Mee Kyung Shim

While walking down India Street in the heart of Little Italy in San Diego,  we came across the Mee Shim gallery.  This was a great space.  Up front was the gallery and in the far right corner a studio and storage space.  What amazed me was the artist is the owner of the gallery (or at least rented the space).  I thought that was pretty sweet!  We checked out the work and were surprised to see Mee Shim working on a commission piece while people wandered through the studio.  Jen and I said hello but didn't want to distract her.  I wanted to post about her because I thought her work was awesome.  I also think that it is great to see an artist support themselves in this way.  Here are a few images and a link to her site.  Video here.

Nature of Fertiliy

Womb Dance

Garden Story

Self Portrait ( A Taoistic Hermit with a Magpie-Tiger)

Woman Embracing Nature

The Greatest Owner

1930-2010

happy birthday

Thank you!

Fresh from the west coast the blog is back, that is until thurs when I go camping for a few days.  Maybe I should learn how to create posts that auto post at specific times.  Anyways,  the Thank You! in the title is for a great family in San Francisco that took Jen, Rachael, Jake and I in for a few days while we were out that way.  THANK YOU!  We had a great time!

Now down to business.  Flywheel Press is the shit.  Period.  Amber     ( yes, that is who we stayed with) was so kind to let us into her studio and check it out.  Her Heidelberg skills were very impressive.  The only time I ever saw one in use was in the movie 7 Pounds, which I annoyingly brought up.  Really, don't bring it up. On a serious note, Flywheel Press has everything. Wedding invites, greetings, stationary, announcements and a handful of other goodies.  Get creative, there is even custom printing!  Check the shop out.

Here are a few of my favorites, in no particular order.

 Now go see more!

Cali

Hitting the west coast until the 2nd!  San Francisco down the coast to San Diego, be back in 12.  Later!

drawings

Here are two artists I wanted to share.  I love the work.

Matthew Woodward

Gary Simmons

I could not find a homepage for Gary Simmons, you will have to google his work to see more.

A Crowd Electric

I need to introduce A Crowd Electric.  I use the word introduce loosely because they have been around for a minute,  but I personally want to bring them to your attention.  I know a lot of you love to dance and just turn into a total freak on the dance floor, so this duo is for you.  Sparrow Hall and David Crabb have released their debut EP, Reckless, which is anything but.  For a little preview, go here.

They also have a mix tape and have created some great remixes including  Madonna’s “Miles Away” which brought the band international notoriety, and their remix of Britney Spears’ “Circus” was selected by Ms. Spears to be featured on her official website.  A Crowd Electric also appears on the Two Blue Wolves soundtrack.

Check it out.....now.