"The Sorceress"

This is the time of night when I should be sleeping and instead I'm wasting away online while brainstorming for very near and upcoming projects. BUT I've been sitting on this finish for over a week now and I'm afraid I'll forget about it or something stupid like that, so I'm just going to go ahead and post it. I also spent about a gazillion hours on this one, so I'm much too antsy to wait any longer.

This is for 1988 LA's upcoming "Under the Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" show, opening on January 8th. I came so close to going with She-ra for this, because as a child I was beyond obsessed with her to the point of informing my parents that "I will no longer answer to Shannon, my name is now She-ra, thank you very much." However, I've already done a piece with She-ra in it, so it seemed repetitive. I went with the Sorceress. She's awesome too and her costume is fantabulous.

"The Sorceress"


Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed at least a little bit of time off :)

"Luck is Never Enough" Limited Edition Giclee + Holiday Sale!

My 2nd print, "Luck is Never Enough" is now available for pre-order! Giclee limited edition of 50, 11"x14" + 1" white border, all signed and numbered. It will ship after the 4th of December.

Also, I'm having an all week Holiday Sale in my shop, all items are 20% off through December 4th!



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Stay Tuned!

A little holiday preview...


Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Lunch Bunch Ebay Auction!

Hi all, long time no blog - I know I know... I've got a few projects underway and will be posting more about them soon (including a new print possibly on the verrrryy near horizon), but the last month or so has been a tad slower than usual for me, which has actually been nice. Gotta catch up on my z's and recharge at some point, right?

So the holidays are already upon us (where did 2009 go?), and while a lot of people I know really hate on Christmas, the post-Thanksgiving/Christmas/End of Year Holiday season (outside of the rampantly gross over commercialization) has always been my absolute favorite. So, to get in the spirit, here's something to start out the holiday season in the right mindset:

Artist Ana Bagayan is hosting an ebay auction of prints and originals from various artists to benefit her self-created charity "Lunch Bunch". 100% of proceeds goes towards funding the creation and hand delivering of meal packs to the homeless of LA (all done with friends in her spare time!). There's still a week to go, but all starting bids are only 20 dollars and you never know what might happen - there's loads of nice stuff up there! So, diddly on over and take a look-see, get into the spirit of giving and sharing with those who are less fortunate than most this holiday, and pick up a nice print or piece of art for yourself or a loved one all at once.

Here is a sampling of what is available:(I totally stole all of these pictures from ebay - sorry! :/)

The participating artists are: Ana Bagayan, Chet Zar, Tim Biskup, Glenn Barr, Amanda Visell, Lola, Jeremiah Ketner, Jeremy Berkley, Shannon Bonatakis, Liz McGrath & Morgan Slade, Frank Stockton, Fang Ling Lee, Peter Chan, Scott Musgrove, Nouar, Scott Belcastro, Estela Hyde, Gary Baseman, Amy Sol, Dominique Fung, Daniel Elson, Aimee Kuester, Natalie Shau, Jenna Colby, John Zaso, N.C. Winters, Jeannie Lynn Paske, Scott Saw, and Christopher Umana.

Lunch Bunch Auction
Info about Lunch Bunch
Ana Bagayan's gorgeous work

Happy Holidays!

Beyond Eden Art Fair Part 2

I always get caught up in a mental debate of "do I wait and show my finishes until after their openings or do I just jump the gun and show them now?" Pretty much, I usually end up way too excited about being done with my exceedingly long hours for at least a few days that I just go ahead and post them. Maybe in the future I'll learn to be more secretive, but for now..... meh. So on that note, here are my 3 most recent pieces, done for the Beyond Eden Art Fair, which is happening this weekend - Oct. 9th-11th.

I'm showing with Gallery 1988 LA, and they simply asked for pieces that had some kind of pop culture references within them, since that's what their specialty is. When I do the pop culture stuff I try to choose things that I either really cared about at some point in my life or still feel a deep attachment to. I find that this allows me to keep my voice and my emotions really prominent in the pieces, which is something that is very important to me.

SO, here goes. Lots o' images.
Piece 1: "Luck Is Never Enough"
Piece 2: "You Only See Him When You're Very Young"

Piece 3: "A Letter From No One" (this piece is currently m.i.a. somewhere inside of the us postal system! keeping my fingers crossed that it turns up VERY soon and trying to keep my tummy wiggling down to a minimum in the meantime)

Beyond Eden Art Fair

I'll be showing work with Gallery1988 LA at the Beyond Eden Art Fair next weekend. I'll also be flying out there to attend the weekend, because it sounds too awesome to miss and I need some fresh inspiration from artists who are so good that they make me want to quit or start over or lock myself in my studio and never come out. You can find a list of all of the participating artists and galleries here.

The in progress pieces from my earlier post are for this...I'll post the finishes soon!


oh and P.S. did you see the "Terrible Yellow Eyes" show?! Check it out! It was fantastic!

Opening this week!

I have work in two shows opening this weekend!

"Now Playing" (which I previewed my work for in my last post) opens this Friday Sept. 18th at Gallery 1988 SF. I was honestly a *bit* skeptical at the onset of this project because I knew how far out of everyone's comfort zones something like this would be, but everything I've seen so far has actually been really fun. It turned out to be a pretty neat experiment and should definitely be a cool show to see!

And "Terrible Yellow Eyes", which is the in the flesh version of Corey Godbey's blog project, is opening this Saturday, Sept. 19th, at Gallery Nucleus. My "Wild Thing" piece from several posts back will be on display. I'm REALLY excited about this show, as this entire project has been a complete delight to follow and the work has been nothing short of absolutely fantastic the whole way through.


Check 'em out if you can! :D