I’ll be showing some of my art and taking part in a panel discussion at LACMA on Saturday, February 23 as part of LA Print: Edition 3, an event celebrating printmaking with notable and emerging printmakers and artists in Los Angeles. So come out, ask me questions, and enjoy a day filled with printmaking activities. It’s always a fun time so I hope to see you there!
With some of my work at The Karma Underground’s art auction that raised over $10,000 for help build a school for nomadic girl’s in Tibet. Lots of great pics at Warholian by Birdman Photos.
Tomorrow night Lucky Bunny will have three, framed, limited edition silkscreens up for grabs in a silent auction to benefit @CircleXTheatre in Los Angeles. There will be DJ sets, a live musical performance and live painting! Other artists featured: Alexander DCD Smith, Angelina Christina, Billy Kheel, Dave Pressler, David Brady, Frans, Haleh Bayat, Jeff Cohen, Joby Cummings, John Park, Max Neutra, Michelle Devereux, Mimi Yoon, Nico Yoon, Nora Martin, Oliver Akuin, Robert Yancy, Septerhed, Tony Hong, Van Saro, and Walt Hall.
For more info…http://vivalaart.org
On 9/11/01, Lucky Bunny was born. It’s also the day Americans willingly gave up their freedoms in exchange for a false sense of security. That day, I created a silkscreen called, ‘Hit Where It Hurts,’ because the economy was sure to tank. Here’s a reworked version I created last year for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Never forget.
Italian rock art masters, MALLEUS, donated their time and skills to make this amazing poster for a charity art show/auction I’m in with them and many others on September 21st in Los Angeles. Great job guys!
Gas Mask Bunny Tee PROCESS PART 3: Applying different colored ink before each pull allowed me to make each shirt unique. I’d never print a large batch in this manner because the ink eventually mixes together, creating grayish-brown while wasting lots of ink. My original idea was to print the Gas Mask Bunny graphic in black so it would appear subtle on a black shirt. But after trying it, I wasn’t satisfied with the result, so I switched to gray ink allowing the Gas Mask Bunny to pop.
Only 6 total shirts were printed, some for a giveaway that PETA2 is doing to coincide with a project we did together. Any extras will be extremely rare and for sale in my web store. Stay tuned for info about the PETA2 contest and hopefully you’ll land yourself a limited edition, unique tee!
Gas Mask Bunny Tee PROCESS PART 2: Here’s where things get fun…printing the tees! As you’ll see in the pics, rather than select colors ahead of time, I elected to add ink in a random fashion to the first layer. I chose to do this so each shirt would be different from the next. Nothing is more boring than having a pre-determined result so it’s fun to “play” on press and have faith that things will work out. Going with the flow, being loose and open to the unexpected is always my goal when art making.
Gas Mas Bunny Tee PROCESS PART 1: Yesterday, I had lots of fun screen printing (silkscreening) new, one-of-a-kind Gas Mask Bunny tees! I experimented and improvised during the printing process making each shirt unique. Screen printing is very laborious so this process blog doesn’t cover everything. But it’s a good way to see what’s involved in getting a design on a t-shirt analog style!
These tees are part of a project I’m working on with PETA2 so stay tuned for a chance to win one, details to follow!
Studio shots 3/22/12-3/24/12. More shots of screen printing my artwork for my solo show at the Joseph Watson Collection, April 6th, in Las Vegas.
Lucky Bunny is the art of Rich DeSimone because Rich likes bunnies and Lucky Bunny is more fun to say than his birth name.
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