Gibby's Downtime: October 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Brown_House

an old house i used to drive by in Oakland on my way home from work everyday.

the_Foundry

a painting i did as the old steel factory (making rebar) in Emeryville was being torn down. IKEA now stands on the same site.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Earlier Works 1993 - 2001

The Art work listed below spans 1993-2001 approx.

pigeon

1989 a found pigeon rebuilt with brass, wire and an armature for animation

Cat_Skellie

1990 this is an example of reconstituted road kill into an animateable puppet, bone, brass, string, feathers, wire

hermaphrodite_03

1993 stop-mo puppet made of stitched together Barbie and Toy skins anatomies

hermaphrodite_02

1993 stop-mo puppet made of stitched together Barbie and Toy skins anatomies

hermaphrodite_01

1993 stop-mo puppet made of stitched together Barbie and Toy anatomies

this painting was done at the old Steel mill location in Emeryville as they were tearing it down after 1 to many explosive accidents. Ironically i evolved it into this disfunctional Shopping Mall. several years later IKEA was built on the same site.

the Plough and Stars Bar S.F.

my friends Gary and Julie in the Pub

George & Walt's oakland

George and Walt's Bar in Oakland around 1992 before it became a sports bar

Danny's Bar S.F.

one of S.F.s oldest Bars and yess the dog is a regular customer

the Bird's Last Thought

Double Standards

the Wife and the Dog

the Queen

the Frog's Tounge

Breathe

AcidAlice Wonder Land

Strained Mercy

article on Aids and the use of Morphine

Gerald's Game

book review, "Gerald likes tying up his wife in Stephen King's new book"

Psych Ward Saturday Night

illustration about Highland Hospital's Psychiatric Emergency Service Clinic

the Hunger Strike

book review, "Biting at the Grave" about the Hunger Strikes in 1981 Belfast's Maze prison.

Social Emotion

illustration based on an article about, "weather the feelings of workers have become about being commodities, to be bought and sold and therefore must wear many "false" faces to keep their jobs"