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I going to try to start posting more art on this thing — if only because, in the absence of having anything substantive to say, I will otherwise only post on this thing once a month at most, which is not what people want or expect in the blogosphere. Besides, I am almost alwaysworking on new art so — why not make it easy on myself?

To begin with - a commission that I completed over the weekend. Will try to get something up once a week. Some of it will be beefcake…some not. You’ll just have to check in to see…

This Saturday I will be returning for my second year at the Los Angeles iteration of Bazaar Bizarre. BazBiz is an alternative craft fair started by Greg Der Ananian in Boston six years ago, and which now has four locations around the country. “This ain’t your granny’s craft show” is one way that the show has been described, but its more about reinterpretation and reclamation than it is about rejection. There’s lots of goodies to be had — there’s a high amount of homemade jewelry and clothing, but lots of other things going on as well.

As for me, in addition to the decidely non-crafty things such as books and comics, I will have my usually assortment of greeting cards (including a few new ones); my infamous “Well Hung” Christmas ornaments (some repeating from lst year, in addition to a couple new ones), art prints, and a few hand painted t-shirts. Fun starts at 11 AM and runs until 7 PM. Note: the LA show is pretty popular, and the ATM ran out of cash last year, so I would be prepared.

Hot off the presses, an drawing I did for my friends Craig and George, who are going on a bear cruise next weekend and needed something for their door. The right hand which looks like it is holding something will have a real plastic pumpkin attached containing candy.

Just drew a couple of illustrations for the Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger. It’s their gay pride issue, and they asked me for drawings to accompany articles on the need a one hour disclosure rules for flirtatious straights, and on being “too gay”. I don’t know that the second one makes any sense out of context, so if you want to read the article you can check out the illos in context at the above link (the paper should be online starting Wednesday).

…not in the world, but in this series of illustrations.

This is another picture of company founder Joe Goode, this time performing from a piece called “29 Effeminite Gestures”. This is one of the butcher poses from the performance….

This is the second to last one, a portrait of Marc Morizumi in motion as the character Snakeboy, from the piece “Folk” in 2003.

This is the dancer Felipe, from a piece called “Undertaking Harry”, playing a rather provocative sailor….

Continuing with the portraits, this is picture is of a dancer named Marit Brook Kothlow, from a piece called “Deeply There” in which she plays a dog. “Deeply There” is being revived as part of the company’s June performance.

This is a portrait of Liz, as she appeared playing a ghost in the piece “Remembering the Pool at the Best Western”.

Last month I was contacted by the Joe Goode Performance Group. They’re a San Francisco based company that blends dance and theatre in an innovative way. Their 20th anniversary season kicks of this weekend at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and to celebrate, they commissioned six portraits for a special booklet that focuses on memorable characters played by members of the troupe over the past two decades. The booklet is called “Goode People” and will be available to audience members throughout their anniversary performances.

I’m going to post images from the book over the next couple of days on the blog, starting with this portrait of company founder Joe Goode, featured on the booklet cover.