Life inside of a bell jar

I finally finished my first creature sculpture.

It's not perfect, but I'll get better in time.

Jose gave me this glorious bell jar for Christmas.

It's become one of my most treasured possessions.

I feel like a mad scientist :)

Secondhand Haunts XIIII

While searching Sherman Way for some last minute gifts,

I found a new thrift store!

The owner is from Australia.

I forget what the name of the store is,

but I'll be going back and let you know.

I found this charming little painting for $2.00

The artists name is hard to make out,

but the last name is Paulson.

It's an original painting,

but the title is "Flavia" copy.

Hope everyone had a Happy Christmas,

and a wonderful birthday, If It was your birthday.

sad face

Just got home from lovely San Fransisco.

more to come later this week.

The colors on the victorian houses near Haight street 

were one of my favorite parts of SF. 

source unknown

but on a sad note,

 I will not be doing a December giveaway :(

 January's should be spectacular!

My first moleskine

I've been in the market for a few weeks,

But nothing I found lived up to 

my most recent (and currently filled) sketch book. 

The other day I was in my favorite art store

and a small bright red book caught my eye.

I had heard the name "moleskine" 

several times, and finally decided to buy one.

Its smaller than I would like, but perfect for travel

(I'm leaving for San Francisco on friday!!!)

I hope to post a sketch each week.

and it comes with a sweet little back pocket :)

Secondhand Haunts XIII

A birthday gift was given on the on the eve of the 11th

To a boy of 50 that likes car toys.

I found this vintage firebird 

in an antique store on Sherman Way for $1.00

The Amazing tales of Dr. Clock

A while ago I promised to share some of my ideas about 

my story, The amazing tales of Dr. Clock

 Here are a few concept sketches 

I drew three months ago.

killsonic at Beacon arts

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Photo by Eddie Rubalcava

Our next performance will be on Friday December 10th

 7pm Sharp for the opening of 

" Densities: Line Becoming Shape, Shape Becoming Object

An Exhibition Curated by Peter Frank" 

Free. 

for more information click here.

Sneak Peek. In the third dimention

Heres a little sneak peak at something 

I've been woking on 

recently.

She's not finished yet...

This is the original painting that currently 

resides in my Aunts office

Eh, I think I'll stick to painting.

and the winner is...

Congratulations again Jill!!!

I have your address so I'll be sending you your prize soon :)

Lunafly now for sale online!!!

I just listed this painting at my store

Click here to buy

It's only $75.oo

Live paint

Last night was loads of fun. It was my first experience painting live.

Other than my right hand being frozen the whole night,

I enjoyed every minute of it!

I loved meeting new people and talking about  

my art work on the wall as well as the monster I was painting.

I didn't sell anything, even though they were ridiculously cheap.

But, I did accumulate some commission prospects. We'll see.

I'll have the pieces from last night for sale in my shop very soon.

I'll let you know when :)

all the photographs below were taken by José Varela

I also made a bunch of hand drawn business cards.

I'll put the remainder up for sale as well.

*Don't forget about my giveaway...There's only a week left!!!

The Three Akki

These are the three little demons I painted inspired by 

sunday's Secondhand Haunts post.

You can purchase these as a set or individually. 

Aoi

Momo

Iro

They will be available to view and purchase

tomorrow at this event.

As for pricing, You'll just have to come 

and find out for yourself :)

But, I will tell you that every painting (except one) will be under $100.

I'll have a total of 5 for sale.

and I will also be painting live

  

Two Josés and a lonely monk

There was one week, many months ago, 

when a lonely monk named Esau

showed up dressed the same as each José.

November Giveaway!!!

It seems like forever since my last giveaway.

This one will be open until November 29th

It comes with the frame of course.

It's a small one. Only 5x6.

All you have to do to enter is answer this question 

and leave your response in a comment below.

Question: If you could have a thanksgiving dinner 

with any fictional family who would it be?

goodluck!!!

P.S. leave your email address with your comment 

so I can email you once you've won :)

Secondhand Haunts XII

I found this little (sake cup?) at goodwill for $1.99

I plan on using it to hold water when I paint with watercolor.

I just love the little chubby demon babies 

hanging on the edge looking

down into the well.

I think I might do a small painting inspired by them...

update and the girl of the ocean

I've Been working on a few little surprises for my show coming up on November 21st.

I will also be doing some live painting at the event.

This is what I'll be painting

Here is the flyer for the show.

And If you're on Facebook,

you can see the event page here

Last nights show fun.

We recorded the entire thing, but later realized 

the sound was disabled!

So we went outside and played 

Maria Florentina

Because video takes forever and a day to load,

click the link below to watch our performance :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG78pfljinA

Dulce de Leche at the Metropolitan

(Tomorrow!!!)

11/11/10

New songs for thursday's show are in the bag! 

come celebrate their birth w/ Aftergloam, ECEK, at the 

Metropolitan in Downtown this week. 

Don't forget your singing hats. 

uncover more information here

all Photos by Esau Rosales

Let them eat LACMA pictures

Here are just some pictures from Killsonic's performance at

the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

 Photo by Andrew Hunter

 Photo courtesy of LACMA

These next photographs are by Rafael Cardenas.

He takes amazing pictures.

check out more of his work here

Secondhand Haunts XI

This is a little sneak peek at what I looked like yesterday.

I'm sure tons more photos will crop up throughout the week.

I'll post them once I find them

The little framed bird tiles in the back showed up in the last video I made that nobody saw because I made it private. by accident. I found those two at goodwill for $ 0.99 a piece.

Let them eat LACMA

I made this little picture in photoshop

On Sunday (tomorrow)(November 7th), KILLSONIC performs every hour on the hour (approximately) beginning at 1 PM. 

Admission to the galleries requires money. However, most of KILLSONIC's performances take place in outdoor spaces that are open to the public.

1 PM Food Pyramid procession into BP Pavillion (FREE)
2 PM Art of the Americas Building and Balcony Walkway (FREE)
3:15 PM Ahmanson Building under "Smoke" sculpture (FREE)
4 PM Broad Contemporary Art Museum procession (w/Admission)
5 PM Resnick Paviliion entry way (FREE)

This is the real flyer

And us (killsonic) rehearsing for the gig :)

All photographs taken by Mr. Esau Rosales

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Sunday, November 7 · 12:00pm - 8:00pm

for additional information go here

Lunafly

All I know about my upcoming art show is that it's at the Airliner in Los Angeles, on sunday November 21st, and It starts at 9pm.

I'm supposed to be getting a flyer, so I'll post that when I get it.

This is the finished painting that will be for sale. I plan on doing at least two more. Also, If they don't sell that night I will have them available for everyone on my etsy.

I wasn't planning on painting this, it just happened organically.

And took me all of three days to paint :)

business cards

I going to be apart of an art show on November 21st.

In addition to working on a few paintings 

(I've finished one, and will post a picture soon)

I'm making some business cards. 

These are two of them

More details on the art show soon.

I promise :)