Grass Hut

NEW BLOG! NEW GRASSHUT!

2008-03-07T01:29:00.000-08:00

Checkout the new and improved Grass Hut website......

Balls Out!

2008-02-12T10:37:00.000-08:00

Chick on this image and see the freakin crazy line up. You won't even believe this!

Balls Out!
As in, give it all you have.
That’s the theme of this group art show.

March 7th (1st Friday)
6-9pm
Grass Hut
811 E. Burnside
Portland, Oregon 97214
503-445-9924
Grasshutcorp.com

All the artists involved were giving a panel of wood to paint, ink, felt of do whatever they do best onto.
Who are these folks?

Grass Hut is also going Balls Out with our
grand reopening in the new space (the old Denwave space next door).
A bigger space became necessary
once the openings became too crammed to see the art.
The studio is bigger so Bwana, Scrappers and all the other residents
will have more room to grow.
The shop inventory is fully stoked with all new books, zines
and Gargamel Kaiju figures (the finest Japanese goofy monster toys).
The gallery is bigger and totally free to change shape with each new show.
More space, more driftwood, more river rock and more fun.

Rock & Roll Fantasy

2008-01-26T11:34:00.000-08:00

Ojo Stardust
Martin Ontiveros
SOLD

Crossing Streams
Martin Ontiveros
8x10
SOLD

Bang The Head That Does Not Bang
Martin Ontiveros
10x10
SOLD

Something For You to Get Over

Martin Ontiveros
18x24
SOLD

Day Of Infamy 1982
Martin Ontiveros
36x36
Get it!

The Rocking Wounded
Martin Ontiveros
18x24
SOLD

Brother In The Wind
Martin Ontiveros
14x11
SOLD

Righteous Fury
Martin Ontiveros
11x14
SOLD

The Spirit of Cliff Burton
Martin Ontiveros
10x24
SOLD

Ojo Rojo Booze
Scrappers
14x4
SOLD

Worshiping the Gods
Apak
6x3
SOLD

Ojo Rojo
Koji
SOLD

Ojo Rojo
Naoya
SOLD

Ojo Rojo
Yutaka
SOLD

MOJO COJO!!!

Cupco
SOLD

Ojo Rojo
KaToPe
14x18
SOLD

Ojo Rojo
Kiyoka
SOLD

I'm Going Through Changes
Kiyoshi Nakazawa
Pyrograghy on acrylic on wood
12x16
Get it!

Evan b. Harris
Ojo Rojo
SOLD

Ojo Rojo
(Wait list is overflown)

Eat

Bwana Spoons
(shardz of green glass bottle inside)
SOLD

Balls

Bwana Spoons
(shardz of green glass bottle inside)
SOLD

Ojo Rojo
Chanmen
4.5x6
Get it!

Ojo Verde

Scrappers
(Glow-in-the-dark!!!)
SOLD

Mark Nagata
Ojo Rojo
SOLD

SOLD

Rip It Up Dood
Le Merde
(comes with skateboard and drawling)
SOLD

El Torso
Snaggs
SOLD

All American Rojo
Arbito
SOLD

Let's Roll Rojo
Arbito
Get it!

New Work By Martin Ontiveros
Featuring fresh paintings & Ojo Rojo toy release by Gargamel & friends

February 1st (Friday) 6-9pm

Grass Hut Gallery
811 E. Burnside
Portland, OR

New Paintings in the tone of Awesome!
With this fresh paint Martin explores the strange and beautiful world of Rock&Roll, vivid colors and mythology.

Ojo Rojo toy release.
Bigger and better then the mini releases at Comic Con '07, this new Ojo has movable limbs and will not fit in your mouth. It's a Grass Hut exclusive, locals get 1st dibs on opening night, but they will be available online the next day. The sculp was masterfully executed by Kiyoka Ikeda of Gargame. Gargamel & the Grass Hut gang have been stoked on each others work for quite a while now. Just last summer we arm wresteled in the sand at the Giant Robot bon-fire party in San Diego during Comic Con.

Martin's friends are going to pitch in too.
Arbito Hibert
Kiyoshi Nakazawa
Evan Harris
Scrappers
Tweeqim
Cupco
Bwana Spoons
Gargamel
Mark Nagata
Apak
Le Merde
Not everyone is customizing a figure, some are just doing a painting. Some are doing both.

A tiny interview with Martin:
grass hut- So you graduated from Cal Arts along with the inventor of
the Power Puff Girls, do you see any common trends in line work and
character design from the artists who go through that school?
Martin- There were two schools of animation at CalArts, Experimental and
Character. I was in the former, which meant that we were allowed to do
anything we wanted, traditional cell or 3D or whatever, at our own pace
and with minimal structure. We were encouraged to explore our own
visions and explore new ways of making animated films. Experimental
worked more from the angle of animation as short art films than as
something that would develop into a series on TV, not to say that
alumni from there didn't wind up doing such things (for example,
Stephen Hillenburg, who created Spongebob Squarepants, Henry Selick,
director of Nightmare Before Christmas and others, Jorge Gutierrez,
creator of El Tigre, and Brad Bird, who worked on the Simpsons and is
the genius behind Pixar were all from my program). I never made a film
myself though. Character Animation, which was the school that Craig
McKracken graduated from, was way more structured in that it taught
students everything from the mechanics of constructing a film to the
history of animation to character design itself, a true program with
teachers straight out of the industry itself. Most of them were really
young, right out of high school (versus the older crowd of
Experimental) and were actively following what was going on at the time
in popular animation, all fans of the same stuff, and all
impressionable by what they dreamed of being a part of. When I started
CalArts, indie and alternative animation was just gaining popularity--
Ren and Stimpy, Spike and Mike, Nickolodeon, and later on, Cartoon
Network's original programming-- so suddenly there was more to offer
than just getting a job at Disney. More opportunity to be a maverick in
line work and character design, and if not that, than at least more
productions to get a job on. So, I guess the answer is yes... Jesus,
could I have spent more time answering this?

gh- How is this new show at the Hut different from the solo you had at Giant Robot the other month?
M- The GR2 show wound up being a catharsis of all these emotions I had
been harboring for the year prior. The art was the natural outcome of
having gone through some heavy stuff and yet having worked and created
through it regardless, resulting in some of my best work to date. Like
drinking a mix of all kinds of things that aren't necessarily good for
you and puking out rainbows in the end. Having said that, I think it
exhausted me in a way too-- I'm still too burned out to load the new
stuff with all the color that went into GR2. This new show is a switch
to something simpler, lighter in mood, subject, and spectrum, and just
plain fun. It's all about my deep love for Rock N' Roll and Heavy
Metal, combined with mythology, and the cheesier the composition, the
better. It's a new year, a lot of things have been resolved or are on
another, more positive course. I'm in strange new territory and I want
to have fun. When this is all over, I'll get back to the big-color
thing.

gh- What's Ojo Rojo's story, what's he stand for?
M- Story...? I guess you could say he's a bit of an alter-ego. He smiles
all the time. He has cooler hair than me. His fashion sense is somewhat
glam, which is a look that I could never pull off. He's a character I
can throw into any piece and he would brighten it up. I don't know if
it's the grin, the hair, or the boots, but he gets some good response.
His name is kind of a fluke-- I tend not to title things until the last
minute... I like to see what I come up with spur of the moment. In his
case, I was titling everything in the show he premiered in after rock
song titles, and since he had red eyes, I used Ojo Rojo from a Fu
Manchu song. I wish it could be more extravagant a story than that, but
there you have it. Good song too.

gh- What's you connection with the Japanese kaiju (monster toy)
company Gargamel? How is Gargamel different from other kaiju-makers?
M- I met and became aware of Gargamel through Bwana Spoons. We shared a
room with them at Comic-Con 2006. They knew very little english, we
knew very little japanese, and we had a blast regardless. I'm not the
biggest expert on vinyl out there, I don't collect much since I don't
have the money, plus I'm really selective about what I get, and won't
buy something just because it's the hot thing out there-- so my opinion
is sort of limited about the vinyl world. It's really up to the tastes
of the makers and collectors as to what's cool. That said, I love
Gargamel best personally because they are in league with my taste in
kaiju--they hail back to the aesthetic glory of Bullmark and Marusan,
the older days of vinyl. I don't really see anyone else out there doing
it that way (except Super 7 and Max Toy), and that's why I'm into
Gargamel. That we are pals with a strong mutual admiration for each
other's work is just the icing on the cake. Those guys are fun!

gh- What is going to make 2008 two thousand great?
M- Grass Hut, duh! And going to Japan for the first time, that will
definitely help.

Fairytales

2008-01-01T11:13:00.000-08:00

Fairytales
Photographs by Alicia J. Rose

A re-imagining of 3 classic Grimm's fairy tales...

Opens January 4, 2008 (through Jan 28)
Grass Hut Gallery
811 E Burnside, Portland OR 97214
Tel: 503-445-9924

Fairytales is the debut exhibition of a new series of photographs by Portland photographer and artist Alicia J. Rose. Seen through a keen eye of childhood dispossession and vivid color-drenched fantasy, Rose delves deep into the dark side of Grimms' most harrowing tales held dear in her youth. Known mostly for her work with rock bands and ballet dancers, with Fairytales, Rose invites the viewer into an inner world where her imagination is laid bare and her fevered visions are brought to big, bold life.

Pushing the boundaries of perception, Rose's Fairytales are striking gender-amorphous visions of hope, fear, possession, and the mis-adventures of losing ones' innocence. Culled from a burgeoning and beautifully disturbed imagination, Rose's work is filled with impossibly bright colors, chiaroscuro lighting and purposeful composition. Using a medium format Hasselblad camera, lush high grain film stock and a combination of natural and artificial light, she creates all her images in-camera without the aid of post-camera/darkroom special effects or computer programs.

With characters cast from her friends and favorite performance circles (Sissyboy, Queer Bait, Splendora & The Gender Fluids), and a handful of remarkable tales to tell with a spooky forest at bay, Fairytales was shot over a moody and blustery weekend on Sauvie Island at her friend Pennie Lane's Rock and Roll Ranch in November 2007.

Over 25 limited edition archival prints collected from the 3 tales will be shown at Grass Hut Gallery in January.

View More Fairytales

About the artist:
Once upon a time, long, long ago, a little girl lost the ability to remember her dreams. In picture books, and aging tomes she took shelter in the grandiose images they generated in her imagination. The girl grew up, making music with an accordion that she always described as "soundtracks to films in her head." Eventually the pictures she was making music for became larger than her music could properly accompany or her small head could possibly contain. The girl then took up another instrument, a camera, that allowed her the proper sight necessary to capture the stories that had been running amok in her skull for years, and share them with other sets of eyes everywhere.

Fairytales is a follow up to her 2006 exhibition Ballet Supreme (Press Club, PDX), and her 2003 show Histrionic (Genuine Imitation Gallery, PDX). And was created in part as a companion to her upcoming musical release Hearts & Daggers a collaboration with Violinist/Vocalist Petra Haden, set for release in early 2008 by File Under: Music.

2008 calendork

2007-11-29T08:37:00.000-08:00

The Grass Hut Calendork is HERE right now!!!
With original art from artists who will rule the Hut walls in 2008.
Opens Dec 7th (1st Friday) 6-9pm.
Apak, Evan Harris, Cho-Chan, Mark Todd, J. Otto, Amy Ruppel, Matthew Feyld, Luke Ramsey, Bwana, Scrappers, Martin and more...
After the Dec 7th you'll be ale to buy the Calendork online.
Ef-Yes!

Limited Edition 2008 Calendork (100% eco-friendly printing)

Mark Todd
Vans "Bread"
mixed media/paper

Mark Todd
Vans "Bad Sound"
mixed media/paper

Mark Todd
Vans "Stripes"
mixed media/paper
SOLD

Cho-Chan
The Miss, Please Wait
acrylic on canvas

Evan B. Harris
Thoughts Of Her
mixed media on wood

Matthew Feyld
(Untitled) Black Bear
gouache on paper
SOLD

Amy Ruppel

Greenhouse
wax/mixed media

Amy Ruppel
Summer Home
wax/mixed media

Amy Ruppel
Oh No, I'm Late
wax/mixed media

Luke Ramsey
Tiny Ink Drawings

Dawn Riddle
RIP
watercolour and Ink on wood

Martin Ontiveros
Thee Blessed Ang-us
SOLD

Scrappers
Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
House paint on housewood
SOLD

Bwana Spoons
Get Bent
gouache/cel vinyl on wood

Bwana Spoons
A Day At The Dentist
gouache/cel vinyl on wood

Apak
Tomodachi Parade
acrylic/stain on wood

J. Otto

May be
Digi-Illo-Photo-Doodle

Spiritual Boner

2007-10-20T13:28:00.000-07:00

Artwork by
Jay Howell, Scott Barry and Skinner
This boner is up all November!!!

Scott Barry made a rad installation.

Exit ( Planetoids )

(carbon transfer process)
23x31

Entrance
(carbon transfer process)
23x31

Escape
(carbon transfer process)
23x31

Green one SOLD

Man
Scott Barry
gouache on paper
11x12

Friends Lovers and Brothers
Scott Barry
gouache on paper
22x30

Friends Lovers or Sisters $250
Scott Barry
gouache on paper
22x30
SOLD

Electric Virgin cosmic bliss
(carbon transfer process)
19x24

Lady of the Forest Cooker
(carbon transfer process)
19x24

The forest city rocker motorcycle gang
Jay Howell
SOLD

The guy whos gonna fall into the cactus

Jay Howell
SOLD

Oh yeah i love that one
Jay Howell
SOLD

The naked ladies
Jay Howell
SOLD

Princes' boner

Jay Howell

Outlander
Skinner

Dark Times of Ancient Memories Haunting in the Shoqqoth realm
Skinner

Squarish Lord Man
Skinner

Spectre of Evil Times
Skinner

Revengance
Skinner

Part 1 (on the left)
Skinner

Part 2
Skinner

Blastarr
Skinner

Child of Tiamat
Skinner

Ritual Death Mask
Skinner

Extreme Wizardry
Skinner

In this world of product as art and art as product it's refreshing to see artists who just shred and thrash around the subject of being human. Like most artists from Berkley, Oakland and San Fransico's mission district (read Beautiful Losers) Skinner, Jay Howell and Scott Barry all reflect the naked humanity that popular art seems to miss.

Scott Barry is a classic new breed artist/designer. Not simply limited to doodling, painting or sewing he shames west coast art directors by making wonder-filled ideas easy to understand. His communications are solid and bold enough to change the way you think.
Skinner is a freak, a spaz and full of energy. His wild style is a tiger attack on innocence. Discribing his own work Skinner thinks of it as, "a psychedelic barrage of fantastical monstrosities brought to life through the mind of an obsessed child".
Jay Howell was interviewed on Fecal Face recently and when asked if he had a mantra he said, "Take a stand against the jerks from hell. They are out there and they want you to feel bad just because they do. You will not be taken down, YOU are from Tuff Town and they are from the lame village across the river. We launch rocks at them for a reason." Jay's work backs these words up, better then any fan-boy words I could wack out right now.

Shawn Wolfe & Le Merde

2007-09-22T15:50:00.000-07:00

Shawn Wolfe
Deal. Bail. Cope. Nope.
2007
acrylic on wood
6" x 12" x 2"
SOLD

Shawn Wolfe

Hurt. Kill. Lie. Cheat. Steal. Suck. Run. Hide. Care. Don't.
2007
acrylic on wood
6" x 7" x 4"
$700 (contact for availability)

Shawn Wolfe
Human Highway
2006
30" x 43"
acrylic on wood

Shawn Wolfe
Jesus is coming... roll another joint.
2007
24" x 42"
acrylic on wood

Shawn Wolfe
Your Logo Here
2007
12" x 24"
acrylic on wood

Shawn Wolfe
It's Killing Time
2007
24" x 12"
acrylic on wood

Shawn Wolfe

Let This Be A Sign
2006
32" x 46"
acrylic on wood

Le Merde
Gripeness Worry
2007
12" x 12" x 3"
acrylic on wood
SOLD
Le Merde
Gripe Juice High
2007
12" x 12" x 3"
acrylic on wood
SOLD

Le Merde
Kandar Radius - SOLD
(Silver Thoughts - clear head w/ painted body)

Le Merde
Hujili's Ghost - SOLD
(Muddy Waters - brown clear w/ painted head)

Le Merde
The Battle of Modine Sleep Fritzbend (The Band)
2007
12" x 36" x 3"
acrylic on wood
SOLD

Le Merde
Orange Drink Test
2007
12" x 12" x 3"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Le Merde
ZEU EXPLODE
2007
36" x 36"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Hujili's Ghost - SOLD
(custom black clear w/ pink hair)

Hujili's Ghost - SOLD
(custom brown clear w/ blue hair)

The Mayor McMonty Fritz - SOLD
(Special purple clear version)

new work by
Shawn Wolfe & Le Merde

Opens Oct 5ithy, 6-9pm
Runs all month!!!

The work will be for sale online after the opening.
So check back soon!!!

Grass Hut Gallery
811 e. burnside
poertland, or

Seattle is Portland's big indifferent sister city. Seattle has about 80% more of every cool thing Portland has to offer. However Seattle has grown old and boring, so folks from Seattle come to Portland for tiny vacations, intimate music shows and killer little art shows.
Shawn Wolfe and Le Merde, two of Seattle's most renowned and collected artists are coming to Portland because we have something here that doesn't exist anywhere else: Grass Hut Gallery and gooooood vibez.

If you don't already know who these Seattle artists are yet, read on...

Shawn Wolfe's graphic, painted and sculptural works are ponderous, playful, pointless and panicky; chronicling human hubris with sincere and heartfelt ambivalence. His work has appeared in Emigre, Metropolis, GQ Japan, Relax, While You Were Sleeping, Adbusters, and Print. He and wife Jessica have made Seattle their home since 1990.
shawnwolfe.com

Le Merde is Seattle, Washington based husband and wife duo Mike and Michelle Kelly. Mike who is from Tucson, Arizona and Michelle a native Seattleite have been working together since they met in London in 2000. Their work ranges from paintings and sculpture to hand cast figures. They draw inspiration from all walks of pop-culture, including heavy metal music and 1970’s cartoon characters.
More of their work can be seen at lemerde.com

New Islands Fold Zines

2007-09-22T15:39:00.001-07:00

We are so stoked to have these in stock.
For a couple years now Islands Fold has been making the best art zines in the Northwest.
Every once in a while we get a good little batch of them in and they brighten up the whole shop.
Here's a list of what just showed up:
-Weast
-Evilution
-Boing
-The Pawn's Queen
-Farm Sized Adventures
-A Great Big Stillness

If your reading these words you will probably love what they make at Islands Fold.

Welcome to California!

2007-08-28T14:16:00.001-07:00

All new paintings by
Bwana Spoons and Justin "Scrappers" Morrison

Opens Sept 7th (first friday) 6-9pm

Grass Hut Gallery
811 e. Burnside
Portland, OR

To see Bwana's work go here:
http://www.grasshutcorp.com/bits/
To see Scrappers work go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrappers/

Bwana Spoons and Justin "Scrappers" Morrison are coming outta the closet. The secrets out, they're from California. They've kept it a secret because they thought Oregonians might get mad and hate on them with a "Locals Only" attitude. As it turns out though, everyone's been super nice and welcoming here in Portland. So take this show as a welcome right back at you.
In their new body of work the Cali-boys explore and reflect everything rad and lame about California. That covers everything from surfing legend Moon-Doggy to gangsta rap legend Easy-E.
Using vivid colors and bold icons in their new painting, Bwana and Scrappers celebrate their first show together in Grass Hut gallery (the galley they both own and operate).

Bwana Spoons:
Growing up in California I began to think of it as it's own country. Born in Santa Ana on a dragbike, and after a momentary stint in Michigan, my folks moved me up and down the coast and the valley. We made pit stops in Trona(Death Valley)- where my dad worked at the the Kerry-McGee plant. Home to Silkwood. Then Fairfield- where I learned to skate like every other Californian. Central Valley- not the area, the town right near the Shasta Dam. Walnut Creek- where my mom thought our house was haunted, but really just felt uncomfortable because everybody was rich, Then off to the shithole Oakley- Again, not the goggle/sunglass company, just some walnut orchards, cholos, and rednecks out in the middle of suburbia. Then to mendocino- Where I realized that you didn't have to hate school, and fight, or run from fights everyday. The ocean, hippies, no fences, and no walkie talkies. And lastly, when I graduated from mendo I moved to SF. home to hills, killer art, king of slappies, and earthquakes. So... by the time i moved to portland back in '96, at first i just thought it was an extension of the country California. I love it here, and I still love california. This show is about my love for all things Cali, the good, the rad, and the ugly.

our mural/skate ramp

Justin "Scrappers" Morrison:
I am Californian: I have kicked Mickey Mouse in the balls, I have been to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, I saw the LA riots, I had my first kiss under the Hollywood sign next to Madonna's house, I listened to "Straight Outta Compton" by NWA while on spring break in Palm Springs, I smoked pot in a VW van parked in front of Jimm Morrison's house, I surfed my first wave at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, I watched my first movie on the Walt Disney studio lot, I've seen Erik Estrada (Ponch) from Chips dressed up as Santa Clause hand out gifts at the Los Angeles Mission, I learned how to tree-sit by Earth First protesters in Humboldt county, I found a seal's tooth on Catalina Island, I made a necklace from Big Bear mountain pine cones and I have hocked a loogie off the Golden Gate bridge.
I was born in Canada on Vancouver Island, had my diapers changed in Medford Oregon, but I grew up in Los Angeles county. I grew up around gnarly bikers, greasy mechanics, Armenian gang members, Hispanic family members, crazy surfers, bleach blond pool cleaners, Hollywood butt rockers, movie studio slaves, plastic surgery junkies and uselessly over-watered palm trees.
Somehow my stoner buddies and I graduated from Burbank High School, then I studied random art, music and history at Pasadena City College and the College of the Redwoods. It wasn't till I moved to Portland that I got a History degree from PSU and devoted a year of my life to the Wieden+Kennedy 12 advertising agency/school/experiment.
Now I live in Portland, paint with old house paint, run Grass Hut studio/gallery/shop with my buddy Bwana and swim in the rivers every chance I get.

My Secret Pocket Journey

2007-07-20T12:47:00.000-07:00

New Art work by Ayumi Piland (from APAK)
opens August 3rd, 6-9pm (runs all month)

Grass Hut Gallery
811 e. Burnside
Portland, Oregon
97214
(503) 445-9924

My Secret Pocket
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
5.5X7.5
contact for availability

Loyal Partner
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
6X6
SOLD

Better Luck Tomorrow
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
6X6
Sold

Desert Lovers
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
3.5X6.5
SOLD

Stolen Pocket
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
5.5X4
SOLD

Tapir & Me
Gouache on Paper
4X4
SOLD

Deer & Me
Gouache on Paper
4X4
SOLD

Piggy & Me
Gouache on Paper
4X4
SOLD

Squirrel & Me
Gouache on Paper
4X4
SOLD

The Island of Old Legend
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
6X6
contact for availability

The Island of Memory
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
6X6
contact for availability

The Island of Spirits
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
6X6
contact for availability

The Island of Wonder
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
6X6
Sold

Sweet Dream
Gouache on Paper (mounted on paper)
7X7
SOLD

Puzzling Encounter
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
8X7
contact for availability

Glamour Attack
Gouache on Paper (mounted on paper)
8X7
contact for availability

Backyard Dilemma
Gouache on Paper (mounted on paper)
7X7
contact for availability

Dejavu
Gouache on Paper (mounted on wood)
7X10
contact for availability

Statement: The one thing I try not to forget before doing the laundry is checking my husband's pockets. All his pockets are always filled with many little things... all types of twigs, rocks, plants, old screws, nuts, balls of fuzz, receipts, post-it notes, coins, dirt, broken piece of plastic, small metal parts, candy wrappers, toys, stickers, business cards, flyers...etc. In contrast, my pockets are usually empty and I feel sort of envious of his collection. But I do have a secret pocket that I keep non-objects, my imagination. I hide the secret pocket around my belly to keep it quite safe. This is where my soul curls up and takes a nap to dream. In this show you get a chance to peak at the world of my secret pocket. I hope you enjoy it!

Bio: Ayumi K. Piland was born in Saitama prefecture, Japan and moved to the U.S. by herself after high school. She found her passion in art, and 5 years later she graduated from Kendall College of Art & Design in Michigan with BFA majoring in illustration. Which is when she met her husband, Aaron and they started a creative team APAK. After living in Oakland, CA and Saitama, Japan, they stumbled upon Portland in 2005. Since then they support each other as freelance illustrators and also collaborate under the name APAK on paintings for galleries mostly on West coast.

Besides working on fun projects as APAK, she enjoys making things by hand. Designing plush dolls, self-publish picture books, creating handmade greeting cards, painting silly characters.. etc. Her handmade Gocco greeting cards have been well accepted and sold worldwide. Publishers like Little Otsu publishes her greeting cards as well. She is currently working on illustration for a book called "Biting the Wax Tadpole: Adventures in Word Travel" by Melville Publishing, a greeting card set with Chronicle Books, and also illustrations for a tote bag by Blue Q. Her picture book, Harry will be published in 2008 by Little Otsu. Visit me online at http://www.apakstudio.com

new birds ............................................................. july 6th

2007-06-27T16:32:00.000-07:00

We will have more images of work from the show up after it opens.
Keep checkin back!!!

Apak
9x9x10

SOLD

Hummingbird House

Amy Morrison

Lair of the Bloodbird

Martin Ontiveros
SOLD

Bird Nest and Home
Evan B. Harris

Hatchlings
Katy Horan
5x5x9
SOLD
Matthew Feyld
5x5x14
SOLD

Matthew Feyld
4x6
SOLD

Matthew Feyld
6x8
SOLD

Early Bird (gotta go poop)
8x21
Scrappers

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
(ink and watercolor on paper)
Shawn Creeden
8x11

Leaving Home
Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch
Framed 14x17
SOLD

Steve and Meredith Mathews paintings and plush

Raven "The Kid"
(acrylic on wood)
Tripper Dungan #star
11x27

Chicken Head
Keith Warren Greiman
8x10

Sworded Penelope
Keith Shore
Framed 12x15

Roadkill Rave
Mama Morgan
(melted crayons, found wood, thread, pins, sculpy, acrylic paint, shiny glaze, clouds and real diamonds)

English Barn Owl
Pinky
Framed 10x13

Here's to Better Times
Ryan Berkley
Framed 6x9
SOLD

Stamp Collector One
Jon Izen
Framed 4x6

Stamp Collector Two
Jon Izen
Framed 4x6

Stamp Collector Three
Jon Izen
Framed 4x6

Party Dress
(gouache & pencil)
Betsy Walton
10x8

Pastel Bird

Brett Superstar
13x27

Night Hawk
Brett Superstar
7x24

Untitled

Dan Groth
Framed 13x16

Feather/Blood Coat

Aidan Koch
5x7
SOLD

No Sudden Moves

(paper, Oils and beeswax on wood)
Amy Ruppel
16x16

Birds are inspiring. They bring us sweet songs, they treat us to amazing aerial acrobatics and they remind us to look around and trip out on how wonderful this place is.
Grass Hut gallery is hosting a bird flavored group show. The New Birds show hopes to raise urban bird awareness, develop personal relationships with birds, inspire new-age touchy-feely ego-releasing bird-brain thinking and welcome a new breed of artist to Portland, Oregon.
With over 30 new artists we are bound to get over 30 new interpretations on the simple birds theme. Most of the outta town artists where mailed bird houses to decorate. As luck would have it some random person hung these same birds houses painted blue on telephone poles all around Portland. They also hung duck decoys from power lines. Only in Portland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BlGIVoFljA

Here's the line up:
Apak, Evan Harris, Martin Ontiveros, Bwana Spoons, Scrappers, Keith Shore, Amy Ruppel, Katy Horan, Matthew Feyld, Stefanie Choi, Tripper, Steve Mathews, Meredith Mathews, Brett Superstar, J.Otto, Cyrus Smith, Ryan Berkley, Adain Koch, David Neevel, Mr. Pinks, Shawn Creeden, Amy Morrison, Jon Izen, Reverend Benny Bob, David Wein, Betsy Walton, Keith Greiman, Klutch, Matthew di Leo, Phoneticontrol, Mama Morgan and Maxwell Loren Holyoke-hirsch, Shayla Hason, Clare von Cupcake and Dan Groth.

July 6th (First Friday), 6-9pm
Grass Hut Gallery
811 e. Burnside
Portland, OR
(503) 445-9924
www.grasshutcorp.com

Lost (or stolen?)

2007-06-24T16:25:00.001-07:00

Le Merde's New T-shirts

2007-06-09T08:15:00.000-07:00

Hiberts!

2007-05-18T15:10:00.000-07:00

New Work by The Hiberts! June 1st (First Friday), 6-9pm

Watch this!

The Hiberts are an awesome family.

Snaggs, her husband Arbito, his two cousins Oliver and Spencer, gallons of fresh paint and yards of fuzzy felt are coming to Portland, OR to remind us to jump start our imaginations.
Their work is a shining example of west coast psychedelic art. The vivid colors and icons used often resemble work created during the golden 1960s American revolution.
The Hibert family style rounds the edges and cranks the volume up on icons such as hippies, monsters, bell bottoms, totem poles, long hair, flowers and everything typically West Coast that can been shown in a cute and fuzzy light.
Although Arbito, Snaggs, Oliver and Spencer have earned established gallery reputations, they have never shown together in Portland. The simple fact that they are all flying to be here at their Grass Hut opening tells us something about their passion for Portland's art scene.
How passionate are you?

Super! Cool!
Oliver Hibert
(smooth acrylic on canvas)

Oliver Hibert was born in 1983 near Seattle, Wa. He is a self taught
artist that has been painting since the age of 15. By the age of 18,
Oliver had shown in numerous galleries, and by age 20, Oliver had shown
his paintings in two different museums in Arizona. He now resides near
Phoenix, Az. With his girlfriend and 1,000 albino peacocks.

Wonder Flyer
Oliver Hibert
(smooth acrylic on canvas)

Look Out! Run!
Oliver Hibert
(smooth acrylic on canvas)

Vinyl Pillows

Vintage Repeating Face Fabric

Snaggs

Bad Moon Rising
Snaggs

Elephant Rides
Snaggs

Snaggs is a local Seattle textile artist. You can usually find her dwelling in her basement, sewing up a storm; surrounded by heaps of vibrant, rainbow colored, fuzzy felt. When she’s not doing art work, she focuses the rest of her creative energy into outbidding people on ebay, posting paparazzi photos on flickr, and gaining endless inspiration from her artist husband, arbito.

Sunday Afternoon
Snaggs

Miigii Sculptures

Spencer Hibert

Yolk Yellow
SOLD-Mint
Kiwii
$85
SOLD-Superlicious Bright Green (glow-in-the-dark)
$95

Miigii comes with a carrying package
which includes 12 different colors of random vinyl stickers and a comic.
Handmade, Limited Run 15 of 50, Numbered & Signed

Spencer
Born in Seattle, Washington March 6, 1980, Spencer moved with his family at the age of five to Phoenix, Arizona. It was there that imaginary mirages appeared to him daily. The constant sun intensified the bright colors of these images. Spencer Hibert currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona, where he turns these bright colorful mirages into paintings.

Lil Totem

Spencer Hibert
(super-pro acrylic on wooden jig-saw cut-out)

Missy and Morlock
SOLD-$250 13X24 inches

Boot
Arbito

Let's Roll
Arbito
$20 4x7 inches (digi-print on canvas)

Arbito

As a Washington native, Arbito prides himself on knowing exactly what Seattleites desire.
Arbito likes: Mind Wars, Cottage Cheese, Lasers, Elbow Hockey, Wooden goods, Long hair and vans. He is 32 and Taken.

Sissi

Arbito

The Drifters

2007-04-21T15:23:00.000-07:00

Hippies are drifters, bikers are drifters, migratory birds are drifters, hobos are drifters, jelly fish are drifters, rain clouds are drifters and even words are drifters. Can art drift? Is drifting a style? Yes. Drifters live in the moment, they create from pure instinct without hidden agendas or pretension and if they have a message it's simply "let go".

The Drifters on Youtube.

May 4th at Grass Hut Gallery
The Drifters
Dawn Riddle, Driftwould and The Reverend Benny Bob
will share with us the art of letting go.

To buy any of the work in this show, simply send us an email.Untitled
Dawn Riddle
SOLD

Warning
Dawn Riddle
SOLD

Echino-man
Dawn Riddle

Jellyfish
Dawn Riddle
SOLD

Meh
Dawn Riddle

Olden Times
Dawn Riddle

Untitled Matthew Feyld (ink & watercolor framed on paper) 8x10"
SOLD

Untitled Matthew Feyld (ink, acrylic & watercolor on paper in a nice black frame) 11x14" SOLD

Untitled Matthew Feyld (ink & acrylic on paper in a nice black frame) 8x10"

Untitled Matthew Feyld (ink, acrylic & watercolor on paper in a nice black frame) 8x10"

Untitled Matthew Feyld (ink & acrylic on paper in a nice black frame) 11x14"
SOLD (shipping not included)

Untitled Matthew Feyld (ink & acrylic on paper in a nice black frame) 11x14"
SOLD

Dog on Leash The Reverend Benny Bob
10x6"

Bird The Reverend Benny Bob
11x5"

Bug Eater The Reverend Benny Bob
11x5"

Fat Clam The Reverend Benny Bob
7x10"

Bios:

Dawn Riddle-Lives in San Francisco, but is know through out Portland from the band Sour Grapes and just being a sweet person who like to ride bikes and share cookies and coffee with friends. Her last art show in Portland was at Half & Half, every piece was spoken for before the show opened. Dawn works with paint, thread, construction paper and whatever it takes to honestly and clearly speak of how humans can swim with sharks, whales and other creature from the deep. The secret is to drift with them.

Matthew Feyld-(aka Driftwould) Is Canadian working out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (home of Olympia brewing). Driftwould's work is world-renowned due to his pleasant web presents on Flickr and train murals. He uses pen, paper, watercolor, and acrylics to create "a world where both human, and animal share more than just their boots." Driftwould's use of posturing and icons reminds us that we all want to be simple again, we want to live in this moment.

The Reverend Benny Bob- Lives in a small cabin above the Siletz River near Kernville, Oregon. The Reverend cuts his own firewood, and eats clams, guts and all if he has to, when he isn't hiking streams following salmon for the Department of Fish and Wildlife. In his humble cabin he has mastered ceramics, wood, ink, graphite, sewing and painting. Once a month The Reverend drives his beat-up truck to Portland to show his artwork to folks on the sidewalks in the big city. His life and work are solid representations of content budda-like action.

The Drifters (the art of letting go)
Dawn Riddle, Matthew Feyld and The Reverend Benny Bob
May 4th (First Friday), 6-9pm
Grass Hut Gallery
811 E. Burnside Portland, Oregon
(503)445-9924
grasshutcorp.com

Pretty in Ink

2007-03-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

Pretty in Ink
New work by Meg Hunt, Miniature Mouse and Naomi Nowak

Opens April 6th, 6-9pm (First Friday)
Grass Hut Gallery
811 e. Burnside
Portland, OR 97214

Meg Hunt lived by the ocean for a while, and then picked everything up to live in the hot desert. Her love of messes led her to printmaking, and she finds her inspired by old pieces of machinery, monster legends, outsider culture, pop influences, music, and many other random things. These inspirations spill out into strange worlds where monsters comingle with vagrants, bad habits become badges of courage, pretenders find friends, and generally just a lot of weirdness takes place.
http://www.meghunt.com

Miniature Mouse (Fumi Nakamura)
Born in December, 1984. Grew up half of her life in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan. Other half in Bay Area, California, US. Now living in South Bay and making art.
A little mouse from tiny world.
http://www.miniminiaturemouse.com

Naomi Nowak is a painter and comic artist, born in Stockholm. She likes to paint beautiful things and people but strives to get underlying emotions and thoughts across as well. So far she's been in several group shows and had her first graphic novel, Unholy Kinship, published in the US. The next one is coming up this year.
http://www.naomi.se

These buns are made of burger.

2007-03-16T16:45:00.001-07:00

Well,
it looks like Le Merde has outdone themselves once again. Le Merde hand-crafted toys are full of pure joy and this time techno-colored brains. Grass Hut is the only place in town, where you can find these lovely BurgerBuns, so hustle your tooshy down here.

Gang Green Theeng

2007-03-11T18:10:00.000-07:00

Todays studio painting session was messed up by a world of green. Apak and Billy Galaxy say "green is the new gold". Portland's mosses are in full bloom right now. It's Eco-Groovy!

Happy St. Patties Day!!!

bakoba volcano sunset

2007-03-10T12:35:00.000-08:00

Last week two gigantic boxes from japan showed up at the hut. The boxes were full of crazy yellow polka-dotted dino eggs. From these eggs little squeeky bakoba toys hatch. These toys are the lastest in the Bwana Spoons/Gargamel collaborations. The little bakobas are based on some crazy vintage toy mold and the color schizm was invented by Bwana. We have 3 different color schizmz that look even better with spring sunlight beaming through them.
$40 each.

Learn more at Gargamel.

Thunder Eyez

2007-02-18T16:58:00.000-08:00

Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Thunder Eyez
Artwork by
E*Rock
Mt. Eerie
White Rainbow
YACHT
Hooliganship
Lucky Dragons/Sumi Ink Club
Adam Zeek
Curtis Knapp (Marriage Records & Watery Graves)

Artists Receptions March 1st and 2nd, 6-9pm

From the North a nakedness leaked out. It was a naked sound full of sincerity, improvised creation and an untamed passion for every passing breath. Here in the North you can seldom tell if it rained or stormed during the night unless a tree fell or some mountain crumbled over a road. It's always wet and naked here. This naked sound is like thunder, easy to hear and feel, but impossible to see or hold in your hands.
There is a camp of musicians who have opened many ears up to this naked sound, this thunder. These musicians are honestly trying to express their love for life without limits. However, making music is only one of the many ways they express thunder. These folks take the sound further with constructed environments, animation, silk screening, posters, photography, paint, collage and unexpected mixed media.
Dismissed as music makers their work is seldom recognized by the arts community. Retarding isn't it? So for the month of March these folks are going to have an art show at Grass Hut. Come see what happens.

Doodle Club

2007-02-10T12:10:00.000-08:00

The simple truth: The studio is open to everyone every Sunday in February.

We're just stoked by the collaboration work in the gallery right now done by Islands Fold
so it seemed like a good idea to open Grass Hut to anyone who wants to try a little collaborative doodling. Feel free to swing by on a Sunday, say hello and doodle a bit. If all goes well we'll make a little zine and share the love.

2007-01-27T17:21:00.000-08:00

GRASS HUT GALLERY PRESENTS THE RELEASE OF BEASTS!

With artists signing the new Fantagraphics hardcover collection of nearly 100 illustrators depicting mythological and folkloric creatures.

WHAT: Beasts! book release party and signing
WHO: Jacob Covey, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros, Jesse Reno, Coleen
Coover, Adam Grano, Jason Miles, Eric Reynolds and others t.b.a.
WHEN: Friday, February 2nd, 6pm-9pm
WHERE: Grass Hut Gallery, 811 East Burnside, Portland OR 97214

Beasts! is a 200 page, full-color (plus Gold throughout), hardcover book from Fantagraphics Books. Ninety artists from the fields of rock posters, skate graphics, comics, children's books, fine art, etc. have each chosen a classic mythological or folkloric creature to illustrate. All of the depicted beasts have been thought at some time to exist (generally through a handful of eyewitnesses or as cultural stories).

Each beast is accompanied by a brief description of the creature written by Paul Hughes, Felicia Gotthelf, Heidi Broadhead, or Rob Lightner. It was birthed/curated by Jacob Covey and marvelously edited by Karin Snelson. It is due in stores in early January.

Grass Hut
811 eastern Burnside
Portland, OR 97214
grasshutcorp.com
503-445-9924

Friends of the Endless Journey

2007-01-21T17:14:00.000-08:00

Friends of the Endless Journey
a doodler's group show: Peter Thompson, Luke Ramsey, Justin Williams, Ekta, A.J. Purdy, Andy Rementer, Owen Plummer and Jason Hsu
Opens February 2nd, 6-9pm
Closes February 28th.

Grass Hut
811 eastern Burnside
Portland, OR 97214
503-445-9924

Dear Art Luverz,
Grass Hut is hosting an epic show in February, Friends of the Endless Journey. I know how you think most modern painters and illustrators have turned into one trick ponies over-using the same techniques; the crystal pattern, the fish scale pattern, the shiny diamond eyes, rainbows with dripping clouds, and so on and so on. And so what? Let's just step back for a second though and really look at what's happening here. It's a movement. It's a world wide underground art movement. Some folks are copy cats, while others are the originals.
You can easily spot the originals because they are the folks who are collaborating and exploring this new territory together, oh and they are Canadian usually. I noticed this movement first with Mark Bell's work. He's the Canadian who took comic book psychedelia far beyond Robert Crumb, he took it to the abstract and galleries are devouring his work right now. Bell Collaborated with Peter Thompson on a print project titled the Hobbit. Thompson rides a comic doodle style that's free, fun and under no pressure to perform or impress the viewer with fancy tricks, so his work is easy to relate to. These guys are originals in the movement.
Influenced my big time Canadian collaborators like Thompson and Bell, Luke Ramsey and Angela Conley started Islands Fold. Islands Fold is an independent publisher and artist residency. Ramsey and Conley invite folks to their home on Pender Island B.C. (in Canada) to collaborate, promote health and well being and produce unique art. All the artists in Grass Hut's February show have worked with Islands Fold.
Over the years Islands Fold has nurtured an active community of doodle collaborations and picture zine publishing. In fact, one of the tangible outcomes of this movement are the new levels of communication reached with these zines. When you get a hold of one, you understand that they belong on a coffee table because they are classic, they never get old. Much like mediation you can flip through and get lost in the line work and forget about the world. Yeah, the line work is simi-psychedelic like a noodle on LSD, but the more you look at the work the more you make connection and understand that the artists are clearly communicating crazy ideas to you.
A. J. Purdy and Andy Rementer have forged a long lasting partnership drawing and collaborating on art, zines and comics. While doing so their aim is to pimp slap pretentiousness in the face then give it a brightly colored neon band aid so it can heal in style. They’ve frequently exhibited together, and are currently enrolled at the communication research center Fabrica in Italy. Through Purdy and Rementer we can see how this new art movement is only gaining momentum.
Although you can find zines, prints and paintings from these artists online, seeing the work in person is a richer experience. The work is personal, often tiny and it's sincerity warms the heart.
Come to Grass Hut in February and witness the work in progress.Artists Biographies

Luke Ramsey is currently working on the "mebemewebe"
collaborative drawing project. His first solo show "
the be kind be cause" was at Space 1026 in
Philadelphia, 2005. Luke has exhibited in Rochester,
LA, Tokyo, Taipei, Montreal, Vancouver and Seattle.
His partner Angela and himself have created an artist
residency on Pender Island, B.C, Canada. They are
called " Islands Fold" and they publish books and art
zines.
Luke loves to listen to Bob Dylan while drinking
coffee and reading comics. He likes to draw too.
http://islandsfold.com

A.J. Purdy enjoys the snug fit of a euro trash speedo on the beach when he’s not busy drawing or watching You Tube. He grew up in the remote land of Delaware, and later in his life traveled a half an hour to Pennsylvania where he lived and earned his BFA in Graphic Design at
the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His influences are his creative friends, the artists of Space 1026, plus good art in general. While making artwork and zines don’t particularly pay well he still enjoys this act of creation. Currently he is play working in Italy and feels regular excise and good coffee are the staples of productive and satisfactory living.
http://graphdrome.com/
Andy Rementer grew up in southern New Jersey, USA, in a quiet town once free of wal-marts and strip-malls. In 2004 he received his bachelors degree in graphic design from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Before arriving at Fabrica in May of 2005, he did graphic and web design at various agencies in New York City. Outside of his nine-to-five gig, Andy enjoys drawing in his sketchbook and making comics. He's currently the author of the weekly cartoon 'Techno Tuesday', which appears online and in print. Andy currently is living, working and not exercising in Treviso, Italy.
http://www.andyrementer.com

Justin B. Williams was born on 5/5/85 in California
but grew up in Tokyo, Japan. He's also lived in Hong
Kong, Yokohama, Singapore, Vancouver BC, and Portland
Oregon. He likes to roam around when he can and he
divides his time between Chicago and Montreal.
He was recently awarded a Presidential Scholarship by
The Art Institute Of Chicago and has shown art in
small galleries and bookstores in Vancouver BC, San
Francisco, Portland Oregon, New York, Los Angeles,
Montreal and some other places. He likes sleeping and
eating potato chips.

Name: Ekta
Age: 28
Country: Sweden.
Occupation; Artist and Co creative mind behind the ORO gallery in Gothenburg Sweden.
General: I've always drawn & painted, started to spend more time doing it in 97/98 when I tweaked my ancle real bad which stopped me from skateboarding. Spent 8 years in London where I worked and studied to get a BA in Illustration. After 2 years of working in various different animation studios and doing freelance Illustration work I got seriously bored and decided to focus 100% on my own artwork and give up commercial work completly. that's when I decided to move back to Sweden & start the ORO gallery with 5 other artists / designers.
Influences: for the past 2 years my main source of inspiration has come from people I've collaborated with. I love collab doodling or painting with other people. other than that, the dada spirit is close to heart, and I get a lot of ideas from reading & listening to music.

Peter Thompson
His work speaks for himself.

Spaces and Places

2007-01-07T13:54:00.000-08:00

This is the classiest show Grass Hut has ever hosted. To quote Indiana Jones "This belongs in a museum". We are honored to have such elegant  and thoughtful work on these here Grass Hut walls.  If you love this work as much as us and have further questions, Email Us.


one hundred percent
Lisa DeJohn
mixed media
$275

poems bring happy
Lisa DeJohn
mixed media
$275

day number 5,087
Lisa DeJohn
mixed media
$275

forever
Lisa DeJohn
mixed media
$275

four pounds of sugar
Lisa DeJohn
mixed media
sold.

hearts like doors
Lisa DeJohn
mixed media
$275

hours per week per unit
Lisa DeJohn
mixed media
$275

ghost ship
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic on birch panel
$450

iceberg
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic and found plastic on birch panel
$450

brainstorm
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic and 3 cents on birch panel
$450

beacon
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic on birch panel
$450

u-boat
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic and found cardboard/paper on birch panel
$450

shelter
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic and found cardboard on birch panel
$450

reservoir
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic and found paper on birch panel
$1200

obelisk
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic on birch panel
$450

instinct
Roberta Aylward
Acrylic on birch panel
$450

Roberta Aylward

My work is an exploration of abstract forms that have an intrinsic connection to the natural world. I do not begin my paintings with an end in mind; rather, my process begins by collecting disparate elements from my drawings, painting studies and found materials. Each piece begins with a basic geometric structure. Growing from these left-brain plans, however, are unexpected pools of color, variable textures, and uninvited forms. With each piece I strive to realize a balance between the geometric and the organic. Ultimately, my compositions reflect the path of my inspirations and observations.
--Roberta Aylward

Roberta received her B.F.A. in Painting in 1991 from The College of Santa Fe in New Mexico and has lived for the last 10 years in Portland, Oregon, where she works full-time in her in-home studio. She has been included in biennial exhibits at the Tacoma Art Museum (Northwest Biennial: Building Wise, 2004) and the Oregon College of Art and Craft (The Inquisitive Object: A Biennial Review of NW Art & Craft,1999). Most recently her drawings were exhibited in Portland Modern’s fourth edition, Saturation.

Lisa DeJohn

Originally a midwest girl. Born in Detroit Michigan and raised in Barrington Illinois. My mother, an artist, encouraged my creativity every day. My father, an avid outdoorsman, took me on many fishing trips and hikes. Always insisting that I look closely at the details in nature and that I sit and listen to the sounds of it.

I studied fine arts and sciences at the University of Oregon and then moved to Portland Oregon for where I lived for ten years as a working artist. In June of 2005 I moved to a rural area in the North Shore of Massachusetts where I have continued my career as a painter, designer and mixed media artist. I am continually inspired by the natural beauty around my home.

Calendorks!

2006-12-06T17:53:00.000-08:00

For December we thought it would be a good idear to bring 12 of our favorite artists together and make a calendar. 12 artists for 12 months . We were lucky enough to get everyone on our wish list; Tim Biskup, Keith Jones, Luke Ramsey, Cupco, Apak, Dawn Riddle, The Reverend Benny Bob, Martin Ontiveros, Justin "Scrappers" Morrison, Bwana Spoons, Evan Harris and Snaggs Hibert.

The Calendorks of 2007 can be yours for $15.Email Us.

Year of the Dork.

Evan Harris

Keith Jones

Cupco

Tim Biskup

Le Merde

Martin Ontiveros

Justin "Scrappers" Morrison

Snaggs Hibert

Dawn Riddle

Apak