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Catch me emoting and bathering on and on in the current edition of Hi-Fructose (vol 13). Here is a jpg. of the opening spead.

Mr. Kurabi’s Tales of Lovely-ness and All Things Eaten.
Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture

(11/10/09 :: only one remains available for sale)

Measuring 14″ high and mounted on a handmade 360 degree, low-profile, wooden (ebony) swivel stand, the edition size is 24, available exclusively through Joshua Liner Gallery. Inquiries please email the gallery at info@joshualinergallery.com (phone: 212 244 7415).

My friend Mike sent this over the other day. It just cracked me up.

photo: Johnny Chiang

Born 160 years ago in August 1848, his paintings are are both famous and forgotten. History seems to enjoy discussing him more as a patron of the Impressionists than the outstanding painter he was. And although the body of work he left behind was small, I always felt his bold, even somewhat iconic work left huge dents what the 1800’s art culture had to offer. Here are two of my favorites.

The Floor Strippers

The texture he achieves in the floor from matte to gloss is tangible. Great use of light. His general color scheme of earth tones and violet is so odd. I love it. I reminds me to trust less in theory and more in intuition and observation.
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Paris Street: Rainy Day

This one was one of the earliest paintings I ever fell in love with. Maybe it was because it was in the classic Milton Bradley game, “Masterpiece,” that my brother and I would play endlessly, making up all the rules and laughing our asses off deep into those 1970’s nights (getting nostalgic here). Or perhaps it was because I saw this immense canvas (83″ x 108″) live as a child while visiting Chicago’s Art Institute. But check out the weird composition (divided into fourths), and the way he deals with the reflections in the road’s brick seams. This piece makes me feel the smell of rain.

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 Bea Wissner recently send Eric White and I some photos of her new tatoo. It is based on the painting, ” That Which Organizes Our Feathers,” which Eric and I painted together in 2001. Here is a photo of it along with a jpg of the painting:

Zolton over at Lost at E-Minor just posted this mini-interview, click here to visit the site.

Here it is, your ad of the week:

I have been going through lots of scans while preparing the new archive section for my site (joesorren.com). I realized that I haven’t had the mural on the site in forever, so this is a detail shot from the mural painted in Flagstaff long ago, I hope to have the whole mural on the site shortly.

(detail of mural, full size 20′x45′)

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Detail 1:

Detail 2:

Here are some photos of a piece I have been recently working on. The working title is, Blowing Bubbles Soft and Fine. It is for a project I am doing with Pressure Printing to be released this fall. 

If are interested in learning more about this piece and how it develops as well as being notified about the edition’s release date and specifics, click here to e-mail Brad at Pressure Printing.