Art Show in September in Gallery Saratoga
I hope none of you mind my shameless plug of my art show. I'm having an art show this September and invite any of you in the area to my show.
If any of you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, my show will be in Gallery Saratoga in Saratoga, California, from September 2 to the end of the month. I'll have a reception on Saturday, September 6, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. I'd be happy if you see my show. You could look up my art at http://www.gallerysaratoga.com/artists/Lopez/index.html.
This year I've been doing more ink drawings and cartoons than paintings. My work has been influenced by some classic illustrators: John Tenniel and his work in Lewis Caroll's "Through The Looking Glass"; Garth William's work in "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's Web"; and Maurice Sendak's work in "Where the Wild Things Are." I've also been influenced by George Herriman (cartoonist of the 1930s comic "Krazy Kat"), Charles Addams (a cartoonist for the New Yorker), and Robert Crumb (an underground cartoonist). A big recent influence has been Fritz Eichenberg, a Quaker woodcut artist for the Catholic Worker, and Kathe Kollwitz, a graphic artist during the 1920s and 1930s. These various artists have influenced me to try to create work with more social commentary and more depth.
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Now if it were Saratoga NY....
....that would be a pretty short drive and I'd surely be there.
I see from your list of influences some of the reasons I like your work, Angelo. Those are all among my favorites, although, until I looked them up, I had forgotten the work of Robert Crumb and Fritz Eichenberg.
My younger counter-culture friends in the late 60s and 70s made Crumb's work very familiar to me -- and I can't count the number of times "Keep on Truckin'" was used in the 'underground' media of that era. The Eichenberg piece I know best is The Peaceable Kingdom, hanging on the wall of our local Catholic Worker House. Sendak is indelibly associated with my children's childhoods -- Where the Wild Things Are was published when my daughter was two, and it was one of her favorites, as well as her younger brothers' favorites. And early on, Charles Addams became one of the two Indispensable cartoonists for me, the other being James Thurber. As for Kathe Kollwitz, it's kind of staggering how much of the darkness of the first half of the 20th century she lived through and expressed in her work. That's quite a combination of light and dark influences you're working with.
It was good to see some more of your work at the Z site. And it was good to see some of your murals and non-cartoon paintings at your MySpace site -- and to listen to that Dave Brubeck Quartet's piece there, Three to Get Ready. I hope you'll feel a little less pressured than that to get ready for your show.
Bill
Good news Angelo
I wish I could be there. Can you share any of it here for us? Maybe an exclusive pre-showing? Cheers to a fine man and good artist.
Rich
Thank you for good wishes
Thank you all for your good wishes. I'll post a few here when I have time. Good wishes to all of you too.
Scanning your art work?
Angelo, any chance you can send us some pictures of your art work. I'd love to see them. My curiosity is piqued!
re:Scanning artwork
Hi Kety. Thanks for your curiousity about seeing my art. I'll try to post some of my latest work soon. In the meantime you could check out this link: http://www.gallerysaratoga.com/artists/Lopez/index.html
Have a good August, everyone.
Perfect
Thank you Angelo!
Art Work
Thanks for the link, Angelo.Go ahead and plug away, anytime. Jim
congrats Angelo
Angelo,
Congrats on this exhibit. You have a very distinct style. I love how you combine social and political commentary into your art work. I wish I could be at the exhibit, but we should publicize through our networks.