Our Abstract Habitat

Richard Fang

2008-11-21T19:59:00.000-08:00

Mike Perry...

2008-11-06T15:18:00.000-08:00

...seems like a pretty cool dude.

midwestisbest.com

The Bird Machine

2008-10-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

This guy makes some really awesome prints. Yep.

www.thebirdmachine.com

Some pretty things....

2008-10-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

Margaret Kilgallen

2008-04-27T15:22:00.000-07:00

I think this woman is my new hero. She's absolutely amazing. She was an extremely talented painter, boxcar artist, surfer and banjo player. Sadly, she passed away in 2001 at the early age of 33 from breast cancer. Here's an excerpt from an article about her after her death.

"A native of Washington, D.C., Kilgallen grew up in Kensington, Md. She earned a bachelor's degree in studio art and printmaking at Colorado College before moving to San Francisco, where she was living at the time of her death.

Kilgallen's work, which draws on elements of folk art, tramp art and mural painting, has at once a cartoon-like innocence and slight, ironic tang. Her subjects include hobos, alcoholics, carnies and surfer women (Kilgallen was an avid wave rider), portrayed in muted colors. In addition, working as a book conservator at the San Francisco Public Library a job she left in 1997 allowed her to study type fonts and styles, and words and letters figure prominently in her art. She was also an accomplished banjo player.

"She was shy, sweet, quirky, with an infectious sense of mirth, strongly supportive of others, and in possession of all the requisite muscles of a tough, determined artist," Hannah said.

-JOHN SANFORD (July 23, 2001)

And here's an amazing video about Margaret and her husband Barry McGee. It's really beautiful. I love the way she views the world...

Dan Black

2008-03-18T14:53:00.000-07:00

I really really really enjoyed the Dan Black prints we looked at in class on the other day, so I did a little research and found his website (www.landland.net). He really has some amazing stuff...

Love love love this.

2008-02-08T17:46:00.000-08:00

.. 12 oz .. Find of the Day ..

2008-01-28T19:13:00.001-08:00

Stuff and Things

2008-01-28T19:08:00.001-08:00

Chuck U!

2008-01-16T16:21:00.000-08:00

Chuck U is a local artist whose work primarily consists of flyers and album artwork in support of the local underground hip hop scene. I first started to notice his work from the flyers he did for the "Hook Up", a weekly hip hop show every Saturday night at the Dinkytowner hosted by Unicus of Kanser. At the Hook Up's 2nd Anniversary show they held a Chuck U poster exhibition. He's done album artwork for groups such as Kanser, Unknown Prophets, The Honeydogs and Capaciti. He's also done work for Mindstate Distribution, Black Blondie, Guerilla Promotions and Copycats Media.

www.chucku.com