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Post by steveinca on Apr 18, 2008 13:35:35 GMT -8
Hey all, here's some recent additions to my collection after a few months of hunting down some pieces by artists that i consider masters. Also, just got my hands on three Alex Pardee pieces that are at the framers as we speak.  Chet Zar "Wilbur" original Oil on canvas currently showing at The Hive "Darklands" show  Michael Hussar "Hans Memling" giclee x/88  Michael Hussar "Still Life With A Smile" giclee x/88  Shawn Barber "The Scream" original oil on canvas currently showing at Joshua Liner Gallery  Shawn Barber "Untitled Orange" original oil on canvas currently showing at Johsua Liner Gallery  Jeff Gillette "Southern California 2" 22 x 36 original oil on canvas currently showing at Copro Nason gallery  Steven Bossler "Lincoln Logs and Tonka Trucks" currently showing at G1988 "Toys" show  2 cents 9" Vw bus. Currently showing at G1988  2 cents on found map, currently showing at G1988  Ahren Hertel  "Biomask" mixed media by Erick Rodriguez  "So" mixed media by Zombienose   Reuben Rude "Pins and Needle" pen/ink/pencil  Angry Woebots original oil on canvas  Untitled acrylic on canvas by yours truly   Mark Bodnar "Fresh Wind" original acrylic on canvas   Matt Dangler "Lord Crustaceus drawing  Matt Dangler "Leroy Butterslug" oil  Jophen Stein untitled mixed media  Woebots limited print |
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Post by benvan on Apr 18, 2008 15:18:03 GMT -8
Too many I like to mention specifically, but I am especially drawn to the Michael Hussar "Hans Memling"; I can imagine the feeling of it looking at you no matter where you are in the house. Truly amazing piece. I also really like the Jeff Gillette - I wish I could have seen the show in person, I have only seen online. However I get the feeling they are much richer in person.
Also, do you paint much? you should show more of your stuff!
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 18, 2008 16:23:19 GMT -8
Wow, you have some great pieces. I especially like the Rude, Angry Woebots pieces... And the Jeff Gillette pieces were awesome in person. Saw them a couple days ago at Copro.
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Post by entropy on Apr 18, 2008 17:29:01 GMT -8
Hey all, here's some recent additions to my collection Steve, those are some awesome additions. I saw Wilbur last week in person. I took the subway to downtown during mid day and took a look at some cool stuff. I was surprised at the decent price. I thought all Chet Zar stuff was priced in the stratosphere. Apparently, not so. About Hussar's "Hans Memling". That is one of the most frightening things I've ever seen. I sent a picture of that to my sister about a month ago just for kicks. She said when she opened up the email, she couldn't delete it fast enough! She didn't want any traces of it in her mailbox. heh heh. me, I'm just scared of the Church in general. The Steven Bossler piece was one of my favorites from the Toys show. Thanks for sharing. |
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Post by steve on Apr 18, 2008 19:29:14 GMT -8
Too many I like to mention specifically, but I am especially drawn to the Michael Hussar "Hans Memling"; I can imagine the feeling of it looking at you no matter where you are in the house. Truly amazing piece. I also really like the Jeff Gillette - I wish I could have seen the show in person, I have only seen online. However I get the feeling they are much richer in person. Also, do you paint much? you should show more of your stuff! Thanks benvan! I'm a huge Hussar fan. Thing is, his originals that are of decent size are pushing six figures now, way out of my range. I missed the opp to purchase his "widow" giclee 1 of 1 on the evilbay for 600. Man, i should've picked that up. I paint a lot, mostly acrylics, some mixed media. I'll post up some more pieces! Thanks for the kind words man. |
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Post by steveinca on Apr 18, 2008 19:30:23 GMT -8
Oops, just realized i wasn't logged in for my reply to benvan. I was wondering why it was asking me for a "name" |
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Post by steveinca on Apr 18, 2008 19:31:36 GMT -8
Wow, you have some great pieces. I especially like the Rude, Angry Woebots pieces... And the Jeff Gillette pieces were awesome in person. Saw them a couple days ago at Copro. thanks sleepboy. that means a lot coming from a collector such as yourself. And yeh, the Gillette truly is a beauty. I couldn't resist it. My first choice was his "Murakami" blight canvas but that one sold the first day of previews |
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Post by steveinca on Apr 18, 2008 19:35:27 GMT -8
Hey all, here's some recent additions to my collection Steve, those are some awesome additions. I saw Wilbur last week in person. I took the subway to downtown during mid day and took a look at some cool stuff. I was surprised at the decent price. I thought all Chet Zar stuff was priced in the stratosphere. Apparently, not so. About Hussar's "Hans Memling". That is one of the most frightening things I've ever seen. I sent a picture of that to my sister about a month ago just for kicks. She said when she opened up the email, she couldn't delete it fast enough! She didn't want any traces of it in her mailbox. heh heh. me, I'm just scared of the Church in general. The Steven Bossler piece was one of my favorites from the Toys show. Thanks for sharing. Thanks entropy. Yeh, i was really surprised at how affordable the Zar piece was. Nathan at the Hive really hooked me up, actually knocked off a considerable amount from the asking price because i picked up two other pieces from him. How is Gallery Row anyway? I didn't have a chance to check out the other galleries. Anything cool? Hussar's stuff is so amazing IMO. He's a master. Too bad he refuses to sell a lot of his works. I was talking to Josh Liner from JoshLiner gallery in NY and he told me that Hussar refuses to sell a majority of his work. Not sure why. Josh told me that Hussar has pieces that are ten years old that he refuses to sell. |
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Post by entropy on Jun 6, 2008 17:32:20 GMT -8
Thanks entropy. Yeh, i was really surprised at how affordable the Zar piece was. There was no other thread on Chet Zar in the forum, so I thought I'd post here: I was reading a Guillermo del Toro interview ( he's the director of Pan's Labyrinth, if you haven't seen it, what's wrong with you??) in the overpriced nerd/Sci Fi magazine, Starlog (admittedly, I actually bought it to read stuff on The Dark Knight). Apparently Chet Zar worked several creature designs for Guillermo's forthcoming film: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. So apparently Guillermo del Toro was very demanding of Spectral Motion (the FX company Chet works for). He wanted creatures " unlike anything that has been seen before". That meant no goblins or trolls! ha ha. He actually threw away all the initial designs into the garbage! Ultimately they came up with a few winning designs... Here's a quote from master Guillermo del Toro on Chet Zar: " Chet Zar is an incredibly versatile fine arts painter, who's into that whole juxtaposed pop surrealism, and he never thought he could design a creature in that sensibility and have it taken all the way through the building process. But he designed the Chamberlain character in a fearless manner. He essentially executed his design verbatim all the way through, without a director or producer poking their noses in and making it more accessible. We went with cryptic creature designs". Check out the LATEST trailer for Hellboy 2. Look at all the creatures... You'll definitely see some recognizable Chet Zar monsters come to life! I'm glad to see one artist from this scene break through and not only receive "mainstream" recognition (especially from one of the best living, working directors today), but I would imagine now earning a lucrative penny in the film industry. |
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Post by mikem on Jun 11, 2008 12:57:15 GMT -8
I'm glad to see one artist from this scene break through and not only receive "mainstream" recognition (especially from one of the best living, working directors today), but I would imagine now earning a lucrative penny in the film industry. chet actually started out in the film industry before becoming a painter. he was a makeup artist i believe.. and from wikipedia: "Zar's works vary according to the medium he is using. His interest in art and horror movies led to a career in the motion-picture industry. His contributions to the industry were in the form of sculpture and make-up effects. Zar designed and created prosthetic effects for such movies as The Ring, Planet of the Apes, and Darkman." |
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Post by stevenca on Aug 10, 2008 15:16:53 GMT -8
Hey guys, here are some of the latest pieces i've purchased. Just picked these up from the framers.   Michael Hussar "Nazi" print....1/12   Michael Hussar "Slurry" original drawing. This drawing is pretty well known, it's one of his two pieces from SketchTheatre.  Michael Hussar untitled original drawing. This is Michael's other piece he did for sketchtheatre  Here's a link to Michael drawing the two pieces:  Michael Hussar "Still Life With a Smile" print.   Zombienose "The Show" painting. This guy is a great local LA artist. i've got three pieces by him. |
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Post by thecreep on Aug 11, 2008 9:27:44 GMT -8
Killer Hussar sketches. Did you happen to pick up the last one he just had on Ebay. The cover for the Nail comic?
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Post by steveinca on Aug 11, 2008 10:13:24 GMT -8
Killer Hussar sketches. Did you happen to pick up the last one he just had on Ebay. The cover for the Nail comic? thanks man. I saw the Nails sketch on the bay. I did bid on it but once it passed 2k i was over it. It's a sick piece but i just dropped some coin for these two sketches, figured i should chill for a bit. |
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Post by sleepboy on Aug 11, 2008 20:34:37 GMT -8
wow, that zombienose painting is pretty dope. never knew about that artist.
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Post by steveinca on Aug 11, 2008 21:06:49 GMT -8
wow, that zombienose painting is pretty dope. never knew about that artist. thanks hung. He's featured at the Hive Gallery in downtown LA quite often. The pics dont' do it justice. The piece looks very cool in person. |
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Post by thecreep on Aug 12, 2008 4:36:22 GMT -8
Killer Hussar sketches. Did you happen to pick up the last one he just had on Ebay. The cover for the Nail comic? thanks man. I saw the Nails sketch on the bay. I did bid on it but once it passed 2k i was over it. It's a sick piece but i just dropped some coin for these two sketches, figured i should chill for a bit. I would love to own an original sketch by Michael, maybe one day. All I have of his so far is the Hans Memling print, that I still haven't framed yet. |
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Post by masao626 on Aug 17, 2008 7:04:32 GMT -8
you mentioned over on KR that you have over or about 15 pieces of hussar's work - i'd love to see them all in one place, would you be willing to post them all?
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Post by steveinca on Aug 17, 2008 18:14:51 GMT -8
you mentioned over on KR that you have over or about 15 pieces of hussar's work - i'd love to see them all in one place, would you be willing to post them all? sure, i think i've pretty much posted all of my Hussar pieces on this and/or the kr boards. The number may be off by one or two. I'll post up all my Hussar pieces in one post for ya soon! |
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Post by masao626 on Aug 17, 2008 18:32:29 GMT -8
excellent! thanks man - he's one of my faves and i'm living vicariously through you  |
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Post by steveinca on Aug 17, 2008 18:39:58 GMT -8
excellent! thanks man - he's one of my faves and i'm living vicariously through you Why vicariously? I've seen your insane collection. Which btw puts most galleries to shame. Seems like you could get some Hussar pieces too! Next on my "to get" list is an og from Inky Dreadfuls. |
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Post by steveinca on Apr 26, 2009 9:23:09 GMT -8
Some updates on new pieces as well as new pics of old pieces ....  Heidi Calvert, Hussar  Hussar Room  Hussar Room  Ted Von Heiland  My homage to Kuksi  Audrey  Hussar "Slurry" drawing for sketchtheatre  Hussar sketchtheatre drawing 2  Jeff Gillette Southern CA 2  Brian Viveros  Huot  Hussar Cherry Pie  mark bodnar  Woodward, Olivas, Chueh, Barber, unkown 'the Shining" piece  Luke  Derek Hess  Fairey  Hussar  chet zar  D'errico....thanks Olli!  Joshua Clay  Derek Hess  Hint  Chet zar  Dan Quintana  Audrey 2 sisters print  Kuksi wall  Chet zar  Nate Frizzell and Matt Dangler  Luke giclee on canvas  josh keyes  Travis Louise  Tin  Shawn Barber and Michael Hussar  Barber and Hussar  Michael Pukac  Blek Le Rat  Banksy, Fairey and Mr.Brainwash...ha! |
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Post by ziggy1 on Apr 26, 2009 10:12:42 GMT -8
Love the framing job on the Shepard piece. What instructions did you give the framer?
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Post by steveinca on Apr 28, 2009 16:58:33 GMT -8
Love the framing job on the Shepard piece. What instructions did you give the framer? Thx! Told the framer that i wanted a thick black frame, with lots of space between the print and frame. Wanted a black matte with a bit of sheen. I've got several other Fairey pieces that i plan on framing the same way. It just costs so damn much to do that i haven't done it yet. |
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Post by thinkspace on May 19, 2009 16:22:27 GMT -8
Love your Gillette - have a couple from that series in our collection.
Which show did that Joshua Clay come from?
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Post by steveinca on May 24, 2009 19:02:06 GMT -8
Love your Gillette - have a couple from that series in our collection. Which show did that Joshua Clay come from? thanks....the Gillette piece is one of my favorites. I don't remember what show the Clay is from. It was a part of a large piece that was on display. |
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