Weightless

The unusual recessed handles of these recycled cabinet doors inspired me to create spherical asteroids, and robots playing with them.


They're still in process, but close to done. Each panel is 14 3/4 x 15 1/2, available soon!
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Art-O-Mat: Daisies! and Robots!

Finishing up a new set of 50 Art-O-Mat blocks this weekend. They should be kerplunking soon.

Art-o-mat machines are retired cigarette vending machines that have been converted to vend art. There are 82 active machines in various locations throughout the country

Visit Art-O-Mat

Woman of the Year Art Party

In an effort to find a cure for cancer, raise cancer awareness, and contribute towards cancer research, Bianka Velishek is hosting an Art Party to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

I'll be attending, and have donated some of my work for sale and silent auction. Other featured artists Include: Marisa Escobar, Karen Hansen Gray, Jessica Greene, Sonia Sanchez, Dennis C. Scherzer, and Saeed Shahabi.

Live Music with Two Bands... Jazz with Roger Glenn and Scarry Larry & The Blues Monsters

Complimentary Wine & Hors D'Oeuvres

Sunday, May 23rd from 4:00-8:00 pm
Sheila Ash's Noe's Nest
1257 Guerrero Street, San Francisco, California 94110

$20.00/person

Cocktail Attire Suggested

For more information, contact Sarah Richards at sarahr@pacbell.net

Bianca Velishek's Woman of the Year Homepage


You can purchase advance tickets through Eventbrite

Hope to see you there!
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"Delicious" Reception at Studio Gallery

Tons of great work. Here are just a few of the artists:

Aaron Lawrence


Sue Everitt


Charlene Kelley


Johnny Botts


Kelcie Tinker


Maureen Shields


Lark Pien


Patricia Ancona


Studio Gallery
Delicious
work inspired by food & drink
May 5th - June 6th, 2010

Mom

One of my earliest memories of my mom is an incident that happened when I was 4 or 5 years old.

I was alone, upstairs in the house, and had found a permanent magic marker. Instead of drawing on the walls, I chose a leather suitcase from a closet under the rafters. I drew big happy pictures on both sides--a stick figure man on one side, and stick figure sunshine on the other.

Mom found me and was upset, asking why I would draw on our GOOD suitcase of all things? It was ruined. "I don't know...." I did things without thinking.

She forgave me pretty quickly, and laughed it off later. We kept the suitcase for a long time--probably even used it again on our trips. Wish I had it today. Thanks for the memory mom!

Happy Mother's Day!

Driftwood Salon "Lost and Found"

Most of the pieces in Driftwood Salon's “Lost and Found” show are more than simply making art on recycled materials. They feature the recycled parts as the art. There are collages of doll heads, license plates, and assorted stuff (think burning man bike decoration). Liz Mamorsky shows robots made of wooden (telephone?) boxes and parts. Most interesting to me are silhouette portraits using tiny scraps of newspaper and assembling them inside clear bottles. A lot of work! (think ship in a bottle). Most of the featured works are very sculptural, with the exception of a few paintings on found plexiglass, a window, a tabletop, and a door.

Interesting space—they have no name on the building, only a piece of driftwood over the door where a name would be. Inside, driftwood logs are hung high on the walls, and the art is suspended from them.

Worth a visit.
Work by Liz Mamorsky, Rafael Bensuaski Vieira, Allison Adams, Larry Berger, Cynthia Tom,Daniel Barron, Martin Zuniga, Tracy Burnham, Tyler Bergholz, Barrett Cook, Lee Nisbet, Greg Wilson, Rick Darnell, and Richard Palazzolo

Driftwood Salon
Wednesdays through Sundays from 12:00 pm to 6:00pm (DURING SHOWS)
39 Isis St, SF, CA, 94103
415) 501-9187

Johnny Botts' Stripes at City Art

Before American Idol tonight with friends, I squeezed in hanging new work at City Art. My new striped pieces are: True Blue, Pink Minx, Hello Yellow, and Green Meanie. I had to rush out before I saw what everyone else was hanging, but what I did see was great. I'm looking forward to seeing it all Friday. Please come by to meet all the artists!

Opening Reception Friday, May 7th, 7-10 PM

City Art Coop Gallery

828 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Thanks Saratoga Rotary!

We had a beautiful day, and a wonderful place to spend it. The Rotary members were fantastic--friendly, helpful and well organized--giving directions for setup, coming by with coffee, juice and muffins in the morning, and repeating the rounds at lunchtime.

There were a lot of artists to see at the fair, so thank you to all the people who stopped by the johnnybotts booth!