Maqet for Kelly Tunstall + Ferris Plock

Check out these amazing sculptures of art by Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock made by Maqet for their recent show at GrassHut! They are fantastic! It's so cool to see their work in 3D.

After looking at these I remembered how much I adore the work of Kelly Tunstall. Here's some of my favorite pieces from her website.

Balls Out @ Grasshut

Daily duJour has a preview of some of the awesome pieces in Grass Hut's "Balls Out" exhibition, which opens today. Features a great lineup of talent, including one of my favorites, Souther Salazar.

Opening: Thursday, July 7th 2011 (6-9 PM)

Grasshut Online Store

Oh my, the selection of original art in the Grasshut Online store is incredible! Here's just a few...

Tomodashi Parade by Apak

Cosmic Explorer by Aaron Piland (of Apak)

Self Defeating gocco print by Seonna Hong

How did he get way over there by Souther Salazar

The Continuous Spectrum @ Double Punch

Double Punch in San Francisco has a new group show opening this weekend featuring the work of Mark Todd, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros and Jesse Balmer.
The show is on view March 14th - April 5th and the opening reception is this Saturday at 7pm.

Hut on an Island @ Grass Hut

Hut on an Island is a new group show at Grass Hut in Portland. The show features pieces done in collaborations between artists who have not worked on pieces together in the past.

Featuring: Spencer Hibert + Marco Zamora, Johnathan R. Storm + Dawn Riddle, Luke Ramsey + Jill Bliss, Zeesy Powers + Scrappers, Ben Jacques + Le Merde, Irana Douer + Betsy Walton, Bwana Spoons + Theo Ellsworth, Charlotte Walton + Fawn Gehweiler, Oliver Hibert + Owen Plummer, Maseman + Arbito, Shawn Wolfe + Kinoko, Howie Tsui + Apak

Yosemite Studiomates @ Grass Hut

I really want to visit Portland, and the two main reasons are Grass Hut (the gallery run by Bwana Spoons and Justin "Scrappers" Morrison) and Moshi Moshi.
I was looking at my friend Marty's blog, who lives in Portland now, and he mentioned a great show that is going on at Grass Hut. You can purchase some of the pieces online, here.
I don't know how I didn't know about it- Souther Salazar and Seonna Hong are two of my must-blog-about artists!


Here is the show info:
SOUTHER SALAZAR


ESTHER PEARL WATSON



MARTHA RICH


SEONNA HONG


MARK TODD


They all share a studio in Los Angeles county. And they are all bringing art to hang in a show at Grass Hut in June. This show is going to squirt amazingness into your eyes and hearts.


(All the work shown in this post is by Souther)

Bwana Spoons : Welcome to California

I'm a huge Bwana Spoons fan, and was stoked to meet him at Comic-Con this year. He has a new show opening next week:

"Welcome to California"
All new paintings by
Bwana Spoons and Justin "Scrappers" Morrison

Opens Sept 7th (first friday) 6-9pm

Grass Hut Gallery
811 e. Burnside
Portland, OR


Bwana Spoons and Justin "Scrappers" Morrison are coming outta the closet. The secrets out, they're from California. They've kept it a secret because they thought Oregonians might get mad and hate on them with a "Locals Only" attitude. As it turns out though, everyone's been super nice and welcoming here in Portland. So take this show as a welcome right back at you.
In their new body of work the Cali-boys explore and reflect everything rad and lame about California. That covers everything from surfing legend Moon-Doggy to gangsta rap legend Easy-E.
Using vivid colors and bold icons in their new painting, Bwana and Scrappers celebrate their first show together in Grass Hut gallery (the galley they both own and operate).

He's also got these super rad shoes out now... I want some!

The New Birds @ Grasshut

"The New Birds" is a group show at Grass Hut Gallery in Portland with over 30 participating artists. Proceeds from the show benefit Portland's Audubon Society. I LOVE the Apak bird house, it is so cute!! Other participating artists include: Amy Morrison, Martin Ontiveros, Katy Horan, Matthew Feyld, and Amy Ruppel (image shown below).