Photos?

The Blab show opening was last night, and I was of course absent. I sure hope I can dig up some photos somewhere on the internet to see how it was...

BLAB show tonight!

The opening reception of the Blab show is tonight. Don't miss it!

Saturday, September 11 - 8:00 – 11:30 p.m.

Copro Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Complex
2525 Michigan Ave , Unit T5, Santa Monica , CA 90404
Ph: 310/829-2156

http://www.copronason.com/blab2010/

In transit...

I mailed off two more pieces of art yesterday. One is going to NY for the show at Sacred Gallery (Blood, Sweat and Fears show - in a few weeks) and the other is going to Lunar Boy Gallery in Astoria, Oregon (Day of the Dead show).

It was kinda pricey sending the NY piece. But I had them package it up, and that added a lot to the cost. I couldn't do it myself, and when there's that much glass at risk of being shattered, it's enough to scare me into paying extra. Nothing makes you hate the world (and the postal system) like hearing that the artwork you sent to some gallery got damaged in transit.

Why risk it?

Anyway, now I am starting the last piece for a show in Portland.

Santa Muerte Art Exhibition Tonight!

Opening Reception 7:00pm - Midnight

Sacred Machine

245 E Congress St, STE 123
Tucson, Arizona 85701

my piece (created specially for the exhibition)

Proteus Blog

There's a post about my work on the Proteus blog.

http://proteusmag.blogspot.com/2010/08/artist-of-day-jon-macnair.html

Santa Muerte Music & Arts Festival! (preview images)

Here's the link for the preview pictures of the work that will be displayed at Sacred Machine for the festival!

http://www.sacredmachine.com/

Tail Like a Lion (Sold)

I recently sold this piece. It's an oldie from when I kept my daily drawing blog back in 07.

BLAB! show 2010 preview images

Check out all the preview images for the show online!

http://www.blabshow.com/

BLAB! show 2010

Mark your calendars! The Blab! show is coming up soon. I am thrilled to be in such great company in this show. It's gonna be awesome. If you live in or near Santa Monica, be sure to check it out! I created a pretty large piece for this.

http://www.copronason.com/

Santa Muerte Music & Arts Festival!

I made a new piece just for this show. Such a great mix of artists here! I'm very happy to be part of this!

Santa Muerte Music & Arts Festival, a two day event celebrating the folklore of the southwest showcasing some of the most important underground musicians and cutting-edge international visionary artists. This is a grassroots event created and inspired by artists and musicians.

ART: Twenty world-renowned artists from Scotland, Italy, Canada, and across the U.S. converge on Tucson at Sacred Machine. Participating artists work has appeared in and been commissioned by The New York Times, Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, LA Times, the Academy Award winning movie 'Traffic' by Steven Soderbergh, on multi-platinum album covers, illustrated children's books, published monographs, and advertising for clients such as Sony and Toyota. "These artists are so multi-talented that some even play in rock bands and create videos. With their work they have imbued apocalyptic prophecies, shaken the norms of conventional iconography and written books, museums and collectors such as Madonna acquire their work, they exhibit their art across the globe, some self-taught, some professors, some outsiders, but one thing is certain, the group as a whole has influenced, and is seriously rocking the art world." Paula Catherine Valencia, Curator of Sacred Machine.

ART EXHIBITION
September 10th - November 7th, 2010
Opening Reception Friday, September 10th, 2010, 7:00PM - Midnight

The Finest World Renowned Artists come together to celebrate the unique spirit of the Southwest and its mysterious traditions.

Mark Ryden (Los Angeles) Chris Mars (Minneapolis) Daniel Martin Diaz (Tucson) Jason D'Aquino (Brooklyn) Craig LaRotonda (Buffalo) Bob Dob (Los Angeles) Bryan Cunningham (Los Angeles) Norbert Kox (Wisconsin) P.J. Fidler (Los Angeles) Fred Stonehouse (Milwaukee) Robert Palacios (Los Angeles) Paul Barnes (Scotland, UK) Joel Nakamura (Santa Fe) Pol Turgeon (Montreal, CA) Jon MacNair (Michigan) Nicoletta Ceccoli (Rome, Italy) Michael Page (San Francisco) Charlie Immer (Maryland) Alfred Quiroz (Tucson) Scott Holloway (Massachusetts)

Curated by Paula Catherine Valencia and Daniel Martin Diaz

Sacred Machine
245 E. Congress St. Suite 123
Tucson, Arizona 85701
520-777-7403

http://www.sacredmachine.com/

September is finally here

After what seemed to be a very long summer, September is finally here. It's strange because it's still really hot outside, and yet the leaves are already changing color. Can't wait until I can wear a sweater and scarf.

I've been busy getting ready for some shows (still, I know). But I just finished a drawing yesterday that will be the final piece of a group of works going to Seattle for a show in November. Still need to get some stuff framed, but the work itself for that particular show is complete.

(see sneak peek detail shot below)

Now I have to work on a piece for another show at Lunar Boy Gallery in Astoria, OR. It's for their Day of the Dead show.

Also need to do one last piece for A November Portland show. It will be the 4th and final work for that grouping and will be the biggest sized work of the 4.

I recently mailed out some work to Pony Club Gallery (show next month) and Sacred Gallery (show also next month). More on those shows later.

Also need to mail out my piece for Horrorwood show this month. It will be going to WWA gallery in Culver City.

After I finish these two pieces for upcoming shows, I may just have some time to do some experimentation and personal projects. I hope :)

"Show" time

Right now I am working on artwork for a bunch of different shows (two in Portland, one in Seattle). A few of them are medium sized pieces so I expect they will take a bit longer to do than usual 8x10"-11x14" sized works I am accustomed to.

I just finished an illustration for Baltimore magazine (whom I have worked with on 3 previous occasions). It will be featured in the October issue, which is great since the editorial piece allowed me to draw some slightly spooky content. I'll post pics when it hits shelves.

So much stuff coming up this fall, which I will be sharing with you all in the next couple months.

Until then!

Book By its Cover

There's a entry about my sketchbooks over at the website "Book By Its Cover," a lovely little site run by Julia Rothman (a Brooklyn based illustrator and pattern designer). I took a lot of photos of 3 different sketch books of mine to share with fans of the site. There's some great sketchbook entries on artists like Will Bryant, Mia Christopher, Martha Rich, Calef Brown, Meg Hunt, Lauren Nassef, Katy Horan, Matt Leines, Camilla Engman, Luke Ramsey, Jen Corace and (my fellow MICA alum) Deanna Staffo.

Check it out! http://www.book-by-its-cover.com/category/sketchbooks

Color Ink Book

I was very excited to get my copy of Color Ink Book volume 8 in the mail today! There's some really great artists in here, including Travis Lampe and Tom Haubrick to name a few.

my pages

Proxart

Recently, the nice people over at Proxart asked me if I would be interested in answering a few questions about myself and my art. Check it out! The website is pretty funny if you read the mission statement. I can relate to it so much, living in the suburbs.

http://proxart.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/jon-macnair/

Pictures from "Menagerie"

Just a few pictures from the opening of "Menagerie" at Errata gallery in Portland.

photos courtesy of Ellen

And here is a scan of my piece.

"Menagerie"

"Menagerie" opens tonight at Errata Gallery in Portland Oregon! I am part of this group show, contributing one piece. Wish I could be there to attend, but I'll just have to live vicariously through pictures for the time being :(

328 NW Broadway, #115

Back to business

Things have been busy for me lately. After a 5-day span of being sick with a summer cold and thus totally useless at my work table, I'm back on track now doing some things for upcoming shows. I've got 11 shows I'm participating in from now up till December. After that, who knows.....but right now this is plenty to keep me occupied.

I just mailed some stuff off to Istanbul and Barcelona this week. More on that later.

Next I'm working on a piece for a show in Tucson in September and then need to do 2 more pieces for a fall Portland show, and one 1 piece for a fall Seattle show.

Today I made some more prints available to purchase through Society6. Check em out! Or better yet, snap one up!

http://www.society6.com/studio/jonmacnairportfolio/store

"The New Twenties"

Today I got my copy of "The New Twenties" in the mail! It is beautifully printed and put together and I am really honored to have my work featured in it. I made a short little video of me flipping through it for those that are curious. Enjoy :)

"Mail Me Art: Medium Without a Message" Show

Hey everyone,

here are some pictures from the "Mail Me Art" show reception that took place last night in London at Red Gate Gallery. The project is the creation of Darren Di Lieto, the founder of the illustration website Little Chimp Society. Artists from all over were invited to send in artwork done on envelopes, boxes, postcard-sized pieces of paper etc to be compiled into an exhibition. There are over 700 pieces of art for sale! A book will also be made from a selection of some of the artwork. I was really excited to be part of this with so many great illustrators and artists!

The pictures below are from talented illustrator and graphic designer Thereza Rowe, who was lucky enough to attend the show.

My contribution is in the fourth picture down (black postcard right in the middle).

http://mailmeart.com/going-postal/

http://www.redgategallerylondon.co.uk/