Artist: John Randall Nelson

"Black Scruff"
Medium: Mixed Media

"Po Bo"
Medium: Mixed Media

"Joe Egg XOXO"
Medium: Mixed Media

"Turn Around Eddie"
Medium: Mixed Media

"Her Shoes Were Cemented On"
Medium: Mixed Media

Dog standing on one leg
Medium: Mixed Media

FACE OF A MAN FROM SATURNA

Medium: Mixed media on panel


GOLDEN HEELER
Medium: Mixed media
http://www.whonelson.com/home.aspx

1345 Abbot Kinney Boulevard Venice, California 90291
http://www.gebertgallery.com/theexhibitions/5?aid=8&wid=263

Bigfoot in Michigan

So, this posting is about a text I received from my mother warning me that she had watched a program on PBS talking about the "bigfoot" sightings in Michigan. A little stunned I started looking on the internet to see what I could find and realized that back when I was a child I totally believed in Bigfoot thanks to Lenard Nemoy and a show called "in search of...." I loved how spooky this show was - we watched it as a family every Sunday evening just after "Project U.F.O."

I have also been thinking about some of the distracting myth and fairy tail research I have been mucking around with and the half human, part wild creature that I like so much - the deer woman, the wolf/dog man and now bigfoot.

What I think I like about the Michigan Bigfoot is that we - meaning he and I - like Buffalo Wild Wings. I like the hot and medium traditional sauces - I'm thinking he would favor one of the asian style sauces. Maybe the Central Michigan bigfoot research team should conduct an experiment the next time they film for PBS. My mother texted that the research team on the show was from Central Michigan University - mind you this is here say so I can not be certain her facts are spot on but who really cares. It's pretty fun.

This isn't an April fools prank - although I wish I had thought of it - I am only relaying information based on a true text - but I'm just not this good. I have said it before "I can't make this shit up!"

via: Glossynews.com - Posted on December 08, 2009 -

Mt. Clemens, MI – With the cold weather approaching, there have been quite a few Bigfoot sightings in the Mt. Clemens area, the most recent occurring last Sunday behind the local Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar out on 15 Mile Road in Clinton Township. Officer Stan Down was called to the scene by BWW employee, Lou Klively, who was visibly shaken by what he saw.

“Yeah, I was goin’ out there to throw out the trash like I always do, and about this time I seen this big hairy thing not more’n 10 feet from me take off into the woods right over there,” he said pointing to a thicket of bushes and trees that line a creek area just west of the strip mall.

While it was hard for Klively to give a complete description of the person or thing that he saw, he is almost 100% positive it was one sort of Bigfoot or another. Said Klively, “now I know it weren’t no Yeti cause they live up in the mountains or something, and I can’t say for sure if it was a Sasquatch or a Skunk Ape, cause although it did smell a bit out here, that coulda been the rancid butter sauce I threw out earlier. So I’m gonna go with saying I’m 99% sure it was just your average run-of-the-mill Bigfoot.”

Officer Down, during his investigation, found what he first thought might be human finger bones, cracked at the knuckles, but upon closer examination, he determined they were, in fact, chicken bones. Bigfoot creatures are known to like marrow and, during the colder months especially, it is an essential part of their diet. However, over on the other side of the dumpster there appeared to be half of a larger than human footprint in a puddle of bleu cheese dressing, obviously spilled by the creature when he was startled by Klively. “Yeah, he was out here having himself a meal alright,” said Officer Down. “The only thing missing was the crudité platter.”

Willow Creek, CA Bigfoot expert, Homer Dickson III, son of Dick Dickson, one of the most famous Bigfoot hunters in the country, is flying out next week to investigate the sighting and see if he can locate any more information about this particular band of Bigfeet that seem to be living very close to the BWW. According to Dickson, sightings of Bigfoot creatures are up all over the country.

“When times are lean for America, that means, they are lean for all creatures. With fewer Americans having the time or the money to camp out in the woods, these creatures are being forced to forage for food where they would not normally do so, i.e. in dumpsters behind strip malls. There have been a rash of sightings over in Kings Mill out behind the Walmart over there and we’re gonna investigate those sightings as well while we’re in Michigan,” he said.

The mayor of Mt. Clemens, Barb D. Empsey, welcomes the Dicksons with open arms. “Folks around here have been on edge, claiming they’re seeing things and wondering if they’ll be next to run into one of these Bigfeet creatures. Although, we can’t be sure they exist, it can’t hurt to have these guys come out here with their chrome magnonmeters and their electronosphincters to test the area for possible infestation. Until they give the all clear, I’m urging all Mt. Clemens citizens to stay in their homes and only go out at night if absolutely necessary.”

Links about bigfoot
http://www.gcbro.com/midb1.htm

http://glossynews.com/society/human-interest/200912080556/michigan-bigfoot-sightings-on-the-rise/

Artist: Ray Caesar

Roundabout (2006)

14 x 14 inches
EDITION OF 1

Varnished Ultrachrome on Panel

Silent Partner (2009)

30 x 40
EDITION OF 20

http://www.raycaesar.com/

Artist: Naoto Hattori - MIND GARDEN SPECIAL EDITION PRINTS

LIMITED EDITION PRINT

MIND GARDEN SPECIAL EDITION PRINTS
Set of 12 Giclee Prints on Fine Art Paper
Signed and Numbered Edition of 100

Pioneer, 8 x10 inches
Walking 02, 9 x10 inches
Cubent, 4 x6 inches
Searcher, 4 x6 inches
Seeker, 4 x6 inches
Bunny B, 4 x6 inches
Long neck Gazelle, 4 x10 inches
Shroomhead Bear, 8 x10 inches
Long neck Panda, 4 x10 inches
Devil Monkeycrab, 6 x7 inches
Tree 04, 6 x7 inches
Shroom Ju, 6 x7 inches

From: http://naotohattori.com/home.html

Artist: Paintings by Deedee Cheriel

From Juxtapoz Magazine - September 30, 2010

Opening Reception: October 9, 2010 (8 - 11pm)
Merry Karnowsky Gallery / 170 S. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036

In her satirical and playful work, animal and human hybrids engage with each other and their environment, a familiar yet surreal world in which bird-headed women riding fish seem perfectly natural. Cheriel's works are meditations on the tedious dramas of her real-life Los Angeles social circle where boyfriend stealing friends, narcissistic hippies, do-gooders, and intellectuals are anthropomorphized into a surreal world of random theatre. Her paintings are the alchemy that transform pettiness into visual treasures.

“Cheriel's vibrant, gestural work beautifully juxtaposes humans, plants, and animals, connecting species figuratively and literally. Her pieces are whimsical, but profound in their ability to shift the viewer's perspective to value all life equally. Deedee's work demonstrates a powerful tension between the design elements of stripes, patterns, and color fields, with lyrical illustration. Deedee's work is idiosyncratic in the most ideal way... it is a reflection of her unique personality.”
- SHEPARD FAIREY

Referring to the magic of transforming societal ailments into beauty is the source for the title of the show, "Abracadabra" the incantation chosen by magicians and mystics to heal the seemingly incurable. The word was originally used by a Roman physician in the 2nd Century who prescribed disease sufferers to wear an amulet containing the word “Abracadabra” written in the form of a triangle. Combining elements from nature, urban landscapes, history, and pop culture, the paintings delve into the universal human need to find commonalities between ourselves and the world around us.

Using acrylic paint on wood and paper in a combination of textile-like patterns, delicate lines, haphazard drips, and fragile expressions, the artist transforms personal dramas into a commentary on humanity’s heroic quest for love and connection. In one painting a cult-like group of horse-headed women kneel before a bear-headed shaman who growls sharply in brightly colored patterns resembling native weaving. The horse-women, while cultish and beautiful, can also be seen as vain and unpredictable, as referenced in Chinese, Celtic, and Greco-Roman symbolism.
With influences (East Indian temple imagery, folk art, feminist punk rock, mysticism,

and the naturalistic environments of her Pacific Northwest childhood) derived from her diverse background, Cheriel’s work explores narratives that recognize the urgency and continuing conflict in our attempts to connect to the world and each other.

Cheriel began her art career creating record covers and T-shirts for the Oregon music scene in the early '90s. She played in several all-girl bands and co- created the semi-autobiographical film Dow n and Out with the Dolls. Her artwork has shown in galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, London, and Melbourne, Australia. She currently lives and works in Los An geles, CA.