urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn ben strawn journal ben_strawn 2009-12-16T21:45:43Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:17553 2009-12-16T21:45:43Z 2009-12-16T21:45:43Z <div class="pp_items"><br /> <div class="pp_item" align="center"><br /> <img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/29eca9e9-937b-4b99-af6c-f2d24e544979_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><br /> <p>I had a painting in gallery 1988's "Lost" art show - art based on the show. The show looks great! you can see it online: <a href="http://lostundergroundartshow.blogspot.com/">http://lostundergroundartshow.blogspot.com/</a></p><br /> </div><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:17381 2009-12-09T15:52:47Z 2009-12-09T15:52:47Z <div class="pp_items"><br /> <div class="pp_item" align="center"><br /> <img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/2327c61f-687b-469d-b157-15a046e0d120_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><br /> <p>this was for a remake/remodel at Warren Ellis whitechapel forum</p><br /> </div><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:16532 2009-11-30T07:18:08Z 2009-11-30T07:18:08Z The final edition of the Vivisect Playset opened and I was lucky enough to be involved alongside Alex Pardee, Amy Sol, Luke Chueh, and Travis Louie among others.<br />Here is the first of the three paintings I had in the show.<br><br /><div style="text-align: center;">death of the brown bear at the onset of winter #1 fall<br> <br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/death1fall" title="" alt="death 1 fall"><br><br /> <br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">detail<br> <br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/death1falldetail" title="" alt="detail"><br><br /><br /> http://thedeathofvivisect.blogspot.com/<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:16296 2009-11-30T06:59:29Z 2009-11-30T06:59:29Z <p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:16099 2009-10-25T04:49:24Z 2009-10-25T05:00:49Z <div style="text-align: center;">black bear<br> <br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/blackbear.jpg" title="" alt="teacup" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;"><br> I have recently been showing work at gallery 1988 in San Francisco and Los Angeles, this is a piece I had in the vivisect playset V show last winter. This year is the last year of the vivisect art show and I was invited back again so I'm starting work for the show now. The show will be at gallery 1988 in Los Angeles this December. here is a link to last years work:<br /><a href="http://g1988.blogspot.com/2008/11/vivisect-playset-round-5.html">Vivisect</a> </div><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:15693 2009-10-25T04:42:25Z 2009-10-25T04:42:25Z <p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:15455 2009-10-19T05:56:11Z 2009-10-19T06:43:44Z <div style="text-align: center;">indigo wren<br><br />it's been sometime so I thought I'd let you know that I and my wife Jessica have had a baby girl named Indigo Wren, for about eight months. we've decided to keep her on as long as she pulls her weight. all she has to do is breath and she's pulled her weight though. plus she's a snappy dresser. Indigo was born the day before Jessica's birthday. I like to say they hold hands on the calendar. I, in the meantime, have gotten more and more busy with my dayjob and have been barely getting work done for a gallery in California, I've been in some group shows and I'm still being in group shows, so I'll post stuff as it comes along. I'll have a bigger show in LA this summer so I'll be posting more work more regularly, and also I hope to make some tshirts to post here for fun because my job is basically making tshirts for other people and I feel like making some for me! hope everyone is enjoying the onset of fall as much as us,<br />take care,<br /><br />--ben<br /> <br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/indigo_wren.jpg" title="" alt="indigo wren" style="width: 600px;"><br> <br /></div><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:15263 2009-10-19T05:27:30Z 2009-10-19T05:27:30Z <div style="text-align: center;">stork<br> <br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/stork.jpg" title="" alt="stork" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;"><br> <br /></div><br /><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:15001 2008-09-04T02:52:50Z 2008-09-04T02:52:50Z <div style="text-align: center;">I can't believe it's been two months since I've painted. <br>I've been pretty far from the studio lately, but I'm going to get back to it real soon.<br><br /><br />Here is a print I did for an arts council fundraiser last week.<br> It's a bastardized mutant from an older painting I did.<br><br /><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/artsfestposter.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 647px; height: 1000px;"><br>allright, I'm going to do a painting next week, I'm depressed that I haven't been able to lately. My studio's a freaking mess, I've been working on the house... other things. If I don't get a painting done soon ... I suck. <br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:14808 2008-06-17T23:45:20Z 2008-06-17T23:45:20Z <div style="text-align: center;">seahorse<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/seahorse_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 597px; height: 579px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:14475 2008-06-17T23:40:22Z 2008-06-17T23:40:22Z <div style="text-align: center;">stepstones<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/stepstone_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 597px; height: 579px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:14103 2008-06-03T20:22:59Z 2008-06-03T20:22:59Z <div style="text-align: center;">teacups<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/teacups_web.jpg" title="" alt="teacup" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:13921 2008-06-03T20:17:38Z 2008-06-03T20:17:38Z <div style="text-align: center;">clouds<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/clouds_web.jpg" title="" alt="clouds" style="width: 600px; height: 588px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:13619 2008-05-09T02:46:37Z 2008-05-09T02:46:37Z <div style="text-align: center;">kite<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/kite_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 700px; height: 686px;"><br><br /><small>subscribe to the <a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendID=81396510&amp;blogID=384847458">blog</a> to see my new painting every friday,<br><br />see more work at <a href="http://benstrawn.com">benstrawn.com</a></small><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:13435 2008-04-25T06:06:28Z 2008-04-25T06:06:28Z <div style="text-align: center;">old fish<br><br /><br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/old-fishweb.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 600px; height: 575px;"><br><br /><br><br />with a light<br><br /><br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/old-fishweblite.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 600px; height: 575px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:13176 2008-04-12T05:58:54Z 2008-04-12T05:58:54Z <div style="text-align: center;">blue turtle<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/blueturtleweb.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:13006 2008-04-04T06:46:50Z 2008-04-04T06:46:50Z <div style="text-align: center;">blue bear<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/bearbubble_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 598px; height: 598px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:12795 2008-03-28T02:25:52Z 2008-03-28T02:25:52Z <div style="text-align: center;">dottie<br><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/dottie_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 566px; height: 544px;"><br><br /><br><br />sorry, it's been awhile<br><br />I'll try harder. <br><br />promise.<br><br /><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:12391 2008-02-29T06:20:44Z 2008-02-29T06:20:44Z <div style="text-align: center;">white bear<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/polarbear_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 550px; height: 550px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:12037 2008-02-22T06:00:41Z 2008-02-22T06:00:41Z <div style="text-align: center;">Here is the finished painting from last week (it changed a little)<br><br /><img style="width: 526px; height: 526px;" alt="" title="" src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/blackbearweb.jpg"><br><br /><br><br />Here's a preview of next week's painting (technically this week's painting)<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/whitebearpeview.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 526px; height: 274px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:11935 2008-02-15T03:44:01Z 2008-02-15T03:44:01Z <div style="text-align: center;">hey everybody,<br><br />&nbsp;I'm late this week because I love my wife and it's valentine's<br />day and we also had Jessica's birthday in kansas city over the weekend,<br />and I was glued to the tellie for the primaries and I ran out of plexi<br />and have to cut more down, and my backs hurting me, and no ones reading<br />this, and I'm a lazy, lazy no good lousy jerk*.<br><br />*see above when I blamed my love for Jessica as a reasonfor being late.<br><br />So I'm stalling for time with a bonus behind the scenes featurette!<br><br />,<img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/beardoodles.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 374px; height: 499px;"><br><br />these are some sketches for it.<br><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/bearrough.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 372px; height: 496px;"><br><br />It doesn't feel right yet, I know what background pattern I'm using but<br />- the bear is not black enough and the baby is too big and he needs to<br />be looking up not down, and the bear needs to be looking past him not<br />at him. should he have a forest around him? just walking on leaves?<br />These things will make a big difference when I get finished with it.<br><br /><br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/bearframed.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 415px; height: 359px;"><br><br />Here it is with some layers from the other paintings, I'm just trying<br />out some things, but I'm fairly certain this one will be simple almost<br />like this.<br />we will see.<br> I'll post the finished painting as soon as I can. And I'll have a new painting ready for friday next week.<br><br />Sorry, I won't make a habit of this.<br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:11736 2008-02-08T05:32:24Z 2008-02-08T05:32:24Z <div style="text-align: center;">Beatle<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/bug_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 572px; height: 572px;"></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:11282 2008-02-01T10:28:25Z 2008-02-01T10:28:25Z <div style="text-align: center;">Barack<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/barack_web.jpg" alt="" style="width: 645px; height: 645px;" title=""><br><br /><br><br />it's kind of cheesy doing a political painting, usually I feel art<br />should transcend individuals and should represent something more<br />ethereal. Looking at a painting should not present an answer but<br />instead stimulate new thoughts. I did a Barack Obama painting. I've<br />been paying attention to him since he spoke at the Democratic<br />convention a few years ago - I don't want to go into alot of specifics<br />about why I like him except that when I hear him speak I am inspired,<br />he's an artist.<br><br /><br><br />Here is his 2004 speech:<br><br /><a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid900718856/bclid900554575/bctid791793079">http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid900718856/bclid900554575/bctid791793079</a><br><br /><br><br />There is a fact check webpage that clearly answers most of the&nbsp; questions people have about him<br><br /><a href="http://factcheck.barackobama.com/">http://factcheck.barackobama.com/</a><br><br /><br><br />He's been endorsed by a ton of important folks like Ted Kennedy, John<br />Kerry and Patrick Leahy but most importantly the legal defenders for<br />the prisoners in Guantanamo:<br><br /><br><br />Guantanamo Lawyers Back Obama<br><br />Link: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/style-and-substance-guan_b_84140.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/style-and-substance-guan_b_84140.html</a><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br />Vote In Arkansas Primary on February 5th<br><br /><br><br /><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:11202 2008-01-25T07:53:57Z 2008-01-25T07:53:57Z <div style="text-align: center;">Squid<br><br /><br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/squid_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 526px; height: 526px;"><br><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ben_strawn:10939 2008-01-20T20:27:48Z 2008-01-20T20:27:48Z <div style="text-align: center;">Here is the swan painting with light behind it<br><br /><img src="http://whalefishstudios.com/ljimages/swan_lit_web.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width: 548px; height: 534px;"><br><br /></div>