Art of Bruce Whistlecraft

The journey of life, the interpretation of love unrequited, hope gained, hope lost. Happiness, longing, soul-searching…
Seeing the world through a child’s eyes….
Life…one chance at it, how will you choose to live?
This exciting group show will feature artists manifesting into visuals what words sometimes fail to convey. Glimpses of each artists’ own life stories are told through the magic of paper, canvas, paint, vinyl, and more….

SADLY BEAUTIFUL is being curated by Ally Takeuchi-Cipriani, and dedicated to the loving memory of ava jaymes cipriani & wesley groenewoud (better known as LIV3R)

it will feature original art on paper, vinyl, canvas, etc. items will be priced starting at $10.00, and there will be a special preview the day before the show for those who cannot attend.
The show opens on saturday, december 8th at black maria gallery in los angeles
live painting, sketching, drinks, & music by nick the ring!

featuring art by:

brent nolasco, motorbot, adrian pina, ryan crippen, bwana spoons, jon measures, phuek!, jovanne santos, lynette may, david wagner, squidnik, jennyfur, edzepln, jason jacenko, doktor a, peenloon, drilone, lou pimentel, randy kono, mr. atom, dawn lauckner, rhinomilk, jennybird, david epochalypse, marion hawkes, blinky, julie b, nathan lumm, benedict sisters, jet wrench, jenna colby, mark meyers, paul candler, renee lawter, shiro fujioka, coreroc, kid lew, lionel uhry, leecifer, nick the ring, henry lichtmann, jester, podgy panda, katherine wilson, deeann morales, agg, anna, manimal, scott cummins, bucky lastard, monica campbell, and many more….

Here is my piece for the show.

“A Letter From the Front” Painted on Remembrance day 2007.
Acrylic on wood (from the back of an old wardrobe) 4.5″ x 4.5″ (Image size.)
In an antiqued pressed Brass frame. The graphite study for the painting will also be available.

I am sad to say that for the time being Doktor A will not be accepting toy commission work. He has a large backlog of pieces to work through and feels that the long wait which new customers would be forced to endure would be unacceptable at this time. Toys and paintings will be available from time to time in shows and from the Spookypop online shop. Sorry for any disappointment this may cause. Normal service will hopefully be resumed some time in the future.

And the first of those shows is coming up very soon. Both in May and early June.. And all in the U, S of A.
If you can get along to any in person then please do and if you cant then check out the gallery’s websites for coverage.

Vinyl Elements ( http://vinyl-elements.com )

Love customs? Vinyl Pulse.com do, so they put together Vinyl Elements — a custom show featuring over 50 top-flight artists with a strong mix of international talent. The show goes opens Thursday, May 17th at Barracuda on Melrose Avenue LA, from 7 to 10pm. For ONE NIGHT ONLY!
The name of the show refers to the five elements that the ancient Chinese believed the world was created from — Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. The works are over a large selection of toy platforms and Doktor A has created a Metal based piece through the re-working of a Touma Knucklebear figure entitled “Anubis”.

Barracuda ( http://barracudashop.com )
7600B Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA
USA
323.852.7179

Art Toy Alchemists

A group show of customised toys from around the globe. Anything goes in this the first of Artifact Unmundane’s art shows. Vinyl, plush and goodness knows what else from 50 toy mashing wizards.
Doktor A has produced a steam-punk inspired Tamo figure for the event called “The Hand Cranked Maiden”.
June 2nd, 6 to 9pm (show runs until June 17th)

Artifact Unmundane ( http://www.artifactunmundane.com )
1170 N. Richfield Rd.
Anaheim
CA 92807
USA

Cereal Killers

The Monkeyhouse Toy Gallery in L.A hosts this group art show inspired by all thing breakfast cereal related.. Artists from all over the globe present original artworks inspired by their nutritious morning repast. Doktor A. presents his unique vision of “Snap, Crackle and Pop”. Three sinister little chaps you would not want to fall out of a cereal packet.. All artworks will be available for purchase at the show and from the gallery website afterwards. The show was curated by Bil Betsovic.
Reception: June 9th – 20th (4pm – 8pm)

Monkeyhouse Toys & art gallery ( http://www.monkeyhousetoys.com )
1618 1/2 silverlake blvd.
L.A.Ca 90026
USA

Giant Zlik show coverage
The Giant Zliks show last month at My Plastic heart in new York was a huge success.
There are some pictures and write ups in these here links. Check them out if you missed it.
http://myplasticheartnyc.com/pastexhibits.html

Seen: Attack of the 19 In. Zliks

http://lifeinabungalo.com/2007/04/21/attack-of-the-zliks/

If you want this monthly newsletter direct to your intray just eamil Doktor A at : doktor(AT)spookypop(DOT)com

Cereal Killers
Reception: June 9th 4pm – 8pm (runs till 20th)

Monkeyhouse Toys & art gallery
1618 1/2 silverlake blvd.
323-626-3437
L.a.,Ca 90026

http://www.monkeyhousetoys.com

There is a sneek of my painting on that flier… can you spot it?

So the weekend before last we ventured down to Bristol for a bunch of shows I have work in.. And its taken me until now to get around to writing it up..
On the Sunday at the “Tobacco Factory” there was “Munny Shot”. This was some 200 Munny toys all customised and up on view in a huge room with Dj’s, Vj’s and all sorts of artists.
I did this little chap :

He’s called “Sepia” and he is one of many up for auction for charity.. The action runs during the show until the end of March so get on over to the Ik’sentrik website at http://www.iksentrik.co.uk and click on the Munny Shot or “Doktor A” links to place a bid and see all the others available.

Running at the same time next door was another show called “Higher Court”. Due to some hiccup with the venue a lot of the pieces at this show had to be shunted in with the Munny show next door so it was a little hard to see some of the toy pieces but it did mean that myself and PlaysKewl (a very talented graphic artist from the Netherlands http://www.playskewl.com ) had a mini join show of our artworks.

The red walls set the canvases off really well I think.
Better pictures of my pieces are now up on my website in the PAINT section so go and have a look..

Anyway back in the main room I met the splendid Sket-One a graffiti artists and toy designer from New York.

Thats him and me drawing in peoples sketchbooks, which was a feature of the night. Its odd being asked to drak something on demand by people you have never met before. I lost track of how many doodles I did in books, on posters, t-shirts and toys… It was very surreal. Producing artwork in a nightclub situation, with vary little light and a few beers… I dont think I really screwed up on any though…

This is Mr. PlaysKewl (Right) and the splendid Mr.Lunartik (http://www.lunartik.com ) acting all tough!

And this is the equally splendid Mr.Huck Gee (also from New York http://www.huckgee.com ) and Miranda, editor of Clutter magazine… They were in full on party mode…

There were many other artists in attendance but I didnt get to chat with that many people as I was drawing a lot of the time and so also didnt get many more photos..

The following night was another show just down the road.. But thats another post..

Today I added another FOUR PODDY pictures to the PODDYVILLE part of Spookypop.com (link above)
Two paintings and two digital.

Also some of my older artwork should be appearing soon on fliers for the JUDDER Industrial club in Cheltenham UK… check it out http://www.judder.org

Just in time for Valentines day… Ahhh!

Its called “Podule”.

Ok people.

That wonderful glam creature that is Pornovurt have put their merchandise online at last.
http://www.pornovurt.com/Mechandise.htm
featuring “Alice Dee” the red and white striped fetish ballerina designed me your truley..
So if you want a nice new FULL COLOUR t-shirt of a spanky new lighter or just want to have a look follow the link above.

B C N U

“Any Similarity is Purely Coincidental” has had five more characters added to it today.
http://www.spookypop.com/home/comicsIndex.html
Check em out… And feel free to comment here.

So I have been trying to learn MAYA. A 3D animation and modeling package. It’s a steep curve but am starting to make some dent on it. Here is the first project of my own. I decided to give the DALEK a makeover.

Given it a rethink. The creature now stays in it’s sealed pod and the whole cage unit/life support is moved from transport base to emperor base to heavy weapon base to whatever. The creature never need leave it’s protective cocoon. Also the skirt part can be used closed in a strong armour configuration we are used to, or split open to cross difficult terrain such as STAIRS!
Yes it does look a bit Steam-Punk. I cant get enough of those rivets….

I have illustrated the new album cover for Debut UK rock Wunderkind “Pornovurt”.
The CD is out next week (8th I think) and is available from all major music outlets (Tower, HMV, Virgin, Woolworth, Play.com etc etc) Its also on preorder on most of these shop’s websites.

For more info check out the ban’s homepage : http://www.pornovurt.com
There is a launce party at Madam JoJo’s in London and a Uk tour to follow that.And an online single is available now.

The Album is blinding!
If you like your Rock chunky but with style you should check it out… Well you should check it out anyway cos I am telling you to….