PICK UP THE PIECES Online Art Sale

To wrap up this year and support my relocation to L.A., I'm holding an online art sale, called "PICK UP THE PIECES." The sale offers a variety of art from 2010, 2009 and 2008, with drawings and paintings from previous gallery exhibits, including my solo San Francisco exhibit, "Undefeated," and the ever popular "I AM 8-BIT" video game themed art shows.

The title and pertinent info for each piece is listed below its image. An * indicates that the work is framed. To make a purchase, please contact me at hiredmeat@gmail.com for the price list. Serious inquiries only, please. Shipping rates will be determined on a per-purchase basis, due to the variety of size and weight of the works.

“Those Things’ll Kill Ya” / 4” x 6” / mixed media on watercolor paper *

“Stone Faced” / 4” x 6” / mixed media on watercolor paper *

“Grimace and Bear It” / 4” x 6” / mixed media on watercolor paper *

“Devil Exhale” / 4” x 6” / mixed media on watercolor paper *

“Box” / 5” x 8.5” / mixed media on paper

“Experience” / 5" x 8.5" / mixed media on paper

"Caffeine McQueen” / 4" x 6" / collage & mixed media on canvas

“Blues Man Greene” / 6” x 6” / collage & mixed media on canvas SOLD

Captain America” / 9” x 12” / mixed media on bristol

“Destroy #2” / 9” x 12” / mixed media on cardboard

“Attack!” / 12” x 14” / mixed media on watercolor paper

“Morning Study Tina” / 8” x 14” / mixed media on watercolor paper *

“Bedlam & Blade” / 8” x 14” / mixed media on watercolor paper * SOLD

”Dead Bloom” / 14” x 18” / acrylics on illustration board *

“Animal Attraction / 14” x 18” / acrylics on illustration board *

“Super” / 12” x 12” / collage & mixed media on canvas

“Kong” / 12” x 12” / collage & mixed media on canvas

“Busines As Usual” / 9” x 12” / collage & mixed media on wood

“Urban Flight” / 9” x 12” / collage & mixed media on wood

“Holy Haymaker” / 16” x 20” / mixed media on wood panel *

“Brute Breath” / 16” x 20” / mixed media on wood panel *

The Unavoidable Conflict of Plus Versus Minus" / 9" x 12" / collage & mixed media on wood *

Come one and come all, o' ye collectors of art.
I look forward to hearing from you.

- Dave Crosland, aka King Gum.

New Work for BEASTS FROM THE BAY!

"Brute Breath!"

"Holy Haymaker!"

I rocked these two newbies for the BEASTS FROM THE BAY group exhibit at Gallery 1988SF. The opening reception is tonight, from 7pm to 10pm. If you're in town, come through and say "Howdy do!" to myself and an assortment of art fiends & enthusiasts.

- Bunker, out!

Sketch 74: Angel Versus Brute

Last Thursday, I had another drawing session on D-Structure's patio. I rocked the sketch for the third and final installation piece I'll be doing, depicting a scene from the epic battle between The Angel and The Brute. The drawing itself is about 8 feet tall by 11 feet wide. I got to really slosh the paint around and get wild with this one, since the image called for more energy and movement.

All in all, I'm please with how these have all come out, though I'm planning some tweaks in the poses in the final paintings on wood. June and July are my months to actually make all this stuff. So get ready for a glut of boxers, kids with wings, and mutant fight fans!

- From The Bunker, with love.

Sketch 73: Victory

Another actual-size sketch I did on Tuesday, for one of the "Undefeated" installation pieces. This is the big one that will be at the back of the store, titled "Victory." It's about 10 feet tall, so that (in the final) his gloves will actually reach above where the solid wall ends, and extend over part of the windows to the upstairs office. Fun with cut-outs!

Also, the blank space across his midsection is where I'll be mounting a series of 12 framed pieces (rough color drawings, with collage), each depicting one round in The Angel's title bout against the main villain of the show, The Brute.

Raw power!

- Bunker, out.

Sketch 72: Undefeated

I spent Tuesday afternoon working on the back patio of D-Structure. That's the shop/gallery space where my San Francisco solo show is hanging, in August. This is a preliminary sketch for one of my 4 installation pieces, titled "Undefeated." While the final piece will be painted on wood (then screwed into the walls), I did this giant sketch (1o x 1o foot sheet of paper, ya'll!) to give myself a sort of road map. Now, when I move on to the final art, I know how large the piece will be, approximately how long it'll take me to work on it, and how strenuous it will be to create. Also, there are little tweeks (the position of his head, arms, etc) that I know to make, when I'm drawing out the final.

It was fantastic fun, working this large. I haven't drawn anything this big since Mahfood and I rocked a mural at Meltdown Comics, last year. I'd forgotten how physical it is! I was bent over, working on this Jackson Pollock-style. Next time, I gotta remember to stretch first. I'm sore like a mofo!

- Bunker, oversized and out!

Sketch 68: Pow! Knokowt!

Several drinks into the night, Food One hands me a big piece of bristol with a raw, splattery boxer drawing on it. He says, "It's a boxer drawing! Finish it!" You know how we do.

- Bunker, out to lunch!

Sketch 66: Destroy

Mahfood and I rocked Drink-and-Draw in Hollywood, last night. There was delicious grilled chicken pizza, Samurai Champloo playing on the projection wall, and the Patron flowed freely. It was really great, getting buzzed and making art alongside some wonderful talents, including Dan Panosian (Incredible Hulk) and Dave Johnson (100 Bullets, the new GI Joe cartoon)... truly outrageous.

- Bunker love, from LA.

ps-- My apologies for the whack, out-of-place font/layout, with these posts from the road. The computer I'm working from isn't giving me the option to change my fonts, sizes, etc. Promise I'll fix it once I'm back in The Bunker.

Sketch 64: Here It Comes!

I've been doodling in my little Moleskin books, when I forget to bring along my larger sketchbooks. This is one of the sketches I worked up, this past Sunday, at Zeitgeist -- one of my first beloved SF watering holes.

-Bunker, out

Sketch 54: "Kid Potential 1

The children in "Undefeated" represent the larvae stage of what the gigantic, monster boxers are. They are, to the boxers, what Paul Muadib was to those giant worms in "Dune." This kinda gives them the freedom to become ultra-beasts, or the boxing angels. In this sketch, all of the children are neutral... clean slates.

Well, mostly clean.

- Bunker, out.

S.A.D. 53: The Numerical Rumble of Plus vs. Minus

Haha... feels like I'm channeling the characters Plus & Minus from "Pinwheel," this children's program on Nickelodeon from way back when. But yeah, this is a continuation of the good v. evil and childhood innocence themes, mentioned in yesterday's sketch.

I'm sketching different kids, and the physical effects of their chosen allegiances. So expect to see some battered cherubsas and monstrous adolescents, in future posts. I'm going with boys AND girls, because I've never been a big fan of a sausage fest.

Oog... feeling a little shakey in the studio, today. I dunno if it's because I skipped my morning jog, or because I almost polished off our bottle of Flor de Cana, last night. Either way, I'm hoping today's playlist will get the blood flowing to my brain:

Tunes --
Mos Def "Black On Both Sides"
Miles Davis "A Day In Paris"
X-Girl "Back To The Mono Kero"

Video --
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Star Trek: Original Series, Season 1

"My umi says, 'Shine your light on the world!'"
- Bunker, out and funky.