Mr. McPrickles

Meet "Mr. McPrickles", my latest piece

He was accepted into Gallery Nucleus' Power In Numbers project and will go on sale this Saturday, April 23rd. He measures 5" x 7" (like all the PIN pieces) and will be $100. My proceeds from the sale will go to UNICEF. A portion of every sale, and they are priced at either $50 or $100, goes to benefit the artist's chosen charity.

AND once the piece is sold a button will go up under it saying 'Print Request'. If enough people request a print, Gallery Nucleus will go ahead and do a print run :)

It's a great project and there's tons of great work at very affordable prices. I'm honored to be included.

Finished

Hey everybody! Finally shipped off my two pieces for the Meth & Hot Dogs 2 show at Lift Gallery opening April 30th, 2011.

I present "It's A Trap" on the right and "Daffadown Dilly" on the left. Both measure 3.5" x 24" :D

Mono No Aware

I finished my sakura painting and it's now up for auction on ebay. 100% of the proceeds from the auction will go to the American Red Cross to benefit Japan.

The title "Mono No Aware" is a Japanese term often associated with cherry blossoms and "used to describe the awareness of impermanance, or the transience of things, and a gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing."

The auction ends Thursday, March 31st at 8pm PST. Enjoy, good luck and thank you for bidding :)

 

Meth And Hot Dogs 2

I was so excited to be asked to participate in this show. Quite the diverse lineup of artists (click the image to see), too bad I can't make it out. It's being held at Lift Designer Toys and Gallery in Michigan on April 30th. I did want to show you what my contribution will be.

I've had these two swimming around in my brain for six months and thought the long presentation would work well for a gallery setting (since it's hard to get the full picture over the net)

Sketched out...

and then almost finished, they looked pretty in the morning light...

Enjoy :)

Limited Editions

I've toyed with the idea of making all my prints limited editions since I started. I go back and forth whether it's better to keep making them year after year or keep things fresh in the shop by changing prints more often. The latter would also help spur me into painting more and that seems like a good thing for all of us.

Sooooo, with the release of "Smell You Later" today (at 3pm EST along with the original painting), I am going to be limiting my prints to a run of 100. Each new print will be presented in the same way, but I will number each one. And the best part -- they'll still cost $25 a piece!

With the success of my retirement sale on some older prints, I will also begin to retire my classic images. Keep an eye out for my next retirement sale (I've got some images that haven't been available for awhile that I figure deserve a proper exit).

I'm looking forward to this new way of working and hope that you are too. Thank again :D

A Smelly Little Friend

I started painting this guy 5 weeks ago - how time flies! We've been working at our real business and now that there's a little breathing room I thought I'd debut, "Smell You Later"

My dad graciously made the wood plaque for him and I think it came out great.

I agonized over how the shading looked. I tend to stare at the details of my work with my nose an inch away from the plaque. Inevitably, it never looks smooth enough for me, or one paint stroke will be out of place. Then I'll hear, "Step away from the painting, Kris". Right, step away and from a fresh perspective at a resonable distance, say, six inches or so, I guess it doesn't look too bad.

I'm thinking he'll go up for sale Wednesday, March 9th, the day after the retirement sale is over. I will return with a definite time :D

And as an aside, I just wanted to thank everyone out there whose supporting me, and making me feel a little less self-conscious about my work. I have a feeling that as an artist that's just part of the package though and we may never be truly satisfied with our own work. However, it makes the day a heck of a lot brighter knowing that there are so many other people out there who do like it :D

Super-Sale and Retirement

I put five new prints up in my shop

"Frou-Frou", "My Poor Meatball", "Le Tigre", "Slice and Dice" and "Poison Claw"

and decided that some of my older images needed a rest. After March 8th I will retire 12 of my prints and have taken $15 off each of them.

So why not treat yourself to some new artwork - you deserve it :D

Enjoy!