Online exhibit

Picture an online exhibition of art on the subject of Tea — tea drinking, tea cups, tea cozies, tea sculpture, tea parties — images provided by contemporary artists and photographers. No admission costs, no parking lots, no snooty museum atmosphere — it’s all right here:
http://verveinementhe.net/teatime/

The bog is called VerveineMenthe, and a drawing of mine is included in this group exhibition of 42 images.

show of paintings in January/February ‘09

It’s titled “Seated Women: a show of new paintings by Robin Ator”, scheduled for January 14th through March 9th at a local community center called Friendly House. (http://www.friendlyhouseinc.org/pages/programs/communitycenter.htm)

"Kitchen Table"

Kind of exciting, for me. I haven’t had one of these for several years. Looking forward to it.

There’s about 15 or 16 paintings, all about 16 x 20″, oil on canvas on panel, nicely framed, and chosen to fit the theme of the seated female figure. Given the venue, all the nudes have been left out.

You can see a representative sampling of the paintings by following the flickr links at the lower right of this page, and finding the set called ‘paintings’.

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(added as the show ends:)
Hey, it all worked out pretty well. At the opening, there was an hour or so where it was too crowded to turn around. Almost too many people to talk to, but I sure had fun trying. My favorite DJ Eric pumped out real calypso for everyone, and there was plenty of food.
Sold a few paintings, too.

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the Laika After-Hours art show…

…took place recently.  I was in it, with 54 other artists each providing a piece or two, which created a large and more-or-less coherent show of contemporary art.  It ran Oct 11. – Oct. 19, 2008.

I showed 2 tall-format paintings, each 18″ wide by 48″ tall.  The model was a woman who used to work at the studio.

hey, got a cartoon printed!

Got a cartoon printed in the 10/08 issue of the German humor magazine Eulenspiegel. If you happen to be in Germany, you can pick it up off the stands and flip to page 106, and find it across the fold, top center.

It’s this drawing right here: http://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/Yer%20Dead_12242

I hope they pay in euros!

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quick trip to Boulder. never been there before.

Dear Diary — had a great time in Boulder, Colorado on a whirlwind trip to a business meeting.  Weird how you get there: shuttle bus on a toll highway from an airport 26 miles away?  A town that size without its own airport?  A very white town, quiet, nicely maintained, filled with well-off, fit people.  A blue spot in a red state.

Anyway, I was asked to be part of a group pitching ideas for a new snack cracker.  Shouldn’t give company names ~~ bad form.  Perched high above Boulder in a restaurant overlooking an already-high-in-the-air city, working in groups to compare and refine ideas.  The food was terrific, and the company was interesting.  all in all — thumbs up.

update on Klutz’s “the 15 greatest Board Games in the world”

The unusual rhomboid box in which Klutz ships its books arrived today. Like the previous ‘Rescue Trucks’, Klutz sent me a complimentary set of copies of “the 15 greatest Board Games in the World”. So nice of them!

Corsaro was the game I illustrated, with a sculpted-and-painted view of islands, houses, and a pirate-infested stretch of ocean, plus a colorful sea-dragon.

Corsaro seems to be a new incarnation of an earlier European boxed board game, which you can see here: http://boardgamegeek.com/image/44217

Portland Business Journal insert Portland Executive Home & Life: article about me

Go figure.

But here’s a picture to prove it. And maybe some big publisher will want to make me a great deal.

It could happen.

Spring 2008.

‘Don’t Feed The Book’ in DVD compilation

“Don’t Feed The Book”, the little short film featuring Stodgy, Starchy, and the cosmic horror of the Necronomicon, is included in a new compilation DVD by Lurker Films.

http://www.arkhambazaar.com/hplc05_strange_aeons.html

This collection includes the featured film ‘Strange Aeons’ directed by Eric Morgret (with English subtitles, commentary, a bonus “making of” featurette and slideshow), Patrick Weber’s short film ‘Maria’s Hubris’ and the animated shorts ‘From Beyond’ by Michael Granberry and ‘Don’t Feed the Book’ by Robin Ator. The disk is also packed with special features, including an interview with director John Carpenter, trailers from the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, trailers, and much more!

Big fun for all fans of Lovecraftiana. Get your copy today!

And of you just want to see the short animation, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Er4dlYPg7k

celebrity M-&-Ms images on tv

M-&-Ms imagery on this ET television awards interview segment.

The URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC1_wNm1-mw

‘Drink n’ Draw’ animation event

Big fun for drawers! 8-10 pm on January 23rd ‘08 at the Someday Lounge on 5th Avenue in Portland, Oregon (next door to terrific coffeeshop Backspace) : a chance for animators to down a beer, sit down at a light table with a fat sharpie marker, and draw like a madman for ten minutes, to create a few seconds of animation for a freeform collaborative animated film.

Groups of animators are called up to the drawing area, 5 at a time. Each animator receives 8 blank note cards, as well as the last card from the animator that drew before them. They have exactly 10 minutes (that’s 75 seconds per card) to continue the animation on each card. At the end of that 10 minutes, all of the animators are kicked out of their seats (no lollygagging now!) and a new batch is called to the table.

Event sponsored by the Cascade Siggraph group. Find the completed results here: http://www.cascadesiggraph.org/events.html

Here’s a view of the table, with local scribblers hard at work: