Cardiac Arrest!

Scans copyright © 2009 Al Q.

A small collection of Vintage Funny Postcards @ Al Q's Flickr Set.
Hopefully he will get more.

Poetry in Motion!

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Artworx copyright 2009 Luciano Civettini.

Take a facinating look at the playful but strange surrealist/abstract paintings of Luciano Civettini @ civettiniluciano.com.
These poetically inspired paintings capture a world of children at play with contrasting backgrounds of a phsychological sense of war.

Italian born and raised, Luciano Civettini has studied at the Higher Institute of Art and the Academy of Venice. He has been showing at group and solo exhibits since the early 90's throughout Europe.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue!

Copyright © 2009 Maureen/Celestial Charms.

A wedding album full of Vintage Wedding Cards @ Celestial Charms' Flickr Set.
As a collector, Maureen has "The Knack" and it shows.

Bill Narum - R.I.P.

Bill Narum, Legendary Texas Counterculture Artist

Chris Gray on Bill Narum @ The HoustonPress Blog.

Handle with Care!

Images copyright © 2009 Industreal.

Break out your Euros for these porcelain goodies @ industreal.it.
Many fine industrial products ready for your Chic Home.

Fortune Kooky!

Copyright © 2009 Feng Zhengjie.

Spotted the Damiani Book of author, Elenora Battiston on the really bizarre High Art of Feng Zhengjie at Half Price Books in Dallas last weekend.

Copyright © 2009 Feng Zhengjie/Elenora Battiston/Damiani

Feng Zhengjie blends traditional Chinese portraiture with stereotypical kitch Pop Art displacement.
Like a Chinese Warhol, you get to view them as funny and provocative at the same time.

You can find quite a few linx on a Google Image Search:
Feng Zhengjie @ artnet.com
Feng Zhengjie @ kerseboom.com
Feng Zhengjie @ saatchi-gallery.co.uk
Feng Zhengjie @ andrewjamesart.com

In-Plants!

Images copyright © 2009 Double Winky.

Here are a few vintage ceramic planters @ Doublewinky's Flickr set.
Fun figural delights to add charm to any home!

What's a collection without the "sleepy" Mexican.
¡Hay, Caramba!

Clean Up on Aisle 5!

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Copyright © 2009 Todd Franklin-/ Neato Coolville.

Seeing these pix in Todd Franklin's Neato Coolville Flicker Set brought back memories of when I worked as a Bag Boy for our neighborhood Tom Thumb Grocery Store around 1970-1971.
Nothing like a bit of Americana for the Mexicano!

Old Photograph!

From the wedding book of Greg Punchatz,
son of the late Don Ivan Punchatz.

Here's a photo someone sent of me and artist/writer, Chad Draper, my friend and assistant throughout the 80's and 90's. It must have been shot during the mid to late 80's from the gold coat with the rolled up sleeves I'm wearing.
[Fuck! I'm actually smiling.]

Pix In The Box!

Copyright © 2009 The Artists / PictureBox Gallery.

PictureBox Gallery (interior view shown below) is a curated space for showing and selling artwork by a small group of artists. It is administered by PictureBox Inc., the Brooklyn-based visual book publishing house. Artists are chosen and artworks selected by PictureBox editor, Dan Nadel, along with collaborators including writer and graphic designer, Norman Hathaway.

Amongst those featured are some of the Greats like Bob Zoell, Victor Moscoso, Gary Panter, Charles White III, Peter Palombi, Peter Lloyd, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and Guy Fery.
Check it out!