Post #454778 by little lost tiki on Mon, May 18, 2009 7:16 PM

Kin, ya gotta help me out...what was your friend's name again?!

That was Skeith Dewine,an old artist friend i had known since the early 90's.
He had gotten bushwhacked by some ruffians and spent 3 months in the hospital.
During that time,he reflected and sketched and painted people who had admired
and had inspired him during his artistic journey
These paintings formed the exhibition "Heroes" in these photos...
Stan lee, Sandow Birk,Ron Howard,and myself were some of those
he had chosen to honor there...
it was total kismet that the show was right around the corner,
as he had sent an invitation and i was worried about how to
negotiate the gig we had AND this show but it all came together splendidly...
it's at the Dancing Dog gallery in the Santiago arts district in Santa Ana
Go check it out! it's open on weekends all month!

The gent in the hat i was speaking to in another pic is Rene MelCardona,
another artist friend of many years...
it's like Dali met Michaelangelo met contemporary art with his work...
like i said earlier,it was waaaay cool to reconnect with some artists of olde...
After 20 years,a lot of them just fade into the background
and surrender to the horrors of normal domestic life...

Oh! And a BIG thank you to Tobunga and Manuel!
They are two of the most thoughtful individuals you will ever meet!
so sweet of them to come down!
Also, Eric showed us his Secret project for the Art Swap
which he is also gonna make a whole bunch of....
too Cool for words...
buy tobunga stuff because it will only encourage him to do more
and that would be AWESOME!
free fancy cheese with toothpicks!
:)

[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2009-05-18 19:17 ]