This show will Feature art by Scott Saw (7 paintings), Mary Fleener, Charles Glaubitz, Pamela Jaeger, Tim McCormick, Scrojo, Jason Sherry, Jen Trute, Ron Whorton. There will be an opening on Saturday, Jan 24 from 5-7 pm.

Please join me and the other artists at the opening reception this Sat!

thx for the support .

Cheers. Scott // www.scottsaw.com    //    www.oma-online.org

I will have 7 paintings in the show!

click here to see a 'Making-Of' this painting (scroll down to 'Making of a Painting: Wholehearted)
 

It has been a crazy year for me! I have been going through a divorce all year... I have become a single father and have established amazing bonds with my 3 year old throughout this transition and he is truly thriving in the two home environment... I have fallen in love with an angel who has been a shimmering light in the darkness i have faced... I have taken a full time job to make ends meet... I have really missed making art frequently as a result of these life changes. I look forward to the new year and the closure it will bring... the beauty of fatherhood it will bring... the love it will bring... and I truly hope to find significant time to make art and spill the emotions, inner turmoil, and fascinating beauty I have been living through

Much love! and a very sincere thank you for the interest and support you have shown for my art.

Wishing you all the very best in the new year!!!!

Scott // www.scottsaw.com

In addition, the performance list is out including the following acts and times:
FRONT Stage:
8:00 - 8:45 - graffiti61 (myspace.com/graffiti61music)
9:00 - 9:30 -  Ric Veda (www.terenceleclere.com )
10:00 - 10:30 - Mojow and the Vibration Army (www.vibrationarmy.com )
11:00 - 11:30  - Thee Rockafarians
12:00 - 12:30  - Dirt Dress (myspace.com/dirtdress)


BACK Stage/DJ Booth:
8:00 - 8:30 - The Hive house mix
8:30 - 9:30 - The Camp (myspace.com/modarentertainment)
9:30 - 10:30 - Dj Market (myspace.com/djmarket)
10:30 - 12:30 - Gonzo Jonez (www.gonzojonez.com ) & DJ Kronick
(myspace.com/jasonkronick).

You have all contributed greatly to the success and forward growing motion of the
Hive gallery and its artists. We have a number of new products available through our Hive store including the Bit a Honey Button Packs, the new ROYAL JELLY DVD (covering featured and group show artists throughout the year) and tshirts. In addition we're working hard to keep a dialogue with you all through out the month on our frequently updated myspace blogs (thanks to Sensei) and youtube presence (thanks Greg Gould). Make sure you check us out below:

http://www.youtube.com/thehivegallery
http://www.myspace.com/thehivegalleryandstudios
 
Sincerely,

The Hive Gallery

p.s.We will be posting most of the featured artist's works with titles and prices on Thursday 3rd on our website: http://www.thehivegallery.com

All available work  is listed under the "Art for Sale" section for July 2008.
If you see something you like and would like to put a hold on it we accept paypal, email nathan@thehivegallery.com or call 213-955-9051 for purchases..

July 2008 Group Art Show & Performances
 
Opening: 07/05/08 8PM-12:30AM

$8 at door for night of performances and amazing art from around the country
all ages/ beverages available for 21+
Show runs July 5th - 26th
For more info: www.thehivegallery.com

Featured Artist 1: Ken Dougherty
Featured Artist 2: Scott Saw
Tall Wall Artist: Martin Hsu
Small Wall Artist: Chad le Duc
Installation Artist: Melissa Contreras


Group show artists:

Bill Solomon / Daniel Valadez / Catherine Brooks / Michael Pukac / Semigod / Bruce Telopa / Emi Motokawa /
Christopher Lyles / Dave Kawano / Katz / 13:11 / Peter Gellurud / Zombienose / Rebecca Hahn / Jennifer Springman / Jason Janes / Ping Ping / Robert Vargas / Kenji Tanaka / Jason Hadley / Renee Lawter / Jose Lopes / Gabe Leonard / Ken Garduno / Nate Seubert / Kio Griffith / James Malone / Paul Torres /Carol Powell / Jophen Stein / Asia / Airom Bleicher / Jim Holyoak / Mary Spring / Erin Lucia / Louie Metz / Lindsay Riley / Jenna Colby / Justin McInteer/ Andy Haynes / Terri Woodward / Aglaia Mortcheva / Tom Haubs / Erick Rodriguez / LD Grant / Max Grundy / Hembert Guardado / Glen Fox / Nick Wildermuth / Brendan Sharkey / Ted Von Heiland / Miss Withers / Treiops Treyfid / Alex Feliciano /Robert Hendrickson / Julie Bossinger / Hollis Wood / Jehan Choo / Darren Saravis and more!!

Performances by:

FRONT Stage:
8:00 - 8:45 - graffiti61 (myspace.com/graffiti61music)
9:00 - 9:30 -  Ric Veda (www.terenceleclere.com)
10:00 - 10:30 - Mojow and the Vibration Army (www.vibrationarmy.com)
11:00 - 11:30  - Thee Rockafarians
12:00 - 12:30  - Dirt Dress (myspace.com/dirtdress)


BACK Stage/DJ Booth:
8:00 - 8:30 - The Hive house mix
8:30 - 9:30 - The Camp (myspace.com/modarentertainment)
9:30 - 10:30 - Dj Market (myspace.com/djmarket)
10:30 - 12:30 - Gonzo Jonez (www.gonzojonez.com) & DJ Kronick
(myspace.com/jasonkronick)

Resident Artists:

Travis Morley / Sensei / Nathan Cartwright / Simon Gonzales / Greg Gould / Walt Hall/ Jimmy
Bleyer / Annie Terrazzo / Andee Eve Husney / Sonik / Ichae Ackso / Vladimir Sierra /
Randy Kono / VJ Tek / Sara Hedstrom / Alex Schaefer / Melissa Moss / Macsorro / Tyler
Kaltreider / Patrick Haemmerlein / Alyce Harlequin / Wasmi / Radhika Hersey

Catering: Barone Catering

Face Painting by: amy_in_mx@yahoo.com

Sponsored by: LA Citizen

I recently had the pleasure of working with my favorite band from back in the day, Bauhaus. I did all of the design/layout on their new full length cd/record that was released yesterday. It was a great experience working with those guys.

It is a very minimal ghostly design... the cover text is just embossed (no ink) and all of the text on the package is gloss white over matt white. I experimented with some new-to-me printing techniques on this and im anxious to see the final package. Let me know what you think if you get a copy.

cheers, Scott.

Their profile: http://www.myspace.com/officialbauhaus

I just recieved an email from a guy in Costa Rica who inked my heart on his sleve! nice job too. This is based on my painting "Wholehearted" - you can see the Making-Of that painting in my blogs.

Take care ... and be strange... but dont be a stranger.

cheers!

Scott
www.scottsaw.com

Making of 3 paintings

I have been experimenting with some new techniques lately and here is an inside peek at my recent process. I have been wanting to instill more freedom into my art for a while now. These paintings represent my first exploration creating completely freeform compositions. Each painting was created with no preconceived notion of how it might end up... just going for it and then tipping the scales till i find a balance that I'm happy with.

This blog is also posted at: http://scottsaw.com/making_of_rocket_birds.html (comments and questions may only be posted on the mypace version tho)

ROCKET BIRDS 001

Slab-o-wood

Laying down some color - brush on, wipe off with paper towel. Oil paint makes as a great wood stain.

Stencils

Working flat- i use a tooth brush to spray paint through the stencils. the lines are created with a liner brush and pastels.

Working out some of the lines using a larger brush

Stencil

Dropping in foreground figures

Finished

Color corrected (had it photographed by a pro, did the color correcting myself)

On display at the Cannibal Flower 7 Yr. anniversary show.

ROCKET BIRDS 002

Another related painting... just getting started - throwing down some texture using stencils and spray paint

Working quick and loose with oil paint.

done.

Color corrected

Studio

ROCKET BIRDS 003

Starting new painting. Used a sharpie for the lines and spray painted through some industrial scrap for texture.

Using spray paint to rough in composition.


Applying oil paint


Using liner brush painted in some background texture.


Using a big brush painted in black dust.

Toothbrush action for spattered blending.

Working flat with stencils... using toothbrush to pant through stencils.


Zone


Finished!


Spacy frames

These 3 paintings will be on display at Gallery 1899 San Francisco during the month of October. Please contact gallery for pricing and avialability: http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/entrySF.html

Related giclee and silkscreen prints will be available soon!: http://scottsaw.com/store.html

Well, I hope you enjoyed this tour!

Please feel free to comment or ask questions on the blog located here:
http://www.myspace.com/scottsaw

Welcome to another 'Making-of'! I didn't take notes as i created this painting - so i will just drop some images and notes so you can see how it went down. I don't know how many hours I spent on it... but it took about 8 nights i think. Hope you like.

As always, feel free to comment or ask questions.

THE DRAWING

I had a quick flash of this idea and took about 30 seconds to jot it down so I could revisit it later

About a week later when i had time to focus on the piece i created a few quick thumbnail variations to nail the image... dug the one with the star in the background.

Created a detailed drawing on tracing paper and then applied it to the wood using carbon paper.

I chose this piece of wood because of the oval pattern near the top - it lines up great with the focus of the painting.

The transferred drawing in context.

THE PAINTING

Here the blue paint was brushed on and then wiped off with paper towels to stain the wood.

Three blues...

Added the yellow the same way - brush it on then wipe it off evenly... being careful not to rub it into surrounding colors.

Added the darker blue stars. I work sideways and upside-down a lot.

An outline was added to further define the color separations. Seems like such a simple thing - but it takes time cuz working with stained wood leaves very little margin for error - gotta get it right the first time.

First pass at the shroom heads.

A glimpse of my work space. Here I added the dark blue on the bottom and the color bands passing through the skull.

Added the background shrooms and the stems and spots on the amanita muscaria shrooms.

Detailed out the spots on the shrooms, painted in the modified eagle skull, detailed out the color bands near the skull, added the birds in the background channels, began painting the two side characters.

Close up of the skull

The pallet. I use glass and pretty much scrape it clean after each painting.

The drawing... and the finished painting.

The next few images are detail views of the finished painting.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this tour!

Please feel free to comment or ask questions - cheers / s