If you were interested in one of my originals from the M&HD2 show opening tomorrow, all the work is now (yes, right now!) up for pre-sale! Click here :D
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.
Update on 2011-04-23 13:28 by Kristin Tercek
Yay! He sold :D If you would like a print, please contact Gallery Nucleus to request that they make them :) Thank you!
Pink Nail Polish Day
My good friend just invited me to join in her Pink Nail Polish Day on May 18th and I think it's a great idea. For cake's sake, whatever happened to just having fun? Why does everything have to been a news story involving psychiatrists and politicians. It's NAIL POLISH! And as Jon Stewart pointed out, there's something called 'nail polish remover' too.
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
Update on 2011-04-29 19:42 by Kristin Tercek
Just got an email that these two are now up for pre-sale! You can purchase them before the show even opens here :D
Oooo...Beautiful Home...WTF?!
I just spent the better part of today prepping and then printing about a hundred prints for new plaques. Not the most exciting work but it needs to be done. I figured I could use a little break and hopped over to Apartment Therapy to look at the beautiful homes. I can dream, can't I?
First up, a gorgeous San Francisco condo...
Owned by Greg, Brian and their chihuahua-brussels griffon, Mr. Biggs...
They write about Greg's eccentric art collection, including a vintage Keene print, Eric Joyner, super-heroine figures (especially Wonder Woman)...
...and some weird little characters in the kitchen.
Wait a minute...that's my work! A quick scan down the resources list and sure enough I'm listed.
Such a wonderful surprise for an otherwise boring day. Nice to know that my work is out there making people smile everyday.
Thanks guys!
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 :)
Sakura
Work in progress.
Once it's done, I'll be putting it up for auction through ebay and donating the money to the American Red Cross. A small contribution, but every little bit helps with such an enormous disaster. The people of Japan and their families and friends are in our thoughts and hearts.
Tickled Green
Well would you look at that! I submitted "Smell You Later" to the Must Have Cute website and he's being featured on their homepage :D In case you haven't been over there, they really do feature the cutest things AND you can give each post a thumbs up or down (hint, hint). And no worries about the thumbs down I've gotten because it seems that every adorable posting gets some. To each his own, right? Right :)
Many thanks to the members of the Cheezburger Network that voted for me :D
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