You're Invited....Spring 2010 Brewery Artwalk - April 17th & 18th

 
We're excited to tell you about our open gallery and shop during the upcoming Brewery Artwalk in downtown Los Angeles.

Downtown Los Angeles Brewery Artwalk

Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th, 2010

638 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles 90031

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 Please join us in viewing work from the following artists...

Mike Pedersen, fine art photographer... 
My new collection of work entitled "Los Angeles"...a collection of urban landscapes dedicated to and inspired by our ever-changing "City of Angels". From desolate urban scenery brought about by declining fortunes in the late 1960s to beautiful imagery of a re-surging metropolis, the show exhibits emotion and hope through texture, mood and composition. http://Mikiep.com

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Dirty Pretty Things by Patricia Lucas...
Yummy long-lasting soy candles, luxurious all-natural dead sea salt bath soaks, unique handmade greeting cards, original paintings, art prints and more! "Our new all-natural bath soaks are quite possibly the most luxurious and rejuvenating ever!" http://VeryDirtyPrettyThings.com
Enter the give-a-way here.

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lllustrations by MikieP...  

SUPER fun and whimsical illustrations inspired by childhood treasures and super heros. "I remember having SuperMan PJs and cutting the feet off of them so I could run around the house. Then laying in front of a fan acting as if I were ssssoarrrring through the air on the way to my next caper. What fun thinking I could fly!" http://Mikiep.etsy.com

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Hollis Hart, painter and illustrator...
We are excited to show the wonderfully whimsical work of Hollis Hart, who is new to our gallery. "Something that interests me a lot is what happens when you put a utensil of any sort into the hands of a kid.  Their only goal is to put down what they see in their mind’s eye." www.artbyhollishart.com

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Downtown Los Angeles Brewery Artwalk

Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th, 2010

638 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles 90031

{directly across from Barbara's Bistro and the main parking lot}
Our hours: 10 AM - 7 PM {both days}

The Brewery is the world's largest art colony with over 300 artists and arts-related businesses. Located where the 5 & 10 freeways meet in downtown Los Angeles, The Brewery Arts Colony is an live-work Artist Studio and Gallery Complex, converted from the industrial buildings of the former Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery and Bottling Plant. The Brewery Artwalk is a twice yearly event that is FREE and open to the public, where artists and galleries open their doors to the public.  Whether you are an art collector or an admirer of art, you'll be sure to find unique art and handmade gifts.  

Enjoy an exciting FREE afternoon in the heart of LA’s art scene… Come to the Brewery Artwalk!

CASH ONLY

For a private appointment, preferred purchasing or more information:
Serpentine Republic, Artist Reps: 323.397.5599

Shop Update This Friday...

I've been getting emails from a lot of you pretty little blog stalkers, so I thought I'd check in to let you know that I'm still alive and apologise for being MIA lately. We took longer than anticipated to recover from our show last weekend and are still filling orders and getting back into the swing of things again.

I'll have a shop update this Friday, so if you weren't able to make it to the show, you'll finally get to see all of my new paintings, including my new piece "I Will Know When I Get There" {left}.
So, be sure to check into my shop on Friday!

Thanks again for all the love...I miss you guys too!
xxx
Raven

Brewery Artwalk - April 18th & 19th

The next artwalk is approaching quickly and we are working away to make this our best show so far...so please excuse my not blogging every day until then.

If you'll be in Los Angeles on April 18th & 19th, stop by to see me and Mikiep in our studio.

I'm finishing up some new paintings {not yet in my shop} and I'll also have my yummy soy candles, greeting cards, magnet sets and more for you to enjoy!

NOTE: As my soy candle scents are all limited editions, many of the scents you know and love are on their last run, which means, once they sell out, they will no longer be available. So, stop by Artwalk and stock up.
I'll also have lots of Artwalk Only shopping specials you won't want to miss!

Mikie is working on new fine art photography pieces of the urban landscape for this new show entitled "6:15". Of course, he'll have his other fine art pieces from past shows there too!

E-mail reminders are being sent out now, so if you didn't receive one or are not yet on our mailing list, be sure to email our reps: SerpentineRepublic@yahoo.com with your info.

We hope to see you at the show!

xxx
Raven

Brewery Artwalk Spring 2009 Dates

It's that time again...the dates for the Spring Brewery Artwalk {in downtown Los Angeles} have been announced and we're working away on all new lovelies for you to see!


So, if you'll be in Los Angeles on April 18th & 19th, stop by to see me and Mikiep ...and don't be shy, come up and say "Hello!" to us. :)

I'm working on all new art pieces and hope to have about 5 or so new paintings as well as my yummy soy candles, greeting cards, magnet sets and more!

NOTE: As my soy candle scents are all limited editions, many of the scents you know and love are on their last run, which means, once they sell out, they will no longer be available. So, stop by Artwalk and stock up.
I'll also have lots of Springtime shopping specials you won't want to miss!

Mikie is working on new fine art photography pieces of the urban landscape. Of course, he'll have some of his other pieces there too!

More updates as the show draws near as well as some email updates. So, if you're not yet on our mailing list, be sure to email SerpentineRepublic@yahoo.com with your info.

xxx
Raven

The Sewing Room... In Silhouette

A new series now in my shop...

"The Sewing Room"

These pieces feature simple silhouettes of all of those things we designers and crafters can absolutely NOT live without. Each silhouette is hand cut of the finest paper and then adhered to a wooden frame with beveled edges. You can also personalise the colours to suit your room, studio or shoppe! ...Sweet!


Each piece available to purchase individually or as a set of 4 at a discounted rate in limited editions of 250.
Super Sweet!

Choose from these silhouette shapes:

• Dress Form

• Sewing Machine

• Needle & Thread

• Scissors

DPT Spotlight: Dave Lefner

I'm gonna let you in on a secret....His name is Dave Lefner.

You haven't heard of him? You will.

Dave is a true artiste, who has resurrected and mastered the century-old technique of linoleum reduction printing made famous by Picasso. In each limited-edition linocut print he makes, Dave reinterprets the beauty, spirit and historical significance of the forgotten beauty that surrounds us.

Dave was drawn to this process because it restored the artist to the "proper role of artisan," allowing each piece to slowly reveals itself with each bold new color.









He's been featured on the Carol Duvall Show and also in the Los Angeles Times, where Richard Duardo, chairman of the Graphic Arts Council at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and a master printer himself was quoted as saying,

"...few artists or printmakers still do linoleum reduction printing..."We're a dying craft. Reductive printmaking is a time consuming, tedious process. In this day and age, people don't have that much patience. Artists turn instead to large-format printers, which are glorified Xerox machines. That's why when I see somebody that has mastered this craft, I'm flabbergasted. Lefner has gone beyond being a master printmaker. He's hands down the best linocut printmaker on the West Coast."

Spotlight: Dave Lefner

* Who or what inspired you to become an artist? I was ALWAYS drawing and always received such praise for my ability that I never remember a time when I didn't consider myself an artist.... I have that 1st grade drawing on my refrigerator of me at my easel complete with beret that boldly states "Someday I will be an artist and paint a lot of pictures". I never really thought of it in terms of a profession until high school when you're forced to decide what you what to do with the rest of your life. I entered college as a declared Graphic Designer because that was the only box to check that remotely involved art.

* Describe your childhood in 2 sentences: My childhood was a wonderful, blessed, unbearably mundane, suburban life. Norman Rockwell would have been jealous- blah!







* Who inspires you in the Art Scene? Stuart Davis paintings, the graphic black and white images of the German Expressionists, woodcuts from the 1940s, the Paris art scene in the 1920s, the New York art scene in the 1950s, Picasso reduction linocut series in the1950s, interesting typefaces and fonts, the negative white space of the paper against another color.

* Who are your favourite artists? It may seem cliche, but Picasso is one of my favs just based on sheer output and influence on Art history in general. He was a machine and pushed the boundaries until there WERE no boundaries. But it’s funny how most of the artists who I respond to on a gut level, actually don’t inspire my own art at all. I love the ones who have a completely different take on Art than I do- a lot of the Abstract Expressionists; Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko. I love Jean-Michel Basquiat, because I’m jealous that he could be so free and loose, but still have intellectual and philosophical content. I like Chuck Close- he found one thing, the portrait, and did it a million different ways and kept it fresh.

* What Inspires you In Life? The Greatness of human achievement, whether it be in the form of art, literature, music, movies, architecture. Things that have stood the test of time and remain as relevant today as when they were created. As human beings, we are capable of so much- it’s sad to me how little we settle for in ourselves as well as others. Some other things that inspire my work are the graphic silhouettes of telephone and electric wires that zig-zag over our heads. They are everywhere and so crucial to life as we know it in the city, but taken for granted. Also, things like the graphic images on dollar bills, anatomical drawings from Gray’s Anatomy and just type in general, especially blown up on a huge scale. Things that we are used to seeing on a small scale, have a different feel when presented on a larger scale.


* Where do you want to travel? I desperately want to travel- especially Europe- all the places I’ve read about in the biographies of my heroes- France (for Matisse, Picasso, all those cats in the 1920s-), Spain, Italy are the top 3! Life can be so expensive. It’s hard to find the money and the time to travel the way I want!

* When did you start to notice the cityscapes of Los Angeles? Well, I suppose that it had to be in my early 20s, when I really started driving around town to go out with friends to new bars and clubs. Hollywood and its adjacent areas had a very colorful nightlife- literally. The glow of the neon and glitz was amazing. Driving down Sunset Blvd. was always such an experience, because it always looked so bright and glamourous. But you knew there were things hidden by the cover of night. Hollywood at night was too cliche. So as I drove some of those same routes in broad daylight and got the real story. An aging building in the harsh light high noon didn’t look as glamourous, but other interesting things were going on. Shadows cast off broken neon tubing, rusting architectural elements, torn advertising posters. It opened a whole world of inspiration for me.

*What sort of imagery do you try to capture with your work? Being born and raised in Los Angeles made me want to comment on and capture the uniquely-LA landscape. There is something intriguing or maybe even disturbing about the bombardment of billboards, advertising, signage, storefronts, every kind of typeface and font screaming at you, etc. New York City has that inspiring effect on me, but Los Angeles is laid out differently. People are in their cars, driving around so quickly that the urban beauty surrounding them needs to be pointed out to the average person more here. Sometimes, in our busy lives, we don’t see how beautiful the shadows cast off some broken, burnt out old neon sign can be.




Contact:
Serpentine Republic AR - 323.397.5599










Upcoming Exhibition:
Brewery Artwalk, Los Angeles, 2008

• Saturday, April 5 [11am-6pm]
  
• Sunday, April 6 [11am-6pm]
  

For appointments or more information, call or comment & someone will contact you.