Art All Night 2013

My piece hanging at Art All Night (24 hour event of art, live music, etc!) this year.  It was a huge turn out and tons of fun, as usual.  My piece "Rustic Shipwreck" is still available, 16"x20" plus frame.  Contact me if interested :)  

I'll be posting better photos and close-ups of my piece shortly.

Art All Night Sneak Peek

Progression of my piece for this year's Art All Night in Trenton this Saturday-Sunday 3pm-3pm.

I always love seeing other people's processes so i thought i'd share mine.

Added a few finishing touches and a frame.  Will post soon :) 

art all night 2012

a few photos from this year's ART ALL NIGHT.  i didn't get many photos at the show, it was a huge crowd.  nothing is more fun than trying to navigate a big, bulky wheelchair in a shoulder to shoulder crowd. my piece "glad rags" got some great feedback and i was happy to see it sold!

my buddy and fellow artist's awesome tiki painting below, bill hewitt!

always love this event.

glad rags

here's my latest piece! i made this for ART ALL NIGHT this past saturday-sunday. 24 hours of art and music. it sounds a little juvenile, but my main goal was to make a really "pretty" piece. maybe classy. this one-eyed girl is influenced on 1920's flappers. i very much enjoyed creating and painting her, and i tried out some new things in hopes of making the piece pop or stand out a little more. i added some texture to her dress and headband. i added some 3-dimensional pearls. and my favorite was the customized 3D border, masonite cut to the shape i wanted (thanks to my amazing, always willing to help dad who cut the masonite for me). in my opinion, it's definitely a piece that needs to be seen in person

the area between her chest and belly has some fun textures. 

more 3D pearls on her bracelt

and my favorite border, slightly above the actual 1EG painting

 the border alone, and the painting pre-border/frame:

i'll definitely be making more using some of these ideas in the future. 

1EG friday: sneaky peeky

the sneakiest peekiest of my piece for tomorrow's ART ALL NIGHT. saturday 3 pm to sunday 3 pm. come check out my newest 1EG painting. 

be there or be square!

wave warriors art show

i just realized i never posted a photo from the wave warriors art show and benefit at doc taylor's seaside longue in virgina beach. i wasn't able to attend since it was a bit too far away, but here is a photo of my work in the show. also, here is an album of some great photos on facebook of the event:  wave warriors!


also, don't miss out on this year's ART ALL NIGHT. this saturday for 24 straight hours in trenton, nj. huge event, tons of art, live music, a fun time:

AAN 2011

art all night was a fun success this year.  we volunteered during busy time at 9pm-12am, and it was fully packed. it was a blast seeing and catching up with tons of people i rarely or never see, and also meeting new people. my favorites new friends were the ones who liked my art.  my piece got some good feedback, which is always a plus.  i try to act less excited about compliments than i am. i am always ecstatic.

my 3D painting of a victorian 1EG sold quickly that day, to a very nice man who i luckily got to have a chat with later in the night. ecstatic.

here's a bunch of work by random artists, except the "not a beanstalk" (the green beenstalk-looking one) that tim roselle sold. ecstatic.

some more randomies. my mommabear's daisy is in the top left corner, though she had chose not to sell it since she did such a lovely job on it that it goes so prettifully perfect in her living room.

art all night shortly past 12 am. it was far more packed shortly before this, but fun all the same. you can see how huge this wearhouse is and unless you were there, you can only imagine how many different artists submitted and imagine the contrast between that many different pieces of art. so much variety. that's what makes it fun. i'm tired so i don't know how much sense is happening beneath my fingertips.

 join us for another crazy year next year!

art all night 2011

art all night is this saturday, june 18 - sunday, june 19! 24 hours of every type of art you can think of, plus lots of other fun entertainment!  this is my 4th time showing artwork and 2nd time volunteering. it's really just a fun event to be a part that i look forward to every year.  i can't post pictures of my piece because it's not finished yet (fingers crossed i get it done..) but here's a little sneak peek. of my elegant beauty.

about art all night:  Art All Night-Trenton is a 24-hour (literally) art and entertainment event in Trenton, NJ! An opportunity for four-year-old refrigerator artists, spirited novices and seasoned professionals to display one piece of art in a gallery like setting and for the public to enjoy that art in a dramatic renovated urban space.  FREE to submit! FREE to attend!

Last year over 850 artists of all ages, skill levels and mediums submitted work and more than 10,000 people attended. Enjoy live music on indoor and outdoor stages, interactive art, art films featuring stop motion photography and animation, lectures about using art to revitalize cities, meaningful kids art activities, interesting food, and plenty of artful surprises!

Art All Night - Trenton takes place in the Chambersburg section of Trenton in a sprawling 50,000 square foot former Roebling Wire Works factory building and at the adjacent Millyard Park, an urban park owned and maintained by the Mercer County Parks Commission.

roebling wire works

(adjacent to the roebling market)

675 south clinton avenue

trenton, nj 08611

ART ALL NIGHT!

here is where ART ALL NIGHT took place.  huge gorgeous warehouse, full of lots of art and lots of people. this picture was taken after our first 3 hour shift between 6-7 pm on saturday, and the crowd just got bigger. i spent my first shift from 3-6 pm with tim at the door greeting guests, stamping hands, and handing out raffle tickets. loud live music, muggy air, sweaty bodies, buttloads of confusion, enthusiasm, and fun times.  the second shift at 12am-3am wasn't quite as exciting. very crowded at midnight which was awesome, but slowly emptied out. this time we spent the 3 hours "watching art", aka answering questions, keeping handsy drunk people off the artwork and reporting any problems. i basically did nothing except talk to random people and bump into some familiar faces. to my disappointment, there were very few drunk incidents for my entertainment... but i guess that's a good thing for the sake of the event.  here are more pictures from the show:

click photos to enlarge!

my pretty painting!

tim roselle's bike chair, made fully out of an old bike (with the help of richie hopkins)

tess pin up by will clark (middle picture)

check out his very funny webcomics http://www.laughingboycomics.com/

my cousin kelsey calcagni's drawing (top right)

she's just out of highschool and an awesome artist

and my momma patricia tararuj's watercolor flowers (middle bottom, purple matte)

her 3rd ever watercolor painting and it's perfect....and watercolor's tough. i get my talent from my mommy.

ART ALL NIGHT!

ART ALL NIGHT!  3pm Saturday, June 19 - 3 pm Sunday, June 20, 2010. 24 straight hours of art and entertainment. i think art all night is a fantastic idea/event, giving people the opportunity to show their work to a huge crowd, especially those who have never shown and never would otherwise. this is the event's 4th year, and my 3rd year participating.  regretfully i've never attended during the whole rush or peak hours, where apparently it gets super crazy, but this year i'm volunteering for 2 shifts, so maybe i'll get to experience some craziness. another reason i love the art all night concept is because literally anyone can submit work.  one piece, free, 24 hours.  that means while you're walking through the gigantic and beautiful building you'll see such a large variety of work: a 4 year olds first drawing to a still life of apples to photographs of the ocean to insane ginormous paintings of people, places, things, fantasy, cartoons, boobs, octopus, realistic, surreal, boring, exciting, crappy, phenomenal, nonsense, everything!  there's so other place to see that much variety in one spot.  http://www.artworkstrenton.org/artallnight/

my submission this year! i loved the drawing i did a while back, and i wanted to paint it.  thought this would be a good time to do so. here's the original drawing, progress shot, finished painting, and detail. i love seeing sketches/drawings turned into paintings 

 as a volunteer i'm not technically supposed to socialize too, tooooo much, but those of you planning to attend, at least come say hi while i'm in action 3pm-6pm saturday, or 12am-3am sunday!

busy busy busy

buuuuh. june is an insane month for me.  i have way too many deadlines with way too high of ambition for all the things i want to complete by the end of the month. i've never actually missed a deadline so i don't plan to now.  i worried about having time to finish everything i want to while maintaining good quality work (and my sanity), but i'm determined, so it's happening.  i'm excited to be making my first circus punk for the clowntastrophe show.  a munny (possibly multiple..) for the awesome munny contest for munny munth.  also, researching (and reliving my childhood) to prepare for the autumn society's 80's toy art show in july! aaaand, art all night is coming up in a few weeks.  june 19-20 is 24 hours of art and entertainment! i'll be volunteering this year, where i should probably try to make some contacts, but too bad i'm too socially awkward and completely incapable of marketing myself.

 the above painting was my submission last year to art all night, where, to my excitement, it sold.  whether or not mine sells this year, i'm always excited to have my work shown and to have lots and lots of people see it.