Strange Love-11×17-Acrylic on Canvas-Signed and Dated-
250.00 @ Avondale Artworks or email me at bgrayart@bellsouth.net
Love Me?-10×10-Acrylic on Canvas-Signed and Dated
75.00 @ Avondale Artworks or email me at bgrayart@bellsouth.net
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Whats up peeps. Ill be at Avondale Artworks tonight for the First Friday artist reception. The gallery looks amazing. A lot of new talent has been showing up and a ton of new work by local artists. Ill have a couple new things too! Reception runs from 6-9…ill be there around 7′ish. See u there.
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“Malice in Wonderland”- Rough Sketches
Published January 23, 2010 Uncategorized ClosedTags: alice in wonderland, alice in wonderland dark, alice in wonderland gothic, art work, brian gray, dark, disney, gothic, scary, tim burton
Ok, so a few updates about my “Malice in Wonderland” series. First off I spoke with the ever so cool Ken Stutes at my main gallery @ Avondale Artworks here in Jacksonville about my upcoming series. He was really excited about the whole idea and will give me the room I need to display the work( Ken has huge wall space too). The show will be slated for April instead of March. Theres just to many characters that I want to cover so, I’m gonna have to wait til April before the showing. I’m organizing all sorts of stuff. The thoughts of a “mixed drink” tea party with cakes and cookies sounds good to me for the reception…I’m working on that now. The sketches so far are rough at best but, I’m getting some good ideas on where Im heading with all of this. To see more of the sketches in detail visit my sketches section. Stay tuned.
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My Artist Interview @ Bedynamik
Published January 19, 2010 Uncategorized ClosedTags: art, artist, bedynamik, bedynamik productions, brian gray, brian grey, duval, graffiti, gray, jacksonville, lowbrow, treacherous
Just finished an interview with the folks at BeDynamik. There website features a section called “Duval Talent” that features artists, musicians, poets, and local talents from all over Duval county. I had a lot of fun doing the interview and appreciate them taking interest in what I do. They didn’t quite get the spelling of my last name correct(Gray not Grey) but, it’s all good. Check out the entire interview here…http://bedynamik.com/?p=833 .-
Malice in Wonderland
Published January 4, 2010 Uncategorized ClosedTags: alice in wonderland, art, brian gray, emo, goth, lowbrow, malice, pop, series, surreal, tim burton
Im super excited about the latest release of Alice in Wonderland. Tim Burton is heading this one up and from what I can tell…its gonna be awesome. I have always loved everything about the world of Wonderland. The queen, the card knights, Alice, the mad hatter, and just the magic found in Wonderland. It seems pretty fitting for my style of art work. I have decided to work on a series of paintings inspired by Alice and the world of Wonderland. I have already begun several sketches of the mad hatter, Alice, and the queens card knights. I will be working on getting this complete for a March showing at Avondale Artworks. Still need to sort out some details but, It’s on one way or another. I’ll post some sketches soon and some sneak peeks when I get things done. I really want to do several paintings, large and small, stuffed animals, and maybe even some sick t-shirt designs. I want this to be a lot of fun and offer up some killer work. The release for the Tim Burton version of Alice will be in March so I figured its fitting to have an opening at the beginning of March. Gives me plenty of time to get it done too. Keep them eyes peeled…this is gonna be fun!
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Humpty Dumpty found a home
Published December 30, 2009 Uncategorized ClosedTags: art, artist brian gray, avondale artworks, bryan, dark, emo, fairy tale, featured, fl, for sale, goth, graffiti, grey, horror, jacksonville, juxtapoz, lowbrow, urban art
Just sold another painting late yesterday! Thats two paintings sold in the same day and the third painting sold in just a week. I’m doing pretty darn good this month! Thanks to the person who gave this painting a new home. I really enjoyed doing this painting and I’ve had the concept down on paper for weeks. It was actually inspired from the “Designers in Toyland” show I wrapped up with the AIGA earlier this month. I was considering making a 3d sculpture of sorts of humpty dumpty and this painting was more of a sketch of what the final creation was going to look like. I decided to just go with the hand sewn skull bunny(s) instead, which were a hit anyhow. Thanks again for bringing a little bit of my style into your home. Hope ya dig it as much as I enjoyed making this character.
December has been a good month for me. So much of my work has inched its way into peoples homes. From stuffed creatures, paintnigs, shirts, and prints. I’m lovin it! Just caught word that I just sold one of my newest pieces up at the gallery at Avondale Artworks. “Three Little Pigs” has now found a new home. The canvas I used for this piece is hand made by local artist Grant Thornton. Grant did a killer job putting the canvases together for me, there really high quality and hand made…perfect. I guess I’m gonna need to hit him up soon for some more custom canvases. Thanks a bunch to Ken at the gallery and a big thanks to the buyer for taking home a new edition to their home. PEACE OUT!-
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SOLD @ Avondale Artworks
Published December 23, 2009 Uncategorized ClosedTags: artist, avondale artworks, brian gray, fill this emptines, goth, jacksonville, lowbrow, pop, skull bunny, surreal
Just sold another one of my “bigger” pieces up at Avondale Artworks here in Jacksonville. This painting is titled “Fill this Emptiness”. I originally did the painting for the Cummer Art Museum during the Folio Weekly artist invitational. I have to admit that I’m happy and sad to see this one go. This piece is one of my favorites to date and it is also one of my larger pieces. Thanks to Ken @ Avondale Artworks and a big thanks to the person who took this baby home. Happy Holidays!!-B.G.
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Trying to move out some older paintings and sell a few new “smaller” pieces as well. A lot of my prices for my work under the Originals for Sale section have been reduced for holiday shopping. Up top is a pic from a new series Im gonna be working based on fairy tales. The paintings from the fairy tale series are 8×8 and priced to sell at just 75.00. Check out the Originals for Sale section to see what I got cooking.
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Hand Stitched and Stuffed Skull Bunnies!
Published December 4, 2009 Uncategorized ClosedTags: brian gray, custom, diy, hand sewn, monsters, one off, skull bunny
Here is a snap shot of the lil buggers I hand sewn for the AIGA “Designers in Toyland” show that took place during this months Art Walk in downtown Jax. I sold one during the show and another via email once I got home last night. Karen, Chad, and the whole AIGA crew did a great job putting this show together. There were sooooo many killer toys done for the show. Thanks for all the feedback I got from everyone about the toys. I guess Ill start making a few more of these and maybe sell them through the website here and at Avondale Artworks. Big thanks to the crew at the gallery @ 229 Hogan St as well. There wouldnt have been a show without a building to host it in and the cool ass folks who run the place. Keep them eyes peeled. I feel like Im gonna need to invest in a sewing machine son! Hand sewing took all most just as long as painting. Time to upgrade.
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