Girls Drawin Girls book signing in San Francisco

I am on a leave of absence from Girls Drawin Girls at the moment, but I will be making an appearance THIS Saturday at Mission Comics in San Francisco for a book signing of Volume IV!

My piece, "Daisy"

Come swing by, say hi, and come meet my fellow amazing artistes extraordinaires! I put in a lot of hard work not only on my piece for this book, but laying out and producing the whole thing, so I'm very proud of the result! We will be doing drawings, socializing and there will be drinks and refreshments on hand at the signing.

Saturday, August 13th, 2011
4-7pm

@ Mission Comics
3520 20th St. Suite B

San Francisco, CA 94110

Facebook invite:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227930933917190

Hope to see you there!! : D

Three new pieces for upcoming Cactus Show!

Here are my three new pieces for Cactus Gallery's upcoming Drawing/Sketch show in Eagle Rock, CA this coming Saturday, August 14th!

More details here!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132907953418287

These pieces are only $60 each. If interested, please contact Sandra M at Cactus Gallery for purchasing details!

 : D

EXTINCT: Endanger Show recap!

First off, a HUGE thank you to The Hive LA,(gallery)  Ngoc Hoang of the Professional Bakist (food), Yxta,(drinks), Music Functioing as One,(string music) and DJ Clownfish (DJ) for a fantastic opening!

We had a wonderfully large turnout for the event, and the crowd had a great response to the paintings.

Here are pics of all the paintings:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=extinct&w=29945203%40N04

Here's the Hive LA's post of the show:
http://thehivela.blogspot.com/2009/06/daisy-church-hive-los-angeles-june-27th.html

Here's the Professional Bakist's post about the show and hor'deurves
http://professionalbakist.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-go-together.html

More pics:
http://bummerws.blogspot.com/2009/06/daisy-church-art-show-at-hive.html

My concept for the show was based off the news about a year ago pronouncing the Baiji dolphin, a river dolphin found in China, officially extinct.  I ended up reading Douglas Adam's book "Last Chance to See," which is about Adam's mission to go around the world and see endangered animals before they are gone forever.

I started thinking about the fact that an animal can go extinct like that within my lifetime, and thinking about other animals that have gone extinct in recent modern history, as well as animals on the brink of the same fate, and was inspired to create this series.

I wanted the human female presences to create counter-points to the animal subjects; they represent the cultural and historical context of each animal, and echo ideas about display, voyeurism, and the relationship humans have to the natural world.

if you missed the show, it's on view through august 5th!

Presented by The Hive Los Angeles
1402 Micheltorena St
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Extinct: Endanger
New works by Daisy Church

On View                           June 27th - August 5th, 2009

Artist Website:         http://www.daisychurch.com
Gallery Website:        http://thehive.la

For gallery sales and inquiries, please stop by The Hive Los Angeles or contact

Charles Renn
info@thehive.la
323.665.1028

or curator Sebastian Marlow
siidesign@gmail.com

Condor studies 5/1/09

Studies for another painting!

The 13th room 11/15/08

The night before the wedding, me, Damon and my family stayed at Deetjens Big Sur Inn .  Damon and I were in the cabin/room called "the 13th room," which was so charming and quirky- full of so many oddities! There was an elf door, jars of hidden notes, a journal full of past visitor's entries (fascinating in it's own regard), and a bunch of crazy old antiques, most notably, the Elephant Grandma. (don't ask!)

It was the best place to get ready for the big day- serene, a great sense of history, sleeping/waking up nestled in the redwood canyon next to a gurgling creek, and just wonderful.  Also, they have amazing eggs benedict in the restaurant for breakfast!

Fire on my mind

It's hard to work all day when all you can think about is the fires going on. Wish I could be up in the canyon with my horse and making sure everything is ok/ helping out at the stable.  I heard they weren't allowing people into the canyon still due to hotspots and flare-ups, but last I heard, the horses are all ok still.

Fire Pony

One of the major fires out here in LA swept over the canyon where I keep my horse today. After a long night of looking for her in horse evacuation centers (and not being able to get through any phone calls to my ranch), I decided to try and make my up the canyon to see if I'd be allowed in, even though I assumed she had been evacuated.

The police/ FD let me through, and I saw the aftermath close-up; I've never seen such a big fire's aftermath so soon /close after a fire. There were glowing red embers from the surrounding valley/trees as we drove down the road, and when we passed my old stable (where I painted their sign- I think it's burnt up now), you could see a lot of damage and burnt up trailers. They apparently lost a horse and both their barns- this is where I used to board Ghost up til last year.  The entire valley is just burnt up- the only thing that I can describe it is scalped.

But when I made my way to my current stable, all the horses and the owners (who live there) were safe and sound, but just barely. The fire came on so quickly, that nobody had the chance to evacuate, so the whole canyon was left to bunker down and fight out the fire. The fire miraculously came all the way up to the property (it destroyed the building that houses the bathroom on the premises), and surrounded the stable, but thank god spared the property, the owners, and all the horses and dogs.

So, I found Ghost and all the other horses in their stalls; she's totally sooty and covered with ash, but I'm just so happy that she and most the canyon's inhabitants were ok, since they had no chance to escape.  Whoever was looking down and watching her and the others, thank you.  My heart goes out to whose horse it was that wasn't so lucky down the road.

El Porto sunset

View of sunset at El Porto beach... just a quick sketch again- sooo tired from a very, very full week and weekend!

Upcoming Cactus SHOW!!

Hey everybody!

So my Blonde Bombshell paintings will be in the upcoming Cactus show; "ICONS, LEGENDS and NOTORIOUS FIGURES!" In addition, Damon will also be exhibiting a few of his urban legend drawings as well : D

There are two receptions;
NELAart.org Gallery Night, Saturday, July 12, 2008 :: 7pm-10pm
Artist Reception :: Saturday, July 19, 2008 :: 8pm-11pm

I believe Damon and I will try to be at the July 19th reception, since it's the official artist reception, and it gives more time for people to make plans to swing by. It's a fun little funky art gallery over in Eagle Rock- real neat little place, and there are tons of great places to grab food in the neighborhood up on Colorado Blvd before/after!

Hope to see you there!




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Haight and Ashbury- 7/6/08

My fiance took me to see the neighborhood of Haight and Ashbury while we were up in San Franscisco visiting his parents; pretty much like Melrose down here in LA, just slightly more hippie! Thought I'd pay tribute to it's original (real) hippie roots, though, and the spirit of what it once truly was and not what it's become. (and yes, those are flowers in her hair. ha ha!)

Illustration Friday; Tales and Legends

For Illustration Friday; presenting the legend of Queen Califia, "the legendary Black Amazon warrior queen, associated with the mythical Island of California"... I made her more a blend of South American looking (aztec), and added fire, since Southern California has experienced so much fire this past year, it made sense to have it's namesake as a warrior spirit with fire.