The show was a success as you can see in the above photos that were generously taken by my friend Brian Viveros who lives out in Riverside,CA.  I hope people had an excellent time and that the traffic from the XGAMES didnt  mess up your ride too much.  Above look at the stoked guy who bid and won on Trojan Whaleicorn !  Congrats i’m curious who got squid vicious and what the final prices wound up being.  please drop me a line let me know if you saw that info ;)  thanks again ..ps keep your eyes peeled for a my solo show coming up down at the HIVE GALLERY downtown in March 2011 :)

Date: Saturday July 31st, 2010
Time: Doors Open at 6:00 pm
Place: Corner of Mission Inn and Lemon in Riverside
3485 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, CA 92501-3304

FROM THE ART DESK OF RENEE LAWER : This is the piece i’m creating special for the Sea No Evll Show this Saturday . Its called “TROJAN WHALEICORN” . In the piece you see a Wooden Trojan  Whale floating out  of the dark cloud of oil only to be greeted  by  Jelly fish , whom have no natural preditors and live symbiotic with other sea life.  There are so many species of jelly fish and i find them so beautiful.  I have never been stung nor do i wish too but i wonder what it feel like.  Here’s more info on jellyfish or i like to refer to mine as Sir Jellies. With the BP Oil Leak  I’ve been wondering how all these creatures in the ocean are handling this oil spill . The Huffington post wrote a great many articles about the subject and they are pretty progressive .   Anyhow..my thoughts for the day.  See you at the show. BE THERE!! carpool have fun.

Date: Saturday July 31st, 2010
Time: Doors Open at 6:00 pm
Place: Corner of Mission Inn and Lemon in Riverside
3485 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, CA 92501-3304

It’s that time again for The Sea No Evil Art show in Riverside, CA and the line up has gotten huge. Erin Swinfard has asked me back to paint a piece or two for the show. All this  work is donated for the Sea Shepherd so that captain Watson can continue his work on the open ocean.  The great thing is the Captain actually shows up.  Last year Shepard Fairey played a amazing set.. it was a drive,  but definitely worth it.  Here are some images from last year & Check out the website for updates @ www.seashepherdartshow.com as the show gets closer.

PRINTS ARE AVAIL NOW!!

left top row: Love Leaf , Shed Some Light, Karma Kreatures
Left bottom row: We Wanted More, One Day in the Solar Flowers…, Fashion Face Mona, Everything Comes in Plastic

PRICE for all sizes avail. $50.00
Just shoot me an email leather@idlego.com

Working on a new piece for the Cave Gallery group show and i have been looking at a lot of under water creatures and the legend of the Kraken keeps appearing in liquor and whiskey  advertisement like Jameson which i love below…

and this other Kraken Rum … which has excellent movies and commercials…But no time soon am i ordering a “Kraken BOMB!” I’ve too much painting to get ready for this JUNE show .

20% of the proceeds from this show will be going to “Healing Arts Haiti” per the gallery. Very excited to be thinking, exploring, and creating new stuff !

SHOW RUNS JUNE 4th – 26th
CAVE GALLERY
507 Rose Ave.
Venice, CA 90291

The Soundtrack of Your Life: a group show
Black Maria Gallery
March 5th through April 11th, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, 5th of March, 7:00 – 10:30pm

My painting is titled “Squid Vicious” ! Never Mind the Bullocks was a CD that i loved right along side the Ramones that i played and played.  I was excited to paint this as the silk wall tapestry i had since im 16 is in my studio with me and most nights i wear my sid tee ive had for just as long. i think next i will do the ramones as weird underwater creatures.  Its funny that while my life feels underwater and im having a hard time breathing with my design business Eyerus is kicking some serious ass right now…im leaning towards underwater characters.. ha Funny!  Im selling this piece right now thru the Black Maria Gallery if your interested please contact Zara or Sam.  Thanks for including me in this show guys!!

Title: PDA_Public Deer Affection : Newest piece for sale
THE PDA SHOW
Show open February 19th, 2010 in  Salt Lake City, Utah

Multiple locations: NoBrow Coffee, The Utah Pride Center, Alchemy Coffee and Ken Sander’s Rare Books.
Artists from all over the country have been invited to respond to the July 2009 incident, in Salt Lake City where a same sex couple was detained for showing affection on LDS property (http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12811907) and or the idea of “public display of affection”.
I was recommended by barbie brady who is an amazing artist & friend to be a part of this show so i am excited to be in this. This new piece is a combo of watercolor and sewing 2 of my most favorititiest things. I decided to combo them and i’m really liking the results. This show wanted frameless art & i wanted to bump it up a level. ;)

“A smogless city dream” SOLD !

A smogless city dream is a piece about the air quality. This holiday vacation i traveled back east PA/NY area for my holiday vacation. As i drove from NY to PA i noticed all of the industrial buildings and interesting things that i see as being part of my growing up. It was very different as i started to noticed all the electrical plants in California in the beach areas. This beautiful majestic scenery with such destruction mixed in. So, with this piece I imagined i was in a place that these epic creatures were completely a mystery, unseen, until one day there was a clearing in the clouds and as i looked up i saw these magnificient creatures effortlessly cleaning up the air that we humans fill with our selfish behaviors. The piece was sold at the opening of Urban Confluence Saturday night & i wanted to say Thanks so much CAVE GALLERY for such a great opening and great crowd.
Renee