Offering...

On a whim, with no regard for my budget, I ordered Audrey Kawasaki's Offering print from Thinkspace the minute I saw this print was available. Currently, I still need to get this dreamy piece framed.

The Future Is Not What It Used To Be, etc...

Saturday night, I stopped by Corey Helford, LeBasse Projects and Thinkspace. I missed Kukula's opening night at Corey Helford, but they had extended hours for the night, which were much appreciated.

 Mike Stilkey curated the show at LeBasse Projects. I loved this altered book by Brian Dettmer "Complete Book of Marvels." Below is Stilkey's "Nothing Endures but Change" painting.

Female group show "In the Wake of Dreams" at Thinkspace was almost closed, but the owner said "I'll let you in real quick, but then I'm kicking you out." Thank you for letting us in!

 Audrey Kawasaki's new pieces are intricate and beautiful as always.

 Amy Sol's sleepy animals are adorable.

Mari Inukai's paintings amazing and intense.

Next Door...

Tonight LeBasse Projects will show a Mike Stilkey curated group show, The Future Is Not What It Used To Be.

 And next door at ThinkSpace, it will be girls galore: Stella Im Hultberg, Mari Inukai, Audrey Kawasaki, and Amy Sol.

Inspiration in the Culver City night.

at Inle...

March 11th was marked in my calendar the second I read in Craola's blog that he was curating a show at Gallery 1988: Melrose months ago. The show was called 'Inle,' the rabbit name for 'moon' based on "Watership Down" by Richard Adams, and about 100 artists were invited to exhibit. I'm so infatuated with Craola's piece, I ordered the canvas print even though I have NO wall space to hang it. There were so many favorites in addition to Craola's, Audrey Kawasaki's, Brian Despain's...

Jaw Cooper's Reaper...
Christian Rex Van Minnen's Lion Ache with Rabbit and everything else here on Gallery 1988's site.

3 days, 3 openings...

I didn't make it to every art show I thought about going to, but I think I did pretty good.

Friday night, after an amazing meal at Upper West for dineLA with some girl friends, we (Rachel) convinced the door man at Gallery 1988: Melrose to let us in even though it was after 10pm. We promised to not be the last ones at Scott C.'s exhibit, and we weren't, heh. Such a fun show, and Scott C. drew E.T. in my sketchbook. I also got Jensen, the gallery owner, to sign my book; sorry for being late to the opening.
Saturday night, I drove out to Fullerton to have dinner with my sister and Cousinish at Tranquil Tea Lounge. Then Cousinish and I set out for the CSUF Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Suggestivism was so crowded, but so good. I feel in love with the tiger painting by Michael Page. My favorite was still an Audrey Kawasaki painting, 'Charlotte'.
Sunday night was the first time I went back to CSULB since I graduated. The tribute show for Lisa was so colorful and so filled with love; it was so Lisa...
Bonus: Saturday morning, I had brunch with my girls at Royal/T where the pop up shop for Mr. Toast was opened since Wednesday, and the Warholian show was on display. It was a full weekend.

Sanrio: Small Gift...

(Peekaboo Monster "Sanrio Club")
(Audrey Kawasaki "Tabo Friends")
It's Sanrio celebration time; 50 years of cute character culture! Previews for the Sanrio 50th Anniversary Celebration: Small Gift are popping up in everyone's blogs. the art show is curated by JapanLA and the artist list is awesomeness!
(Joe Ledbetter "Carpool")
It starts today Nov 12 and ends Nov 21. That's a shorter exhibit than the Hello Kitty Three Apples show last year. Go and go quickly! I can't wait to see the ginormous balloons of Sanrio characters.
(Camilla D'Errico "Apple Sauce")
(Eric Joyner "Hello Topiary")
The most epic piece has to be Martin Hsu's "Sanrio 50th Family Vacation" painting. Definitely can't wait to see this in person.
Click on the flier for more information. Click here for more art information from JapanLA.

Audrey Kawasaki engraved brooch...

Audrey Kawasaki's blog announces the release of her handmade laser cut brooches July 17th!
brooches made/engraved by Bryan Cowe.
designed by Audrey.

hi fructose 5th anniversary...

Last year I went to the Hi Fructose anniversary exhibition; I'm debating going to this year's. The opening is this weekend at Copro Nason in Santa Monica. I've seen lots of preview images, but I might just have to go for Lori Earley and Audrey Kawasaki...
"Flutter Away" by Audrey Kawasaki
"Lee the Pink Sheep" by Lori Earley

Amy Sol, Kris Kuksi, Mark Ryden, Audrey Kawasaki, Martin Wittfooth, Lori Earley, Mia, KMNDZ, Shag, Annie Owens, Candice Tripp, Chet Zar, Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Harma Heikens, Jonathan Viner, Junko Mizuno, Kathie Olivas, Attaboy, Sas Christian, Jesse Hazelip, Scott Musgrove, Alex Pardee, Kevin Cyr, Chris Mars, Thomas Doyle, Yosuke Ueno and more...

audrey kawasaki's sketchbook...

even audrey kawasaki's warm up doodles are just friggin amazing...

audrey kawasaki in tokyo...

if only i could make it to audrey kawasaki's solo show in japan at space yui gallery...detail of "carry on" above, linked to her website. "saying goodbye" below, linked to her blog.