tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19829015776574156172024-03-13T04:19:40.491-07:00JokefrogProductionsAn eclectic collection of weird, strange, fascinating, odd art and interesting artists.JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-13874602806396323532013-01-04T14:05:00.000-08:002013-01-04T14:05:00.038-08:00My paintings<b>You can buy my art, if you wish. It's inexpensive! <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jokefrog">http://tinyurl.com/jokefrog</a></b>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-1892997642803337902011-08-07T01:37:00.000-07:002011-08-07T01:37:56.208-07:00Update on selling venues<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please forgive my lack of updates... life happens.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the time between posts, my art has been seen in articles on such websites as msnbc.com and on Nancy Grace's TV show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ewrPAtdFku8/Tj5OauvvYGI/AAAAAAAAA6U/0vTYWPjaP7w/s1600/Nasty-Face.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ewrPAtdFku8/Tj5OauvvYGI/AAAAAAAAA6U/0vTYWPjaP7w/s640/Nasty-Face.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
(I am not a Nancy fan - never have been, never will be. I only wish I'd had one of my paintings of her listed as she chose to show my artwork). </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's just a quick update on selling venues: </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been selling my art since October 23, 2010. I have sold 111 on ebay, 6 on Etsy, 3 on Artfire, 0 on EFreeMe, and 0 on Zibbet, 0 on ArtBreak, 0 on a few others, and then some offline. I've closed my Artfire store, stripped my Zibbet store down to basically nothing, and will be closing all of the others besides ebay shortly. I think I have a clear winner... how about you?</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.regretsy.com/2011/07/06/people-are-awesome/">People Are Awesome</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-06nSzK5oUIs/ThYvaZelKHI/AAAAAAAAAns/frzdP9zMbJs/s1600/Casey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-06nSzK5oUIs/ThYvaZelKHI/AAAAAAAAAns/frzdP9zMbJs/s1600/Casey.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Oh and there's more that I haven't even listed yet... I have Linda Drain-Burdick, Lawyer Gaga, and the lovely Karen Delpilar. Again, as I have stated, "This is not glorifying hatred, murder, or anything else... this is simply a painting of what I've seen while watching the trial." And watch the trial I did. Every minute.</div>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-78496792297427842622011-07-04T07:49:00.000-07:002011-07-04T07:49:07.911-07:00Featured Artist: Kristin Forbes-Mullane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a3x7ZMszadg/ThHR-jAuPpI/AAAAAAAAAnY/MAqHKa94H6U/s1600/soldier_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a3x7ZMszadg/ThHR-jAuPpI/AAAAAAAAAnY/MAqHKa94H6U/s1600/soldier_large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a3x7ZMszadg/ThHR-jAuPpI/AAAAAAAAAnY/MAqHKa94H6U/s1600/soldier_large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First, I apologize for the lack of posts... I've been quite busy. Anyway, this featured artist was worth the wait! <br />
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Meet Kristin Forbes-Mullane. "I’m known as a few other things, but I’ll probably just keep those to myself." Kristin is from Phoenix, Arizona, where "its about to be 120 degrees. Now is about the time I ask myself why I still live here."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldier by Kristin Forbes-Mullane</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kristin's love or art came from her father, an artist and graphic designer. She's been painting and drawing since she was a child, but "really started to get serious about it around 10 years ago when my husband and I bought a house and I finally had some space to work in."</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HQkTDYKk5fw/ThHR_nwFhxI/AAAAAAAAAnk/Bs9G0psXMeA/s1600/Ladies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HQkTDYKk5fw/ThHR_nwFhxI/AAAAAAAAAnk/Bs9G0psXMeA/s1600/Ladies.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ladies by Kristin Forbes-Mullane</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"These days I'm all about taking beautiful, peaceful images and making them dark. I especially like using religious icons and old portraits as subject matter. If its weird, I probably like it." She finds her inspiration everywhere, "but I find a lot of it on the internet. I could spend hours looking at photos of cathedrals and the statues in and around them. I also love searching through all the old photos groups on Flickr." Her favorite medium is acrylic paints.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e1Z7mVL8K7Q/ThHSAYCQ0oI/AAAAAAAAAno/bonVtNeK-Yc/s1600/Jesus+With+Crown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e1Z7mVL8K7Q/ThHSAYCQ0oI/AAAAAAAAAno/bonVtNeK-Yc/s1600/Jesus+With+Crown.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesus with Crown by Kristin Forbes-Mullane</td></tr>
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Kristin sells her art online at her website <a class="external-link-overlay-trigger overlay-trigger" href="http://kfmgallery.com/" rel="#external-link-overlay" target="_blank">kfmgallery.com</a> and on <a href="http://kfmgallery.etsy.com/">Etsy</a>.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hand by Kristin Forbes-Mullane</td></tr>
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Kristin, like myself, says, "I really hate it when people leave doors, drawers and cupboards open." Maybe it's a creative-type thing?</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7KYpYFiZ1A/ThHR-2ufWNI/AAAAAAAAAnc/ZdTjoWy9luE/s1600/Mission.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7KYpYFiZ1A/ThHR-2ufWNI/AAAAAAAAAnc/ZdTjoWy9luE/s1600/Mission.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mission by Kristin Forbes-Mullane</td></tr>
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Make sure you check Kristin out. Told you it was worth the wait!<br />
<a class="external-link-overlay-trigger overlay-trigger" href="http://kfmgallery.com/" rel="#external-link-overlay" target="_blank">kfmgallery.com</a> and </div><a href="http://kfmgallery.etsy.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Etsy</a>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-27448628165690269862011-06-11T16:36:00.000-07:002011-06-11T16:36:31.524-07:00Two of my Ebay auctions were closed for "violent materials." Wait... what?!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lately, I've switched from creating my own characters to painting people I've seen in pop culture. This includes Kelly Osbourne, two wackos from the horrible (yet entertaining) Teen Mom, as well as members of the Casey Anthony trial (which I'm addicted to - I'm several days behind, but I'm watching every moment of it).<br />
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Today, after waking up from a much needed nap, I went to check my current Ebay auctions only to find that Ebay removed the two paintings (and I'm working on several more) I did from the Casey Anthony trial: Casey herself and the judge in the case Belvin Perry, Jr. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Did you know you can buy a photography of Ted Bundy, one of the best known serial killers of all time, on Ebay? That is apparently not "Violent Materials." </div><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My paintings are not glorifying hatred, murder, or anything else... they are simply paintings of what I've seen while watching the trial. In fact, as many of my paintings do, they poke a bit of fun at something about each of them. For those of you not watching the trial, one day Casey showed up to court with half of her eyebrows completely plucked out... I knew I had to capture that. Judge Belvin Perry has this strange headrest attached to his chair. My painting has that... and nobody will know WTF it is unless they're watching.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway... I'm not meaning to offend anyone. I just try to poke a little fun at things I see.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The paintings have been moved to Etsy:</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/75815993/judge-belvin-perry-casey-anthony-trial" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Judge Belvin Perry<br />
and </a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/75815794/casey-anthony-outsider-art-lowbrow" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Casey Anthony</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KhgEKonWjc0/TfP7TyP0aAI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/S46tVPW1vfU/s1600/Casey-Anthony1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KhgEKonWjc0/TfP7TyP0aAI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/S46tVPW1vfU/s640/Casey-Anthony1.jpg" width="495" /></a></div>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-65970460615067277442011-06-06T16:00:00.000-07:002011-06-06T16:00:51.300-07:00Featured Artist: Charlie Alan Kraft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yFzbMUI1Xxo/Te1bZXbcJjI/AAAAAAAAAm8/Jh4oWJoXemA/s1600/munch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a90H6GKJhdg/Te1bZ2BLkQI/AAAAAAAAAnA/_9-3dIR2IzY/s1600/monster+on+wheels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a90H6GKJhdg/Te1bZ2BLkQI/AAAAAAAAAnA/_9-3dIR2IzY/s1600/monster+on+wheels.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Weaved into the fabric of time itself and born in the shadows Charlie Alan Kraft has become the scourge of the creative industry. His birth moved mountains but his artwork has fueled wars, toppled communism, brought equality into the workforce for women, clothed the poor, fed the hungry, empowered minorities and single handedly brought an end to the cold war."<br />
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So let's meet Charlie Alan Kraft from Portland, Oregon. Charlie has been creating art for 17 years and says, "I've been painting for so long I just paint. Some people watch football or hang out at bars and coffee shops or work in the garden or all kinds of other things. I just paint... It simply comes out of me all the time and new ideas pop out from time to time so my work is constantly changing."<br />
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"I don't purchase or own any art. I like art but I don't put it on my walls or buy it. I prefer everything in my house to be empty allowing me to create something as original as possible. Artists that I like..? unpopular unknown ones... Artists that you find by accident that you will never read about."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WqQ3cScZTpU/Te1baTnI5yI/AAAAAAAAAnE/8biaILoBZMI/s1600/il_570xN.209279765.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WqQ3cScZTpU/Te1baTnI5yI/AAAAAAAAAnE/8biaILoBZMI/s1600/il_570xN.209279765.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
"Art is and has never been about what you do or how well you do it, like every other industry it is about who you know... There are so many good artists out there it's often sickening but the majority of them will get washed under the fabric of popularity because they do not know the right people."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aFsgkTu70z0/Te1bawl5FXI/AAAAAAAAAnI/BWyukBJAK4o/s1600/glob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="497" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aFsgkTu70z0/Te1bawl5FXI/AAAAAAAAAnI/BWyukBJAK4o/s640/glob.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Make sure you check out Charlie's artwork:<br />
at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/charliealankraft">Etsy</a><br />
his <a href="http://www.charliealankraft.com/">website</a><br />
and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/pres612">YouTube</a>.</div>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-38788634287232769152011-05-19T16:36:00.000-07:002011-05-19T16:36:33.226-07:00Featured Artist: A.L. Burke<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet A.L. Burke. "I'm from the sticks of Southwest Virginia. I currently live in Johnson City, Tennessee where I go to school (majoring in English) and make art whenever I can."</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ypPeVHY8tf0/TdWosv7WfuI/AAAAAAAAAm0/-S71BHExPWk/s1600/Hey+Blue+Eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ypPeVHY8tf0/TdWosv7WfuI/AAAAAAAAAm0/-S71BHExPWk/s1600/Hey+Blue+Eyes.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hey Blue Eyes by A.L. Burke</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I’ve been drawing pretty much forever, but didn’t really start working at it until I was in high school. I started painting in 2008." A.L. says she loves acrylic paint and pens, and that she used to be terrified of spiders. " I started painting them as a way of facing that fear, and I‘ve since become pretty obsessed with them."</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5Ct3okyFss/TdWosAq5KBI/AAAAAAAAAmw/nf59Jy03yWQ/s1600/itsy+bitsy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5Ct3okyFss/TdWosAq5KBI/AAAAAAAAAmw/nf59Jy03yWQ/s1600/itsy+bitsy.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Itsy Bitsy by A.L. Burke</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A.L. opened her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/wormswormsworms">Etsy shop</a> in 2010 and also takes commissions. You can contact her at <a href="mailto:burkevscience@gmail.com">burkevscience@gmail.com</a> if you're interested.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Dusty Old Gentleman by A.L. Burke</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I draw inspiration from pretty much everything, really. Usual suspects are ghost stories, dreams, David Lynch, nature, history, death lore, horror movies, phobias and creepy-crawlies."</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>No. 9 by A.L. Burke</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I have prints (and a pair of fantastic custom shoes) by </span><a href="http://www.lolitaagogo.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">LolitaAgogo</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, who is an amazing artist and friend. I also have a couple of collages by </span><a href="http://etsy.com/shop/workweak" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dave Mahan</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, and some drawings by Ross Campbell, one of my favorite comic book artists"</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lovely as a Tree by A.L. Burke</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you to A.L. Burke for sharing a bit of herself with us! I certainly hope you'll check her out:</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/wormswormsworms" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Worms Worms Worms</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (Etsy)</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://funnyskullgrin.tumblr.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A Quietly Noisy Relaxed Intensity</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (art blog)</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and </span><a href="http://prayforbrains.weebly.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Artwork by A.L. Burke</a>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-77845045718965197712011-05-14T12:02:00.000-07:002011-05-14T12:02:26.820-07:00Featured Artist: Joe Havasy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6tNzAtwYhp8/Tc7QKl30NiI/AAAAAAAAAmM/tald34YwCLc/s1600/Penguinaut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6tNzAtwYhp8/Tc7QKl30NiI/AAAAAAAAAmM/tald34YwCLc/s1600/Penguinaut.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Meet Joe Havasy from Athens, Georgia. "I studied art at the University of Georgia and enjoyed the town so I stayed here."</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">"I love drawing in pencil but also like inking and using acrylic paint. I've started to get back into watercolor also..." Joe has been creating art since he was a child. "At a very young age I was encouraged that I had a different viewpoint when I drew a bird flying straight out of the paper."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Joe has two Etsy shops, his main shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/joehavasy">Cutesturbing</a> and an adult-oriented shop called <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/funparts">Funparts</a>, and has sold his art in local restaurants as well as gallery shows. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">"I find inspiration in lots of my memories from childhood, mainly from reading encyclopedias and looking at nature documentaries. Mostly I just scour the internet for images. I like blogs like <a href="http://yimmyayo.com/" target="_blank">yimmyayo.com</a>, creep machine, omg posters and /film.com. I read Juxtapoz sometimes too. Video games are a big inspiration of mine also like Mega Man, Mario, Street Fighter, and Zelda. I listen to tons of music while I work too. Lately it's been Metric, the Shins, Elliot Smith, Caravan Palace, Of Montreal, the new Devo album, and old Bollywood soundtracks."</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">"I have work by Mike Groves (darker cartoon work and pop culture), Rizzie Gallego (she does complex print related work with shrinky dinks), Matt Blanks (extremely intricate cartoon paintings), Charlie Owens (really awesome girl drawings), and Chris Hamer (Monsters!). I also collect prints through companies like Tiny Showcase and Nakatomi. WOWCH makes really cool limited edition tee-shirts too." He also has a <a href="http://cutesturbing.tumblr.com/">tumblr account</a> where he posts art that he likes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>North vs. South by Joe Havasy</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Be sure to check Joe's amazing art out!</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/joehavasy" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cutesturbing</a> <br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/funparts" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Funparts</a></div>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-60238059995935996672011-04-24T08:49:00.000-07:002011-04-24T08:49:54.333-07:00Featured Artist: James E. Thurman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7l6G4iKZzfA/TbREI1HJLpI/AAAAAAAAAlk/RsYSsM_e1n8/s1600/heythere.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7l6G4iKZzfA/TbREI1HJLpI/AAAAAAAAAlk/RsYSsM_e1n8/s1600/heythere.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jamesethurman" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">James E. Thurman</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. "I'm originally from Poplar Bluff, MO. but have since lived in Cape Girardeau, MO where I earned my BFA in Ceramics. Most recently my family and I have resided in Sullivan, MO, but are currently in the final stages of planning an exodus for the opportunities that await us in St. Louis." He shares a studio in his home with his wife </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ashleylthurman" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ashley</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuBLrARcfhI/TbREqY-9y_I/AAAAAAAAAls/R9LNcPf4Isg/s1600/rough+seas+ahead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuBLrARcfhI/TbREqY-9y_I/AAAAAAAAAls/R9LNcPf4Isg/s1600/rough+seas+ahead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I've been creating art since I was six years old. I would spend hours creating comic strips about my friends, family, and the everyday things I noticed. I still have these comics, which I lovingly assembled in big three ring binders. When I got a bit older I began experimenting with other mediums. My friends and I would get together and create elaborate videos, and I also picked up a paintbrush and began painting. When I started attending Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO I became interested in Ceramics and eventually chose this as my Major. After receiving my BFA I naturally went back to painting because I had neither the space, or money to invest in the equipment necessary to keep making ceramics pieces. During this time I met my future wife, and after a good run being that 'crazy art couple' gallery-hopping, making art videos with our friends, and showing in many different exhibitions we started creating our greatest piece of artwork of all, our son Tucker. Recently I teamed up with </span><a href="http://www.jhaudio.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">JHAudio</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and did some illustrations for them. You can find some images scattered throughout their website, but the most exciting images can be found on my </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jamesethurman" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> page, of the walls in their new offices in LA and Florida. I really enjoy working with clay, and recently I purchased two kilns and wheel to get back into it. I look forward to finishing the ceramics pieces I'm working on and getting them listed."</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Happy Thoughts by James E. Thurman</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">James mainly sells his work on </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jamesethurman" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Etsy</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, but has been featured in many shows over the years including a juried expedition in New York City. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Role Model by James E. Thurman</i><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Some of my favorite artists are my friends. Of course, </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ashleylthurman%20" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my wife</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> is one of them. Through our own individual work we inspire each other to be better artists. I know I can always count on her for an honest opinion, whether I like it or not. She is also responsible for me joining Etsy, and she does most of the promotional work for it." He also lists </span><a href="http://www.wellspaintings.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jake Wells</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> ("Over the years we've collaborated, shown together, and had many adventures. He is one of the most dedicated artists I know and I look up to him a lot."), </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/jonathanbandrew" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jonathan B. Andrew </a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">("The thing I admire most about his work is he never creates for anyone but himself. It's all his own, and he doesn't make any apologies for it.", and </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shanerocket" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rochelle Steffen</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (who "creates artwork geared towards educating people on animal abuse and donates a great deal of the proceeds from her sales to various animal rights groups.") as some of his favorite artists and lists a few Etsy shops he really enjoys: </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/retrowhale" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Retro Whale</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ErinTyner" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Erin Tyner Photography</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, and </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lulunjay" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">SCHMETZPETZ</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Family Portrait #2 by James E. Thurman</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I have a lot of weird little quirks about me...most artists do. Probably one of the most prevalent one would be I notice the most random things. Once while driving through a parking lot I said to my wife, "was that a dollar?" and she looked at me like I was crazy. I stopped the car and sure enough, folded up real small was a dollar bill. Most people wouldn't have noticed it, but I did. As soon as I come home I like to strip down to my underwear, because I just cannot be bothered by frivolous things like clothing. I could wear flip-flops all year round, even during the cruel Missouri winters and I also have a strange affinity for bread and like to eat peanut butter sandwiches with my chili."</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">James finds inspiration in everything around him. "...I tend to notice things and this allows me to make associations between ideas and objects that otherwise wouldn't make sense in everyday life. If something bad happens I like to take those feelings and put them in a painting, same thing if something good happens. The pieces I create while experiencing something life changing tend to be the pieces people relate to the most. From finding love to getting your heart broken, becoming a father, hating your job and struggling with money...these all create feelings that most people have felt at one time in their life or another. Knowing someone else has felt the same way and having a visual representation of that, I think, can be very comforting."</span><br />
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</tbody></table><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Wow. I have to thank James for the wonderful interview. I had to do very little work editing... I also have to thank him for introducing me to some other great artists.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you like what you see, make sure you check James out:</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jamesethurman" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Etsy</a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://web.me.com/craigthomas4/iWeb/BLACK%20DOOR%20GALLERY/JAMES%20THURMAN.html" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Back Door Gallery</a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.studiovisitmagazine.com/volumes12.html" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Studio Visit Magazine (volume 12)</a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and </span><a href="http://www.drawgasmic.com/artistpage.php?a=1070" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Drawgasmic</a>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-4921540621523137082011-04-16T15:23:00.000-07:002011-04-16T15:23:34.872-07:00Featured Artist: Sarah Felker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CfshFP5g5GI/TaoVNtoKRFI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/q-iMcUgqHds/s1600/beatswaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet Sarah Felker from Oak Park, Illinois. "I grew up about an hour from here, in Highland, Indiana, and got my BFA degree in painting from Ball State University. Currently I work at a stained glass studio, creating new custom architectural stained glass, or restoring/repairing damaged stained glass...Part of me has always wanted to be an artist, other times, I wanted to do something medical like be a doctor. I distinctly remember making watercolor paintings as a kid, inspired by the 'Mickey Mousecapades' video game on Nintendo, and wanting to do that for a living."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sarah's favorite medium is oil paint, but also enjoys working with watercolors and enameling on copper. "I also like to make functional things to use around the house, like my own throw pillows, curtains, a slipcase for a set of books, bookbinding, etc."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sarah sells her art on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/branchcake">Etsy</a>, but notes that her job "leaves me with little physical and creative energy at the end of the day...Basically, if I didn't work so much I'd love to be able to spend more time creating art."<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> "My absolute favorite artist is Jenny Saville. I love how her portraits look like controlled messes, how the paint seems to be applied carelessly but you know it was planned, or else it wouldn't look so awesome. My detour in the stained glass world turned me on to Judith Schaechter, who does more narrative stained glass pieces than people are used to seeing. She includes very lush, fully rendered scenes, and incorporates amazing patterns and layers. I also really admire Odd Nerdrum's combination of truly masterful, traditional painting with sometimes totally bizarre subject matter."<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"...I love weird stuff! Weird music, weird art, weird people, things with a dark edge to them - I don't like the mainstream stuff so much." Sarah finds her inspiration in numerous places, "...in looking at a portrait that is well-painted, or an energetic abstract painting. My interests are in studying faces, how shadows define noses, cheekbones, eyes etc. I also like to figure out how relatives look similar, how age affects people's features. I think inspiration can be drawn from a creative environment too, like in college."<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Make sure you check Sarah out. You won't be disappointed!<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet Sean Andress (1777 Publishing) from Redlands, California. Sean has been creating art for about 15 years. "I do have a degree in studio art, but getting that was a waste of time. I learned more about art and art making outside of the classroom. Today, my artistic output consists of mostly individual ink illustrations and highly bizarre and surreal comic book work that can be found in my book Moral Geometry."</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some of his favorite artists include Van Gogh, Francis Bacon, Richard Sala, Jack Kirby, Dave Stevens, John R. Neill, Clive Barker, and more. "I love collecting art. I have many original comic pages and illustrations from Richard Sala on my walls...His work is very atmospheric, creepy, funny, charming and 100% unique to him. I also have work from Bruce Timm, James O'Barr, Jon Wayshak, and Dan Brereton hanging about."</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sean's inspiration "is simply living life." This would include daydreaming, other art, music, movies, as well "playing the 'what if ' game inside my head and then transferring those results onto paper."</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finally, Sean shares a bit more about himself. "While I'm doing mundane things, like washing the dishes, I like to sing songs, be it classic feel good songs, TV jingles or cheesy heavy metal songs, and replace the lyrics with my own highly perverse words." And I thought I was alone.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make sure you check Sean out... he has some amazing stuff!</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.seanandress.etsy.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Etsy</a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://shop.ebay.com/andressarts/m.html" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ebay</a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and his </span><a href="http://www.1777publishing.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blog</a><br />
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</tbody></table>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-51093904123402430622011-04-08T14:42:00.001-07:002011-04-08T14:42:34.166-07:00Featured Artist: Chris Zahner<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet Chris Zahner (aka November Studios) from Boston, Massachusetts. Not only is he a terrific artist, he has wonderful taste in others' work (so make sure you check out some of his favorites). “Since I was a kid I've been painfully shy, so I looked for other ways to express myself. My parents always encouraged my brother and I to find something we loved and do it to the best of our abilities, so I decided to draw. Making drawings didn't necessarily come really easily for me, but I enjoyed the challenge and decided to stick with it. An activity that requires solitude is perfect for an introvert.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chris currently only sells <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/NovemberStudios">his wonderful art on Etsy</a>, though the exposure Etsy has given him has led a few galleries to contact him about showing his work! “I also run a blog called <a href="http://chriszahner.wordpress.com/">The Flopslump </a>which highlights artists, designers and occasionally architects that I deem interesting. Too many blogs remind me of watching someone’s vacation slides, but not this one. Although the blog isn’t directly about myself and my work I would argue that it’s about me in the sense that it’s an exploration of my tastes.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chris’ favorite medium is paper. “My works revolves around my love of paper. From the old paper that I use in collages to beautiful printmaking paper I draw on, everything starts with paper. Paper allows me the flexibility to cut it, paint it, add to it, layer it, sand it and whatever else I decide. Most of my pieces begin with a grid-like collage. A blank sheet of white paper has always intimidated me, so the collages give me something to react to. An unsuccessful drawing can always be collaged over with new paper. It gives me a degree of freedom when I make work because I never fear screwing up.”<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In addition to being an artist himself, Chris is also a collector. He owns pieces from <a href="http://www.paulyanko.net/">Paul Yanko</a>, <a href="http://www.jasonbyers.net/">Jason Byers</a>, <a href="http://www.derekhess.com/">Derek Hess</a>, <a href="http://www.toddleech.com/">Todd Leech</a>, <a href="http://www.kathykingart.com/">Kathy King</a>, and <a href="http://www.danadepew.com/">Dana Depew</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finally, Chris shares a strange bit about himself. “I was looking through my music today and realized the Cannibal Corpse albums are followed the Cat Power albums when viewed alphabetically. That range</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> in taste made me think there was something weird about me.”</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /> <div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make sure you check Chris out… and buy something while you’re at it!</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /> <div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/NovemberStudios">http://www.etsy.com/people/NovemberStudios</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Flopslump <a href="http://chriszahner.wordpress.com/">http://chriszahner.wordpress.com/</a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriszahner/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriszahner/</a></span>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-49883816778372210952011-04-06T14:09:00.000-07:002011-04-06T14:09:30.858-07:00Change of look<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yes, it's now generic looking, but that darn background was slowing things down. Please forgive the generic look for now =)</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Coming soon, as soon as I have a chance to catch my breath, will be a new featured artist that I'm sure you'll love.</span>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-48932346222417697172011-04-02T13:01:00.000-07:002011-04-02T13:01:38.486-07:00Featured Artist: Jasmine Worth<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet Jasmine Worth from San Diego, California. "I have always had a passion for art, and I feel truly blessed to be able to share my art with others." Jasmine obtained a BFA in Illustration from the Laguna College of Art & Design in Laguna Beach, CA, and has studied at Two Ateliers.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/artistprofiles/jasmineworth/suspended.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/artistprofiles/jasmineworth/suspended.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> "I've been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember. My mother still has a drawing I did of Fred Flintstone when I was 3 years old. I've always been influenced by cartoons and books, I am an avid consumer of both." Jasmine says that she loves both watercolors and oils. "The two are so different. I usually work in oils for my professional work, but I still love to use watercolors whenever I get the chance!"</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/artistprofiles/jasmineworth/whiplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jasmine makes her living selling her art. She says that websites such as Etsy have been good to her, that she sells in galleries, and in art shows. "I will be showing with C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice Beach in May and November, and I will be doing a featured show with La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Hollywood August 5th, I will also be in the La Luz de Jesus 25th Annual Master's show in October, which will be accompanied by a book. I have several other shows in the U.S. and London scheduled throughout the year." For a full list, please see her website at: <a href="http://www.jasmineworth.com/shows.html" target="_blank">www.jasmineworth.com/shows.html</a>.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jasmine lists her favorite artists as Odd Nerdrum, Michael Hussar, Dan Quintana, Sean Christopher, Kevin Peterson, and many others. "I have a piece by Travis Louie, who is a wonderful artist and a good friend. I also own works by Mary Louise Silva, Dark Vomit, James Geiger, and several others. I really enjoy collecting art, and I hope to continue to expand my collection."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In her spare time, Jasmine is an avid reader and collector of dead things (don't worry, she doesn't kill them herself). "I like to read. A lot. I own a freakish amount of books that are piled (literally) floor to ceiling."</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make sure you check Jasmine out. She's got some great stuff!</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jasmineworth" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Etsy</a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a href="http://www.jasmineworth.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">www.jasmineworth.com</a>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-27398532694493748432011-03-24T17:05:00.000-07:002011-03-24T17:05:49.167-07:00Featured Artist: Tim Hooper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/artistprofiles/timhooper/williamhowardtaft.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Meet Tim Hooper of <a href="http://www.mrhooperart.com/">www.MrHooperArt.com</a> from Nashville, Tennessee. "When I was a child I thought people lived inside the radio where they played music, read the news, and made commercials. When I was six I broke my sister's transistor radio open to see the people who lived inside. I was disappointed to find only tiny transistors and a circuit board. But I was not nearly as disappointed as my sister when she saw what was left of her radio."</span><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tim has been creating art since he was a child and has been a self-employed artist since 2001. "I paint with acrylic more than anything else...I actually like to draw with ink more than anything, but I rarely do those any more...Most of my ink drawings never see the light of day. I usually do them for my own enjoyment and give them to my wife."</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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"Since 1997 I have been known as Mr. Hooper. It started as a joke when I was in college, but it became a pseudonym or sorts over time. Years ago when I did comix and graffiti I used different pseudonyms, but this one has stuck with me the longest. Probably because it is my name."</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mr. Hooper sells through <a href="http://www.mrhooperart.com/">his website</a> as well as on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mrhooper">Etsy</a>, has shown in several galleries in the U.S. and abroad, and he travels and sells in art fairs. He lists his favorite artists as Robert Crumb, Howard Finster, The Clayton Brothers, Joe Coleman, Mark Ryden, and Pablo Picasso, and finds inspiration in B-movies, bad sci-fi, memories, old photos, historical figures, dreams, and everyday life.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Andy Kaufman with an Eightball by Tim Hooper</i></span></td></tr>
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Make sure you check Tim, aka Mr. Hooper out. Great stuff!<br />
<a href="http://www.mrhooperart.com/">www.MrHooperArt.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mrhooper">Mr. Hooper Pop Surrealist Art on Etsy</a></span>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-14953477067533276282011-03-15T15:55:00.000-07:002011-03-15T15:55:09.718-07:00R.I.P. Jackie the Jokefrog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/Jokefrogsm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The namesake for this blog, my website, and paintings has died. Jackie the Jokefrog died today after about a 10-day illness. =(</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" />JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-55773345637464014592011-03-08T16:18:00.000-08:002011-03-09T07:10:59.246-08:00Featured Artist: J. Spencer Shull<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet J. Spencer Shull from Columbia, South Carolina. “It's the capital of South Carolina, but the arts community is not really up to par. (We) would love to move to a bigger city with more innovative thinkers.” He and his wife Kelly run an art collective named Jellykoe.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“For the most part, I am a self taught artist. The majority of my work falls under the umbrella of pop surrealism and lowbrow. Some of my creations have been turned into creepy/cute plush creatures thanks to my talented wife Kelly.” Spencer has been creating art for many years but only recently became serious about selling and perfecting his style. “I am 29 years old, and the older I get, the more I've stopped caring about what other people think….I'm glad my paintings have been so well received, but at the end of the day, I'm glad that when I look at them, they make me happy too.”</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Studious Homunculus by J. Spencer Shull</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Spencer paints on a variety of materials: wood, antique books, bottles, cigar boxes, and more. “I like the idea of turning something that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill into a work of art that someone can hang in their home and cherish.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Where Pies Go To Die by J. Spencer Shull</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Spencer sells his work at various art festivals around the United States, has his first gallery show coming up in April, and sells online at <a href="http://www.jellykoe.com/">www.jellykoe.com</a>. He lists his favorite artists as Mark Ryden, Edward Gorey, Gary Baseman, Andy Warhol, and Salvador Dali. “Our walls are currently adorned with work by Jason Levesque, Deona Fish, Gus Fink, and Chris Hamer. We also have a ton of Mark Ryden in almost every room…I have a picture of Andy Warhol with a quote reading ‘Art is what you can get away with.’ I find so much truth in that.”</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Spencer says he’s a “perfectionist to a fault,” and that he “will sketch out an idea four or five times. I want all the shapes and colors to fill the space just right…I draw inspiration from a lot of social issues and stereotypes. I also like to imagine things that I've never seen but would like to see. I try to blend child-like naivety with harsh reality and adult concepts. I love dark humor and a lot of it creeps its way into my work.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yum by J. Spencer Shull</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make sure you check Spencer out:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.jellykoe.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">www.jellykoe.com</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">as well as on <a href="http://artifictions.deviantart.com/">DeviantArt</a>, where I first found him</span>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-5557476469956536682011-03-04T08:56:00.000-08:002011-03-04T08:56:34.318-08:00Featured Artist: Leif Erik Johansen<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet Leif (Erik) Johansen from Asheville, Nortrh Carolina. Erik is a self-taught artist who enjoys experimenting with a variety of materials. "I like to take a playful and unpretentious approach to my art. I chose to paint because it's a way for me to express myself in a way that is not easily put into words." </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Erik has been painting since he was a child and says, “I have a proclivity towards twisted abstract characters, but as I continue to experiment and learn new, invariably I come up with new ideas and new styles which I hope gives me depth and diversity as an artist. Furthermore, I have never wanted to ‘typecast’ or ‘pigeonhole’ myself as a particular type of artist...I like to leave room for growth and learning.”<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can find Erik’s work in various places, such as his website <a href="http://leiferikjohansen.com/">leiferikjohansen.com</a> and Terra Bistro Restaurant in Vail, Colorado. He’s working on a solo show at Hollingsworth Gallery in Palm Coast, Florida, as well as displaying his art at Zambra Restaurant in Asheville. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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Check out Erik:<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/EleMentalStudios">EleMentalStudios</a> on Etsy<br />
and <a href="http://leiferikjohansen.com/">leiferikjohansen.com</a></div>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-4518980548150644012011-02-26T22:45:00.000-08:002011-02-27T07:57:03.828-08:00JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-65722643525909691732011-02-25T07:04:00.000-08:002011-02-25T07:04:04.388-08:00Featured Artist: Mike Moore<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Meet Mike Moore from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MMstudios">MMstudios.</a> "I'm from Columbus, Ohio, but right now I am out in a tiny little town about 45 minutes away (thats 45 minutes from Columbus, not from you. Unless you're in Columbus, then it is indeed 45 minutes from you). It's been a huge adjustment moving here. No night clubs, no coffee shops, no Columbus art district." But he adds that there IS indeed a diner down the street that closes just past noon.<br />
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Mike recently opened his Etsy shop (<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MMstudios">MMstudios</a>) and he's investigating selling locally. "Columbus really does have a nice art district with lots of galleries and shops dispaying work." <br />
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Mike is a fan of many different styles of art. "I am in awe over the old masters. I had a classically trained painting teacher that really made me appreciate the techniques...careful layers and layers of thin glazes building up and giving life to an oil painting is an amazing thing that cant be duplicated any other way..." He adds that his love of retro culture, commercial artists, tattoo artists, and "passion for the pin up artists like Elvgren and Vargas of the 40s and 50s" help round out his inspiration as well as his comic book collection as a child. "I loved collecting comic books as a kid, so of course I came to appreciate some of the better artists involved...Milt Caniff (known as the Rembrandt of the comics), who did Steve Canyon and Terry and the Pirates comics is a personal favorite, and his famous chiaroscuro shadow technique inspired me..." One of his new favorite artists is Mark Ryden. "He is amazing to me for his combination of lowbrow subject matters, mixed with truly old master quality painting techniques."</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/artistprofiles/mikemoore/eyeheartandsharpies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Besides art (Mike says, "Well...its ALL about art isnt it?"), Mike says, "I love classic movies, vintage clothes, old diners, collecting old glass cocktail shakers and USING them, hot rods, road trips, food and cooking, Food TV, tattoos, coffee shops, riding bicycles, and playing with my three year old daughter! When im out with my daughter, women approach saying, 'Oh how beautiful! How old?' I say, 'I'm 50.'" He has a long-haired dachshund named Hans, and says, "I'm in pretty good company because Picasso and Andy Warhol both had pet dachshunds..."<br />
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Be sure to check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MMstudios">his Etsy shop</a>... it's great... and totally affordable! </span></div>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-23220367081983709442011-02-22T14:50:00.000-08:002011-02-22T14:53:21.161-08:00Featured Artist: Sebastien Millon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet <a href="http://www.sebastienmillon.com/">Sebastien Millon</a>, our third featured artist. Sebastien hails from Phoenix, Arizona, though he considers himself a "child of the world," since his French family moved from place to place when he was a child.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><tbody>
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</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/bikeparts">Sebastian has an Etsy shop</a> and sells locally in Phoenix in such shops as Made Art Boutique, Red Hot Robot, Acme Prints, La Grande Orange, and Revolver Records. He's been drawing since he was a child, starting with an early pet German shepherd inspiration, but truly took to art as an adult.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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"I've always loved pencil drawings. In painting, it is easier for the artist to hide their hand, but in a pencil drawing, there is a nakedness, you can more easily perceive the artist's line and method. Some of my favorite art pieces are artists' sketches of studio models, usually pencil, pen or ink work." Sebastien lists some of his favorite artists as Joan Miro, Otto Dix, Ivan Albright, Josh Keyes, Maurice Sendak, Miroslav Sasek, Luke Chueh, Esao Andrews, Jan van Eyck, Charles Addams, and Bill Watterson.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In Sebastien's home, other than his own brilliant work, he features Josh Keyes and Esao Andrews. "Keyes' work has an environmentalist bent to it, his imagery is gorgeous and almost always features animals. Esao Andrews' pieces are lovely as well, he is a fantastic painter; I love the way he paints human flesh. His imagery is usually dark and has a sinister feel to it." YES!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing Carnivorous Cyclopean Bunnies by Sebastien Millon</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make sure you check out </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/bikeparts" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sebastien's Etsy shop</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">... it's not to be missed!</span><br />
<br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" />JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-73080964663338259892011-02-19T11:27:00.000-08:002011-02-19T11:27:43.176-08:00Featured Artist: Andrea Doss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/artistprofiles/andreadoss/FunnyHat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet Andrea Doss, my second featured artist! Born and raised in Texas, she still calls the Lone Star State home. Andrea sells locally in Fort Worth as well as online at her Etsy shop </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/andralynn" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Andralynn Creative Designs</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. Did you know she can bend her left arm backwards? No, really... she can!</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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Andrea says she's been drawing and painting since she could walk. "I started drawing on the walls as soon as I could get my hands on a pencil. My mom didn't appreciate my wild creativity, and had me using paper as soon as she could. That's when I started pasting my work to the walls. Yeah. That didn't go over too well either." Her formal training came from just a few classes in college. She settled on English (don't we all?), so most of her experience comes from painting on her own. "I actually started painting storybook paintings to go along with the stories I told to my nieces and nephews. They would practically beg me to tell them another adventure story, and, of course, they wanted to see the characters I was describing to them, too." </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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Andrea enjoys working with acrylics the best "because it's so forgiving when you make a mistake and the clean up is quick and easy." Ain't that the truth!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Besides her own work, her home is filled with her niece's photographs, her brother's robot sculptures, and her daughter's color and shape studies. She enjoys classics, such as Van Gogh, Monet, and Rembrandt, but also loves "indie, creative people who aren't afraid to show their own style and individuality," especially some she's seen and met on Etsy (including <a href="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/">me</a>?! really?! I'm honored!).</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Andrea is currently working on a children's book "that is in a perpetual state of incompleteness that will be done sometime in the unforeseeable future." While we're waiting on that, make sure you check out her Etsy shop - you won't be disappointed! </span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/andralynn" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Andralynn Creative Designs</a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" />JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-78406568155267977432011-02-17T17:58:00.000-08:002011-02-17T17:58:21.123-08:00Selling venues<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm curious what my readers, the few I have, use as selling venues.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I use </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/JokefrogProductions" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Etsy</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (though once the listings expire, I will likely not use the site anymore - too many pointless changes are making it not the place I want to sell), </span><a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/jokefrogproductions" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Artfire</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (not sure about this one yet - I have the free account to try it out... have had a few views, but not a ton), </span><a href="http://www.zibbet.com/JokefrogProductions" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Zibbet </a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(just signed up tonight... no clue yet), </span><a href="http://www.artbreak.com/jokefrogproductions" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ArtBreak</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (no sales, few views... but an interesting website) and </span><a href="http://shop.ebay.com/jokefrogproductions/m.html" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ebay</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (where I've sold a decent amount, but have also had a dozen or so non-paying bidders - which is really annoying).</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Where've you had luck?</span>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-13519817042966651112011-02-06T13:15:00.000-08:002011-02-06T13:15:46.234-08:00Featured Artist: Adam Fonos<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meet Adam Fonos, my first Featured Artist! Adam is a watercolor and oil painter <br />
from Malaysia. <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The Big Three by Adam Fonos</i></span><br />
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Adam has been painting since he was 7, focusing mainly on watercolors until <br />
2010 when his medium changed to oil. He says his inspiration comes from movies <br />
and his own imagination, and that he paints mainly when he's happy because his <br />
emotions affect his work.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">It's Raining Color by Adam Fonos</span></i><br />
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Adam is known for painting landscapes, but has begun figures and portraits as <br />
well. His favorite artists include <a href="http://www.artbylena.com/">Lena Karpinski</a>, Leonardo da Vinci, and <a href="http://www.drunkencows.com/">Roz</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Warm Petals by Adam Fonos</span></i><br />
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In conclusion, Adam says that he's simply a guy with an unbelievable passion <br />
for art.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Be sure to check out Adam Fonos here:<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/adamfonos"><br />
Etsy Shop</a><a href="http://peoplesartist-adamfonos.blogspot.com/"><br />
People's Artist </a>(blog)<br />
and <a href="http://www.bluecanvas.com/adamfonos">Bluecanvas</a><br />
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I want to offer a special thanks to Adam Fonos for taking a moment and sharing <br />
some wonderful art with us. I hope you love his work as much as I do... and <br />
it's totally affordable! Pick up a painting or two today!<br />
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<img height="320" src="http://www.jokefrogproductions.com/artistprofiles/adamfonos/forestfire.jpg" width="240" /><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Forest Fire by Adam Fonos</i></span></div>JokefrogProductionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826948409227852992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982901577657415617.post-40917108715674876362011-02-05T14:05:00.000-08:002011-02-05T14:05:18.616-08:00Kev Munday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.kevmunday.co.uk/"></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You have to check the brilliant <a href="http://www.kevmunday.co.uk/">Kev Munday</a> out. Here's a sample of some of his work:</div><br />
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