My friend Tony Bevilacqua is an incredible fine art painter and I noticed recently (thank you, Instagram) that he has been painting quite a bit. The new work he is doing is incredible. He's combined his classicly trained brush and added an amusing (Nerd Alert!) and as always very colorful edge. Tony lives in Boston with his wife, Alicia, as a duo they are ChromaLab.
You can get a few of his paintings as prints in his etsy shop. So many good ones to choose from.
I visited one of my very favorite quilters a few weeks ago, Mr. Ben Venom. He's been busy at work on his most detailed quilt yet. Inspired by occult symbols and the Misfits' Where Eagles Dare, his latest quilt has over 175 pieces and 95 heavy metal t-shirts (his signature fabric of choice).
You can see the entire visit on Flickr and see my other visits here and here.
Ben texted me the above pic as I was finishing the post. Looks like the quilt is coming along!
Ben with friend Kevin Earl Taylor.
Ben also sent me a pic of the commissioned baby quilt he just finished. Mamma and Daddy have been in a few metal bands and these are their t-shirts. So rad
This weekend I'm heading to the SFMOMA to see the Francesca Woodman photography exhibit. I have admired her work for years and I'm really looking forward to seeing it in person. It's the first retrospective of her work in 20 years so it's pretty exciting to be able to be around it, physically.
Sadly, Woodman committed suicide at the age of 22 after dealing with on and off bouts of depression. Although she was young when she died, she left an impressive amount of work. Her photography is haunting, beautiful and still relevant 30 years after her death. I'm hoping to be able to take some pics while I'm there. I'll keep you posted.
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