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Help the Animal Victims of the Horizon Gulf Oil Spill

linda — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:49:27 +0000

Hi everyone! I just wanted to make a quick post about an opportunity to help out with the animal victims of the horizon gulf oil spill. If you would like to help out with a $10 donation to The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies or The International Bird Rescue Research Center, you can get a piece of art donated by an artist as well. I donated a watercolor turtle piece and also donated $10 myself to the The International Bird Rescue Research Center. It’s the least I can do and it’s great to contribute and take that little step forward to a better future together. Please check out the blog for more information on the right hand side http://ripplesketches.blogspot.com/

The initiative was started by Kelly Light and all of the donations go straight to the organizations. She is organizing everything from the goodness of her heart! I agree with what she wrote “We don’t have to feel helpless. We can help. Our small actions together will ripple outward.” Make a difference, folks!

Monkeyhouse Toys and Art Gallery

linda — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:14:30 +0000

Christmas cheer and holiday festivities fill this time of year and I know I’m not the only one who loves the sights, sounds and cozy family gatherings. In the art world, there are usually a lot of holiday shows popping up as well, which is a great way to see fabulous work and do some holiday shopping while you’re at it.

Monkeyhouse Toys and Art Gallery is having three shows this month and it’s a place dear to my heart, where I did my first group shows with fellow friends. It’s a bittersweet time this year because due to various reasons, Monkeyhouse will be closing it’s brick-n-mortar shop in Silverlake, California. Sigh. It’s probably not the first time you heard of a crafty artsy shop closing this year. I hope you will consider dropping by the store and visiting the shows this last month if you are in the Los Angeles area…or visit Monkeyhouse Toys online to help support indie businesses and artists. There will also be artisans and crafters selling their wares in front of the shop on Saturday starting at 1pm – so drop on by!

Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery
1618 1/2 Silver Lake Bl.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
323-662-3437

Below are the flyers for the three shows opening this month and to add some shameless self-promotion, I am participating in the “No more monkeys jumping on the bed” show and that’s my plushie monkey on the flyer below. See how sad he is regarding Monkeyhouse? He needs a good home! I am honored to be able to grace the flyer for the show and very thankful and hopeful for the future. I am happy to report that Monkeyhouse will be continuing online and probably curating pop up shows around town. We all have to innovate when times change, right?

If you are interested in seeing more photos of my little plushie monkey, check him out on my Flickr. Hope all of you are doing well and having a great holiday season! Until next time…

Super Hero Group Show at Monkeyhouse Toys

linda — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:10:59 +0000

Remember those little baby super hero paintings I worked on a while back? Well, there’s a total of six and they will be in a group show, yippee! Details below and you can see more on my Flickr.

Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery proudly presents

UP UP AND AWAY!!!
A friendly neighborhood Super Hero group show
Curated by Jonathan Balajadia, Stylist extraordinaire

Oct. 24th – Nov. 29th
Opening reception: Sat., Oct. 24th, 5pm-9pm

Super heroes…they’re all over our every day life, on t-shirts, on lunchboxes, in childhood memories, and even on television. Curator, Jonathan Balajadia has brought together a super league of 50 or so artists from all walks of life, of all different ages, and of all different points of view, to showcase their own versions of their super heroes, heroines, villains, and assorted hero paraphanalia. Join us on Saturday, Oct. 24th, from 5-9pm, for a super, incredible, fantastic, and wonderous art show.

Artists include: Dough Boy Fresh, Josh Taylor, Alina Chau, Max, Noek One, Jonathan Bueno, Dan Goodsell, Nick the Ring, woolloomooloo, Mary J. Hoffman, Ryan Hungerford, Heather Chavez, bilbetsovic, Christian Robles, eduardo73, Dan Bigelow, Jennifer Lewis, Chatismo, Matt Dukes Jordan, Misha, Erika Icon, Kelly Thompson, CARO, Donna Letterese, Cori Keller, Marcel de Jure, Mel Bernardino, Linda Tieu, Terri “Tooter” Berman, Douglas Alvarez, Culture 3, Tsai-fi, SKART, John Hicks, Art Damage, Andie Runco, edzepln, Mike & Dasha Biggs, Bill Kheel, Smear, Walt Hall, Scom, Subhumanoid, Sal Mendez, j. fuchs, Christopher Umana, Jesse Cordoza, ichae ackso, Matt Adrian, Christine Curry, Gina Ramirez, Kophns, Holly Wood, and more…

Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery
1618 1/2 Silver Lake Bl.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
323-662-3437
monkeyhousetoys.com

Oh, The Art You Will See! Dr. Seuss Show at Monkeyhouse Toys

linda — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:21:55 +0000

I previously posted my work in progress for the Dr. Seuss themed show at Monkeyhouse Toys…and now it’s nearly opening night! Please stop by and check out all the great art. Info and flyer below – click to enlarge the flyer.

August 29 – September 13, 2009
Opening reception on Saturday, August 29, from 4pm-8pm
Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery
1618 1/2 Silver Lake Bl. – Los Angeles – CA -90026 – USA

If you saw my work in progress, you’ll realize at the show that my piece totally changed. I had a bit of mishap and had to paint over with a different composition! Here’s a shot of how it turned out in the end…very thick and texture-y.

Dr. Seuss Tribute

linda — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:53:17 +0000

After some initial planning and studying of my favorite Dr. Seuss books, I started painting my inspired work which turns out to be like a tribute piece. I basically combined the colors and elements I liked the most about Dr. Seuss illustrations into my own little work. It’s for a group show at Monkeyhouse Toys that opens late August, so I really need to get it done and send it off now that I’m overseas and you never know how long shipping times might take!

Well, I ran out of white paint and couldn’t find a proper bright red color so had to stop mid-way. Unfortunately, I probably can’t get to the store until this weekend to buy more. Although what I really should be working on is my wedding and honeymoon album book. I’ve actually already made a few simple albums with pictures for family, but I want to design and print a book using Blurb.com. It will be nice to test out Blurb for self-publishing as well as take advantage of their new offer of printing from PDF. I can design in Adobe InDesign with no limitations in terms of layout. For some reason I keep procrastinating though – seems to feel a bit weird working on something with your face plastered all over!