Rabid Rabbit #14: Love Letter

 

I never posted the complete version of the Love Letter comic I did for Rabid Rabbit. I think the book itself is very beautiful. The production team at Rabid Rabbit did a beautiful job. My messy desk makes an appearance.

Thomas Woodruff's "The Four Temperament Variations" at P.P.O.W. Thursday 11/5

My former mentor and chairman of the Illustration and Cartooning Department at the School of Visual Arts is having a reception for a new (super weird and awesome) series of paintings. His work is sweetly obsessive and low-brow but has a lot of meat-and-potatoes painting skills and really thoughtful motifs in his work...so low-brow without the emptiness...mid-brow? Uni-brow? Waxed goth brow? Whatever you're into. On view until February 4th.

The Four Temperament Variations - Thomas Woodruff

Thomas Woodruff, Landscape Variation, Phlegmatic 2010-11, acrylic on linen, 66 x 90 inches

Clifton Hicks

This past weekend I went out to the Brooklyn Folk Fest and saw some really great musical performances by a bunch of talented folks. (I need to get out to Jalopy more. You should check them out, too if you haven't yet). At the folk fest, I had the opportunity to meet and chat with Clifton Hicks, who is an incredibly talented and down to earth guy. I am working on a comic with the lyrics to an old time song he plays called "German War". You can see him play the banjo and sing it here.
The first drawing posted here was done from life... I like it better than the others I did, which were done from photos from the internet.
I'm taking a comics class and it's pretty great; the instructor, Sungyoon Choi, (American Widow) is really smart and subtly funny. Non-fiction comics by ladies, totally awesome.
So, I better go get to work!

Yoko Furusho at Destination Art Space

Don't miss this amazing show at Destination Art Space. The gallery is in the Meatpacking District, right by the Highline Park. Come see the work and take a post-opening stroll once you've had your fill of complimentary wine.

Yoko Furusho : FICTIONAL
Destination Art Space
34 Little West 12th St, New York, NY 10014
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 15th, 6pm – 8pm

Mickey Duzyj

Sweet illos and comics by Mickey Duzyj. I must be living under a rock, how did I just find out about this guy?

John Breiner Show + James Blagden brain fallout

John Breiner has some sweet work up at Minibar in Carroll Gardens, plus the bartender is handsome, you should go check it out.

I met another awesome dude via John, the ridiculously talented James Blagden. He's like Philip Burke if Philip Burke were really into psychedelic death rays and apple bottom jeans.

Lost at E Minor article here.

Here's some of his work via a cool interview by Format Magazine:





Also, John's curated a show that's up in late October, with his and James' (and many cool others') work, be sure to mark your calendar...more info soon.

Gallery Seven Tonight: Sketchbook Obsessions

RSVP: galleryseven@nytimes.com
Thursday July 16, 2009, 7:00-9:00 PM
The New York Times, 620 8th Avenue, 7th FL

Peter Arkle, Karen Barbour, George Bates, Nicholas Blechman, Blex Bolex, Loren Capelli, Josh Cochran, Matt Dorfman, Sara Fanelli, Nicholas Gazin, Steven Guarnaccia, Eric Hanson, John Hendrix, Matthew Hollister, Emma Houlston, Erik T. Johnson, Nora Krug, Pascal Lemaitre, Jason Logan, Ted McGrath, Rick Meyerowitz, Chris Silas Neal, Kate O'Connor, Mike Perry, Leif Parsons, Alain Pilon, Emilano Ponzi, Jason Polan, Brian Rea, Edel Rodriguez, Jonathon Rosen, Leanne Shapton, Seth, Shoboshobo, Rachel Solomon, Tamara Shopsin, Ward Schumaker, Holly Stevenson, Jillian Tamaki, Mark Todd, Aude Van Ryn, Andrea Ventura, Henning Wagenbreth, Esther Pearl Watson, Jeremy Zilar


AND the talented Mr. Victor Kerlow will HAVE SOME COOL PIECES IN THE SHOW!

Birdbeak Three : 6/6/9 Saturday 6pm

Come check this out! This is a big group show with a ton of crazy talented painters. I'll have a few pieces up, too. I went to the last Bird Beak show and it was amazing. Come see come see!




3rd Annual BIRD BEAK Group Show @ Headquarters Studio
Saturday June 6th 6pm-boogeydown
ONE NIGHT ONLY
385 Broadway (btwn White & Walker St) 2nd Fl
www.headquartersnyc.com
bird.beak@hotmail.com

BIRD BEAK is a collective founded by young New York City artists. This will be our third exhibition at the renowned alternative space Headquarters Studio. We invited select artists to make work in a uniform format. Individually each piece will provide a 12"x12" window into an artists world. Together, they will form a surreal movie reel that spans the entire gallery. One night only, with dancing to follow.

including work from
Christian Siriano - Ray Sell - Tuffer Weidner - Nick Dyball - Elizabeth Morahan - John Hagan - Seth Mulvey - Christopher Duffy - Greg Hedderman - Brendan Winick - John De la O - Miller Lopez - Jaz Harold - Heather Sporing - Ryan Beckwith - Donna Cleary - Augustus Nazzaro - Jazz-minh Moore - Eunkang Koh - Tim Francisco - Vincent Scala - Victor Cox - Jessica Ruliffson - Diana Ho - Becca Kacanda - Samantha Hyatt - Jennifer Young - Justin Jordan - Abbey Beck - Meg Woodcheke - Carmelina Licata - Tom Pitilli - Juilia Lachman - Eric Gallea - John Ryan Solis - Ameila Midori Miller - The Nerds

5/30 : Skummi + Co. Show

Kum Weng Mak has curated a show featuring some really amazing painters. Come check this out at the end of the month!

stephen gaffney has a blog

This dude can draw. Indeed!

their blog is bigger than yours

safety in numbers, unite and conquer. i love group blogs. these guys draw the pants off of everyone:
Tasty Paint, an illustration collective founded by some soon-soon-soon-to-graduate-mucho-talented dudes.