Little Hokum Rag

A Papa Charlie Jackson song performed by The Hokum Scorchers

2013-05-15T11:15:00.003-07:00

This song is from 1929. Lou is playing the guitar-banjo and I am playing the washboard. I painted the portrait of Papa Charlie Jackson. We recorded this in 1995.
Here is the link to the Hokum Scorchers songs on soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/hokumscorchers

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Gibson Guitar Design Using Headstock for the Body

2013-05-10T10:37:00.002-07:00

Clever guitar design using a large replica of Gibson headstock for the body and a
miniature of the same Les Paul guitar (upside-down) for the headstock. Early 50s-60s style.

I like this design. A switcheroo.

Thanks, American Blues Scene FB page

A Blue Ball for Today

2013-05-09T09:05:00.000-07:00

"Blue Orb" by Amy Crehore 2005, oil on paper, image size 6 3/4"

Since artist Jeff Koons has a new show in NYC of blue balls (must be "in"), I am posting a painting that I did exactly 8 years (May 10, 2005) ago called "Blue Orb". It is part of my "Little Pierrot" series. Most of these paintings can be viewed HERE.

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Yale Art Gallery Collection

2013-05-08T08:20:00.002-07:00

Young Woman Reclining in Spanish Costume 1862-3 by Edouard Manet

This great Manet painting is in the Yale Art Gallery Collection. Check out the cat.

To see the collection online: LINK

My grandfather went to Yale, but I have never been there.

Would love to visit this gallery in person,

which has a superb collection of masterpieces, but for now,

I will be content to view the collection online.

Adam and Eve 1509 by Mariotto Albertinelli

LINK

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Ray Harryhausen RIP

2013-05-07T11:48:00.001-07:00

Thanks, boingboing.net

Father of the Modern Comic Strip: Wilhelm Busch 1832-1908

2013-05-02T08:57:00.003-07:00

Max and Moritz (A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks)

Wilhelm Busch was a German painter and poet, best known for his drawings and funny verse. His sketches with verse for weekly magazines are considered precursors of the comic strip. He really wanted to be a great painter like the Flemish master painters and indeed he did execute 1,000 oil paintings over the course of his life, living like a hermit.

But by 1910 (2 years after his death), half a million copies of his Max and Moritz from 1865, a black comedy children's story about himself and a real life friend, were printed in German.

The book was the forerunner of the Katzenjammer Kids and is still popular today in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

LINK

Covered in dough!

Read this book online.

(Thanks, Suzanne G for reminder)

This Says it All

2013-05-01T07:37:00.002-07:00

Dorothy Lamour and chimp from Cult of Aphrodite Vintage

Black Cat Roller Derby Woman (1800s)

2013-04-30T09:48:00.002-07:00

What a super photo! From Cult of Aphrodite Vintage: LINK

(Thanks, Laquita)

Photo of the day!

2013-04-27T12:56:00.000-07:00

Now, you know I love this one!

A beautiful photo of Buster Keaton with a pet monkey in a sailor suit.

(Thanks Decaying Hollywood Mansions)

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Cat tricks

2013-04-24T10:17:00.004-07:00

Cat with a hula hoop.

(Thanks, Gisele Metten FB)

Bottom photo: I captured my own cat standing on my porch. Isn't she cute?

She kind of resembles the cat with the hula hoop

don't you think? I will have to get her a hula hoop!

You can see how inspirational my own cat is.

(Photo by Amy Crehore)

Watch Bootsy show you how to play funk

2013-04-23T10:25:00.004-07:00

Thanks go to Benjamin Phillips on twitter

A Rauch with Guitar

2013-04-20T12:05:00.001-07:00

Neo Rauch, Rauch, 2005,

Privatsammlung, courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin und David Zwirner,

New York/London - Photo: Uwe Walter, Berlin

This is one of my favorite paintings by Neo Rauch.

It is a small self-portrait with a guitar.

There is an exhibit in Brussels at the BOZAR of

his work thru May 19th, 2013. Here's a link with a video of the show:

BOZAR

I heard that his birthday was April 18th.

Tickler #3 - A Concert Ukulele (Crehore)

2013-04-19T08:13:00.003-07:00

Tickler # 3 is getting near the point where I will soon be painting the top and headstock. This is a photo of the bridge being set up. As you can see, the bridge is made of carved ebony (lovingly carved by luthier Lou Reimuller) - it is my original design, as is the uke itself. There will be bridge pins and a saddle, so this is just a glimpse of what it will look like. There are also many other great features that this photo doesn't even begin to show. I will reveal them a little later on. Stay tuned!

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Photos of Lou Reimuller's work bench (luthier).
Lou has worked so hard on this and his craftsmanship is near perfection.
Here's the link to a couple more photos of this # 3 uke in progress on flickr.

Also, Link to Tickler #2 which is a soprano pineapple model (that I designed and Lou built).

Back to Work- (Amy Crehore Studio)

2013-04-18T10:13:00.005-07:00

Back to work. Two at once.

Amy Crehore Studio April 18, 2013

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The Stick- Jonathan Winters RIP

2013-04-12T10:44:00.003-07:00

Life on the Moon Imagined in 1836

2013-04-11T09:51:00.000-07:00

Imagined Life on the Moon (from Smithsonian Picture Libraries)

Leopoldo Galluzzo in 1836

LINK

Thanks Mark, boingboing.net

These reminded me a little bit of Marcel Dzama's art.

He is having a show at David Zwirmer (London) right now.

Yanna's Donut performed by the Hokum Scorchers

2013-04-09T10:23:00.001-07:00

This is the Hokum Scorchers's adapted version of a Spark Plug Smith tune of 1933 called "Mama's Donut". We recorded this in 1995. Lou Reimuller plays National guitar and I play the washboard.

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Caturday: Andy Prokh's photos of his daughter and cat

2013-04-06T11:27:00.002-07:00

See a series of wonderful photos by Andy Prokh at My Modern Met:

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/andy-prokh-daughter-cat-photos

Durer's self-portrait and my painting "The Bribe"

2013-04-04T10:28:00.004-07:00

Albrecht Durer, Self-portrait at 13, 1484

"The Bribe" by Amy Crehore, oil on linen, 18" x 24", 2003

This is a painting called "The Bribe" that I completed in 2003. It is based on Albrecht Durer's earliest known work, his self-portrait at age 13. I was always intrigued by this drawing (done in 1484) by Durer. I think I was also looking at Martin Johnson Heade's landscapes at the time. Some of my earlier works have references to images in art history.

Here's the actual painting hanging on my wall above my computer. It has never been shown anywhere (although it did win a chosen award in a national AI competition).
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Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie (by Amy Crehore)

2013-04-03T08:21:00.000-07:00

Here's a small detail of a much larger painting I did in 1993 called "The Story of Memphis Minnie".

These people are Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie.

They were married at one time and played together.

His real name is Joe McCoy and her name is Lizzie Douglas.

"Bumble Bee Blues" was their 1929 hit song.

After they split up, Joe teamed up with his brother Charlie to form the Harlem Hamfats.

Here are the lyrics of the Bumble Bee Blues song with a link to youtube.

(See full painting hanging on my wall in earlier post: here

Also on my website in painting section)

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Pick Poor Robin Clean performed by The Hokum Scorchers

2013-03-29T17:50:00.001-07:00

Listen to Luke Jordan's "Pick Poor Robin Clean" (a song from 1927). Lou Reimuller guitar/ kazoo, Amy Crehore washboard/kazoo. Recorded by The Hokum Scorchers in 1990.
The Hokum Scorchers channel on soundcloud with free downloads.

More Painting Progress (Amy Crehore Studio)

2013-03-26T08:51:00.000-07:00

Here's my progress (from yesterday) on one of the new paintings (oil on linen).
I am "playing it by ear", as they say. I want to see where the paintings take me.
The journey will unfold as I paint.

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(See my earlier post for beginning of process)

Scenes from old Virginia where the peanut grows

2013-03-25T11:14:00.002-07:00

Here is an item that floats my boat!

I saw this rare, illustrated Mr. Peanut box from the 1930s online-

LINK

We have a large wooden Mr. Peanut sign at home (perhaps from this era).

Painting Progress (Amy Crehore Studio)

2013-03-23T15:11:00.001-07:00

Working on a couple of new paintings in my studio.

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David Zwirner

2013-03-21T13:21:00.000-07:00

Standing next to a gorgeous Neo Rauch (from what I can see of that trademark green) is dealer David Zwirner. I love so many of the artists that his gallery represents: Neo Rauch, Marcel Dzama, Yayoi Kusama, R. Crumb, Alice Neel, Michael Borremans, Lisa Yuskavage, to name a few. There is a new article about him in the New York Times Style Magazine:

LINK

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