wintertime thingies

helloo friends!
here are some process shots from my "tea sprite" piece for Cecil Kim's Forgotten Creature show
at his restaurant, Liliya, in downtown Los Angeles.
The show opens this Saturday, the 11th and features a boatload of my very talented buddies!
Come, eat, and be merry!


i need to take proper photos, but i will on saturday.
there is green "tea" resin involved now, and glitter.

also, i was feeling especially yule-tidey and made a wreath and decorated our little bonsai tree!

and finally, because everyone cares, here are some pictures of the cats.


hobo and pocket are new roommates and dont really get along,
even though they are estranged siblings. the first two photos are before the drama started...
just simply looking at things that cats look at out of windows.
pocket in the bedroom, and hobo waiting for her to come inside, so he can play with her.
and she can run away. and hiss. and growl like a banshee.
its fun, i promise.

Busted!

Here's the link for the art auction for Busted Foundation,
all proceeds go towards helping women pay for treatment for breast cancer.
Lots of really amazing artists participated in this,
including Chet Zar, Ana Bagayan, Tara McPherson, Brian Viveros, and Shepard Fairey!
big thanks to Diana Gomez and the Busted Foundation for inviting me to participate!
check it out here:

http://www.artinsupportofbusted.com/

go buy things! its for a good cause!

Fiiiinally!

Hi friends!

So I finally have finished not one, but TWO pieces,
after a much much too longer leave of working my ass off at a real job! yay!

the first is a little sculpture based on The Ring,
for my first time showing with WWA Gallery in Culver City!
the show is Horrrorwood and it opens on October 15
it should be a great show, featuring lots of my buddies!
9517 Culver Blvd, Culver City 90232
more info here!

oOOoOoo scaaaryyyy! no?
i saw this in a theatre full of screamers,
one of which may or may not have been me.
i also heart creepy victorian children, so it worked ou.

Also this weekend i finished a piece for an online charity auction show for the Busted Foundation,

which helps women with breast cancer pay for their medical bills.
The auction isn't up on eBay yet, but you can learn more about the foundation here!
she's based on the Greek myth of the Amazon warriors,
who were said to have removed or cauterized one of their breasts
so that they were more easily able to shoot arrows and throw spears.
they were fierce fighters, much like those fighting life threatening diseases.

Yay for finally making things!

woo!

hey friends! i am sorry for my silence- i have gotten a real job, and have been trying to do other things but am in the middle of everything right now- BUT i have exciting news! I just found out that I got "Outstanding Puppet Design" for the puppets I made for Starmites from StageSceneLA - Neverwonderland and Starmites both got a number of awards, so yayy again! You can read about it here!

puppet show!

Hello dear friends! Here are some better pictures of the puppets and costume I made for the upcoming NeverWonderLand!

It's going to be an amazing show! I also made the props and some scenic elements.
My dear roommate Danielle did the lovely poster design, as well as helping me make things!
You can buy tickets here, it opens Saturday the 24th and runs through August 22nd.

the cheshire cat - his teeth glow when he smiles, as is common with cheshire cats.

dinah, alice's darling siamese kitten:

and finally, the hood that Princes Tigerlily wears. She's a badass.

come see the show!

rawr

here is a lame picture of me in the Tiger Lilly costume/hood I made.
I thoroughly enjoyed painting stripes on. Also growling occasionally.
I will be taking better pictures, as well as eventually having pictures from it being worn in NeverWonderLand which opens at the end of the month!

Yart Sale!

Tomorrow morning (Saturday, July 3rd) my lovely roommates and I are having a garage/moving/art sale

I will have for sale many many old pieces of art
like these:

as well as random things.
like a piggy bank and a cowboy robe.
you should come buy them. they will be cheap.

we'll be there, probably drinking.....
lemonade!

8 am to 3 pm
6622 west 86th place
los angeles, california, 90045

(i can give out my address because we're moving and YoU'll NEVER CATCH ME ALIVE)
(also most of you who read this already know where i live.)

recent exploits

here are some sketches/little paintings/drawings i've done recently.

sketches for neverwonderland tiger lily costume/hood thing. i started building this today:

some sketchbook pages:


and a little painting on illustration board. i forgot how much i like illustration board!

new things!

hello!
i've started up working on props and puppets for BoomKat's production of NeverWonderland, which I had worked on in the early stages, but now is back in action. anyway, here are some shots of the cheshire cat's mouth/head- he's gon' glow!

30 LEDs through holes in his mouf. this is bright. real bright.

little cones of poly foam make perfect little fangs

and in his (in progress) head!
he's gonna have crazy glass eyes. alligator eyes.

pocket saw her first squirrel today.

and reeally wanted to eat him.

oh and you can see the partially made pelt of the cheshire cat (that purple and red stuff) behind her!


also- thank you to everyone who came out to the La Luz show!
If you missed it, you can still go and see it (it will be up until the end of the month, or check it out here!)

its official!

helllooo!
I have eleven new pieces for sale,
you can view them at the La Luz de Jesus Gallery preview page:

here!
or come by if you live in the Los Angeles area -
opening reception, 8-11 pm
Friday June 4th
4633 Hollywood Blvd
info@laluzdejesus.com
323.666.7667

yay!