For any readers in the Los Angeles area, come on out and join me tonight for the grand opening of the  Greatest Group Show On Earth!                 Laluzapalooza

March 1- 31 2013

Opening Reception Friday, March 1 8-11pm

4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90027 323.666.7667

The show is curated by Matt Kennedy and Billy Shire of the La Luz De Jesus Gallery.

Heres a list of the participating artists:

Peter Adamyan * Jeannie Houston Antes * Susanne Apgar * Briana Bainbridge * Christopher Bales * Davidd Batalon * James Bentley ­* Michelle Bickford * Winifred Brewer * Michael Brown * Mark Bryan * Erin Burrell * Jeaneen Carlino * Victor Castillo * Adrian Cherry * CHOD * JAW Cooper * Torii Cooper * Edward Robin Coronel * Matthew Couper * Robert Craig * Jessica Dalva * John de Fazio * Dave Dexter * James Dowlen * Mark Edward * Bruce Eichelberger * Angela Ellefson * Jessica Fife * Harold Fox * Don Fritz * Richard Frost * Germs * Mark Gleason * Steve Diet Goedde * Kim Gordon * Max Grundy * Sunny Gu * Walt Hall * Howard Hallis * Hanzel Haro * AshFord Harrison * Derek Harrison * Clare Hebert * Brett Herman * Andy Hernandez * Sam Ho * Scott Holloway * Jason Houchen * Jack Howe * Stephanie Inagaki * Jinx * JoKa * Jessica Joslin * Jason Justice * Brent Kallenbach * Shannon Keller * Billy Kheel * Jaesun Kim * Michael Kortez * Norbert Kox * Lindsey Kuhn * Zoe Lacchei * Mavis Leahy * Dave Lebow * Alexis Lopez * Lizz Lopez * Didu Losso * Carl Lozada * Dion Macellari * Apricot Mantle * D.W. Marino * Ofelia Marquez * Horacio Martinez * Mary Ancilla Martinez * Aya Masuda * Genie Melisande * Miso * Graham Moore * Click Mort * Lyle Motley * Emi Motokawa * Dustin Myers * David Natale * Ron Norman * Daisuke Okamoto * José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros * Tammi Otis * Leah Parrent * Brian Poor * Matthew Price * Anthony Purcell * Eric Quezada * Cate Rangel * Bonni Reid * Billy Reynolds * Ave Rose * Ken Ruzic * SAGE * Van Saro * Justin Schaefer * Kim Scott * Dale Sizer * Aniela Sobieski * Mike Sosnowski * Spinestealer * Josh Stebbins * Sean Stepanoff * Anna Stump * Hui Tan * Treiops Treyfid * Pamela Tu * Christopher Umana * Eric Van Straaten * Vega * Dave Warshaw * Mirmy Winn * Jasmine Worth * Sandra Yagi * Mimi Yoon * Genevive Zacconi * Kim Zsebe 

These four original paintings below are for sale at the show.

See my interview on the Saatchi On Lline Web site

http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/artnews/saatchi-online-news/from-the-studio-of-dave-lebow

Robber Bridegroom

Illustration from "The Robber Bridegroom" Oil On Canvas 24" x 15"
My preliminary sketches are below.

The many thumbnails I did to explore the composition. I did some of these in the Manchess workshop. I then elaborated on these when I arrived back home and came up with the final comp.

A new painting after being inspired at the Gregg Manchess Workshop

Scene From The Fisherman's Wife    oil on canvas 14" x 24 "

I attended the Gregg Manchess Workshop  "Plan Great Images From The Ground Up" in Bothell Washington Nov 8-10.
I learned quite a lot about composition and design and I hope my images now will be much stronger if I keep applying what I learned from this fantastic three day workshop.
 Gregg Manchess is a fantastic artist and I have been a big fan of his work for many years. Check out the link I provided to his web site if your not familiar with his work.
After pounding my brain with his info about clumping, cropping, overlapping, point of view and more and sketching thumbnails till my fingers turned raw, I think Im seeing the light at least a little bit !
I have always been in such a hurry to get started with the painting, but I learned its better to delay that in order to figure out the most dramatic design to keep the viewers eyeballs clamped to the canvas.

Heres some process images:

Above are some of the thumbnails I  generated for this fairytale idea in the workshop. I did probably 30 to 40 more, most of them pretty uninteresting but I learned a lot from Gregg's critiques and lectures.

Above are the best thumbnails fleshed out a bit more , the four at the bottom I elaborated on after I got back home. Using the principals I learned in the class I shifted my camera view slightly to the right and I think it made a more interesting picture.

Heres my charcoal comprehensive after I shot my reference. I followed Gregg's example and photographed myself as the Fisherman , and I found a little octopus toy and lots of octopus photos that I hope makes the octopus somewhat convincing. I went to the beach as well so I could see the water interacting with rocks which were my octopus stand ins.

Tribute to Pulp Exhibition

If you live in Chicago or your visiting this July through August 2012 , please check out two of my paintings (Mad Love and The Divorce) as well as all the other cool artworks that are in a juried group show called "Tribute to Pulp" At the Gallery Provocateur.

Gallery Provocateur
2125 N.Rockwell St.
Chicago, IL 60647
775-661-2341
Opening Cocktail Reception:
Saturday, July 21st 8pm~12am
*creative attire encouraged*
$1 donation at door for charity
Sponsors:
Sushi by Ai & Original Sin Hard Cider

Exhibition

La Luz de Jesus Gallery Presents June 2012 Greetings! Dave Lebow   End Time Visions This Friday, La Luz de Jesus Gallery opens an alarming exhibition from the mind-behind-the-mind of the Doomsday Killer. Dave Lebow's End Time Visions fills the white room with images of rapture from the greatest television series ever about a serial killer who kills serial killers. The darkly dreaming drama is brought to life on gallery walls, and Dave will be here in person to discuss the work and his process throughout the evening.   End Time Visions opens on Friday, June 1st at 8PM. The opening reception will end at 11PM, and the exhibition will run through July 1st. Contact gallery director Matt Kennedy for purchase or preview information: (323) 666-7667. Jason D'Aquino  Phillumeny Killers play a prominent role in Jason D'Aquino's latest body of work, too. His miniature matchbook masterpieces depict Berkowitz, Gacy, Manson and Dahmerwith a measure of detail rare in pieces ten times their size. Working entirely on found surfaces, D'Aquino turns calendars, prescriptions, ledgers and even human bone fragments into canvases of macabre intensity. A pulpy playfulness undercuts Phillumeny with a Chandleresque gallows humor, making Star Wars,Eraserhead and Buster Keaton thematic neighbors -if only for a single exhibition. (6/1-7/1)   Germs  Fasho' South Los Angeles native Jaime Zacarias aka GERMS is seemingly infected with an innate ability to channel the spirits of our surrealist predecessors, slapping our eyeballs with his grotesque yet amusing iconography and amoeba-like characters while simultaneously referencing post-Chicano culture and imagery. He is known for cleverly stylized Luchador masks given life by their protruding tentacles, surrounded by floating creatures that playfully flirt with their viewers' imaginations. Fasho' is a fresh blend of graffiti technique and old-fashioned, lowbrow sardonique. (6/1-7/1)     The Art in the Hallway Exhibition is an ever-changing presentation of pop surrealism's best. When Punk & Glam Were Twins: The 1980s on the Sunset Strip Not everybody made it out the decadent 80s alive or in tact, but for those who did survive, the memories smuggled out in stretch jeans and guitar cases are worth their weight in mascara. This book signing and exhibition is sure to draw many of the people documented in John Scarpati's new book, Cramp Slash & Burn. June 22 - July 1: opens Friday, June 22; 8-11 pm Soft Cover: $40.00 Signed Hardcover: $TBA Check out our events calendar, too. If you haven't been to the La Luz de Jesus lately, you really haven't been at all.  Sincerely, Matt Kennedy, director La Luz de Jesus Gallery 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323) 666-7667 info@laluzdejesus.com

End Times Visions

End Times Visions