside of CELLspace in San Francisco. To see all the images click here.

White Walls Group Exhibition, "New Territory"

The "New Territory" show included artists Akira Beard, Mark Warren Jacques, Robert Burden, Henry Gunderson, and Cheryl Molnar. I really enjoyed the works of two of them...

Akira Beard's works were mainly portrait based  sketchbook pages, refreshing in their gritty rawness. 

Mostly famous faces, some had political commentary and  loose smears of paint and graphite embellishments. 

Cheryl Molnar's arresting works took collage to another level, using scraps of toned and found paper she re-created landscapes and other scenes.. literally painting with paper.

The colors were brilliant and the overall geometrics of the pieces combined into wonderful painterly images.


White Walls Gallery -http://www.whitewallssf.com/shows/new-territory/

R.I.P. Frank Frazetta, Fantasy and Science Fiction Artist Dies

The infamous Frazetta was best known for his paintings in comic books, westerns, science fiction and fantasy styles. He also did a multitude of album cover art and animation. I remember being blown away by his images as a young girl, especially his women. While being the usual sexy posers, they were also very muscular, strong and Amazonian. It was nice to see women with some normal chunk to them in sensual display. His figures were always executed with complete expertise and had a very defined yet supple, fleshy feel. In 2008, the cover illustration to the Burroughs paperback "Escape on Venus" sold at auction for $251,000. Frazetta retained the original Conan paintings, and long refused to part with them. In 2009, Frazetta's "Conan the Conqueror" painting was the first to be offered for sale, and was purchased by a private collector for $1 million. He apparently had a few strokes over the years and this was his last. He greatly influenced today's generation of artists and will be long remembered.

Mama Bird Art for Mama's Day... The Best of the Nest

For all you moms and babes... guess that means everyone, we were all babes at some point! A quick look at some of the best nests of mother birds I could find out there in webland. Happy Mother's Day, Gurls! (Someday we WILL have an actual, real holiday in our honor...)

Above: "Mother Bird" via Green Hill Studio, Flicker

From Cloud9Design, via Etsy

From Patti Backer, via Patti Monkey

"Mom Watch Me", by Brent Ander

"Bird Fight", altered art , JoAnna Pierotti, via Moss Hill Studio

"For The Birds" Art Exhibit, Thru May, EclectixOnline Volume 2

EclectixOnline features art exhibits, news, events calendar, blogs, art reviews, artist interviews, book and music links... This issue: A local look at a Mona Lisa out of jellybeans by Kristen Cumings, an interview with artist Dean Fleming, a feature on Nathan Ota's bird art, some birdy factoids and selected cultural tidbits.
"For The Birds"- A Web Only Art Exhibit - A group exhibition featuring bird themed and related art, some new, some not- but all are finely feathered pieces. For your spring inspiration... newbrow style.
The Artists: Chris Buzelli, Caia Koopman, Jim Mullan, Katie McCann, Rhett Podersoo, Isabel Samaras, John Howard, Amy Kollar Anderson, Derek McKindles, Ryan McJunkin, Nathan Ota, Christopher Register, Edith Lebeau, Audrey Canales, Ernst Haeckel, Amanda Lockwood, Jason Limon, Patrushka, Anne Faith Nicholls, Anthony Pontius, Dan Quintana,Leontine May Greenberg, Genevive Zacconi, Amber Alexander, Esao, Elizabeth Caffey, Michelle Waters, Betsy Barnum, Colette Calascione, Lisel Ashlock, Kyme Chan, Scott Musgrove, Laura Cesari,Caryn Drexl, Kmndz, Peter Tonningsen and more...

To view: http://www.eclectix.com

Another Killer Exhibit Announcement, Art by Ray Caesar

After blogging the Mark Ryden exhibit card, I decided this card had to be shared as well. The image is by one of my favorite newbrow artists out there - the maestro Ray Caesar. Don't you just love this swanky, tentacled lady? It is for the upcoming exhibit "Art From The New World", in Bristol, England.
This show is jam packed with greats. For more of Ray's other worldly art, click here.

Art Date in Emeryville, 2nd Annual Science Fiction & Fantasy Art Exhibit

For all you locals out there, this is a quick stop worth making. J.B. Lowe threw together a dynamic, eclectic array of local art at the winery Periscope Cellars in Emeryville. Some are familiar from Eclectix shows and some are new discoveries.
When I first went to a show here, years ago, I was floored by the three paintings of JB's that he had done for Periscope promotions. (Above and below)

One of J.B.'s newer works (above), from a triptych of skeletons - just as engaging.

Nemo Gould also had quite a few of his killer kinetic works here. (above) These are so much better viewed in person, as much is lost in a static photo. (more on Nemo)

Kevin Evans anthropomorphic work was the next show stopper. (above)

A groovy series of steampunk skeleton sculptures by Blair Clark captured under bell jars. (above)

The ever prolific Nicolas Caesar had a few, this pink bunny-bot pair was my fave. (above)

Lastly, the carved paintings by Sharon Eisley were fantastic. They would have fit well in the "For The Birds" exhibit. All in all, beautiful works and a really nice slice of newbrow art to experience here in the East Bay. Go!

http://periscopecellars.com/gallery12/