TONIGHT The Lead Gets Out!

"Little Bat" 

acrylic on birch panel 

10 x 12 inches, framed 

for Get the Lead Out III 

SOLD

"Little Bat" (line study)

graphite on paper 

11 x 13.5 inches, framed 

for Get the Lead Out III 

SOLD

TONIGHT IN SEATTLE, HEAD OUT AND "GET THE LEAD OUT"!

Little Bat

"Little Bat" 

acrylic on birch panel 

10 x 12 inches, framed 

for Get the Lead Out III 

SOLD

"Little Bat" (line study)

graphite on paper 

11 x 13.5 inches, framed 

for Get the Lead Out III 

SOLD

Here's my two pieces for "Get The Lead Out III"  which will be:

Friday, September 9th, 2011

6pm-9pm

Echo Echo Gallery, Seattle

8537 Greenwood Ave

Seattle, WA 98103

The curator, Ally Takeuchi is currently taking pre-show offers on the pieces, so if you're interested, please don't hesitate to contact her.  You'll make my 91 degree day.

I love how adorable this bat came out, I don't usually make paintings that are just cute without a skull or something, so that was a bit of a challenge for me.

And I love the little drawing with the matte and frame.  The matte was another departure for me, which I hope to utilize again in the future.


Ah, well, no time to rest, I must get back to painting.  I've got some big things in the making, and not even this ninety-one degree day in Buffalo will let me rest.

Fortunately I've got my Clamato/Blue Light/lime juice mixture to keep me right.

Work in Progress: Cinderella's Doves

Here's my progress so far on my latest 11 x 14 inch painting which depicts Cinderella's doves from the Grimm's Brothers' fairy tale.

Apparently in the original story as told by the Brothers Grimm, Cinderella wept upon her mother's grave, and up from the tears grew a tree, and in the tree were these doves. And when Cinderella finally married her prince, the doves took revenge on the two evil stepsisters for their cruelty and gouged their eyes out, leaving them blind.

Of course I took it a little farther in this painting, being the sick person that I am, since I was so inspired by these doves.

This painting will be included in an October show which I'm very excited about and will reveal more details about very soon.



Anyway, back to painting. Oh yeah and by the way, this is my first painting with BLOODS in it.

All Hail

"All Hail (Guardians of Metal)"

11 x 14 inches
acrylic on birch panel
2011
SOLD


Here's my newest finished painting, which will be in a show this October!
It's a salute to the music I love; Metal.

The birds are called grackles and are related to crows and ravens. I chose them because of their beautiful iridescent plumage, long tail feathers, and their ability to look MEAN. I mean really, for birds, they really have the whole Death Metal Grimace down.

The flower I chose for this piece was pussy willows; it's a lame name I know, but in Victorian flower language they stand for "freedom". And if you know anything about Satanism, you know that it's all about freedom. For many, myself included, Metal and Satan both stand for Freedom.

And I'm psyched about how the pentagram turned out. I hope to have it tattooed on me someday soon. The birds and willows actually form the shape of an inverted pentagram again, if you look closely.

So yeah, very happy with the way this turned out. It's very shiny and even though it's acrylic, it looks very much like oils.
More info to come on the gallery and show it will be available at this October.

Here's the progress shots again:

Tomorrow is Necropolis!

‎"Av Levende Lys (By Candlelight)"







"Huginn and Muninn Atop the Oracle"
inquiries: corylou311(at)yahoo(dot)com


Here's my two paintings that will be included in tomorrow's show! For more info see the Congregation Gallery's website HERE

I'll be flying in for the show and hoping to meet lots of cool people and see all the great work!



And here's a pic of me yesterday at a sushi place here in San Francisco. I sure do love me some Japantown. And sake. And Asahi.

Crazy 4 Cult Book Signing

Two of my paintings are featured in the new "Crazy 4 Cult" book which just came out yesterday!

This is the first time my work has been included in a published book, so I'm super excited. Gallery 1988 Los Angeles is going to be having an event where people can buy autographed copies of the book, and I'm going to be one of the artists signing the books!

I'll be out in Los Angeles next month for this event as well as the Necropolis show at the Congregation Gallery on July 16th. And.........I get to go to DISNEYLAND!!!

By Candlelight

"Av Levende Lys (By Candlelight)"
acrylic on mahogany board
5 x 7 inches, 8.5 x 10.5 inches, framed
2011
NFS
Here's my newest painting, "Av Levende Lys"! I'm really happy with the way it turned out. And by the way, it's shiny!

I first started this piece as a much bigger one beginning with a black gessoed background. I was happy with the way it was progressing, but then I couldn't figure out where to take it, so I adjusted it to the piece above. Here's where it ended up:

(Obviously a bad pic, but it's the best I could do. Note that because it was next to the open window, it is covered in green pollen)