tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51291981979290137162024-03-08T06:18:42.886-08:00Mandrakes & Muck-SnipesThe musings of Los Angeles painter Aaron SmithAaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-17670135872756234522014-01-23T10:31:00.001-08:002014-01-23T10:31:29.551-08:00New Eye-ACCD Projects at LA ART SHOW, 2014<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qbP8TZR-k0c" width="480"></iframe>Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-60184671920000286052013-10-08T18:38:00.001-07:002013-10-08T18:38:25.598-07:00New Limited Edition Print Available!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In honor of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none 0px;">Aaron Smith</strong>'s upcoming NYC exhibition <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none 0px;">"Past the Pillars of Hercules"</strong> The artist and Sloan Fine Art will be issuing a limited edition Giclee’ print. </div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none 0px;">YOUR VOTE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ABOVE IMAGE “FALLALISH” IS BECOMING A LIMITED EDITION PRINT:</strong></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none 0px;">“Fallalish”, 2013, Giclee’ Print, edition of 50, signed by the artist, 24” x 18” </em></div>
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The print will be released in November but collectors can <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none 0px;">pre-order now at a special price</strong> at: </div>
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<br />Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-77514198133988670332013-01-17T22:51:00.000-08:002013-01-17T22:51:27.099-08:00Collaborative works by Dan Barry and Jana Brike will be featured at THE METRO SHOW, JANUARY 24-27, 2013 AT THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION, 125 WEST 18TH STREET NYC NY<br />
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FA (Heidi Leigh & Nick Leone) and Sloan Fine Art (Alix Sloan) are pleased to present “Awakened,” an exhibition and fundraising event inspired by, and benefitting, the pet companions that brighten all of our lives. For this special ten-day exhibition, curator Alix Sloan has challenged over sixty artists to create works inspired by the powerful impact of animals in our lives and homes. A portion of the proceeds from every sale will be donated to <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://adoptapet.com/" style="color: #333d53; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Adopt-a-Pet.com</a></strong> in support of their mission to help find loving homes for homeless pets.</div>
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Participating artists, including several from Sloan Fine Art and AFA’s rosters, include: Charles Addams, Jessicka Addams, Jennybird Alcantara, Nicole Alvarez, Nana An, Jean-Pierre Arboleda, Carrie Anne Baade, Rebekah Bogard, Mia Brownell, Tim Burton, Bill Carman, Bryan Cunningham, Jason D’Aquino, Michelle Doll, Peter Drake, Nicole Etienne, Eric Finzi, Marc Finzi, Erik Foss, Theodor Geisel, Kady Grant, Leontine Greenberg, Linda Griggs, Gris Grimly, Evan B. Harris, Jason Holley, Anthony Iacono, Kate Javens, Lisa Lebofsky, Travis Louie, Julia Marchand, Elizabeth McGrath, Gabriela Mesa-Jonassen, Scott Musgrove, Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters, Joshua Petker, Ransom & Mitchell, Kirk Reinert, Martha Rich, Paul Richard, Ron Richter, Chris Roberts-Antieu, Jean-Pierre Roy, Jonny Ruzzo, Isabel Samaras, Charles M. Schulz, Ryan Scully, Maurice Sendak, Heather Sherman, Nathan Skiles, Sally Sloan, Aaron Smith, Owen Smith, Nathan Spoor, Jonathan Viner, Melanie Vote, Lindsey Way, Casey Weldon, Eric White and Brad Woodfin.</div>
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In addition to the exhibition of original artwork, hard to find prints by Nicoletta Ceccoli, Tom Everhart, Shepard Fairey, Camille Rose Garcia, Daniel Merriam, and Marion Peck will be available in a live auction, led by celebrity pet expert Pia Salk, the night of the reception.</div>
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<br />Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-49629948997711819372012-07-19T20:15:00.001-07:002012-07-19T20:15:21.651-07:00The Pride Review: Interview with artist Aaron Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7WqMypXd4W0/UAjNG_ZCRoI/AAAAAAAABOQ/5b1Os7ty6qA/s1600/securedownload-3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7WqMypXd4W0/UAjNG_ZCRoI/AAAAAAAABOQ/5b1Os7ty6qA/s320/securedownload-3.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><a href="http://thepridereview.blogspot.com/2012/07/interview-with-artist-aaron-smith.html?spref=bl">The Pride Review: Interview with artist Aaron Smith</a>: “Buck”, 2011, oil on panel, 28”x24” The Pride Review Interview with Aaron Smith How has your life been so far. In which way...Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-76969031771368541592012-06-28T21:33:00.001-07:002012-06-28T21:33:05.728-07:00Sloan Fine Art: NEW Marion Peck & Aaron Smith Prints<a href="http://sloanfineart.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-marion-peck-aaron-smith-prints.html?spref=bl">Sloan Fine Art: NEW Marion Peck & Aaron Smith Prints</a>: We're pleased to announce the release of new Marion Peck and Aaron Smith prints, available now and exclusively from Sloan Fine Art! "Bi...Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-40656211864788085332012-06-25T17:06:00.001-07:002012-06-25T17:06:27.712-07:00Aaron Smith issues Limited Edition Print<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>For the first time, a limited edition, signed and numbered giclee print is being issued of an Aaron Smith's painting! </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Edition of 40, signed and numbered by artist <br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Print size 19.75" x 18.75" <br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Printed on archival printing paper <br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Certificate of authenticity provided</span><br />
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Stilkey is one of the represented artists at LeBasse Projects and this exhibition is his first curatorial effort.</div><div style="color: #09243a; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 400px;">The title of the show was inspired by a quote from the French poet Paul Valery, “The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.” This idea resonated with Stilkey because the future seems to show as much promise as when we were young.</div><div style="color: #09243a; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 400px;">Stilkey suggests: “Our vision of the future is that society will evolve and progress and our situation will improve. As you get older you realize that these things often do not turn out the way you expected. I think this is especially relevant at this time, with global concerns and anxiety around climate change, economic and financial crises, environmental destruction, etc. When I was a kid, I thought that in 30 years I’d be flying around in a Jetson’s car, not worrying about global warming and widespread extinction of species.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f_0Ttm8aBAg/TpKj9M1OaiI/AAAAAAAAA8I/TWoWOENa1ps/s1600/tumblr_lsd960OPxu1qbya7jo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f_0Ttm8aBAg/TpKj9M1OaiI/AAAAAAAAA8I/TWoWOENa1ps/s400/tumblr_lsd960OPxu1qbya7jo1_1280.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><div style="color: #09243a; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 400px;">Artists invited to participate include: Kelsey Brookes, Brian Dettmer, Katrin Fridriks, Jim Houser, Dave Kinsey, Ryan McLennan, Cleon Peterson, Dena Schuckit, Aaron Smith, Tara Tucker, Mario Wagner and Mike Stilkey. Artists were selected because of the nature of their work and how it resonated with Stilkeyʼs own vision of the future. While the theme of the show is based on the poetic title, Stilkey has left artists open to interpreting the ideas entirely at their own direction.</div>Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-12088097216747645152011-09-17T13:29:00.000-07:002011-09-17T13:47:50.049-07:00Nicole Etienne lays out a feast for the eyes at Sloan Fine Art, NY<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A certified romantic, Nicole Etienne seduces the viewer with luscious views of opulent interiors, teaming with floating flowers, cavorting animals, and sensual nude women. Photography and painting combine to disorienting effect. Nicole's work seems a perfect foil to these austere times, if only for a moment. 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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inspired by the stunning impact these unlikely heroes from his childhood have had on the world, Viner began hunting online for class photos of computer science majors from the 1970's. Those old photos, mined through Google on an iPad, became the starting point for “COMPUTER SCIENCE.” Further influenced by great portrait painters from the canon of art history, including Ingres and Currin, Viner set out to recreate these symbolic figures from his youth, infusing them with all of the idiosyncratic humor and thoughtfulness from his memories. Google, Facebook and Apple are blended with hog hair bristle brushes, oils and turpentine. By merging contemporary content and high tech resources with the centuries-old tools and methods of oil painting, Jonathan Viner pays homage to his own father and to the prophets of Computer Science from his childhood who went on to shape the world in which his own son will grow up.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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After meeting Richard along with my friend Nick Wooster in NYC for dinner, I can say that the charm and charisma of his drawings are directly related to the man himself. I can't wait to celebrate his achievements in fashion illustration in Los Angeles.Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-67737299153791286432011-01-28T00:56:00.000-08:002011-01-31T00:33:07.031-08:00Please vote for me to get a grant at the link bellow.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WynIDFUYDyQ/TUKFNOB2kqI/AAAAAAAAA34/3EX87YX1FcM/s1600/tumblr_lffzw5Y5gQ1qbya7jo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="391" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WynIDFUYDyQ/TUKFNOB2kqI/AAAAAAAAA34/3EX87YX1FcM/s400/tumblr_lffzw5Y5gQ1qbya7jo1_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Please vote for me to get a grant..<br />
<a href="http://www.artistswanted.org/Mucksnipe">Aaron Smith - Artists Wanted 2010</a>Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-68007653113953474732011-01-21T00:45:00.000-08:002011-01-31T00:37:29.813-08:00David Patel catches me again....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WynIDFUYDyQ/TTlHRZ-cFbI/AAAAAAAAA30/vke-m4YAlAk/s400/166630_10150125122257803_666877802_7697072_3910375_n.jpg" width="365" /></div>My very talented student has a bad habit of drawing caricatures of his teachers in class. <a href="http://davidpatel.blogspot.com/">http://davidpatel.blogspot.com/</a>Aaron Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972791785365077122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129198197929013716.post-1720484075556932942011-01-19T10:45:00.000-08:002011-01-31T00:36:56.712-08:00A great friend Martha Rich opens at SFA Projects<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WynIDFUYDyQ/TTcwNYmAunI/AAAAAAAAA3s/YTtub409hVk/s1600/NCR_universalaccess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WynIDFUYDyQ/TTcwNYmAunI/AAAAAAAAA3s/YTtub409hVk/s1600/NCR_universalaccess.jpg" /></a></div>Martha Rich</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">"Nuts, Charm & Rejection"</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">@ CultureFix, 9 Clinton Street, NYC</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Opening Reception: Friday, January 14th, 7-9pm</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Show runs through February 6th.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Manned gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, Noon to 6.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">View the entire show online at:<a href="http://www.sfaprojects.com/11RichCF.html" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;">http://www.sfaprojects.com/11RichCF.html </a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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A new exhibition book by Marion Peck.<br />
Forward essay by Aaron Smith</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 400px;">Marion will be signing copies of her new exhibition book "Animal Love Summer" during her upcoming exhibition at Alix Sloan Fine Art in New York, NY.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 400px;">Booksigning: Saturday, December 18th, 3 to 5 pm</div></strong><br />
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