Bunny Bunny Brain Damage: Gallery

"Beer is Art" L.A. Beerweek project

Set of four drink coasters arrived mid July.

The nice thing about this ply is you can use scissors for some of the cuts. Each coaster requires 3 four inch diameter disks.Time to start cutting...

It's time to prime all the wood to get a smooth surface.

Everything gets coated 5 or 6 times with primer and sanded between coats.

Final color applied.

Stand-offs are made with small diameter dowel and color matched to background for holding the disks apart. This adds depth as well as lets some light in through the sides.

Each set is stacked, marked and drilled.

A small screw goes through the back (which is counter sunk) and into the dowels.

Everything stacked, spaced and casting a nice shadow.

Time to start plotting the lettering-size, style, length and arc.

Lettering cut out of the 3/64ths ply ready for primer. Meanwhile some details have been added to the primary elements.

Each word uses 2 colors to create a fade for visual interest.

Another color is painted around each letter for legibility.

Getting ready for the final assembly.

Three small dowels are triangulated to hold up each word and color matched to the background.

And here's the four coasters as a set.

BANG

BOOM

POW!

BLAM

La Luz de Jesus Gallery

4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323) 666-7667

A little break from driving to look at the Pacific, looking west.

Looking south

A lovely view from the 101 freeway as you drop into town

K Von D's place on La Brea in Hollywood

A little Thai food for dinner at Rodded Restaurant, 5623 Hollywood Blvd.

And our third stay at the "Downtowner Motel" on Hollywood Blvd.

Don't even think about litigation...

We prefer the back of the motel as it's quieter.

We're in the lap of luxury now!

The view out the back: And instead of a bible you get this (which is a nice touch):

The owners told us they have been approached by the "Hotel Hell" production about having this place on the show. They're not sure the affiliation would be good for their business. Despite the short-comings of the accommodations it is actually affordable for the area, not to mention the close proximity to the "Blue Monkey" nightclub.

Time to go to the opening at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. The show is March 1st-31st

Van Saro "Forgive Me, For I Have Sinned"

Jaesun Kim with her piece "Pawmaker: Fox and Rabbit"

Sean Stepanoff and his pen and ink work

"Billy Shire" by Sean

David Batalon's oil painting "Last Chance" will be coming to live with us after the show ends.

Anthony Purcell acrylic "Cosmic Armadillo"

Howard Hallis "198 Memes"

Brice Eichelberger "Uprising" folder interior

Brice Eichelberger "Uprising" folder exterior

The list of artists and a link to all the art can be found HERE

Off to the Blue Monkey for Reggae night and cocktails after the show closed (this photo is from earlier in the day)

Got our "Sure taste GREAT" drink faces on.

Not much light for the video below, but I'm quite sure we were having a good time

Butch slinging the "Breaks" and bruising our livers

Back to the "DT" for some sleep (between sirens)

That's it for tonight's adventures (it only occurs to me now, but that's a damn good Leona Helmsley "Welcome to the Helmsley Plaza Hotel" impression below!)

Back to La Luz Gallery for some bizz and socializing before we hit the road home. Here's some shots of what's in the hallway gallery from this past year's shows. Such a large collection of so many different mediums, techniques and styles, it's really great to see this huge of a variety of art in one spot.