Why Me?

L.A. based painter Ayami Kawashima is currently showing at 88Point5. The pieces are all right around $250. Check them all out at 88point5.com.

Ayami Kawashima is a Japanese painter from Tokyo and a current senior student at OTIS College of Art and Design.

Ayami began learning classical ballet at the age of three, and studied abroad at a notorious art school in Boston as a ballet major from fourteen. She went through a succession of injuries and surgeries, and a particular painting of a ballet dancer that was created during her rehabilitation was highly appraised by the principal of OTIS, which led to her admission to the school.

On 2009, Ayami's work was exhibited at the La Luz de Jesus Gallery and 1988 Gallery. She worked as an intern at Beacon Communications, a well known advertisement company, and at American Greetings.

This collection of paintings is mainly constructed with the portrayal of hardships and emotion in the lives of ballet dancers through the confrontations with original characters.

After graduating in 1999 with at BFA in illustration from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Artist and illustrator Roland Tamayo has been working in the video game industry as an environment/concept artist.

The work above is from the Quiet Storm show in LA, put on by Gallery 1988. There are a lot of absolutely stunning pieces from Roland in this show, but "Port" is one of my favorites. Check out the full details of the painting below.

Roland Tamayo
"Port"
acrylic on panel
28 x 22 inches
$1,700.00

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MONKEY POD CANVAS AUCTION FOR CHARITY ON APRIL 11TH

The Monkey Pod Canvas (Green Version) was completed by Shepard in March 2009 and is with all canvas pieces a unique 1 of 1, 44″ x 30″ painted collaged canvas framed. A certificate of authenticity from Obey Giant will also be provided to the winning bidder. 100% of the funds generated from the sale of this piece will be donated to an indigenous youth charity program for at risk teens suffering from abuse, homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, and gang involvement.

Unfortunately, the purchase of this piece will not be tax-deductable. I’m sure you are well aware of the rarity of having an opportunity to acquire one of Shepard’s canvas pieces, if you are interested in this unique chance to own this amazing canvas please respond with your contact information - name, direct phone number to monkeypodauction@gmail.com. The piece will be sold to the highest bidder on April 11, 2009, any initial offers should began at $20,000 USD and up. All bids must be received no later than 7pm (eastern), Friday, April 10, 2009.

For more information or if you have any questions feel free to contact Julia or Daniel at 612-226-2635

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Audrey Kawasaki is bringing out another beautiful limited edition print on Saturday, December 6th, from 12pm to 1pm pacific time. This is another time limited purchase, like the last print she put out. But unlike the last print, on Saturday you can log on to her shop and click the Purchase button, and you will be guaranteed a print! No need to stand by nervously at your computer, as long as it's within that hour, your print will be reserved!

- limit of one per customer.
- all prints will be signed and numbered in the image area.
- the edition size will be determined after the sale.
- the size of this print is smaller than the original.
- does not have the option of framing.

Two Sisters
Giclee print on 100% cotton archival fine art paper
size: 13"x17" on a 14x"18"sheet
signed and numbered
price: $100
shipping cost: US $6 / int'l $10

Available for purchase on December 6th, Saturday, 12pm-1pm pacific time. Check here for the exact time and date in your time zone

Also besides offering the small-sized time-limited edition, Audrey also is offering a large-sized edition of 75, which is closer to the original's actual size. It is quite grand and impressive looking.

Check out the previous post on Audrey's work here on why me.

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I got a great little surprise in my inbox this morning, Florida-based artist, Andy Espinoza shot me an email with a few of his oil painting. Andy is currently studying at the Ringling College of Art and Design, majoring in Illustration. When I read that Andy is still in school I was extremely surprised, his paintings are just so technically good and there is an expressiveness in his work that you normally don't find in an artist that is still in school. Check out his website, linked below, for a few more pieces from this up and coming artist.

espinoza

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Radim Malinic's, aka Brand Nu, new BOOK of COLOURS is a follow up to ever so popular debut publication released last year. An ideal coffee table inspiration book will give you an insight into the magnificent world of Brand Nu illustration for music, editorial, fashion, advertising and all other industries in between. Only $17 for those of us in the US, it would definitely make a great Christmas gift, but you can get it pretty much anywhere in the world, order it here.

Very nice installation from Miami based artist and graphic designer Juan Camilo Rojas. Using over 3000 cigarettes to complete this installation, Juan has created a great piece of art. Check out the rest of Juan's work at his portfolio linked below.

My only question is, if a smoker goes and checks this out, and is completely out of cigarettes. Would he or she be tempted to take on of the cigarettes off of this piece and smoke it. I think it could happen, I've known some smokers in my day that are pretty scandalous about how they get their fix.

rojas
behance

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San Francisco based Australian artist Luke Feldman shot me an email today with some of his work. He has a new limited edition print coming out soon, 'Ester' will be limited to a run of 30 prints and can be seen in the picture above. Luke, aka skaffs, has won more awards and has been featured in more publications than I care to mention here, I'm really surprised this is the first of his work I have seen. I love the style of his work, a bit bizzare but always beautiful work. Check out one more of his pieces below, and also a quick video put together by Coothwork TV for Luke's Perpetual Kagemi Solo Art Exhibition.

Very nice mixed media work from Utah based artist Chase Christensen, very nice use of spray paint and ink. Check out the rest of his work at his portfolio, linked below.

Absolutely spectacular mixed media work from British artist Antony Micallef. Antony has been featured in numerous magazines, including the New York Times, and has exhibited all over the world from L.A. to Tokyo. Have fun checking out his site it has a lot of excellent work.

micallef

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Some really nice abstract art from Germany based and Bosnia born artist Dejan Pantic. Check out the rest of his work, here.

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When art, design, topography, and charity come together you get Edward Hann's IDP 06. Beautifully done to show the scale of the crisis in Darfur, and 25% of the profits go to Amnesty International, I just wish he had more work to look show.

IDP 06


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I came across Jen Stark a long time ago and I absolutely loved her card stock sculptures. I had completely forgotten about her until today, to my own detriment, when I was going through some old bookmarks. Take a look at the rest of her work, I would highly suggest taking a look at the animation, just so you know stop motion animation takes forever.

Jen Stark


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I love Dale Chihuly’s work, no matter what he does, from his small seaform pieces all the way up to his giant installations, they are all beautifully done. Lately I have been really into art glass, but Chihuly's has always been one of my favorite artists, if only I had an extra 4 or 5 thousand dollars laying around to pick up one of his pieces. So for years i have been looking at actually doing a art glass class, maybe next summer I'll give up indoor soccer and actually take one, who knows.

Chihuly


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