Clea's Cave

New Work, New Shows

Here are a few things of mine currently showing in Metro Detroit. Below is A Young Ladies Illustrated Primer, made for the Ferndale Public Library's For The Love Of Reading exhibition. The inspiration is Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, or, A Young Ladies Illustrated Primer.

Also, at the Woods Gallery, at the Huntington Woods Public Library, are five of my pieces, two made for this show. The Spirits Show opens Friday (but the show is actually up to view already). The other artists are Lisa Grix, Renee Dooley, and Took Gallagher. Below are three views of The Spirit of Bad Dolls, then an embellished Nino de Atocha statue. 

Shows at Northville Art House, Grosse Pointe Art Center.

The title of this painting is "Beauty Green", and it's in the West of Center show at Northville Art House. The opening was Friday, show is up through June 26.

The two works below are for the Faces and Portraits show at Grosse Pointe Arts Center. This show is actually coming down today.

Unfiltered VI Show at Funhouse Gallery

Here are the four pieces of mine on display at the Funhouse Gallery in the Russell Industrial Center. The show is up through October 1st, including next weekend's People's Arts Festival. Also in the gallery are fantastic hand painted movie posters from Ghana, from artist/curator Mike Kelly's collection. 

 

The pieces, from top to bottom, are Chet, Lavender Love Lion, One Day My Log Will Have Something To Say, and that wacky Peony!

Toys for Come Play With Me

The last three pieces in this post are for Come Play With Me, a show currently at Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester, MI. Directly below are three shots of a Triple Goddess turning doll i made for Renee Dooley for a facebook pay it forward challenge. It was really a pleasure to make something so clear in my mind and so right for the person. Hope the next one is so nice.

Sophia, cyclops yeti.

Martha, who balances heart and brain on her hands.

This be Captain Turner. He actually has a swimsuit babe to grasp in his tentacles, but this photo was pre-gal. When i get a chance to shoot him again at the show, i will.

 

 

The Peony

I'm just itching to show off new toys, but some are under wraps until Come Play With Me opens Friday. But here is The Peony, who was completed too late for Paint Creek.

Shel Dorf

Shel Dorf has died.  It's no exaggeration to say that his work, and love, has made me the fan, of comics andeveryotherdamnthing, i am today.  If you go to mega-media-cons like DragonCon or of course Comic-Con, this guy started it. And here in Michigan.  A nice memorial is found here, thanks Brian Kelly!

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Tiki Card 'O Day

i'm just finishing this excellent book.  Might as well share the postcard, an invite to a Tiki Party/ signing at Book Beat with author Michael Zadoorian and cover artist Glenn Barr.

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Card Du Jour

If you compare this card to yesterday's promo card, also from 1982, Clutch Cargo's had bigger acts than Bookie's.  Even when they were downtown CC's had a bigger venue.  i had a good time at that Dead Kennedys show.

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Return of the Postcard O' Day ~

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Great Detroit Derby Girls Piece

thedetroiter.com has a great story by Nichole Rupersberg, with photos by Sean McClelland, capturing the excitement of seeing a flat track bout for the first time.  Check it out!  This thanks to a heads up from DDG staff member Took Gallagher, who has a non-Derby related art blog here.

If you're reading this elsewhere in the US or Canada,  check The Women's Flat Track Derby Association for a league in your metropolis.

Detroit Derby Girls

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