Skeleton's Playing Poker 2012

The "Skeleton's Playing Poker" design is finally completed after a full year in on-again /off-again production. The plan is to print this design on a dark "asphalt" colored American Apparel t-shirt. The caramel color I was considering earlier looked a little too goofy.

 

(Archradish and I are working on combining our labels, so this design will not print until our new logo is completed.)

December Calendar Show at Bows and Arrows

This year I am participating in the Bows and Arrows second annual calendar show. For this show, I was assigned the month of October -- which just happens to be my favorite month of the year!

My painting is a study of the amazing views, wildlife, and vegetation in the Yolo area during the month of October. The barn owl, thistles, and the amazing sunset are the key elements I knew I had to incorporate to portray this locally themed Octoberscape accurately. 

The opening reception will be at the Bows and Arrows main gallery on Dec. 7, 6 p.m.

Printed calendars featuring work from the show will be available for purchase.

Updates: Show Reminder

The show is tomorrow! 
Consider this the final reminder... and hope to see you there!
Artwork will be on show at Bows & Arrows in Sacramento between Oct.13-Nov. 8

Here is a sneak peak of what will be in the show:

Updates: October Second Saturday Event

I'm showing my art at Bows & Arrows as part of the October 2012 Second Saturday event. Flowerss will be playing at 8, and there will be a few other artists showing as well. Actually, I saw one of the other artists installing her work last week. I think her name was Liv Moe(?) She had some  truly spectacular stuff! There will be one other featured artist in the main gallery, but I have not yet seen her work.

Stop by sometime and check us all out! 

I will be showing some of my Memento Mori prints (some of which are on my own handmade paper) as well as my recent book illustrations for the soon-to-be-published experimental horror novel, Hooks & Slaughterhouse by Alana I. Capria.

Updates

Lot's of cool things have been happening, and I obviously don't update this blog nearly enough:

First, Dan/Archradish & I are working on getting our shirts in more shops. We are also considering participating in another local vendor sales event at some point this summer. More on that later...

Second, on Friday I will be attending an opening for a small community college magazine that is published once a year. This year I was honored to find that my art submission landed on the cover. I am very proud of this particular work, and people really seem to dig it. I recently found out that some random guy photographed the image with his cell phone (at Cuffs) and proceeded to get it tattooed on himself!

Third, I won an award for my spectacular news graphics. Gotta love The Davis Enterprise:

http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/enterprise-brings-home-general-excellence-award-for-third-year/

Updates

Things are starting to fall into place now —
I've finally finished my Giant Squid Battle shirt (a.k.a. "Sea Lore"), and our online store is gathering together a healthy list of potential retailers to contact. 

Also, I've finally posted a test version of my official art/design portfolio to the web!
All week I will be checking it on different web browsers, hand-held devices, and monitor sizes to make sure it looks presentable. 

Displayed below is a preview of some of the featured artwork on my new site. I have altered the colors a bit here to make it more mysterious. I call this version "Evil Geisha!"

Updates

We will be selling at Launch this year on Saturday, July 23!
Sorry for the short notice, but better late than never. Last year we had some success there, and it was fun too. There will be an art bazaar and a lot of bands will play. If you are interested in the event check out this website:
http://5432launch.wordpress.com/



Also, I posted a new page to my blog featuring ridiculous cute pets flying through horribly photoshopped geocities reminiscent landscapes — just for fun. Now go check it out!

Updates

We have a show!

Dan and I will be selling at the Bike Kitchen on Sat., June 11th from 5-10pm.  

(See Dan's post for full details.)

We have not had a show at this venue in quite some time, but our last was a real hoot! As usual, we will be selling our shirts, stickers, patches, prints, etc. I have also made some nice new art cards from my old photopolymer prints, which will be selling for $4. We may also bring some original drawings and paintings. Oh, and there will be beer and live music! 

 
Also, two of my artworks were recently published in the Suisun Valley Review: "Bat Forest," and "Mad Scientist." Never heard of this publication? Stop by their page sometime and take a look. Great stuff!
http://suisunvalleyreview.blogspot.com/

Updates

2nd Friday Art Show
Where/When/Wine(!):
Friday, April 8, 2011
Armadillo Music, 205 F St., Davis, CA 95616
6-7 pm. Live music: Lucas Ohio.
6-9 pm. Art reception: “Duder Manor,” art & prints by Dan “Radish” Aguilar and Rita O.

Zombies Cartoon (April 2006)
New stand-alone page featuring 3 short comics just posted! Check out the "Zombies Cartoon" tab located directly below the Sensible Rita banner to view.  
Other stand-alone pages in progress:
The Woe Within (2007-20?? Cartoon)
Photodynamism Experiment (2005) 

Art Contest:
Album artwork contest for Murder By Death and The Builders and The Butchers
I don't think I will have time to enter this contest, but perhaps this info will be useful to someone out there. See their post on March 25 for contest details. Note the May 25th deadline for submissions.
http://www.murderbydeath.com/news.php