This is what student artwork looks like

These are all from about the same period (1977-1981) when I was a student at the University of Washington School of Art...

A good look at what student artwork looks like... explorative... right?All over the place... reacting to assignments, to teachers, to fellow students...

Most of these were sold right after they were graded, as I used to sell my artwork at the Pike Place Market in Seattle... also between 1977-1981.

 

To the black bloc idiots...

Wake effect...

Both these pieces, most recently exhibited at Context Art Miami, are heading to Hawaii to the home of the same collector...

The Boy Wonder, Alone. c.2016 by F. Lennox Campello, charcoal on paper

The Batman, Brooding. c.2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal on Paper

Goodbye and Hello, and Bill, Bill, Bill...

As I've done for every Prez since I started the blog, I was gonna say "Thank you for your service... fair winds and following seas" to President Obama and "Welcome to the Jungle Swamp!" to President Trump...

And then Bill Clinton stole the show:

D .C. exhibit highlights art banned in Russia

PRESENTED BY: CHARLES KRAUSE/REPORTING FINE ART, Washington’s only gallery exclusively dedicated to showing political art. Founded in 2011, the gallery has a new exhibition space in the DACHA LOFT Building, 1602 Seventh Street NW, 2nd fl., Washington, DC 20001 

INAUGURAL WEEKEND SCHEDULE: Jan 20th, 21st and 22nd (11 a.m.-6 p.m.)
Normal weekend hours: SAT/SUN 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (through March 6) Weekdays by Appointment (202-638-3612)

Elise Campello: This is what you came for

My youngest daughter on stage...

Talking about entertainment... a peeps of mine who lives in NYC, was sitting in a booth in a fancy Manhattan hangout, and he overheard a couple of dudes in the booth behind his discussing a talk show for Hillary Clinton.

He says that the suits were talking as though they were in the final stages of the deal, rather than as an "idea."

Interesting.... right???

Art Scam Alert!

Beware of this rip off art scammer:

From:   "Dave Gordon"

Hello,
I would like to make an order for some works.
Do you ship internationally?
Let me know if payment is accepted by Master card or Visa card.

Regards,
Dave Gordon

 The scam works like this.

Opportunity for PG artists!

Deadline to Apply: January 30th, 2017, 4:00PM
$500 Honorarium

 

The Prince George’s County Traffic Box Art Wrap project, coordinated by the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation (Hyattsville CDC), funded by The Prince George’s County Executive’s Community Partnership Grant, with the support of Prince George’s Department of Public Works and Transportation (PGDPW&T), is announcing a Call for Artists.  

Hyattsville CDC seeks five (5) designs for reproduction on vinyl wraps to cover 11 traffic boxes, at pre-determined sites within Prince George’s County. Traffic signal cabinets – the grey metal structures located at every signalized intersection – are vulnerable to graffiti and vandalism.  This project will utilize a public art application to address community blight and enhance the visual landscape, focusing on boxes located in the county’s T.N.I (Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative) communities.

This call is open to all artists, graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers who currently live or work within Prince George’s County.  Submitted designs must be original artwork and can be created in any medium, so long as it can be represented in, and is submitted as, a high-resolution digital image without loss of integrity or quality.

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Open Studio - Go see this!