We now interrupt this neglected blog...

To shamelessly pimp me and Damon at Alternative Press Expo (aka APE) THIS weekend, October 13-14th in San Francisco, CA!

Art! Comics! Prints! Commissions! Jewelry!

Come on down and say hi! I miss you dear bloggity readers; life's been crazy, one day I'll get back on this horse, I promise!

Til then!

Daisy Church & Damon O'Keefe
BOOTH 838

http://www.comic-con.org/ape/

Crane Wife and "Myth" at Modern Eden

Sorry I'm late in posting this, but between travelling to Japan and work deadlines, haven't had a chance to update here!

Wanted to let you know of my latest work hanging at the very wonderful Moden Eden gallery here in San Francisco! I was lucky enough to be part of their latest group show, "Myth," and returned to a subject I find myself coming back to time and time again; the Japanese folktale The Crane Wife.

More info "behind the work" and purchase info here!

http://www.moderneden.com/collections/myth/products/crane-wife

I failed to post about the opening reception back on July 14th, but luckily, there is a closing reception in conjunction with North Beach First Fridays on Friday, August 3, 2012.   A special musical performance by North Beach acoustic guitarist, Mark Simons (marksimons.net) will be featured. The closing reception will be held at 403 Francisco Street from 6-9pm.

Facebook event invite here!
http://www.facebook.com/events/449331605088376/

Thanks everyone! : D <3

Seven Deadly Sins, San Diego and Salt Lake City

These are my two "Sin" inspired pieces for Suspension Lounge's Artistique Theatre show, "Seven Deadly Sins," taking place in both San Diego (already past, in May) and coming up on June 21st in Salt Lake City at Pixel 2012

<3 SOLD!! <3

Long overdue updates, starting with March (!)

Been crazy, here are updates! Whoo!

March:

LTD Art Gallery, "Comic Book Show:
"The Seven Year Itch"
my love letter to BOTH Poison Ivy and Joan from Mad Men

<3 (SOLD!!!) <3

Many thanks to James at LTD Gallery in Seattle for having me and Damon in the show! We'll hopefully both have works in their upcoming shows later this year!

VS: A Show of Opposites THIS SATURDAY

I can't believe I haven't posted this earlier; I've been so busy promoting it everywhere else, I forgot my dear little blog!!!!

ANYWAY, this Saturday, Feb 4th in San Francisco, I'm co-hosting VS: A Show of Opposites with Mission Comics and Art! Leef Smith, (who, btw, is an AMAZING retail/gallery owner!) has been truly wonderful to work with; after the Girls Drawin Girls book signing back in August, I spoke to him about curating an art show of all my amazingly talented friends.

Well, my dreams have come true! I've gathered 19 great artists friends to present "VS: A Show of Opposites," themed around work having to do with contrasts, opposites, and resolution. I am SO SO excited about the work that's been coming in, and been having tons of fun working on my own pieces.

It's been a joy to oversee a show that wasn't pin-up themed, or restricted to female artists. The hardest part was trying to figure out how many artists I could include. Believe me, I would have invited all my friends if I could! I'm hoping if this opening goes well, this is the first of many (larger!) group shows I help to organize, where many more people participate.

My friend Maggie asked me what made me want to curate; I figured out that curating art shows combines both my love of promoting art, promoting my friends, and creating fun and enjoyable events/parties! I also take great inspiration from Ally of swoon gallery, and all the incredible group shows she oversees and curates; definitely a special skill set managing that many artists!!!

Without further ado, here are sneak peeks of my two pieces, as well as the flyer and all the info!!

http://www.facebook.com/events/323808197653300/

Group Exhibition: “VS: A Show of Opposites”

New Works by SF and LA Artists

February 4, 2012 through March 3, 2012

Opening Reception 2/4/12

7pm-10pm

Anand Duncan 

Emma Sancartier

Alina Chau

Liana Hee

Ashley Fisher 

Karen Krajenbrink

Bill Robinson 

Ryan Hungerford

Cat Maske 

Shiu Pei Luu

Chris Vear 

Sho Murase

Daisy Church 

Sherry Delorme

Denise "Dee" Chavez 

Steph Laberis

Erin Leong 

Wednesday Kirwan

Katherine Waddell

Mission Comics and Art is pleased to announce “VS: A Show of Opposites”, curated by Daisy Church. The show will feature new art and illustrations from over 18 different San Francisco and Los Angeles area artists. The theme of the show is "versus," and features artwork exploring the ideas of contrasts and opposites.

The opening reception will be held at Mission Comics and Art on Saturday, February 4th from 7-10 pm. Hor d'oeuvres and complimentary drinks will be served (wine will be available to our 21+ guests). The exhibition will be on display through March 3, 2012 and is free and open to the public.

Mission Comics is a fantastic retail and gallery space run by SF local Leef Smith, who combined a comic book shop with an art gallery in a fresh, exciting way while drawing on the unique strengths of the Mission District. The gallery and retail space also helps facilitate a greater cross-pollution between the worlds of fine art and commercially produced sequential art. Hours of operation are Tuesday thru Sunday, 12pm-8pm, or anytime online at www.missioncomicsandart.com.

When:

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 4th, 2012 7-10 PM, 

Multiple artists will be in attendance.

Where: 

Mission Comics and Art

3520 20th St. Suite B 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Ph. # 415-695-1545

Hand Made Illustration

I am pleased to announce my inclusion in Monsa's amazing "Hand Made Illustration" book, full of amazingly talented artists such as Brandi Milne, Glenn Arthur, and many others!!

Now available for sale! It was a pleasure and an honor to be included in such a great group of talent!! A huge thank you to Eva Minguet for including me.

Hand Made Illustration

"Illustrators are increasingly turning to digital illustration, relying on most popular software such as Photoshop and Illustrator, but… whatever happened to all the tools we’ve relied on for years, paintbrushes, pencils and pens, not to mention the hands.

We’ve come across countless artists who prefer to soil their hands, dispense with the computer and create their own unique works of art. Artists such as these continue to create exclusive artworks, materialized from remnants, woods, elements, in short, one offs."

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE!

2012 Drawings (FINALLY!)

Day one and two of 2012.... ta da! And with that, I am OFFICIALLY caught up on scanning in my sketchbook. Here I come, 2012!

Crows and Ribbons.

1/1/12

Rocket and Inky like to hang out in the bathroom a lot with me.

1/2/12

APE roundup!

SO so sorry for the lack of posts/delay in my APE round-up post! 

APE 2011 was absolutely fantastic- thank you to everybody who swung by our booth and said hi and bought some awesome art!  Here are some pics from the event...  I am pleased to say we have SOLD OUT of our first run of "The Incident at Exit 88," but we are considering a second printing, so stay tuned! Also pending is an Etsy store upgrade which will feature a fuller selection of prints, artwork, and sketchbooks for both me and Damon : D

Mermaid portrait of fan Katie!

Joint Zombie/ Mermaid portrait by me and Damon!

The ever so sweet Inci and her new San Francisco doodle : D

OMG KATE BEATON! I was so super thrilled to meet her and have her sign my book! She is such a doll! (and thank you Kate for putting up with my fan-girl nerves! ha!)

THE ICONOCLASTIC DEAD: Mary Blair

Here's my piece for 

THE ICONOCLASTIC DEAD with the Autumn Society!

♥♥ I chose Mary Blair, because she was such an amazingly talented female artist who worked in animation! I am sure I am one of many women (and men!) working in animation today who look up to her in more ways than one ♥♥

San Diego Comic-Con 2011!!!

If you’re attending San Diego Comic-Con 2011, come by Girls Drawin Girls Booth #5628 (same place as last year) and come say hi!! I'll be busy working the GDG booth selling our latest book of collected pin-up work (with a NEW piece by me!!), as well as a selection of over 20 new prints and 30 necklaces by yours truly! And, if I'm lucky, I might have some new sketchbooks to give out. Whoo hoo!

I will be working the booth Saturday AM, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday afternoon! Come by Saturday to check out my latest cosplay outfit, Mad Men PowerGirl!

I will (hopefully!) be also drawing over at the Sketch Theatre booth over by Gnomon at some point during the weekend.... will keep you updated! : D

Inle

Inspired by the G1988 show of the same name and Camilla D'Errico's AMAZINGLY gorgeous piece!

Emerald City Comic-Con 2011 Wrap-Up

A huge thanks to everybody who swung by Seattle this weekend and say to me and Damon as we headed up our first ever individual table over in Artist Alley!!

The weekend was a huge success; met many new fans, met up with old friends, and hung out with some wonderfully talented artists!

Friday Damon and I got interviewed for an awesome podcast called Air Raid, and talked about working in the industry and how we met. Go check out the podcast here!

http://air-raid.net/podcast.php?podcast_id=64

That evening, we got to go hang out with the ifanboy people and Molly McIsaac and do some live painting with some really great artists. Damon and I got to work on a painting side by side (and with!!!) Camilla D'Errico, Scott C and Jim Mahfood. The paintings were later auctioned off for charity Saturday night.

Painting by me, Damon and Jim Mahfood!

Saturday and Sunday, we got to meet and hang out with other artists at the con. There were a bunch of Girls Drawin Girls ladies around the exhibit hall, including Laurie B, Brittney Lee, Liana Hee, Megan Levens, and Amy Mebberson.

Brittney, Me and Liana; some AMAZINGLY talented ladies!

More awesome artists who I got to run into and who you should TOTALLY check out their works are Echo Chernik, Alberto Ruiz, Drake Brodahl, Dean Trippe, Kevin Dart, and too many more to mention!

Chillin' with Scott C and Jim Mahfood

I have two remaining necklaces for sale, and a few sketchbooks and prints that I'll put be putting up on my Etsy store, so if you missed out, don't worry- there's still a few goodies left!

Here are a few commissions and sketch cards I did for folks!

All in all, a great time was had by all, and Damon and I are already signed up for ECCC 2012! 

Also, a HUGE thanks out to Jim Demonakos of Kirby Krackle for his amazing hospitality and for running an amazing show!!!

Pieces from "Is This Thing On?" at Gallery 1988

Thank you to everybody who came out last night- WOW! The place was so packed! I got some great pics tho!

Here are my two pieces for the show! To see the rest of the amazing line-up of art, check out G1988's website. Many thanks to G1988 and Chris for including me in this show! It was tons of fun!

Inspired by Lisa Lamapanelli

$200

to purchase, click here

Inspired by Amy Sedaris

SOLD!

"Is This Thing On?" at Gallery 1988

THIS friday, January 7th, Gallery 1988 will have a huge art opening of a comedian-themed group show, which I had the honor and pleasure of being part of!

Is This Thing On?

at Gallery 1988

7020 Melrose Ave,

Los Angeles, CA 90038

please contact the gallery for inquiry/purchase/preview.

+ see the full list of "show bill" (who's painting whom) here!+

I was asked to paint Lisa Lampanelli and Amy Sedaris, which I had a lot of fun going back and watching their respective routines. Two raunchy ladies! My type of gals! ; D 

Both their paintings were influenced by an over-arching "alice in wonderland" theme, which you'll understand when you see them!

Anyway, I can't WAIT to show you my two pieces! I will post pics after the opening tomorrow night! Hope to see you all there!

That thou canst never once reflect, on Old Long Syne

First off, let me say that I have not (I repeat, not!) forgotten about you, lovely blog readers! December 2010 came and went in it's usual whirlwind of holiday-ness, and between work, paintings, and life in general (including jury duty, full time work, freelance, moving Ghost, being sick, and traveling), it's been tough keeping up with uploading scans of everything!

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for reading my blog, checking out my artwork, and being so amazingly supportive! It's been a huge year full of art shows for me, and I'm so excited to see my work and style evolving and starting to come into its own.

Here is a quick photo of me and Damon at our New Years Party last night; I am planning on continuing drawing every day in 2011, and here's to many more art shows, paintings, and wonderful adventures together!

Wishing you all the best in 2011! (new scans/drawings to come soon, plus info on my two upcoming shows next weekend at Gallery 1988 and Cactus!)

Unicornitopia

Another great show this weekend for those in the SoCal area!

Unicornucopia
noun /yoo-ni-kawrn-uh-koh-pee-uh/
Def:An Abundant, Bountiful Supply of Mono-Horned Mystical Beasts

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 11th, 7-11pm
Runs: December 11 - January 2, 2011
Closed December 25, 26, Jan 1

A group show featuring:
Frank Kozik, Liz McGrath, Kukula, Becca, Jeremy Fish, Bwana Spoons, Melissa Contreras, Michael C. Hsiung, Sherry Delorme, Laurie Hassold, Cheryl Cambras, Kelly Castillo, Glenn Arthur, Joey Syta, Aileen Holmes, Michael White, Jesse La Tour, Daisy Church, Alex Chiu, Crayon Fawn, Ryan Clemens, Amber B. Dianda, Hi-Tree, Mustachio, TD Flynn, Jennie Cotterill, Industry Giant, Kitty Brown, JoshR, Craig Roccanova, Bradlee Cooper, Sara Haase, and more

Live Entertainment & Unicorn-Themed Refreshments including Einhorn Beer
Sponsored by IZZE Sparkling Juice
Free parking available in the lot or parking structure at the corner of Clementine and Center Street Promenade

Check out the blog for viewing hours during the run and more info:
www.unicornucopiaartshow.blogspot.com

Curated by Tracey Taylor 

Mermaid Sketches

I recently did a slew of tiny colored mermaid illustrations for Cactus Gallery's Small Works show.

Each mermaid is around 2.5"x3", framed, and embellished with glitter and swarovski crystals.  That's right. Mermaids. And sparkleys. COMBINED.

No better gift out there, folks. They're perfect for lil' stocking stuffers!!! (and I'll do commissions, if you want a personalized one! ; D

$25 each, contact Sandra ( semastroianni70 at yahoo dot com) )at Cactus for purchase details! : D

Three New pieces at Bear & Bird Gallery

So many apologies for the lack up updates! I've been SWAMPED with tons of projects and art this month, I've been making art every day, but not having too much time to scan/post pics!

I wanted to do a quick post about my three pieces at the Bear & Bird Gallery in Lauderhill, FL:

Bear and Bird Gallery

inside / upstairs at TATE'S 4566 N University Drive

Lauderhill, FL

All the artwork is 8x10 or smaller and priced for gift giving. Local, national and international artists with a wide range of styles!
...
Top three Reasons you don't want to miss the Small Stuff 4!

#1: Awesome art for great prices, really great!
#2: It is cash and carry, so you get to take the artwork home as soon as you buy it!
#3: Start your holiday shopping right BEFORE Thanksgiving, that way you can feel like you're ahead of the game. Art=awesome gifts.

Show runs January 6th though and open Mon-Thurs 11-8pm Fri & Sat 11-9pm & Sun 12noon-6pm

My three pieces!

$70 each

Contact Bear & Bird Gallery
amanda at bearandbird dot com
for purchase details

Upcoming Group show @ Compound Gallery

"The End" at Compound Gallery
107 NW 5th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209


Opening November 4th, 2010
7pm


Show runs through Nov 28th

Themed "The End," this show at Portland's Compound Gallery features artwork by seven artists, curated by Matt Wagner.

Daisy Church:
Axelhoney:;
Daniel St. George:
chris Pastras:
Angel Davis:
Kalina Torino:
Wishcandy:

My three pieces highlight mythological figures representing different deities somehow relating to destruction.

$80

Ix Chel is the Mayan goddess who brings about the destruction of the third creation by causing a great flood.
She is actually one diety who takes shape in three different forms: her other forms are Chak Chel and Young Moon Goddess.

$80

Sekhmet is an Egyptian lioness-headed goddess of war and destruction.

$80

Kali is the Hindu goddess of time and change, and associated with death and black energy.

All three pieces are 8.5" round in diameter, and are acrylic on found mahogany wood.

For purchasing information, please contact matt at compoundgallery dot com

Compound Gallery
107 NW 5th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
map/ directions

Open 7 days a week
Mon-Sat 12:00-8:00pm
Sunday 12:00-6:00pm
Phone 503.796.2733