Open call to artists for October 2009

More info soon about the closing reception and more pics soon. :)

2009-10-04T02:08:00.001-07:00

Thank you to Everyone that participated and attended our third showing of MnR.

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Applogies to our dear artist, Bob.

2009-09-25T17:49:00.000-07:00

Sorry to have misspelled your name Bob. Here is the new edited flier.

Also,
I received an email from CJ Metzger, and she will possibly be joining us in October's show!!! Cool beans!!!

Low brow pop art group show in hollywod on october 1st 2009.

2009-09-23T21:30:00.000-07:00

So, I have a cool spot in Hollywood that is letting me do some shows. The place is cool, and I'm really trying to convince the owners to make it a full fledged art gallery. Well, for the next several months, I'll be organizing some shows for myself and for several different groups and artists. Please come by and check it out, along with this months show.

Here are the filers for the show. :) Also look it up on art slant.

reminder to the participating artists, deadline to turn in work is September 28th.

Some MnR goodies!

2009-09-07T17:52:00.001-07:00

Here's a pic from the Loft 4300 "Battle Royale" show that also held our "Mawnstirrs and rowboughts" show. Tom the owner and curator, myself and a motley crew of old and new friends. Photo taken by the elusive Booleep!

And we seem to have our first new completed piece for the show! My not so little brother, Alfred Medina painted this lil ditty. Neat right! (I'm very proud bro, :P)

Open call to artist for our next show!!!

2009-09-06T21:14:00.001-07:00

Greetings esteemed comrade and fellow artist.

Curator and artist Leftyjoe, would like to formally invite you to participate in the 3rd installment of "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" at a new location that will soon rise in the underground art world and hopefully become an esteemed art Gallery.

Our year long show "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" or also known as "Monsters and Robots" is a group art show featuring some of California's Promising artists, some well established names and some undiscovered talent.

Our show pays homage to the two most influential icons of human culture. The world over, people dream and fear the denizens of the imagination, Monsters and Robots.
We'll be inviting you to show us your perception and interpretation of either subject. Choose any character or concept you want. Your pieces can be parodies, homages, or tributes to any known or personally original character.
There is no limit this time on what you can submit.

No sculptures nor digital work will be allowed.

Please make all submitted work wall ready. (meaning completely ready to hang)

Attach the art release sheet and contract to the back of your piece with the following information
-name of artist
-title of artwork
-medium
-date executed
-value of art
(Disclaimer) Be advised, based on research, the value of fine art has significantly dropped, due to the economic crisis. On the other hand 'Pop art' is becoming more popular because it's less expensive, so just be price conscious. Thank you.

For submissions:
Contact Curator Leftyjoe : 626-623-9757
email: mawnstirrsandrowboughts@gmil.com

Send images of pieces for submission or send a brief description of the work you will submit. All are welcome, I just want to see that everyone is on the same page regarding the theme of the show.

There will be a one time $20.00 submission fee to new artists entering work into the show.
(If you are a previous member, and will be hanging the work from the past shows, no fee is required, however, if you are a member bringing new work, the fee applies. Make checks payable to Joe Torres. Cash will be accepted.)

To turn in your work, schedule an appointment with Leftyjoe and come to 1649 S. La Brea ave. LA. CA 90019
Remember, the dead line is in september 28th, all fees and art must be turned in by that date!

you will recieve more info for the show on
http://mawnstirrsandrowboughts.blogspot.com

Opening reception will be on October 1st from 5-midnight! the address is
4628 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027-5408
directly across the steet from Luz De Jesus art gallery.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&view=text&hl=en&gl=us&q=4628+Hollywood+Blvd,+Los+Angeles,+California+90027&ie=UTF8&oi=georefine&ct=clnk&cd=2&geocode=FXdTCAIdeQnz-A&split=0

Hope to hear from you soon!

contracts and release forms will be given to the artist that are planning to submit work.

Also, please help me spread the word about this open call, tell some friends, maybe they'd like to join. If any artist friends are interested, forward this email to them and tell them to contact me (letyjoe) immediately.
Let's see how big we can make the show. Also, to our artist members, please help promote the show around on the internet. Invite your friends and family to attend the event.

For september and October.

2009-08-18T23:04:00.001-07:00

Plans have changed for my solo show, stay tuned for details on
http://modern-toon-impressionist.blogspot.com/
http://leftyart.blogspot.com/
http://foryournextparty.blogspot.com/

Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts back up in October.

2009-08-16T23:01:00.000-07:00

Greetings ya'll!!!

Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts will be up once more! This time, for the whole month of October!

The show will open on OCTOBER 1st and will close NOVEMBER 1st.

Deadline for submissions is SEPTEMBER 28th.

Entry fee is $20 per artist.

This time! the details have changed! For this show, you can do ANY monster! ANY robot!!!

Keep in mind, the economy is bad, so you'd do well not to overprice your work.

Each artist will receive 60% of the sale of the piece sold. The gallery will receive a 40% commission from each piece sold.
(Gallery consists for the Curators and the owner of the Gallery)

For submissions:
Contact Curator Leftyjoe 626-623-9757
email mawnstirrsandrowboughts@gmil.com

Send images of pieces for submission or send a brief description of the work you will submit.

To turn in your work, schedule an appointment with Melissa and come to 1649 S. La Brea ave. LA. CA 90019
Remember, the dead line is in september 28th, all fees and art must be turned in by that date!

you will recieve more info for the show on
http://mawnstirrsandrowboughts.blogspot.com

Monsters and Robots are great pieces of pop culture and human history, with this show, we continue to pay homage to popular monsters and popular robots.
The best pieces will be judged and the winners of the best submissions will receive the coveted window space in the storefront . Our gallery is right in front of the Luz de Jesus Gallery, right next door to the FARMHAUS boutique.

(the owners of the FARMHAUS boutique are our gracious hosts. They have given me, Leftyjoe, full access to the gallery for the month of October.
also stop in FARMHAUS to check out FARMER JEANS, NATURES MISTAKE CLOTHING, PONY shoes and more. I'll be painting in front of FARMHAUS in September and my work will be on display there in the boutique. Come check us out!!!

Tell anyone you know about our open call too, we're open to anyone of all skills and levels.

Oh, and for the month of october while the show is up, I'll be doing uninstructed figure drawing workshops and more, feel free to come over to the spot and paint with me during the month of september!
The adress of the Gallery will be posted soon.

Second installment of our show!!!

2009-08-06T16:58:00.000-07:00

Don't miss out, it'll be up:
Friday the 7th,
"Battle Royale"
curator:Ryan Gaw
LOFT 4300
4300 W. Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016

Ryan's show was almost done for, some artists flaked out, so I asked him if I could put our show up? He said yes!

Flyers.

2009-07-18T10:25:00.000-07:00

Today's the day!!!

2009-07-18T10:21:00.000-07:00

Come down to 606 E. 6th street on the corner of 6th and Crocker, LA CA 90021.
Grab the flyer for the art show, print it out on your home printer and bring it in to get in for $2 instead of $5.

call Leftyjoe 626-623-9757

The show is this saturday!!!

2009-07-15T03:40:00.000-07:00

So guys, this will be the last post for this show until the announcement of the gallery that will have us up for a whole month! Please stay tuned! Attn: to all the participating artists, turn your work in soon, tons of people have already turned their stuff in and we'll be hanging soon! Thanks for your art, for your friendship, and to all the followers of this blog, thank you for your attention and time, don't go anywhere, I don't plan to stop working on this show. I wanna keep it going all year and on to the next and see what other galleries can have us!
some big things are happening! Stay tuned!

check out my personal blog too please, big things for leftyjoe too.

Love ya all,

MnR Curator:

Leftyjoe.

Yet another way to promote our show.

2009-07-04T19:55:00.001-07:00

Please use this to post or email to anyone you know. Please post stuff anywhere you can.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ats/1253888609.html (artists)

I'm gonna do an Illustration right now for art jumble, the theme is "Embrace", so in order to direct traffic back to our blog, I'm gonna post on art jumble and add a link back to our blog.
Check it out maybe tomorrow morning or late tonight.

http://artjumble.blogspot.com/

Artist Participants.

2009-07-04T19:11:00.000-07:00

Guys, don't forget to promote the heck out of the show so that our Gracious venue can make some money from the guest's entry fees.
The show will cost $5 at the door for the people going to see the musical talents, $3 at the door with the music promotional flyer.
$2 at the door for all guests going to see the art show, (that's us)

Please, help promote guys. Let's make this a success.

Shaky.

2009-07-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

Here's my submission for "Shaky" on illustrationfriday.com.

You can say that I like illustrating with "shaky" linework, lol.

These paintings are some digital development work for the upcoming group pop art show below.

click on the thumb to enlarge and see the flyer for the show.

The contract for the participating artists is out.

2009-07-04T16:45:00.000-07:00

I hope I didn't miss any of you. But if I did, contact me asap. Leftyjoetorres@gmail.com

Here's a preview of what the contact should look like in your emails. Of course I signed the one I sent you.
Sign it and send it back.

Gennady Babichenko's sketches for the show.

2009-07-03T18:53:00.000-07:00

Some more sketches.

2009-07-03T18:23:00.000-07:00

My own tar beach.

2009-07-03T18:11:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I like to paint on my lil Balcony. The view isn't much, but the lighting is great.

Finished pieces, series one.

2009-07-03T18:03:00.000-07:00

Artist participant, Jeremy Russnak designed this neat lil ilo for us.

2009-07-02T12:18:00.000-07:00

My newest last minute stuff.

2009-07-02T12:16:00.000-07:00

And, this is pretty much what the finals will look like.

OK, so here are the flyers for our show this july.

2009-06-29T14:37:00.000-07:00

Once again, the saturday of July 18th, 2009, there will a party that you all should attend. Whether you simply want to get out of the house, or are a fan of pop art, come check us out,

with one of L.A.’s finest selektahs, DJ Higher of Pum Pum Tuesdays and Sonido as well as live jazzy funk from The Lorenzo Trio. Not to mention our resident DJ's each representing a variety of genres guaranteed to entertain one and all.

We are also proud to debut a travelling artshow entitled: "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" showcasing the city's finest up and coming pop artists.

Whether you’re a musician, artist, designer, film-maker, entrepreneur, or all the above, (This IS L.A.) we want YOU to showcase YOUR talents to get YOU more gigs. Come down to network, shop, dance, promote and party!

Support our small family of vendors offering both bargains and treasures or become a vendor yourself. Our select group of vendors are offering one-of-a-kind, hard-to-find jewelry and crafts, premium vintage clothing and furniture, private and well-known label samples/overstock and countless other treasures at bargain prices.

The ReSession will be held:
Saturday July 18, 2009 between noon and sunset @:
606 6th Street (Corner of Crocker and 6th St between San Pedro and Towne)

Here's our banner,

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/leftyjoe/monsters_and_robots_art-show-2009.jpg

Here's the flyer for the party where we will debut our show,

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/leftyjoe/reSessionFrnt_FINout-1-1.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/leftyjoe/reSessionFrnt_FINout-1-1.jpg

To all our artists participating, please help us promote the show, grab these and post the hell out of all your social networking pages, please.

Leftyjoe, C0-Curator

Start promoting guys.

2009-06-29T13:22:00.000-07:00

The image below is an example from another event at the venue that will showcase our debut show.

This is the flyer for the july 18th party that will showcase our show.

As for me, I'm going a totally new direction with my stuff.

2009-06-29T13:19:00.001-07:00

Chris Daylo's completed submission for the show.

2009-06-29T13:12:00.000-07:00

Here's Daylo's Piece. Feel free to pre-order or buy it the night of the show.
Chris will be there the day of to look after his dealings.

lighting color study

2009-06-26T17:58:00.001-07:00

Today,

2009-06-26T05:27:00.001-07:00

A lil painting practice.

2009-06-09T01:11:00.001-07:00

So you all know our official logo, well for development and painting practice, I painted these up using half of the monsters and robots logo. I'll paint the lil monster half of the logo.

Childhood monster related trauma.

2009-06-06T20:51:00.001-07:00

Today Flash class was over.

2009-06-06T20:07:00.000-07:00

So, I don't know if I mentioned on this blog, but Kyle Shockley and I were both two of 24 really Lucky artists/animators that were accepted into a flash class taught by the all of the major independent flash animation studios. It lasted several saturdays.
Our last class was today, and I'm already missing it.
Through this class, me, Leftyjoe, usually a character designer, have fallen in love with animating again. I hadn't really animated in a while. Although I worked at a flash animation studio for about almost 4 years recently. (got laid off last July, :(
Well, when I first started there, I did get to animate often. (the supervisors made me feel really stupid though, I was rusty and hadn't animated in a while, and you all know how flash is.

I thought I'd share some Robot related stuff, and also flash animation stuff, since Kyle and I have no more class.... :(

Well, here are a few links,

Oh snap! My first project at LG!!! Check it out! I had just been hired. I mostly did some character designs and BGs. The team was young and disorganized. lol

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/9071d351

this was a personal project given to me to do alone in one day.
I did everything on this one. Later episodes were designed and illustrated and animated by the other members of the team, but as lead character designer I still had some say in the production.
Here are some of my episodes,

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/ab9669cb

oh yeah, i worked on these also...

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/ad33efff

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/c707d8a2

This one once again, was a team effort. I did most of the character designs, less two or three, I think you can tell which I designed and illustrated. The rest were done by the other members of the team. We all had a share in the work load. I even animated a bit on this one.

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/57eb6893

To watch these, copy the link, and open a new tab in your interwebz (internet for you noobs) and paste the link in the tab and hit enter...

Shoot, also, I recieved an email from this person about a Robot blog, cool.
Check it on my next post later tonight.

Guys, check this out!!!!

2009-06-04T07:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/the-80s-pop-show-in-philly.html

If you all want to help,

2009-06-04T07:10:00.000-07:00

Please help promote the show guys, the more you do, the more success we'll all have in showing our stuff and selling too. Please do a lil bit of research and invite people who like Monster and or Robots. Art collectors, friends, colleagues, all that stuff. Here's a link to my photobucket so you all can grab the banner that Kyle Shockley made.
Post it everywhere!!!

http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/leftyjoe/

Hey, even MONster have to "ADAPT"

2009-06-04T06:55:00.000-07:00

If you're wondering?

2009-06-04T06:29:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, so if you're wondering. I, (leftyjoe) have been doing some maintenance on the blog. Kyle Shockley brought up an excellent point, in order for us all to market out the show to our artist contemporaries, it would be nice to be able to log into the blog account as mawnstirrsandrowboughts@gmail.com and post comments on other blogs to redirect traffic back here. The blog used to be on my personal account, so, if this blog were to leave any comments anywhere, it'd be Leftyjoe's account. well, so I moved the blog to the mawnstirrsandrowboughts@gmail.com account. You all can log in, i'll give you the password, and go leave comments on other people's blogs. Cool right. Sorry to any subscribers, we seem to have lost them all on the "followers" section, but hopefully since the URL is the same, they'll re-join. Hint hint. Please rejoin. :)

Hope we didn't scare any of you. :)

We're nearing July, I hope you are all well on your way to completion of your submissions. Please post the progress as we're having art collectors, galleries and others look at this site. We need to show stuff to get the party people excited. Remember, the debut of this show will be a ONE NIGHT only, debut party. The show will later be traveling to the next galleies for the rest of the year. :)

Artist agreements will be given to you all soon. :)

Good luck!!!! Good painting and keep posting!!!

a sneak peek.

2009-05-28T22:14:00.000-07:00

Like Ivan said, "its all coming together now... see... just put the pieces together then WHAMMM!"

I just thought I'd post this .

2009-05-28T03:09:00.000-07:00

This is not an open call for artists. We will be having many people turn in work soon. I just thought I'd post this so all of our artist participants could read it over once again.

Here's the official invitation. (if your a personal friend of mine, and you didn't get this eail, I'm sure i told you about it in one way or another so don't complain, there's plnty of time, give me your art by the due date.)

Greetings esteemed comrade and fellow artist.
Co curator: Leftyjoe (a young but well seasoned professional character designer) and Chloe Akana (the cutest lil caricature artist ever aka Panda-Montana) , and Brado James (event promoter and entrepreneur also highschool english teacher) would like to formally invite you to participate in the 1st annual "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" at a huge space in Downtown LA.

Monsters and Robots have most likely left an impact on everyone
throughout the world and time. The participants of this group show will try to express just how those two icons of human culture have touched and influenced them as creative individuals. This is not a versus show between robots and monsters, it's merely a compilation of pieces from both subjects. Monsters AND Robots. We'll try to show our own individual takes and styles, and stay away from the norm, that's why we're spelling it "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts". No known characters will be shown. And hopefully, all the pieces in the show will be pushed to the fullest potential of the artists skill, talent and creativity.

Requirements for acceptance into Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts.

- All works most be completely original, no parodies or homages of any known characters. Try to express the feeling that Monsters and Robots give you and how that has influenced your life and your creativity. Each artists should have a balanced amount of Monsters and Robots in their submission. THIS IS NOT A VERSUS SHOW, You don't have to show the monters and robots fighting, but you can if you want. It is Monsters and Robots, just spelled funny to help express the unconventionality of each of our individual expressions. Try to really push the envelope to the fullest potential. Make it as fun and dark and scary or sad as you want. This will be an older crowd, so feel free to have some boobs or wangs in your pieces.
Please, no offensive material.

- All works must be of a traditional medium. Mixed media is fine. All styles are also welcome. However, no digital media or sculptures please.

- All works must be wall ready. Ready to hang immediately upon delivery.

- There will be various artists in this show so try to limit the size and amount of your works. Just consider that others will be sharing wall space with you.

-Also, this is a very independent show, we'd love to recieve help from each artist as much as possible. We'll take $20 or $40 for the printing or the flyers for the show. Flyers will be given to each artist to help promote all over town.

- Works are due June 31, but can be delivered at the very latest July 15. Artists invited by Leftyjoe are to deliver works to 1649 S. La Brea ave. LA. CA. 90019. call for an appointment at 626-623-9757

Please Contact me at leftyjoetorres@gmail.com, or text me at 626-623-9757 for any questions or concerns.
(only local artists will be able to drop off the art work at 1646 S. La Brea Ave. apt 10, LA CA 90019 call for drop off appointment at 626-623-9757)

Gallery will split 60% for artists, and 40% for the gallery as usual.

The gallery space is huge. The place is really nice and artsy. It's known as "THE CHURCH". Woodberry university used this place for their graduation party a few years back. It's been used in films very often.
Plenty of parking with security available to watch the vehicles. Two full bars and a great scene all around.

Please contact me as soon as possible if you wish to participate. Plan on finishing you piece or pieces as soon as humanly possible so we can have at least a month to market the show around on all the forums and get the press excited about it. The deadline for artwork to be turned in will be June 31st.

The day of the opening will be July 11.

no digital work, only traditional media.

This will be a very unconventional show though. Things will sell, first come first serve online. We're gonna put up a blog to post all the artwork's progression to get potential buyers to get excited about coming to the show and purchasing the art that night, or even as the piece is posted. We'll moderate and handle a bidding war for the art that people are interested in. The art will go to the highest bidder and will be available to take home the night of the show at the very end. The paintings themselves will be up for one night only at the reception party. The space that is allowing us to that one night because they have other events that have go up.

Patrons will be asked to donate a $2 entry fee with the art show flyer at the door. There will be other people attending that night for different shows going on. Other attendees will be paying $5 at the door, so please remind your guests to bring the flyer for our event. Flyers will be given to the artists to mass deliver to at galleries and other cool places that we may be able to advertise in. Artist can please donate some money to the printing of the flyers. The promoter for the night of our show has a sweet hook up for 1,000 flyers full color front and back for a very low price. Our participant Jeremy Rusnak will be designing the flyers.
As soon as flyers are ready we'll give you all a bunch so you can all help us promote the show everywhere!!!

We'll also give you web flyers to post everywhere like myspace and facebook. Please, start talking about the show now everywhere. Robert and I will start threads on various sites and you all can please participate in commenting on the threads. We may even put up youtube videos.
Example, maybe put up a camera while you paint your piece, and maybe sell the dvd video with the piece.

Please feel absolutely free to promote the hell out of your art for the show by any means. Make sure you state that it is for the "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" show on July 11 at 606 6th st. LA CA. On the corner of 6th and Crocker

Get as much buzz on this show as you can. We'll supply all the links to the treads that we start for the show so you all can comment.

Oh, save your preliminary sketches for all you pieces. Fans may want to buy those too. And please post them on the blog and links.

There will be some bands playing in the outside lot. A band that is playing there is looking for an artist to design their album cover, so that night will be a good chance to network for that. There will be vendors of all sorts up in the warehouse level of the building.

Here's a thread I started for our show on Drawingboard.org, join the site, comment on the thread and post pics or vids to get people excited about the show.

http://www.drawingboard.org/viewtopic.php?p=739622#739622

Oh, once again, here's the blog I started to post our pics and vids for our art show.

http://mawnstirrsandrowboughts.blogspot.com/

and on satellite soda.

http://satellitesoda.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4170

Also, guys, in june, i'll be having a booth at a breast cancer fundraiser. I was wondering if you all would join the Pink show that I will be doing for the event in June 13ht.
I was thinking of doing a bunch of little paintings, all mostly in pink hues or variations of pink. I will be having a booth at a breast cancer fundraiser. I myself, being a survivor of testicular cancer, think the cause worthy and important. My friend Barbara Boswell is also a cancer survivor, she is the organizer of the event. I'll attach the flyer for her event too if you'd like to join us for a good time.
Well, so at my booth, I'll be selling art that relates to the celebration of life. Celebrating moder medicine, even remembering friends that passed from cancer. Basicly, the art should be light hearted, and inspire good feelings in those that purchase it. The art will be sold at the artist's desired price. 50% for the breast cancer cause, and 50% for the artist.
If that is agreeable to you, please write me and let me know if you are interested in this.

Here's more development stuff from me, LEFTYJOE!

2009-05-28T02:15:00.000-07:00

As I said in my previous posts, I'm trying to show you all the things that I used to play when I was a kid. I would imagine Monsters and Robots of all kinds. Here's what a garden variety "monster plant" or "swiss cheese plant" looked like to me as a kid playing in the garden. It looked like a voodoo shaman zombie elephant plant monster!!!

Dude, so here's Lindsey's first finished piece!!!

2009-05-28T02:11:00.000-07:00

Her bio will be up soon. :)

yuh...

2009-05-27T08:51:00.000-07:00

its all coming together now... see... just put the pieces together then WHAMMM!

Some more concept stuff for ya.

2009-05-25T03:23:00.000-07:00

I was trying to do some stuff for my "Lil joey and the plant monsters" piece. Here's what I did today.

Also, we have another addition to our show.

Lindsey LaMont, http://www.myspace.com/bonesawkiller
Here's a lil taste of her stuff.

First Part to my piece...

2009-05-24T23:52:00.000-07:00

Heres the first part to my piece... theres more to come. Hope you all like it so far. Cheers!
i...

"the church" in downtown LA.

2009-05-24T04:51:00.000-07:00

This is where the "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" show will be held this july on the 18th.
Once again, the address is 606 6th street, LA, CA. on the corner of 6th street and Crocker.

Here are pics from the site.

This is the main lot, there will be a DJ spinning right here I assume.

more pics from the outside, do you recognize any of these spots, "the church" is used in movies and tv shows very often. (this last week, we had a meeting with the promoter that is helping us put together our art show, but we had to reschedule because there was a film scout and a crew checking out the lot. BJ, our gracious representative of the site, our awesome promoter and a good pal: says that the building's purpose is usually for film, that's most of the revenue. So, if you happen to want to shoot here, I'll (leftyjoe) put you in contact with the right peepz.

Here are pis of the inside, where the art show will cover the walls of the entire premesis.

Our show will momentarily push aside the art of Michael Godard that currently adorns the walls.

Here's where a great live band will be performing, (hopefully they don't rock the art rigt off the walls)

And, the awesome upstairs area will also hold art, along with a small independent bazzar. Merchants and artisans will be selling their unique swag.

Check it, Jack Rossi's finished piece!!!

2009-05-24T04:46:00.000-07:00

Here's Jack Rossis's enry for our show, one of many I hope!!! :)

heres what joe did!

2009-05-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

Development for my series for the show,

2009-05-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

Dude!!! There's a lot of stuff out there called Monsters and Robots!!!

2009-05-14T15:26:00.000-07:00

check this out,

and also,

http://robotsandmonsters.org/

and,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_and_Robots

LOL, cool check out my marketing campaign!!!

2009-05-14T14:48:00.000-07:00

Feel free to steal the letter itself and change it to fit you personally, or just do as I did and forward this to anyone you know. I just looked up Monsters on google web search, found a monster related site, and I sent the contact people this letter. Please help me do this.
sincerely,
Leftyjoe.

Greetings, I'm Leftyjoe, a Latino San Gabriel valley artist transplanted to the Wilshire district of LA hoping to continue working in animation and pop art.

I'm co-curating a great pop art show in Downtown LA this July, on the 18th.
It will be held at "the church" building (address 606 6th street. LA CA- downtown on 6th.st and Crocker) near the "brewery".

It's a group show containing tons of artists, famous and undiscovered. The show's theme may catch your eye, "Mawnstirrs (monsters) and Rowboughts (robots)"

The artists will show just how those two icons of human culture touched each of their lives and influenced their creativity.
This will be a fun pop art show that will continue to be shopped around to galleries all year long, check us out and please, forward this to anyone you know that is a fan of either subject.

Sincerely,
Leftyjoe.
leftyjoetorres@gmail.com
http://leftyjoe.com/
http://leftyjoeartportfolio.blogspot.com/
http://leftyart.blogspot.com/
(feel free to contact me or peruse my pages)

Below are links to places where we've posted stuff about our show to start the buzz, please help us promote this show so that the artwork can reach the hands of Fans, or connoisseurs of Monsters and or Robots. Hopefully the works of art will touch someone's life as art and the subject matter has touched the artists themselves. And, hopefully what the artists are conveying in there art will have the same affect.

Here's a thread I started for our show on Drawingboard.org, join the site, comment on the thread and post pics or vids to get people excited about the show.

http://www.drawingboard.org/viewtopic.php?p=739622#739622

Oh, once again, here's the blog I started to post our pics and vids for our art show.

http://mawnstirrsandrowboughts.blogspot.com/

and on satellite soda.

http://satellitesoda.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4170

and on Frederator,

http://channelfrederator.ning.com/profiles/blogs/group-art-show-in-july-on-the

"Iron Puppy" vs "The Dark Shadow" Time-lapse...

2009-05-14T13:33:00.000-07:00

Submitted for your approval... 40min. condensed into 3:17...

:D

Official Logo.

2009-05-12T01:51:00.000-07:00

Stirrs 'N' Boughts...

2009-05-11T21:36:00.000-07:00

I'm sitting here, chilled out at my desk.. I got the Uhh Yeah Dude streaming on the interweb.. and I'm drawing some Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts.. and uh, that's how I do.. ya know, Wanted to let you know.. anyhow... Check out the progress:
"Iron Puppy" vs. "The Dark Shadow"

**seat belts**

Khylov Development Sketches

2009-05-11T20:54:00.000-07:00

One idea is confirmed, the other is still in the works. Damn cephalopods...

Some monsters,

2009-05-11T18:12:00.000-07:00

Just for fun, and to get you all excited!!! These were in a show in '08. It was a 50/50 charity show. All the paintings were sold at $100 bucks, half to the artists, half to the charity that the gallery chose. Alphacult gallery in Long Beach.
(hey Kyle, remember that gallery whose name i couldn't remember, this was it)
Well, enjoy,

Leftyjoe, over and out.

Too bad, lol

2009-05-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

Too bad the "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" art show won't allow us to have known characters in it. I did some lil paintings with some alternate character designs for some of my favorite Transformers. Good ol' Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Soundwave.
I may reveal why I made these sometime later, check my personal blog later on.
I'll share these anyway since they're monster related, and these were in another art show I did this year.

Enjoy,
Leftyjoe, your friendly LA area art slinger. :P

Wooo!!!

2009-05-07T02:50:00.000-07:00

Check it guys, so this is my first development stuff for the "Mawnstirrs and Rowboughts" show in July 11. Monsters and Robots.

Confirmed Participant Chris Daylo

2009-05-03T23:35:00.000-07:00

So on my end, (Leftyjoe) co-curator of the show, I have friends and friends of friends on board. Chris Daylo, (old friend, one of the leads of our old MON graffitti crew, and Rowland animation school chum) is confirmed for the show and working on some pieces already. Woo!!!

Confirmed Participant Gennady Babichenko

2009-04-28T16:19:00.000-07:00

Click here for his bio. Here's some of his work:

Websites:

http://www.gennadyart.com/
http://gennady.deviantart.com/

Confirmed Participant Khylov

2009-04-28T15:53:00.000-07:00

Khylov (Kyle Shockley):

........

Raised on the Central Coast of California; attended Betzalel Academy
of Art and Design (Jerusalem) and California Institute of the Arts
(CalArts), character animation program. Credits include: Wall-E, El
Tigre, Activision ReVisioned series. Has worked for Pixar, Six Point
Harness, Contour Entertainment, Argosy Film, Domogram, Hayasa
Pictures, Odysea Surf. Work as appeared in "Street Fighter Tribute"
(Udon Press, 2008 ed.), "The Art of WALL-E" (Pixar), "Jab Strong Fierce" show (Gallery Nucleus).

Websites:

http://khylov.blogspot.com/
http://kyleshockley.blogspot.com/

LOL, so Here's a "Row"-bot.

2009-04-28T12:21:00.000-07:00

LOL, get it? It's a "Row" bot. Hehe. (this will not be featured in the show, but I just thought I'd share this with you.

I hang out with the Guys from the Drink and Draw social club in Hollywood CA. I drew this a while back when we were all on a Robot fix.