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Laluzapalooza 2017
OUR 31st ANNUAL GROUP SHOW
March 3 – April 2, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, March 3rd, 8-11 PM
La Luz De Jesus Gallery proudly presents our annual juried group exhibition, LALUZAPALOOZA. This gigantic, no-theme show features works from some of the freshest and most relevant artists working today. Again we sorted through tens of thousands of submissions from commercial illustrators, graphic designers, tattooists, scenics, students, street taggers, animators and working gallery artists. How many will we show this year? There are 144 pieces from 67 artists, making this the most exclusive selection of tastefully, jam-packed, salon-style exhibited works in Post-Pop. There are some familiar names from our ever-growing roster of feature artists, but an overwhelming percentage of the work this year are from a brand new batch of previously undiscovered, emerging talent.
Will you be a patron of the next great generation?
Pre-Sales are opened NOW, so get in touch with gallery director Matt Kennedy to reserve your purchase before it’s SOLD!
By phone: (323)666-7667
By email: info@laluzdejesus.com
SUBMISSION PROTOCOL CAN BE FOUND HERE
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Matt Adrian – Sierra Madre
Acrylic on Wood Panel, 20x20x1.65″ in 22x22x1.65″ frame. $1,400 Sold
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Vicki Berndt – Guadalupe de Baltimore
Acrylic on Canvas, 12×24″ in 13×25″ frame. $1,500 Sold
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Andrea Bogdan– Your Sky Falls On My Tutu
Acrylic, Pencil & Oil Pastel on Wood, 10x20x1.5″ $465
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Andrea Bogdan– We’ll Wait Here For You
Acrylic, Pencil & Oil Pastel on Wood, 10x20x1.5″ $465
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Michelle Bickford – Molecular Man
Acrylic on Cut & Shaped Masonite, 8×10″ in 11.5×13.5″ frame. $700
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Carol Connett – Renewal
Acrylic on Canvas & Fabric, 17×26″ $500
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Carol Connett – The Thief
Acrylic on Panel, 16×20″ in 17×21″ frame. $750
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Carol Connett – Journey to Oblivion
Acrylic on Panel, 18×24″ in 19×25″ frame. $750
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Matthew Couper – Filtration
Oil on Canvas, 14×18″ in 18.5×22.5″ frame. $2,200
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Matthew Couper – Seek and Destroy
Oil on Metal, 11×14″ in 16.5×19.25″ frame. $1,400
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Matthew Couper – Chief Mourner and the Last Drop
Oil on Panel, 11×14″ in 15.25×18.25″ frame. $1,700
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Matthew Couper – Venting of the Sacred Spleen
Oil on Metal, 8×10.75″ in 13.5×16.75″ frame. $1,100
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Bibi Davidson – I Dare You To Kiss Me
Acrylic & Elements on Wood, 24×24″ $1,200
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Bibi Davidson – Shut the Fuck Up
Acrylic & Elements on Wood, 24×24″ $1,200
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PD Davis – Eva
Oil & Metal Leaf on Board, 24×24″ $5,000
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PD Davis – Emilie
Oil & Metal Leaf on Board, 24×24″ $5,000
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Gabi De La Merced – Old Jim’s Barn Dance
Graphite on Hand Toned Paper,13.2×17.4″ in 18.2×22.4″ frame. $450 Sold
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Gabi De La Merced – Devil’s Dobro
Graphite on Hand Toned Paper, 11.4×14.2″ in 15.4×18.2″ frame. $350 Sold
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Gabi De La Merced – The Black Moose
Graphite on Hand Toned Paper, 12.8×15.4″ in 17.8×20.4″ frame. $400
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Dinosaurus Complex – Scream
Watercolor, 9×12″ $400
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Dos Diablos – The Magician
Oil on Board, 9.2×12.4″ in 11.2×14.3″ frame. $500 Sold
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Dos Diablos – Saint of Silence
Oil on Paper, 9.2×12.4″ in 11.2×14.3″ frame. $450 Sold
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Dos Diablos – Holy Child
Oil on Paper, 9.2×12.4″ in 11.2×14.3″ frame. $450 Sold
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Dos Diablos – Man On Mask
Oil on Board, 9.2×12.4″ in 11.2×14.3″ frame. $450 Sold
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Bruce Eichelberger – War at the Dinner Table
ink on wood, 36×18″ in 40×22″ carved wood frame. $3000 Sold
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Frank Forte – Naughty World Knife
Acrylic, ink, charcoal, cut paper on board, 11×16″ in 13×18″ frame. $500 Sold
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Frank Forte – Toxic Brain Meld
Acrylic, ink, charcoal, cut paper on board, 12×16″ in 14×18″ frame. $500 Sold
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Frank Forte – My, My, My…
Acrylic, ink, charcoal, cut paper on board, 12×16″ in 14×18″ frame. $500
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Don Fritz – Floppo
Mixed Media, 22x30x2″ $900
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Zachary Benson Friedberg – Sunset Over Castle Grayskull
Acrylic & metallic on canvas, 24x24x1.5″ $650 Sold
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Zachary Benson Friedberg – Hawaiian-O
Acrylic & metallic on canvas, 24x24x1.5″ $650 Sold
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Wendy Gadzuk – The Countess
Acrylic, pen, colored pencil, plexiglass, silk. velvet. 8.5×11.75″ in 19×23.5″ frame. $850
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Ashley Gallagher – Chewie’s Angels
Acrylic on Canvas, 12×16″ $325
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Ashley Gallagher – Where Is My White Collarless Shirt From Fred Segal?
Acrylic on Canvas, 12×16″ $325
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Diana Georgie – Forever
Acrylic on Panel, 16x16x1.5″ $2,200
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Diana Georgie – That’s the End of That
Acrylic on Panel, 12x12x1.5″ $1,200
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Mark Gleason – Raven
Oil on panel, 8×8″ $300 Sold
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Mark Gleason – Match 1
Oil on panel, 6×6″ $200 Sold
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Mark Gleason – Match 2
Oil on panel, 6×6″ $200 Sold
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Mark Gleason – Match 3
Oil on panel, 6×6″ $200 Sold
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Mark Gleason – Blot
Oil on panel, 8×8″ $200 Sold
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Amy Guidry – Ascension
Acrylic on canvas, 8×8″ $1,600
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Amy Guidry – Consciousness
Acrylic on canvas, 12×6″ 1,200
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Conrad Haberland – Ten Thousand Doorways
Oil on board, 20×16″ $1,400
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Conrad Haberland – The Extinction of Democracy
Oil on canvas, 23.75×17.75″ $1,400
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Derek Harrison – Grace
Oil on linen, 34×24″ in 40×28″ frame. $6,500
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Derek Harrison – Marz
Oil on linen, 8×8″ in 12×12″ frame. $950
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Annette Hassell – Pig Iron
Acrylic on canvas, 9×12″ in. 10.75×13.75″ frame. $600
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Jack Howe – Guardians of the Temple
Mixed Media, 14x5x3″ $500
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Annette Hassell – Fox Glove
Acrylic on canvas, 9×12″ in 14×17″ frame. $600
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Jack Howe – The Future of Healthcare
Mixed Media, 16x8x6″ $800
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Karen Hydendahl – Clarice
Acrylic, ink on masonite, 12×16″ in 13×17″ frame. $240
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Karen Hydendahl – Betty
Acrylic, ink on masonite, 10×10″ in 11×11″ frame. $220 Sold
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Andreanna Iakovidis – Bombus Affinis
Oil on wood, 12×16″ in 13x17x2″ frame. $1,800
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Jinx – Memoir
Acrylic on real butterfly wing on antique paper, 2×3.25″ in 6x8x2.5″ frame. $250 Sold
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Kate Kelton – Fawn
Graphite, ink, acrylic, varnish on cradled birch, 12x12x1″ $200
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Kate Kelton – Fiat
Graphite, ink, acrylic, varnish on cradled birch, 12x12x1″ $200
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Craig LaRotonda – Sinister
Mixed Media, 11x15x6″ $1,500
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Mavis Leahy – Nola
Mixed Media, 12x22x3″ $250
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Mavis Leahy – Thomaz
Mixed Media, 8x22x4″ $250
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Mavis Leahy – Regina
Mixed Media, 7x17x3″ $150 Sold
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Dave Lebow – Hope
Oil on canvas, 17×17″ in 18×18″ frame. $3,000
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Dave Lebow – Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
Oil on canvas, 24×20″ in 25×21″ frame. $2,000 Sold
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Tracy Lewis – The Messengers
Watercolor, graphite on w.c. paper, 16.5×11″ in 21.25×19.5″ frame. $950
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Tracy Lewis – Trailing
Watercolor, graphite on w.c. paper, 6×8″ in 10×12″ frame. $250 Sold
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Tracy Lewis – Sanguine
Watercolor, graphite on w.c. paper, 6×8″ in 11×13″ frame. $250 Sold
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Justine Lin – Who’s A Good Boy?
Oil on wood panel, 10x10x1.5″ $650
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MJ Lindo – Las Dos Fridas
Oil on wood panel, 14×18″ $750
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Carl Lozada – Armageddon To Hell and Back Again
Acrylic on canvas, 13.5×16″ $400
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Carl Lozada – White Stuff
Acrylic on canvas, 14×14″ $300
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D.W. Marino – Church & State
Wood, enamel, polymer clay, 12.5×15.5×3.5″ $800 Sold
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D.W. Marino – Kapow!
Wood, enamel, polymer clay, 18x18x6″ $800 Sold
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D.W. Marino – Fem Factory
Wood, enamel, polymer clay, 12.25×8.5×6″ $500
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Dion Macellari – Kit Kat
Acrylic on linen, 16×20″ in 18×22″ frame. $500 Sold
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Dion Macellari – Coveting Candy
Acrylic on canvas, 16×20″ in 18×22″ frame. $500
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Dion Macellari – Kit Kat 2
Acrylic on canvas, 16×20″ in 18×22″ frame. $500 Sold
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Aya Masuda – Out Luv Control
Acrylic on wood, 14x11x1″ $300 Sold
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: Alice Walker
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: Amy Tan
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: Sammuel Beckett
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100 Sold
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: Ralph Ellison
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100 Sold
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100 Sold
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: William Faulkner
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: Flannery O’Connor
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100 Sold
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100 Sold
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Zachary Mendoza – Tiny Portraits: Jack Kerouac
Acrylic on panel in hand-made wooden frame, 1.5×2.5″ $100
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Graham Moore – Sound
Collage, Paper on Cardboard, 8×8″ in 9×9″ frame. $300
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Graham Moore – Phonic
Collage, Paper on Cardboard, in 9×9″ frame. $300
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Graham Moore – Dynagroove
Collage, Paper on Cardboard, 12×12″ $300
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Graham Moore – Way Out
Collage, Paper on Cardboard, 12×12″ in 17×17″ frame. $400
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Michael Murphy – SK-10.10
Acrylic on canvas 12x24x2″ $800 Sold
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Michael Murphy – Atom Lounge
Acrylic on canvas 12×24″ $900 Sold
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Michael Murphy – Fly TWA Jets
Acylic on canvas 24×24″ $1,100 Sold
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Daisuke Okamoto – Sakura Japan
Ink on paper, 3.5×2.5″ in 7×5″ frame. $100
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Daisuke Okamoto – The Japan
Ink on paper, 3.5×2.5″ in 7×5″ frame. $100 Sold
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Daisuke Okamoto – Fushimi Inari Taisha Gami
Ink on paper, 14×17″ in 20×24″ frame. $1,000
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Johannah O’Donnell – Wildcat 2
Acrylic on panel, 8×8″ in 10.5×10.5″ frame. $300 Sold
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Johannah O’Donnell – Wildcat
Acrylic on Panel, 8×8″ in 10×10″ frame. $300
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Johannah O’Donnell – Wildcat 3
Acrylic on panel, 8×8″ in 11×11″ frame. $300
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Peca – My Religion
Oil on wood, 7×9″ in 12×14″ frame. $750 Sold
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Maya Peterpaul – Asleep
Ink on paper, 9×12″ framed. $200 Sold
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The Perez Bros – Look Out Weekend
Acrylic on Wood panel, 20×16″ $1,200
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Valerie Pobjoy – Blue Note
Oil on Paper, 24×22″ in 24.5×22.5×2″ frame. $700
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Valerie Pobjoy – Holly With Tennis Ball
Oil on copper, 7×4.75″ in 7.5×5.25×2″ frame. $300 Sold
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Olga Ponomarenko – Puss Moth Caterpillar Strolling in the Woods
Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel, 4×6″ in 7×9″ frame. $150 Sold
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Olga Ponomarenko – Lady Mouse With Her Pet Maggot
Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel, 4×4″ in 7×7″ frame. $125 Sold
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Kat Renee – Clausa
Oil & fabric on board, 24×24″ in 25.5/8×25.5/8″ frame. $3,200
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Lena Rushing – Bedlam and His Bees
Printed cardstock, needles, ink & velum. 9x11x4″ in frame. $200 Sold
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Lena Rushing – Marrow
Printed cardstock, needles, ink & velum. 17x21x4″ in frame. $500 Sold
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Lena Rushing – Bedlam Brothers
Printed cardstock, needles, ink & velum. 12x15x4″ in frame. $300 Sold
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Sea Monster – Yesterday’s Problem
Watercolor on paper, 5.5×7.5″ in 7.5×9.5″ oval frame. $350 Sold
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Sea Monster – Showing Around the New Neighbor
Watercolor on paper, 5.5×7.5″ in 7.5×9.5″ oval frame. $350 Sold
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Sea Monster – Herding Mares
Watercolor on paper, 7″ tondo in 8.5″ tondo frame. $350 Sold
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Sea Monster – Daily Chores
Watercolor on paper, 7″ tondo in 8.5″ tondo frame. $350 Sold
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Rusty Sherrill – Frankensurf
Acrylic on board, 10×8″ in 15×12″ frame. $600
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Rusty Sherrill – Dracula Surf
Acrylic on board, 8×10″ in 12×15″ frame. $600
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Dale Sizer – Audrey
Acrylic on canvas, 16×20″ in frame. $2,000
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Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman – Octopus Girl
Graphite, conte on Strathmore paper, 8×6″ in 13×11″ frame. $425
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David Russell Talbott – Easter Mass
Acrylic on birch in 14×11″ painted frame. $380
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David Russell Talbott – The Artist Collector
Acrylic on birch in 11×14″ painted frame. $380
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Johnny Taylor – Black Cat
Acrylic, screen print, marker on panel, 18x18x1.5″ $650
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Johnny Taylor – Blue Cars
Acrylic, screen print, marker on panel, 24x24x1.5″ $1,000
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Daria Theodora – Anxiety
Graphite, Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil on Moleskine paper, 8.25×10″ in 13×16.75″ frame. $500 Sold
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Annie Terrazzo – Girl With A Pearl Nose Ring
Mixed Media, 18×24″ in frame. $800
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Annie Terrazzo – Found Object
Mixed Media, 11×14″ in frame. $500 Sold
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Annie Terrazzo – Where There’s Smoke
Mixed Media, 20×24″ in frame. $950
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Savva Teteriatnikov – Those Who Seek
Acrylic, ink, colored pencil on board, 18×24″ in 20×26″ frame. $1,200
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Yuki Toy – Sanctuary
Pencil, oil on paper, 11×8″ in frame. $280
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Yuki Toy – Aeon
Pencil, oil on paper, 10×10″ in frame. $280
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Treiops Treyfid – Blood Beast Rising
Ink, watercolor on paper, 11×9″ in 13×11″ frame. $400
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Treiops Treyfid – King Of The Bone Jugglers
Ink, watercolor on paper, 8.5×6.5″ in 10.5×8.5″ frame. $350
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Treiops Treyfid – Blood Shrine
Ink, watercolor on paper, 5.75×7″ in 7.25×8.5″ frame. $200
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Vakseen – Thrill$ of Entitlement
Acrylic on wood, 12×12″ $500 Sold
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Vakseen – Illustrious Ratchet
Acrylic on canvas, 24×24″ $900
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Vakseen – Love Hate
Acrylic on wood, 20×20″ $900
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Pol Turgeon – Flores Saltatio
Oil, gouache, crayons, varnishes, mounted on wood, 12.25x19x1.5″ in shaped frame. $1,000
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VegA – The After Birth
Porcelain, rope assemblage, 24x12x5.5″ $1,000
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VegA – The White Moth
Porcelain, bone, rope assemblage, 24x10x4″ $1,000 Sold
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VegA – The Animus
Porcelain, bone assemblage, 12x10x7″ $800 Sold
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VegA – The Anima
Porcelain, bone assemblage, 12x10x7″ $800 Sold
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Nicole Waszak – You Think So
India ink & paper on cold press, 5×7″ in 8.5×10.5″ frame. $150
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Marc Willey – Played And Lost
Acrylic on panel, 12×16″ $560
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Lyndell Dean Wolff – 1915 Cyclone 02
Acrylic on canvas, 15x20x1″ $2,500
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Lyndell Dean Wolff – 1922 Ace 01
Acrylic on canvas, 20x15x1″ $1,250
Please enjoy this video from this year’s opening night reception:
©2017 Daisuke Okamoto
Special thanks to SinoTequila
THE HISTORY
Previously our annual group show was called “Everything but the Kitschen Sync,” but it began life in October 1986 as the “Día de los Muertos” show which was entirely focused on the folk art, sculptures and imagery of Mexico’s “Day of the Dead” celebration. By 1995, gallery owner and curator Billy Shire felt the show had run its course and presented other themed group exhibitions such as the 1996 “21st Century Tiki Show.” In 1998 Shire decided to present a non-themed show dedicated to illustrative and narrative artwork. As many local artists work in commercial graphic art fields such as illustration, cartooning, animation, etc., the show was named “Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists.” In 2004, Shire changed the show title to the more encompassing and less-cumbersome “Everything But the Kitschen Synch.” Several spelling and name variations later, here we are…
“Everyone looks at this show for new and interesting artists” states Shire – “and indeed, not only does La Luz de Jesus pick artists from the group show for smaller group and solo shows down the line–numerous curators and owners of other galleries also keep their eyes on the yearly show for potential artists to add to their rosters.”
“This is the one show annually that most patrons look forward to seeing, as it’s a chance to discover new artists in the venue that has launched so many careers,” notes gallery director Matt Kennedy. “Every year we manage to discover a new conglomeration of fresh talent, and among them a class of breakout successes. That’s really a credit to the accessible talent pool. The quality and availability of instruction (both in schools and through independent study) coupled with the the culture that this city attracts, fosters a welcoming environment for people with the ability to create –often in reaction to their individual situations.”
Join La Luz de Jesus Gallery as we continue to support the latest and most original efforts from the world’s alternative art scene.
Contact Gallery Director Matthew Gardocki for purchase info:
info@laluzdejesus.com (323)666-7667