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Sunday Sidewalk Doodles: ArtCar VroomVrrroom

Posted in Art, Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags amherst, Art, awesome, car, Lezzelz & Byrdie, queer, stephg on July 31, 2011 by ssstephg

In the interest of expanding categories until they become so inclusive as to mean almost nothing, this week’s edition of Sunday Sidewalk Doodles features an artcar I stumbled upon in the Whole Foods parking lot yesterday! The hell’s that got to do with sidewalk doodles you may ask. Welll, the car’s trunk was painted with chalkboard paint and the owner had affixed a container of chalk for anyone so inclined to doodle on the board, and doodle we did! Just a small bit of doodling was done actually. The real point of interest is the car which was decorated in rough glittery pink paint punctuated by puffy, frosting-like script that spelled out sayings like “put peanut butter on your pancreas” and “It’s not who you love but how you love that counts” and “PLUR” and stuff. I suspected the owners might be the handsome stylish young gay couple I noticed in the cheese aisle because of the one’s snappy colorful but understated ensemble complete with stripey socks. And I kinda wanted to wait out in the blazing parking lot to confirm or allay this suspicion, but my chauffeur has even less endurance for such stalker-ish nonsense than I and so the artist/s remain/s a mystery. Now, pics! Enjoy!
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Artist Carmen Herrera Earns Lifetime Achievement Award At 94

Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, Art, awesome, Carmen Herrera, geometric, painter, stephg on December 22, 2009 by ssstephg

image borrowed from Artnet
Rojo y Blanco by Carmen Herrera
Acrylic on canvas
42 x 42 inches
1986

The geometric painter, Carmen Herrera, has been painting since the thirties and is finally getting some long due recognition. Read the New York Times article here.

My favorite quote from the article is Herrrera’s response to the idea that her husband who passed on shortly before her career began to take off is up in heaven orchestrating her success: “Yeah, right, Jesse on a cloud.” “I worked really hard. Maybe it was me.”

Right the fuck on.

Oh and thanks to Bruce McD for passing on the link!

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Blu & David Ellis

Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos, video with tags animation, Art, awesome, blu, cartoon, collaboration, David Ellis, Fame, Roberto Lange, stephg, Studiocromie, video on October 24, 2009 by ssstephg

COMBO
collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis for Studiocromie’s Fame festival in Italy 2009
music by Roberto Lange

New Art: A Gift From WABU! :)

Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, awesome, Drawing, gift, stephg on August 23, 2009 by ssstephg

As I’ve mentioned, our fair weather sidewalk habits have had the unforeseen benefit of introducing us to some of the most entertaining young gentlemen I’ve met in a long damn time. One sparkling gem among these new friends and acquaintances is my pal WABU. WABU is kind, considerate, hilarious, adorable, Talented and Generous! Proof positive of those last two adjectives, I’m now the proud owner of an awesome original WABU drawing which was given to me by the artist earlier this week! It’s away being archivally framed at the moment but as soon as it’s back I’m going to hang it in a very prominent spot. Check it out!