What's Happening?
I've got a huge shop update with all my Happy Food APs, new prints and these 3 originals from previous shows. Everything will go live at 3pm EDT today (Friday July 17th). I'm even throwing in a discount code for 20% off your entire purchase -- use SUMMER20 when you check out and it's good now through July 25th. Have fun shopping and thank you!
Hello everyone!
I'd like to introduce you to my latest I'm Not Hungry painting, "Meow & Peep" (8.5" x 11", acrylic on maple, $500). This piece is for the Kute as Fuh! show at Piq Grand Central Terminal, NYC opening this Friday, July 17th at 7pm. There's over 45 international artists for this show and from other pieces I've seen, it's going to be a super cute one! There are no pre-sales for this show, so if you're not going to the opening you can either call the shop at 7pm EDT Friday (212.867.0969) to purchase or wait until Monday when everything will be put online (that hasn't sold at over the weekend).
I'd also like to give everyone a heads up that I will be posting a bunch of APs from my Happy Food show, along with 3 originals from previous shows in my own shop on Friday at 3pm EDT. I'll post again Friday morning with some more details and maybe even a discount code ;)
Thanks for reading and hope you all have a great week!
-Kristin
Hi everyone!
Thanks to everyone that participated in the Modify contest and congratulations to the two winners - Anna and Adam!
If you didn't win, don't worry, you can still have one of your very own Cuddly X Modify watches because my collection has just been released! You can find them at Modify Watches/Cuddly.
Best part: use the code CUDDLY20 for 20% off! (good now through 7/18)
Thank you again and have fun shopping!
Kristin
Hey everybody,
I've got some exciting news that I wanted to share with you. I'm releasing my own collection of delicious, fun and yes! time telling Modify Watches in a few days!
And the best part -- right now until Friday, you can vote for your favorite one at woobox.com/ftbgwr for a chance to win one before they're available!
Woohoo!
Best of luck-
Kristin
I wanted to let everyone know that I will be having a 2 day signing at the brand new WonderGround Gallery in Downtown Disney at the Walt Disney World® Resort! This Friday, June 26th and Saturday, June 27th I'll be at WonderGround in the Marketplace Co-Op from 5pm - 8pm each day, signing prints and merchandise (along with doodling, chatting about Disney, taking pictures and giving out hugs).
I can't wait! Hope to see you there! Thanks everyone :)
I'm back from another jam packed trip to the West Coast and boy am I tired! Ed and I just love it out there and always have the best time. We started with a lovely morning at the LACMA. I was especially excited to see their special exhibition, Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School (no photos allowed, but it was amazing and so moving in person). We were also greeted by the genius "Urban Light" by Chris Burden:
And just around through the entrance was the amazing "Levitated Mass" by Michael Heizer. So powerful in person!
By the way, all these photos are by my husband, Ed Mironiuk. He has such a better eye for framing than I do :)
At this point in the trip, the clouds thickened and the wind picked up and it seemed like we were back in Jersey. Just as we were headed to the line of food trucks for some lunch the heavens opened up and we rushed to our car to have some delicious mexican food. It seems that it always rains when we go to the coast and boy, do they need every drop they can get!
We finished up at the museum and met up with friends at a coffee shop nearby. The rain tapered off at that point and the sun even came out. It turned into another beautiful day in Los Angeles.
Later on, we stopped by Gallery 1988 to see my show all hung. It's always such a thrill to see months of work filling up a room as I'm usually worried that it won't fill a closet. The great folks over there always do such a wonderful job, I can't thank them enough for all that they do.
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The morning of the show, we woke up to some more rain and wind. Not a problem! Ed and I wanted to venture out to the ocean, grabbing a sushi burrito from the Jogasaki food truck. We took it over to the beach and once again, the clouds parted and the sun came out. It turned into another perfect California day overlooking the Santa Monica Pier.
We jumped into our car and headed up the PCH, passing all the surfers and beautiful homes along the coast. Then a trip through Malibu Canyon, to head to the Hollywood Hills to try and find the iconic Chemosphere House. Built in 1960 by John Lautner it's an amazing structure.
Now, I must admit, I'm not a fan of driving through the hills. The twisting turns and tiny road (with two way traffic) makes my stomach turn. But the views and the homes more than make up for it! Our gps said that we had arrived at the address but alas, no Chemosphere. We drove a bit further to the end of the street and turned around to head back to the hotel. Then we looked up...
Success!! So gosh darn cool!
Back to the hotel to try and relax for an hour or so before dinner with friends at MudHen Tavern.
It was such a great meal of little tapas style plates. Definitely recommended if you're in the Melrose/Highland area of LA.
Dun dun dun!! The big opening. Jitters, sweating a bit and wondering if anyone would show up. From the moment we walked in around 7:30 till 10pm the gallery was just about full. I met so many wonderful people (a couple from Australia even!), old friends and new, I was overwhelmed by the kind words and smiles. I'm getting choked up a bit just thinking about it again. Thank you so very much. And darn it - we totally forgot/didn't even have a chance to take any photos! You can see the whole show online at Gallery 1988. We ended the evening at the iconic Pink's around the corner for a hot dog.
The next day we spent with one of our favorite people, walking around Los Angeles which we had never done before. We went to the Bradbury Building (think "Blade Runner"):
Past some really spectacular buildings like the Grand Central Square Apartments:
Look at the fascade! Never saw cow skulls with horns on a building before.
Had some lunch at the Grand Central Market which has been there since 1917! We even went to the Los Angeles Public Library and saw the most amazing lobby:
Surrounded by murals depicting the history of California it was truly breathtaking.
Whew! Back in the car and then off to the airport for our red eye to NJ.
I hope that you enjoyed my tale as much as we enjoyed experiencing it. Coming back home is lovely, but it doesn't beat the excitement and love of friends + art + architecture.
Thank you.
-Kris
Here's another sneak peek from my solo, Happy Food. May I present...
"Jiggle"
What can I say, I just love painting Jell-o! And green Jell-o, well, that's the ultimate, isn't it?
The show opens next Friday (May 15th), at Gallery 1988 (East) from 7 - 10pm. I'll be there, along with my hubby and 30 of my happy, tasty friends. Hope to see you there :)
Happy Food is coming!
I am humbled and honored to once again be showing my work with Gallery 1988. When asked to do another solo with them, I had a couple ideas for themes, but kept coming back to happy food.
Mr. Good Morning Waffle along with 29 of his tasty friends will be on display from May 15th through June 6th at their East location. As with all their shows, there will not be an advance preview so if you can't make it to the opening, all remaining art (including limited edition prints) will go on sale the next day in their online shop. But since Ed and I will be flying out for the opening, we hope that we can see lots of you there!
What? You'd like another sneak peek? Here's "Salud":
I'll be showing a few more complete paintings over the next week, so stay tuned. ARe you still itching to buy some artwork now? Gallery 1988 is having a spring sale until May 17th on most inventory. Use the code 2015 for 15% off! I've got a handful of items that are eligible for the sale which you can peruse here.
I can't believe it, but Ed and I are going to Australia! The great folks at Auguste Clown Gallery have invited me to do a larger solo with them October 2nd and we decided to go for the opening! It's quite the trip and believe me, not an easy decision due to the cost of getting there (not only money-wise, but physically and emotionally as well - 24 hrs in an airplane is a LONG TIME), but the pluses far outweighed the minuses. We will be in the Melbourne area for a week and hope to get a good overview of the city as well as a day trip or two outside (Great Ocean Road, anyone?). If anyone has any tips or hints or must-see places or might even want to meet up for a coffee let me know!
I'm not set on a theme just yet, but have started sketching and having fun coming up with some new characters. So stay tuned and I hope to see some of you in October!
Hey everybody!
I wanted to share my latest painting which is for Idiot Box 2 at Gallery 1988. The theme is everyone's favorite television show and I just couldn't help myself, I had to do an homage to Arrested Development. Now why I chose to do Tobias in his never-nude shorts, licking a frozen banana with nuts as a fuzzy blue monster, I can't readily say, other than it made me laugh.
I hope he brings a smile to your sweet faces as well!
"Mr. Gay" acrylic on maple, 8.5" x 8.5"
If you're interested in purchasing him, he's available over at Gallery 1988.
Now for the puppy dogs! I recently had the pleasure of showing my work at Baker+Hesseldenz Gallery in Tuscon, AZ for their spring group show. I painted two new "I'm Not Hungry" pieces (both originals sold), "Maple" and "Winslow".
I was thrilled that "Maple" was even shown in an article about the show in American Art Collector Magazine alongside some amazing artists like Van Arno, Fabio D'Aroma and Fay Helfer.
If you're interested in these two little pups, I have prints as well as mounted prints in my shop and just because you guys are so special to me (seriously), use the code SPECIAL and get 10% off everything you buy until May 10th. Visit shop.cuddlyrigormortis.com and have fun!
