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Little Paintings 4 at GRSF

James Kochalka — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:18:36 +0000

On Saturday, November 14, Little Paintings 4 will open at Giant Robot in San Francisco. I’ll probably have somewhere between 130 and 170 new paintings at this show… and they are awesome. I think it’s a really good batch. Also, I will be performing songs from my new CD Digital Elf at the opening. (You can get it on iTunes here.)

The best Halloween Costume of ALL TIME

James Kochalka — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:37 +0000

This guy went as himself for Halloween. You’ve got to see it… it’s amazing, astounding, everything! I think it’s the best halloween costume of all time.

Little Paintings ~ Montreal

James Kochalka — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:50:39 +0000

I’m having a show of little paintings at the Monastiraki gallery in Montreal. The opening is Friday, Nov. 6. This will include some leftovers from my three previous Little Painting shows at Giant Robot, but also a significant number of new paintings. Then, on Nov 14, I will be opening Little Paintings 4 at Giant Robot in San Francisco, but more about that later.

Game of the Day: Small Worlds

James Kochalka — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:48:54 +0000

Here’s a fantastic little browser game called Small Worlds. It won’t take more than 15 to beat the whole game, I’d say. It’s beautiful to look at, though really simple. The object of the game is to just explore and find the exits.

Sonic the Hedgehog

James Kochalka — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:08:37 +0000

Sitting on my drawing table was a folded receipt from the bank. A blob of white paint got on there somehow. Another day, while I was drawing with India ink, I wiped my brush on the receipt. Then my attention ended up being more to this little scrap of paper, and I drew a little sketch of the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. Click here to see it blown up big:

All the Single Ladies

James Kochalka — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:16:01 +0000

My friends The Jazz Guys have a new video, an amazing cover of Single Ladies by Beyonce. And just for reference, here’s Beyonce’s version… probably the greatest music video of all time.

Presenting Nooko

James Kochalka — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:37:23 +0000

There’s a brand new character at American Elf, and his name is Nooko. Yup, we got a new kitten. The Nooko Era of American Elf begins here.

Also, to commemorate this auspicious occasion, I painted Nooko’s Portrait. The painting of Nooko will be in the Giant Robot Biennal at the Japanese American National Museum in LA from October 24, 2009 – January 24, 2010.

VAPOR

James Kochalka — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:11:33 +0000

Beautiful drawings of gray clouds plus Eli’s imaginative adventure poetry equals great comic strip. If you’re a subscriber to American Elf, you can see it here.

Draw Together ~ abstract

James Kochalka — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:47:46 +0000

Little Oliver and I made this abstract drawing together:

dropping science on the heads of students

James Kochalka — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:07:27 +0000

I recently gave another lecture at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Here you can see the reaction of one of the students.