Arcade of the Gods- Hero Complex Gallery

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~Signed Limited Edition Prints Available Here~

Hero Complex Gallery transforms into an arcade on December 5th with the show opening: “Gaming in the Gallery.” Half the gallery will have playable consoles like NES, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Atari 2600 and others and rounding out the room with classic cabinet games like Pacman, Space Invaders, Galaga and more.

My contribution to the show is a send up to K’inich Janaab’ Pakal’s famous Mayan sacophagus lid sculpture. Author Eric von Däniken postulated in his book “Chariots of the Gods” that the sculpture referenced ancient astronaut elements. My version transforms the Mayan ruler in an arcade game environment with several references to game characters.

New Fren

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Bright and colorful graphics from New Fren.

Blue Genie Art Bazaar 2014

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The Blue Genie Art Bazaar is an Austin holiday shopping institution. This year over 200 artists will have their creations displayed within their personally designed booths. The event runs every day from 10AM-10PM starting on November 28th and running through till 6PM on Christmas Eve. I’m proud to be a part of Blue Genie with my 3rd year of selling. If you’re in the Austin area in December, put this fun experience on your list of things to do. You can find out more by visiting: Blue Genie Art Bazaar.

BlueGenieSpace2014The ChetArt space is up and ready for Blue Genie Art Bazaar shoppers.

RBDG Christmas Card 2014

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For this year’s annual Russ Berger Design Group Christmas card, I paid tribute to the famous ad pages found within comic books and the Sears catalog wish books of old. Each employee was matched up with an item, along with a few extra well known bits of merchandise. A big thanks to Russ, as always, for the free rein to play.

Halloscream

Halloscream

About 3 weeks ago the front yard and house of my good friends Doug Livingston and Christine Pasienski was transformed into an amazing display of Halloween spookiness. Both are incredibly creative folks and they turned this talent towards creating a landscape of all things Halloween. Many aspects of their environment were created from scratch or cleverly altered to the proper effect. They’ve posted a wonderful collection of photos, which are works of art in themselves, into a beautiful online photo album.

View the Halloscream Album HERE.

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Gecko Films

Phlegm, fight or flight – etching process. from Gecko Films

Matthew Chambers

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Matthew Chambers creates geometrically hypnotic ceramic pieces.

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Flip Books

Randy Ortiz

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Surreal imagery from Randy Ortiz.

Andrea Dezsö

Andrea Dezsö

Andrea Dezsö illustrates The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales with ink drawings that emulate cut paper.

via My Modern Met

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Playgrounds Titles 2014 from bif

Jingle Bash Holiday Show

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Saturday November 15th marks the annual Etsy Dallas Jingle Bash Holiday Market. ChetArt will be represented among the dozens of talented artists for this fun selling event. Show runs from 11Am-5PM. If you’re in the area, put it on your “to do” list for a fun day of gift shopping. See the list of artists here.

Kung Fu Theater Art Show- Hero Complex Gallery

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Hero Complex Gallery presents the “Kung Fu Theater” (*not limited to Kung Fu) art show, opening November 14th. The show encompasses a variety of Asian themed pop culture imagery. I’ll have two pieces for the show: “Mystery Science Kabuki,” is a send up of Japanese printmaking and drama with Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000 at center stage.

Both images now available as signed limited editions:

“The Kaiju Man”

“Mystery Science Kabuki”

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For my second piece I created a Godzilla themed image with a twist. Titled “The Kaiju Man,” it illustrates a story I wrote and incorporated into the piece about an actor transformed into a giant from nuclear radiation. He uses his new found abnormality to don enormous monster suits and act in Kaiju movies. This new career was cut short after the radiation’s second stage turned him into an actual Kaiju monster. His malevolent rampage was filmed in one last battle against the army in which he was ultimately destroyed.

The Kaiju Man translation key(click image to enlarge)

Both images now available as signed limited editions:

“The Kaiju Man”

“Mystery Science Kabuki

New ChetArt Print- Courage

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New in the ChetArt online shop: “Courage” is available as an 11 x 14 signed print. Nestled in a field of poppies in the land of Oz, this flying monkey enjoys an exciting ride on a coin operated cowardly lion.

~Shop for the print here~

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From The Toy Box Art Show- Ltd. Art Gallery

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Ltd. Art Gallery in Seattle presents “From the Toy Box” art show. Artists were asked to represent cherished toys from their past as the theme. I chose both the iconic Rat Fink character created by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (as a child, I carried a plastic Rat Fink toy as a totem everywhere I went) and Hot Wheels cars. I loved every aspect of Hot Wheels cars, from the tricked out designs, bright shiny colors, springy wheel suspension and the challenge of engineering layouts with the orange track pieces. The show opens November 13th at Ltd. Art Gallery’s new location. Visit the event’s official Facebook page for more info.

Minimalist Horror Posters

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Fun collection of posters depicting famous horror movies. via Chrome Yellow

Adam Osgood- Animated Alphabet

Spooktacular: An Animated Alphabet from Adam Osgood

Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary Show- QPop

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QPop Shop celebrates the 30 year anniversary of Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Legacy with a tribute art show. Curated by Chogrin, it opens November 15th. My contribution pays homage to the power-mad Emperor Pilaf with a Game of Thrones mashup. Visit the official event Facebook page for more info.

 

Dragon Ball artwork from this show now available HERE

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