Saturday night was a really fun night. Suze and I went to an art show at the
Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. The show is called
Clowns!. There was an impressive list of artists like Shag and Gary Baseman and so many other great talents. I got to meet some nice people as well as catch up with some old friends, too...
With so many great artists in the show, it was a huge honor to be among them with my own piece titled "Hoborilla".
Hoborilla is based on one of my new characters named Franklin the Gorilla. Hoborilla is Franklin's hobo clown cousin who ran off and joined the circus when he was little. Hoborilla is a vinyl sculpture who stands at about 18" high. I constructed him with genuine Uniroyal Naugahyde. It's the same material I use to make all my wallets and handbags. I sewed him on my old trusty Singer sewing machine (more about my sewing machines in a later blog) that my mom had bought me from Price Club (now Costco) way back in the early 90's. It's an amazing machine and has always been there for me, helping me make many art pieces and accessory prototypes. Thanks again, mom!
You can still drop by the Corey Helford Gallery to see all the incredible art for yourself. The show will be up until November 29th so if you are in the L.A. area, please go check it out.
I'd like to give a special thank you to Suze for all her help, support and patience in the many, many hours Hoborilla took to make. I'd also like to thank Jan and Bruce for inviting me to be in their show.