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Name: Brett Amory Nickname: Sign. Cancer Favorite: Time of day. Morning Drink. coke Color. severes blue Q1. Are you superstitious? A1.When I want something Q2. Best show you’ve ever been too? A2.Lusty Lady Q3. What have you said you would … Continue reading
Name:Eric Fortune
Nickname: E-Dubb, E, E-Schnitzle, E-Murda(recently aquired from a student at the art school where I teach) Basically anything that starts with “E” and ends in whatever you want. A friend called me E-Shamalamadingdong(sp?) once. That was nice.
Sign: Pieces/Dragon
Favorite:
Fruit. I like asian pears, not sure if they are my favorite. Love pomegranates…
Time of Day.Anytime I’m being productive is great.
Book. Maybe “Ender’s Game” but I’ve heard Orson Scott Card is a butt as a person.ehhh
Q1. What animal trait do you wish to possess?
A1.flight
Q2. What superhero would be your sidekick?
A2.if by sidekick you actually mean concubine than def Mystic….OOOOOH Yeah.
Q3. Bathroom read?
A3.sorry don’t read in bathroom. Too much focus is required for the tasks at hand.
Q4. Where and When in time would you go?
A4.I’d probably have to see what the deal is with Jesus. Or way into the future. Hopefully things do get better in the future.
Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.How about recent? I’m at home in my boxers. Fresh out of the shower with a nice sheen over my tone but not overly so physique. I forget why but I’m having a good day so I’m doing my good day dance and end it with a mule kick/superman punch thingy and maybe some weird yelpy noise. I stand up and turn around. On the floor next to me is a bunched up piece of toilet paper. I ask my friend, who just witnessed all of this, “uhhh, what’s that?” His reply..”WTF dude, that just fell out of your boxers!” Ugh, yeah, pretty embarrassing. There’s only a few reasons some bunched up toilet paper might be in and around my boxer area. Won’t get into that now. So I lose. Fifteen minutes later he confessed he missed the trashcan with the tissue and made everything up. Props for quick thinking. Thing is, I actually do stash crumpled tp in my boxers. Luckily the real stash was quite secure. Like it always is. Epic Win for E-Shamalamadingdong!
Q6. Best compliment ever received?
A6. I heard someone say “check out this guy Eric Fortune’s work. He’s one of my favorites.” at the recent Hi-Fructose Show at Copro Gallery. That felt really good.
Q7. What do you admire in a person?
A7. Dependability, good work ethic
Q8. When do you feel most creative?
A8. when deadlines are approaching
Q9. What 80’s movie would you live in for a day? Who would you be?
A9.idk maybe Transformers. I guess I’d be some goofy robot. Not really the leader type.
Q10. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A10. Not cleaning up after yourself!
Not only is Eric Fortune a talented artist, he is an amazing fantastic fun person. If you ever get to meet Mr. Fortune in person be sure to say hello, he will probably make you smile. See more of Eric’s work on his website
Name: Tran ( pronounced Tron) Nguyen
Nickname: Mega-Tran, Voltran, Tranny
Sign: Capricorn
Favorite Superhero,Color,Season: Mom & dad, Turquoise, Autumn
Q1. How many times have you been pulled over? And why?
A1. Once. I ran passed a “Do Not Enter” sign at school so campus security pulled me over and started scolding me. I almost cried.
Q2. What animal is your spirit guide?
A2. People say I act like a bunny…so I guess, a bunny? I’d much rather prefer a ferocious mountain lion or an ass-kicking wallaby.
Q3. What’s your vice?
A3. I love burnt food, especially burnt honey-roasted ham. The blacker, the better…mmm…carcinogenic food.
Q4. If you could live in a movie for a day, which movie would it be? Would you be yourself or another character?
A4. John Nash from A Beautiful Mind — So I can see how it feels to be so smart yet so insane and what courage it took to overcome it.
Q5. If your art was an ice cream flavor which one would it be?
A5. The non-diary kind because I’m somewhat lactose intolerant. Melancholic Mango Sorbet.
Q6. Did you have an imaginary friend as a child?
A6. Unfortunately no, my real friends wouldn’t leave me alone.
Q7. Personal Quote?
A7. “Well, it could be worse.”
Q8. Do you believe in horoscopes and zodiac signs?
A8. Not really, I’ll flip to the back of a magazine to read it but mainly for entertainment purposes.
Q9. Do you drink coffee? If so how many cups a day?
A9. I try to keep it at a maximum of one a day + 5 cups of green tea.
Q10. Best show you have ever been too?
A10. Technically, it’s not a show but I would have to say my dad’s Naturalization Oath Ceremony. Twenty years ago, we came to the U.S. without anything – money, clothes, or a home. Now, after all his sweat and tears, my brothers and I have everything we ever needed and more. To him, the naturalization certificate embodied the years of us having nothing to everything. Yes, my dad (and mom) is pretty kick-ass.
Name: Aaron Nagel
Nickname: Bagel
Sign: Pisces
Favorite:
Ice Cream. Book. Color
Mint Chip. Shadow Divers. Dark Grey
Q1. Are you superstitious?
A1. not really, but I am super paranoid (which can manifest itself in similar ways).
Q2. Best show you’ve ever been too?
A2. Art Show or Rock Show? Art: last years Art Basel. Rock: Pogues.
Q3. What have you said you would never do, but have ended up doing?
A3. Nothing yet, I can be pretty rigid…but there are definitely a few on the horizon.
Q4. Bathroom read?
A4. IKEA catalogues, Art Mags.
Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5. I got caught shoplifting when I was 14, the security guard cuffed me (totally unnecessary since I was tiny and terrified) and walked me through the store real slow like. then called my mom.
Q6. If you were a Transformer, what car/truck would you transform into?
A6. I’d like to say an Audi R8, but it’d probably be more like a Ford Focus.
Q7. What was your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?
A7. Voltron or Thundercats. I remember really liking the Black Cauldron too, scared the shit out of me.
Q8. What’s your vice?
A8. how about three: Coffee, late night cereal, and Jujubees.
Q9. When are you most creative morning, mid day, or evening?
A9. evening/night definitely.
Q10. You were slipped a radioactive roofie by an evil scientist and now have mutated, what’s your superpower?
A10. is flying too boring? that would be so fresh. curing cancer would be pretty rad too
If you are so lucky to be in the Bay area tomorrow check out Aaron’s solo at the Shooting Gallery. Not going is lame, and yes because of my southern california residency I am lame for not being there. Don’t be lame like me. For more images and info on Aaron vist his website.
Name: Greg Simkins
Nickname: Craola
Sign; what? You don’t believe that nonsense do you?
Favorite:
Cookie. Book. Color: Chocolate Chip, Watership Down, Green
Q1. What animal is your spirit guide?
A1. What’s a Spirit guide? If I could have an animal as a tour guide however, I would probably want it to be the docile Giant Anteater. What a majestic creature, full of life and vigor… And ants.
Q2. you had a parrot what would you teach it to say?
A2. Probably Hello, just like every other schmuck out there.
Q3. What superhero would you make your sidekick?
A3 Aquaman, and I would make fun of him all day and call him little squirt.
Q4. What do you admire in a person?
A4 Good manners.
Q5. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A5 Awkard pauses in……conversations
Q6 Favorite amusement park and ride?
A6 Disneyland, Dumbo
Q7. Best vacation memory?
A7 Christmas in Big Bear when I was 5
Q8. Childhood ambition?
A8 To be a Veterinarian
Q9. Best compliment ever received?
A9 “Wow! That’s amazing how you didn’t screw that blending up this time on the background”
Q10. What do you wish was invented?
A10. Hands down, a Hover Board. Thanks back to the future for putting that one in my head as a kid and never following through.
Greg “Craola” Simkins artwork is reminiscent of Renaissance painting with its decadent fabrics and rich color but possess a modern manipulated composition. One will not find the portraits of patrons or a biblical passage but his own voice ringing clear through his paintings. Simkins sent me more photos that I will be sharing on the blog later this week. For more information visit Simkins website.
Name: Andy Kehoe
Nickname: Snake-Eye Badger Daddy
Sign: Gemini
Favorite:
cookie. Fresh baked chocolate chip
number. 100101010010101111
organ. Eyes
Q1. What animal is your spirit guide?
A1.A black cat.
Q2. If you had a parrot what would you teach it to say?
A2.The opening theme song to Perfect Strangers.
Q3. What superhero would you make your sidekick?
A3.Brock Samson
Q4. What do you admire in a person?
A4.Honesty, immortality, and skill with a blade.
Q5. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A5. Self-righteousness.
Q6 Favorite amusement park and ride?
A6. Though Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio has the best roller coasters ever, I have to go with Kennywood in Pittsburgh just for all the memories there growing up… and civic pride. My favorite ride there is The Phantom’s Revenge.
Q7. Best vacation memory?
A7.We went to Disney World when we were young and my dad tricked my brother Ben and I into going on a ride called Space Mountain. Once I realized it was a roller coaster, I started crying hysterically but couldn’t get out of it. At the beginning of the ride, it takes you up a ramp and I really thought I was going into space and it scared the shit out of me. I was easily scared and tricked as a kid. Now I try to scare and trick people as often as I can.
Q8. Childhood ambition?
A8.To be a comic book artist or a video game designer… and to grow a really nice moustache.
Q9. Best compliment ever received?
Nice moustache.
Q10. What do you wish was invented?
A machine that could record dreams.
Nickname: pulsatilla
Sign: cancer
Favorite
Fruit : passion fruit
Time of Day : 19 HOO
Book : woody hallen “Le chantier infernal”
Q1.What animal is your spirit guide?
A1.the fox, wild, blond red head like me.
Q2.What superhero would be your sidekick?
A2.tarzan, so sexy
Q3.Bathroom read
A3.magazine only, love reading gossips in Elle magazine.
Q4.Where and When in time would you go?
A4.In laponia, in winter for christmas.
Q5.Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.i was a little child, my mum didn’t want to buy me some chewing gums, she said it was bad for my teeth…but i wanted this chewing gums, so in my school, with a friend we took some used gums on the ground, we rinced and ate them…the teacher discovered me, told my mother, i was grilled…big shame but still no bubble at home.
Q6.Best compliment ever received ?
A6.”you are my princess”, from my boyfriend.
Q7.What do you admire in a person?
A7.honesty, humor, sensibility, positive state of mind, creativity. oh yeh, big list…
Q8.Greatest strength? Greatest Weakness?
A8.Well, my greatest strength is probably my determination and my sensibility, weakness : impatient
Q9.What 80’s movie would you live in for a day? Who would you be?
A9.movie “Manon des sources” realised by R. Berry”, i would be Emmanuelle Béart as “Manon”. For a day, walk barefooted in the wood, with rosmaryn, thym and pine smells, swim in the river, hear the Mistral wind in the trees, feel my Provence.
Q10.Biggest Pet Peeve?
A10.ringing bell on the morning, and TV news.
For more of her work please visit Pulsatilla’s website.
Name: Christine Hale
Nickname: Love, Christine or Mochi
Sign: Scorpio
Favorite
Food: Pizza is probably something I could never say NO to, but I love food—good, healthy ,feel good yumz.
Book. This Japanese book about other Japanese books-haha- I don’t know what it’s called but I love it so much. It just has pictures of cool looking Japanese publications.
Season: All of them, except the parts in between ( the rainy cold muddy parts).
Q1. Are you superstitious?
A1.No, but I sometimes don’t step on cracks when I’m walking down the street. Not because I think the world will fall apart, I just don’t like to.
Q2. Best show you’ve ever been too?
A2.Final Fantasy (Owen Pallete) at the Troubador.
Q3. What have you said you would never do, but have ended up doing?
A3.Drive longer than an hour to work. Eat cooked carrots.
Q4. Bathroom read?
A4.The ingredients of whatever is sitting next to me because I usually forget to grab something.
Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.I had a crush on a bookstore ( still do) and I couldn’t get the door to open so then I got really flustered, pointed at the hours of operation sign and said something like “OH THAT’S WHY!” like the store was closed and I couldn’t get in and that is why the door was so hard to open, and then I walked away. It was all a blur and I realized that the store had been open an hour, I just didn’t pay attention to it and I did all that stuff by embarrassment default. It was really bizarre. I don’t know who saw me, but I’m sure someone did.
Q6. If you were a Transformer, what car/truck would you transform into?
A6.One that transforms into a pizza.
Q7. What was your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?
A7.Garfield. He inspired me to write my first illustrated book ( in the 1st grade) about a cat and a dog and a man. Haha. I mostly just loved Odie, though.
Q8. What’s your vice?
A7.pizza
Q9. When are you most creative morning, mid day, or evening?
A9.Late late late at night and when I have something due in a very short amount of time, or when I first wake up.
Q10. You were slipped a radioactive roofie by an evil scientist and now have mutated, what’s your superpower?
A10.Teleportation!
Christine Hale is not only a fresh and fun illustrator, she has amazing taste in music. The list of musicians she has made a band poster for would make the coolest of indie kids blush. I have some good cool kid creds. but this girl is at the head of the table. Talented artist with a discerning ear. And she does comics too. And she has an amazing band, The Hoof and The Heel.
I am certifiably jealous!!
Please check out her website for more work but here are a few of my favorites. And I spot an MAOI surveyed band and Nathan Deyoungs favorite animal. Click picture for a jump to their surveys.
Name: Nathan DeYoung
Nickname: Diddles
Sign: Aquarius
Favorite:
Cookie: Chocolate Chip!
Number: 13…no foolin
Organ: liver
Q1. What do you consider the most daring thing you have done thus far in your life?
A1. Attempt to make a career with my art.
Q2. If you knew that time would stop for 5 min’s on a certain day, what would you plan to do during those few minutes?
A2. I would drive like a maniac for two minutes and five seconds, than lay down in the middle of the freeway and stare at the sky for two minutes and thirty seconds and than safely return to my car with the remaining time.
Q3. Best song of all time? Or at least in the top ten?
A3. Gaaawwwddd…most impossible question ever! Hmm, well a couple (because its impossible to narrow down) of my fav. tracks are The National- Racing Like A Pro…. The Mars Volta- Miranda That Ghost Isn’t Holy Anymore: C. Pisacis (Phra-Men-Ma)….Norma Jean- A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest….Interpol- Untitled….Radiohead- Where I End And You Begin ( The Sky Is Falling In)….and on and on and on and on!
Q4. Who is the most annoying film or tv character?
A4. Any soap opera character that has ever lived…who watches those things really????
Q5. Do you clap at the end of a movie?
A5. Ohhhh you betcha! Only for the good ones though…
Q6. Childhood Ambition?
A6. I really wanted to be a professional baseball player.
Q7. Best first day of school memory?
A7. Well, it was the first day of middle school and I remember being pretty nervous and my dad actually walked with me to school that day and when it was time for me to go to class he gave me a much needed hug, smiled and while he handed me my favorite snack ( a pb&j) we caught eyes while he was still smiling and it was as if we had an entire conversation about the day and all my jitters went away for a few seconds…it was almost magical.
Q8. What animal would you transform into on a dime?
A8. A hippo…no joke!
Q9. Favorite cartoon while growing up?
A9. Total tie between “Doug” and “The Simpsons” I was hooked like an open mouth bass on those shows!
Q10. What was your first kiss like?
A10. Pretty short actually, haha. She was my first girlfriend, I thought she was so beautiful. We were in 6th grade and I was so nervous about the whole thing that it ended up being this short little peck on the lips…haha i tried to play it off really cool though..i thought to myself what would the fresh prince do??? Oh yeah, he would play this cool!
Nathan DeYoung integrates the freedom of abstract color and broad strokes with the tight delicate refinement of his breathtakingly rendered women. Creating a dream world of sense and confusion. At his show with Thinkspace gallery he better explained their existence with an attached poem to the piece. Nathan’s self taught ability is baffling yet a statement in itself to his passion and dedication. One has to put their hands in their pocket to keep from touching the canvas. With the maturity of an old master taking hundreds of hours to perfect one piece, it’s good to see he is still twenty-something at heart.
Q8. You got to use a time machine for one day and one day only, where would you go?
A8.
DABS: Back to 1991, and I would stop myself from taking up cigarettes.
MYLA: November 12, 1955…just to make sure Marty is OK.
Q9. What do you think a snozberry taste like?
A9.
DABS: Bacon and raspberries.
MYLA: A combination of raspberries and blueberries.
Q10. Have you ever met someone you idolize? How was that experience?
A10.
DABS: Seen, got to go to his studio and hang out for a couple of days. It was the BEST!!!
MYLA: Yes, Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins…it was a magical day which made me think anything is possible!!
My Favorite MAOI 