Holiday Gift Idea #2 - Art For Bird Lovers

I am just full of blog ideas today! I will attempt to post some "themed" blogs for holiday gift ideas. This first one I had in mind is art for Bird Lovers. Allow me to present you with all of my art pieces that feature a cute little winged creature. Enjoy!



"Wistful Desires"
5.5" x 7.25" - limited edition of 50
$50, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.





"Sing To Me"
5.5" x 5.5" - limited edition of 50
$40, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.





"Let's Fly Away Together"
5.5" x 5.5" - limited edition of 50
$40, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.





"I Own This Town"
4" x 5.5" - limited edition of 20
$30, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.





"The Bird King And His Little Planet"
5.5" x 5.5" - limited edition of 50
$40, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.





"Cahoots With Me"
5.5" x 5.5" - limited edition of 50
$40, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.




The above are all limited edition prints, but I also have some original bird pieces available. And here they are.




"Corn On The Cob"
6" x 9" - original painting
$30, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.





"Living On Eggplant"
6" x 9" - original painting
$30, plus shipping. For more info or to purchase click here.





All these pieces are currently available in the gallery as well. If you are in or around SLO come on by and see the work in person.

The Claassen Gallery
785 Marsh St
San Luis Obispo CA 93401

Thanks for looking!

Artsy Slideshow For Visual Stimulation

Support local business this holiday season! Get your hunny bunny something more unique than a throw pillow from wal-mart. You know, like some awesome art pieces from The Claassen Gallery! Check out the above slideshow of all the prints I have available at the moment. All of my prints can purchased online at http://jeffclaassen.etsy.com or in person at 785 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo CA 93401. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 12pm-6pm.

See ya soon!
Thanks for looking!

And Here Comes The Self Promotional Tid Bits - Three New Prints

I have three new limited editions available now. Each one is a signed and numbered edition of 50 on wood with a clear resin coating. Here are some better detail shots of each one.



A Gaggle Of Lovesick Loners




Keeping Secrets




Lovesick Sea Creatures


All three new prints are available in my etsy shop. Simply click the title of the piece under each photo for more info or to order. Please keep in mind that I do not keep an inventory on etsy. I only list one item at a time, so if you try to purchase one and you are taken to a page saying that the item is no longer available, please just let me know and I will relist the item. The other option is to give me a call between 12-6pm and I can take your credit card number over the phone, 805.391.0361


http://jeffclaassen.etsy.com.
Thanks for taking a look!

New Nic Rodriguez prints! Snatch em up!

The gallery has released eight editions of prints featuring the work of Nic Rodriguez to coincide with his solo show, "Tongue And Teeth". Check it. (click on any of the photos for more info or to purchase.)






"Madhattin"
5.5" x 5.5" - print on wood with clear resin coating





"Big Bang"
5.5" x 7.75" - print on wood with clear resin coating





"Windows And Neighbors"
5.5" x 6.75" - print on wood with clear resin coating





"Hork"
5.5" x 5.5" - print on wood with clear resin coating





"Chicken Fried Steak Burger"
4" x 5.5" - print on wood with clear resin coating





"Alice"
4.5" x 5.5" - print on wood with clear resin coating





"Power Universal"
4.5" x 5.5" - print on wood with clear resin coating





"Candy Dreams"
5.5" x 6.75" - print on wood with clear resin coating




These prints, as well as all of Nic's available work, can also be purchased in person at the gallery. If you can't come into the gallery you can order online at the Claassen Gallery Store, http://claassengallery.bigcartel.com.


Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

It's a print making factory over here.

It was a beautiful day and what better way to spend it than by playing with wood. No, not that wood. I'm talking about pine. I use pine for a lot of paintings and for all of my prints. The last couple of days I've been consumed with preparing for the show on Saturday. As if I wasn't busy enough I thought it would be fun (as in oodles) to document my print making experience for all of you. When I speak of "you" what I am referring to is the 3,300 readers my imagination has invented that visit this page every single day. And sometimes even twice a day. Of course, there are the stalkers too. You know, the ones that check for updates here 7-10 times every thirty minutes. That's right, I was thinking of you fine folks when I assigned myself the task of documenting this activity. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) there are a few steps here and there that were skipped for one or two or all of the following reasons.
- I forgot to take a picture.
- I did not feel like taking a picture.
- I was so involved in my "work" that I could not bring myself to stop for the 2-3 seconds it would have taken me to push that little button on my camera.
- The particular step in the process was just to heartbreakingly boring to subject you, my faithful 3,300 readers, to.
- I was feeling lightheaded due to drinking a bottle of wine with Seamas The International Traveling Street Poet.



(More about that at a later date.)

- Too high on spray paint fumes to differentiate one step from the next as they all seem to blend into one GIANT step*. For mankind.






Lots of wood pieces. Some painted. Some not painted yet. I used to paint the edges with a paintbrush, but I recently grew some brains and started spray painting the edges. Making this discovery is good and bad. Good because it saves me time. Bad because the time it saves me is actually killing me. The paint fumes that sneak their way into my body could be shaving minutes off my life. The very minutes I so proudly went about saving. If I live to be 100, which I intend to, it will most likely even out. If a disgruntled postman is hellbent on shooting me in the face tomorrow, well, I'll be happy knowing I saved up enough minutes to write this.







After the edges are painted I glue the prints on the wood. These are nice prints, by the way. None of that home printer ink jet crap. These are done in a professional photo lab on real photo paper. Not that pretend photo paper you've been tricked into thinking is real by Staple's employees. None of that here. These are The Real McCoy.







Epoxy resin. Yummy. I dare you to drink this. Chances are if you did you wouldn't live to tell about it. This resin always makes me think of one of the torture tactics from Stona Fitch's "Senseless". Please take note of my sexy latex gloves. What could possibly drop panties faster than a nice attractive pair of latex gloves?







Now I pour the resin on the print. I've found that a business card torn in half is the best tool to use in the back and forth spreading of resin. Luckily, these business cards are not completely wasted. Not only do they make a wonderful tool, but when the job is done they can be used for my Senior Thesis on the Structural Integrity And Aesthetic Soundness Of Spontaneously Constructed Torn Business Card Fabrications.






My torn business card sculpture now proudly weighs in at eight inches tall. Interestingly enough, Ron Jeremy's penis is approximately one inch longer than my sculpture is tall.





* Yes, I know the correct quote is "giant LEAP for mankind."