Art of Bruce Whistlecraft

A rare thing from me. A work in progress photo.

Something for my upcoming Bath show.

The popular little plush toy Hey Cavey’s first birthday is being celebrated with a party in central London.

Lots of UK artists including Doktor A have designed Caveys which Holly has sewn up for the show. Each will be auctioned off too.
Thursday May 26th.
www.heycavey.com

Here he is. Thing as put through my perception filter.

If you are interested in purchasing this piece please contact the Wootini Gallery.
He is part of the Addams Family show running there for the next few weeks.

About 7″ tall minus the box base.
Rubberwood, Lead, Brass, Copper, Steel, Found Objects.
$1400

I also have two small paintings in the same show.

“Uncle”
Acrylic on wood.
In an antiqued resin frame.
Frame 6″ x 8″
Image 3.25″ x 5.25″

“Tish”
Acrylic on wood.
In an antiqued resin frame.
Frame 6″ x 8″
Image 3.25″ x 5.25″

April 2011 sees the first Doktor A solo show in his home country.
An exhibition of retrobotic whimsy as only the good Doktor can deliver.

At Ik’sentrik, 3 George Street, Bath
1st – 30th April.

Opening night details to follow.

“They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky, the Addams Family!”
Doktor A has reimagined a character from the works of Charles Addams for a group art show in January.

What: The Addams Family Show

When: Opening reception Jan. 7th @ 7pm, show runs until the 31st of Jan.

Where: Wootini Gallery, 101 Lloyd Street, Carrboro, NC 27510

The launch party for the new UK based mini platform toy “Jinny” by BitBots was a few nights ago in a pop-up store/gallery in Soho London.
I had a custom piece in the show along with a host of other UK artists.

As far as I am aware the piece is still available to purchase.
So if you like the look of it drop the BitBots fellows an email or toddle along to the gallery. All the info is on their website.
The gallery will be open for the next month.

I will have a booth in the Comic and Pop Artist Alley in the Grand Hall East at the Hyatt Regency hotel at this years Dragon Con.
The show runs from the 3rd to the 6th of September it Downtown Atlanta.

Hyatt Regency Hotel
265 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta
GA 30303
tel : 404-577-1234

Comic and Pop Artist Alley Opening times :
Friday 1pm – 7pm
Saturday 10am – 7pm
Sunday 10am – 7pm
Monday 10am – 5pm

Panels I will be on this year :

Title: Comics & Pop Art Reception
Time: Fri 08:00 pm
Location: Regency V – Hyatt

Title: Breaking the Molds, Pushing the Boundaries of 3D Art
Time: Sat 01:00 pm
Location: Hanover F – Hyatt (Length: 1)
Description: Enjoy an hour with the cream of the crop of today’s object art elite.

Title: Steampunk Makers’ Exhibition
Time: Sun 04:00 pm
Location: International C – Westin (Length: 1)
Description: See some of the finest steampunk makers & builders display their props in an up-close and personal format!
My two exclusive prints……….
Each printed in sepia archival inks on Sommerset velvet cotton rag with rounded corners. Each signed and numbered in pencil.

Stephan LePodd – Explorer
Edition of 15
Image size 13 x 13 cm
Paper size 16.5 x 16 cm

Trevithick’s Wandering Theatre
Edition of 20
Image size 13 x 21 cm
Paper size 16.5 x 25 cm

New Original Drawings
Many new pen and ink drawings will be at the show. Here is just a tiny taster.

Last Chance for LePodd

There will be a very small number of the Dragon Con exclusive Stephan LePodd figure available to those of you who didnt make it out to the show lst year.

Custom Toys

New and old custom toy pieces will be on display.

As well as the YoYos seen in the previous post.

So if you are there please do drop by and say hello.
And if you still need tickets click over to the Dragon Con site and see what last minute deals there may be.

Last month we made the trip to Bristol to visit the “Art from the New World” show at the Bristol City art gallery (The same place that held the big Banksy show not long ago..)

It was well worth the trip.

Curated by the Corey Helford gallery it collects together a whole gaggle of cutting edge American (and English living in America) artists together and shows there work to the general public in a big show away from the usual “scene” type venues. This is a great entry level show for anyone who hasnt ever heard of the phrases “Low Brow” or “Pop Surrealism”.
As you can see on the flier above there is a top line-up of artists with some amazing pieces many new for this show.

You are greeted in the main hall before entering the show gallery by a huge inflateable Buff Monster Ice cream. Buff has also painted a large mural on the walls in three alcoves in the same room.

To the left of the ice cream was a huge Todd Schorr piece.

Inside, the show hall is a large open space with a lot of room to breath and weave between the many people wandering around the show. This wasnt an opening or anything special just a regular week day and it was still very busy.
ok so the place looks empty in the photos but I was waiting for people to move before snapping.

And here are a load of closeups of some of the pieces.
Not really a dud in the show and a great variety of styles too.

This was the first time I had seen actual works from a lot of these artists. Its odd to have known and followed some artists for years and yet never had the chance to actually see an original work before. One of the problems of being in the UK with practically all the shows being in the USA.

Brandi Milne

Travis Louie

Silvia Li

Stoupakis

Greg Simkins

Todd Schorr

Sas Christian

Mark Ryden

Mellisa Forman

Liz McGrath

Liz McGrath

Mia

Camilla Rose Garcia and below Joshua Petker

Outside the show gallery it’s easy to miss Colin Christian’s piece. Although it’s huge at around four feet tall, it’s hung in the room behind the one with the icecream. Take a moment to wander in there and check it out. Its a cracker.

The show runs till the 22nd of August 10am to 5pm daily.

Do go and check it out if you can.
Also it’s worth noting most of the pieces are available to be purchased, though many had sold when I visited.

…Museum site link…