Enraptured

Wow, three entries in a period of 24 hours. Not too bad if I say so myself.
Here's my latest work. I named it "Enraptured", because as you can see the central figure of the image is being raptured away or at least that appears to be what is happening. Actually, the girl being engulfed in the green flames came from a collage I made a while agao. I was quite dissatisfied with it. In fact, that was the only collage I've tossed, yet, however I found the raptured girl to be too rad to toss, so I saved it and it is now on this collage. The girl came from the cover of an issue of Slug N Lettuce and the flame is composed of various green images out of a Home and Garden magazine. It is hard to tell in this image of the collage (my camera only takes blurry, grainy pictures and I don't have a scanner.), but in the upper right hand corner is a bunch of mischievous angels blocking out the sun and in the lower left hand corner is my favorite part of the collage:

This image is even more grainy, but what's going on is the pope, with a rad little devil hovering above him, is dragging (or maybe even eating) a dude that is severed in two, possibly by the pope himself. Blood is spilling everywhere and two doves are drowning in it. I think this should be the focal point of the collage, but the raptured girl is hogging the spotlight.

Little Collages

Here are some more collages I gave away on my fundraiser show a few weeks ago. I intended on posting them earlier, but didn't scan them until minutes before the show itself. These are smaller ones that I made quite a while ago, actually. I made them over stickers with the original intent of sticking then around town, but I found myself in need of more collages for the fundraiser, so I stuck them to some cardboard and put a mean coat of finish over them. The finish I used for them was Mod Podge glossy, which I have heard about, but had never used until then and I will say that I am quite impressed. That stuff can make anything look beautiful.

My First Art Show!

It's been a couple weeks since I last posted anything here. I'll try not to let that happen too much, so as not to let the blog stagnate. However, I do have a good reason for my absence and it is because I have been busy. "Busy with what?" you may ask. Well, I have been busy with many things, but in particular I have been getting ready for my first showing. That's right, a bunch of my collages are up on display for the internet free public to observe. They are up on display at a local restaurant called the Delta of Venus , which has always been supportive art and music in Davis. Along with my collages, there also collages by a couple artists from Santa Cruz, whose names I cannot remember, and another local collager named Pxl. They will be up for about a month, so if you are around Davis, California within the next month, I recommend you stop by the Delta and take a look and if you make it there in the morning, definitely order a breakfast there. I've found that the best cure for a hangover is vomiting, biking in the rain in a t-shirt and getting a Delta of Venus breakfast. It works everytime. We may also be hosting some sort of dance party near the end of the showing. I'll post more info on that, later, along with some pictures of the showing.
As for my portion of the showing, I have put seven of my collages up there (Infanticide, EXTERMINATIONTHRUPROCREATION, the Brutal Death art, CEREBRALCIRCUMCISIONINCISION, UC Daeefus, Do Cavemen Dream of Electric Sheep? and the Future is a Machine). With the exception of "the Future is a Machine" and the Brutal Death artwork, they are all for sale at negotiable prices. I put a lot of effort into mounting them in the most precarious fashions possible. I acquired various cutting boards, paintings, clipboards and planks, which I have painted over and glued my collages on top. Since the collages are themselves made precariously on the backs of cardboard boxes, getting oll of them to stay flat was a challenge, with any amount of glue. For the few that I couldn't get to stay flat, I utilized the help of a staplegun, so the collages are not all in mint form anymore, but I personally like the touch the staples add to them.

Fundraiser, Yet Again.

You would think that I have done enough hyping for the KDVS fundraiser 2008, but I'm not. As part of fundraiser listeners will be able to pledge for the station and in turn will receive various gifts including: music packages, DJ services, t-shirts, books, etc. All donations are tax deductable. The fundraiser will be starting tomorrow or tonight at midnight, depending on how you look at it and will end on Sunday the 27th. You will be able to donate via phone or online.
On top of the various premiums you can recieve when you pledge, many dj's have special premiums for their show. On my fundraiser show (Saturday, April 26 from 9:00-11:00pm) this year I'm going to be giving away some collages that I have made. There are six collages, one large one and four small. The large one (along with the premium of their choice) will go to the first person to pledge $100 on my show and smaller ones will go to the first five people to pledge $50. Also (and without my prior knowledge), for a $50 pledge anytime during the fundraiser (as long as it is still available), you can get the original copy of the collage I did for the spring KDViationS cover art.

This collage up here, is the large of the six. I don't have a name for it yet, but as you can see, the picture has two neanderthals angrily throwing rocks at the city. The city being a representation of big cities in general. My initial concept for this picture was to have one neanderthal in the big city attacking another while thinking about the capitalist character type. The implication is that the one neanderthal wants to be the successful businessman and to get there he is going to have to kill the other with a rock.
I will probably get around to posting the smaller collages later.

KDViationS Complete Issue

There's not much to say here. The Spring issue of KDviationS is online. You can download a pdf of it at the link in the headline or go to www.kdvs.org and find it there. You can also find hard copies of this KDViationS for free throughout Davis, Sacramento and the San Francisco bay area. On page 9 there is a gnarly article by yours truely as well as many other interesting articles by many other interesting members of the KDVS staff.

Do Cavemen Dream of Electric Sheep?

Lately I have been on somewhat of an inspiration slump and haven't been able to come up with any collages for the last couple weeks. I finally conquered this slump yesterday by going to the thriftstore and picking up some more books. I found a book on the vietnam war, early man, Toledo and a guide book to camping. This collage is the end result. However, I still may have some changes I want to make on it (that hill in the background is looking pretty barren), so be expecting a slightly modified version of this in the future. Enjoy!

KDViationS Spring 2008 Final Draft

Here is the final version (though it is still lacking the headlines and various other word processed elements done in photoshop) of the cover for the Spring '08 issue of KDViationS. They ended up keeping the title that I painted on, which I am happy about, unfortunately it does not come with 3D glasses, so you cannot enjoy it fully. a PDF of the entire issue should be up on the KDVS website soon, so you will be able to enjoy my doodles and article and well many other splendid doodles and articles online.
This issue of KDViationS, as with all Spring issues, coincides with KDVS' upcoming annual fundraiser. The fundraiser will be taking place from April 21-27, during which you will be able to call in our go onto our fundraiser website, which is not up yet and pledge a donation. In return for your donations you will be able to choose from a selection of gifts, including, but not limited to, music packages, t-shirts, books, dvds, gift certicates and even your own show for a day. As community radio station, KDVS receives little funding and your support is greatly needed.
The theme for this year's fundraiser is "hand-crafted radio". Not necessarily in those exact words, but the general concept of hand-crafted, hand-made, home-made, do-it-yourself (or with your friends) radio. This theme explains the various hands (which I found in a plumbing book) doing various tasks in the background.