Sketchbook Number Sixty-two – 23 June 2012 to 6 August 2012

Cover of Sketchbook No. 62, various pen on canvas sketchbook, 2012, about 9″x12″

Another sketchbook finished – No. 62 – pretty much in record time,

Man – 4 March 2012

Man, 4 March 2012, India ink and watercolor on paper, 4"x6"

Naked Man – 4 August 2011

Naked Man - 4 August 2011, India ink and watercolor on paper, about 8"x4"

Valley Bikery designs – April 2011

 

Valley Bikery design - 29 April 2011, ink on paper, about 8.5"x11"

Man and Woman – 29 December 2010

Man and Woman - 29 December 2010 - watercolor and India ink on paper, about 9"x12"

Carolina Caycedo’s Daytoday at g727

Daytoday installation view of the south wall

Here’s a view of an art show at g727 that featured a few pieces of mine. The view is a portion of a gallery installation by Carolina Caycedo. Caycedo is an artist whose medium is barter. I met her when she dropped by a sunday night potluck dinner at L.A. Eco-Village. We talked about alternative ways of living, about non-object art and object art. She gave me her list of items that she trades for and items that she’s interested in receiving.  I noticed scanning on her list, so I gave her a pile of my older work, which she subsequently scanned and which I’ve subsequently posted here. (If there are other folks out there who would be interested in trading scanning for art, please contact me! Email me at “linton.joe[at]gmail.com” - I have a huge backlog of stuff that I’d like to get scanned and posted someday.)

We also traded books. I gave her a copy of the book I wrote and illustrated: Down by the Los Angeles River in exchange for Almanaque Marc Emery, which she edited. I also exchanged a copy of my Drawings Old and New (xeroxed zine from 2004) for what turned out to be Creative Art Crafts: Pottery Textiles Masks Jewelry (Book 3) by Pedro deLemos – a cool illustrated book from 1948.

I only photographed one wall of three. There was an excellent map of her travels in Los Angeles on  the wall across from the one pictured. The third wall had more bartered objects, and behind that wall was a trading area where folks dropped off various things to exchange – from books, to clothing, to artwork, to knicknacks. It looked a little like a garage sale, and there were definitely folks there looking over the objects and finding things to trade for what they’d contributed.

In the above image, you can see (second from the left) the still life I drew/painted with Chayote and Feijoas (looking good framed!), and (third from the left) my zine and my book.

Still life: Chayote and Feijoas, 16 September 2004 (click for larger image)

Art Show at Pure Luck Restaurant

Artwork for Sale - card created for art show at Pure Luck - watercolor and pen on paper 9" x 4"

I went into Pure Luck Restaurant a week or so ago and the walls were empty, so I checked with my friend who runs it, and said I could hang some work there for now.  Starting tomorrow, there will be an assortment of somewhat older pieces that I already had framed.  Should be up through the end of July.

Pure Luck is a yummy vegan restaurant located in “Hel-Mel” (for Heliotrope and Melrose) which is affectionately known as the Bicycle District.  It’s across the street from the Bicycle Kitchen, Scoops, and adjacent to Orange 20.