Saturday, August 16, 2014

this new nudes, sumer of sexyness for my crusade on ebay's crapy crafters

Well for the rest of the year at least untill halloween , i am going to be reposting these like nude plus size women paintings older party chick out by the pool,. the bodies are based of off one liners chatterbate and other crap i come up with. its sumer and its hot,! i have one up on ebay ,, there is no way this one will sell, for starters its over 45 bucks, and its crude, .

It reminds me of a bookstore ebay does its so massive , there was a book store in a maul i would go to and somebody would always grab a nudie mag and rip the plastic bag to look at it and be in the back of the book store, and then set the mag some where in the bookstore, , i think this kinda art serves this in the ebay folk section like someone is looking for something cute then bamb! i think i am going to amass a massive army of this kinda work and just keep relisting them to flood the listings, they won't sell they are over 40 bucks i might make a graph about that,. it will be my personal campain against cuteness on ebay!
and believe me i have it in me for this summer.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Write up on Houston press , blog, hummm not bad!

"The Beat'n Trail" Exhibit Contains Some Powerful Work, As Well As Pieces by Chicken George That Will Make You Smile

By Jim J. Tommaney Tue., Aug. 12 2014 at 7:00 AM

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Categories: Visual Arts

Photo courtesy of Marc Newsome

A giant wooden necklace by Katie Pell

It's wonderful to enter a gallery and be struck immediately by a powerful work, and to exit a half hour later with a smile on one's lips. Such was my experience with an exhibition of Texas artists titled "The Beat'n Trail", at the Alliance Gallery. The Gallery is part of the not-for-profit Houston Arts Alliance, described as the leading force for the arts in Houston. The striking visual, a sculpture, is by Katie Pell, and is titled Charming Are Your Unformed Wishes. It is a number of large wooden links, some curled on the floor, with interlocking links rising to the ceiling, to be continued even there. It was inspired by a family heirloom, a locket, and it gains enormously by its size.
The wood is warm, making the links an ornament instead of a chain, and its immensity suggests a generosity of spirit, a dedication to the hard work of construction, and a rich and expansive personality. There is a companion piece, charcoal on paper, that is a sketch of the chain.

Photo courtesy of Marc Newsome

This chimp is a continuing theme for artist George Zupp

George Zupp is widely known in his home town of San Marcos as Chicken George, and in fact he signs his art that way. Each of the numerous fence posts around his studio has a carved chicken at its top. By now you must have guessed that Zupp has a rich sense of humor - he has - and the humor fortunately is carried through into his art. Zupp has a large wooden sculpture, perhaps 2/3 life size, of a man in a casket, rough-hewn, like life, and open at the top to show his zombie-like face. It is also open below the waist, to permit a large wooden column to protrude upward, unrealistically large, with a hatchet buried in its top.The work is titled "The Last Woody" - Zupp is not one of those artists who shower you with "Untitled" names, and is not above giving you a clue to help with interpretation.
Zupp has the talent to amuse, but this work is more than jocular. It has a primitive strength, similar to folk art, and its size invites the viewer to become involved with it. It is not pornographic, or even prurient, but instead is highly daring and original, two admirable traits.
Zupp has created a continuing character, a chimp, and has a portrait of him here, titled "Jolly Chimp", though the lettering over its head reads "Fail". The chimp seems to be holding clashing cymbals, and has a wide-eyed air of rapt attention, as though trying to figure out a concept beyond its capacity to grasp. I know this feeling, as I saw the exhibition just a few days ago, and, while viewing Zupp on Facebook, discovered that curator Tommy Gregory had, unknown to me, videotaped me observing Zupp's work, and posted the video. It's a strange and wonderful world, filled with surprises.
While not shown here, Zupp has a companion piece of the chimp with the overhead lettering spelling "Winning", even though the chimp's ears and mouth are overstuffed with firecrackers. Zupp has several other works here as well - all are priced modestly. I liked "Wife Takes Her Drunk Husband Home", with the wife driving a goat cart.
Kenny Lantz is showing two works, "Searching" and "Fans", sculptures that combine old and new materials. Steve Neves works with graphite on mylar; his "Still the Same" has echoes of Alice in Wonderland, while his 'Have I Lost My Way: Minotaur" references the mythological monster on the island of Crete.
Other artists showing are Vachu Chilakamarri, who paints large abstracts with overtones of Indian art, and Meredith "Butch" Jack, who works in interesting ways with cast iron.

The Beat'n Trail continues through August 29, Houston Art Alliance Gallery, 3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 125, open Wednesday to Friday, 3:30 p.m., to 5:00 p.m., 713-581-6120, houstonartsalliance.com