eff you, sickness

the last 2 days, i've gotten super behind thanks to splitting headaches that have been radiating down my neckmeats and a fever that has caused many a nap.

BUT.

i've sucked it up, taken some extra strength tylenol (hate hate hate), and gotten back at it.

here's the next installment for memories of enemies, coming up in 10 days...

this dude's gonna be a whopping (GET IT?!) 30"x40".

eff my el.

watching paint dry

that's exactly what i'm doing... so i might as well fart around on the interwebs.

just prepped my drippy 4'x4' canvas (panties helped by being an asshole):

for THESE GUYS!

you can see the finished piece in a couple weeks at memories of enemies!

COME! SEE! DRINK! PARTY! BE A PAL!

workin away...

drawings for memories of enemies!

aint no thang..

memories of enemies

hey dudes and dudettes, ladies and gents, asses and hats!
BIG NEWS!!

after lots of hard work, and then a ton of waiting, and then more hard work, and still a lot of hard work ahead, it's finally offical!!

the show is open until halloween, so come hang out please!!

more info on the steam whistle event page, and be a gem and click "attending" on the facebook event page.

COME COME COME!!

monster SEXIEST

well, it took a few days (holy smokes, not DAYS...), but this bad boy is DONE and ready to ship down to JFish in Portland for the Monsterbation show at the Pony Club Gallery!

14"x18"

mixed on canvas

the show runs from october 7th-31st, just in time for halloween, and there will be par-tays on the first night, as well as the last. so like. go to it or something if you're from around there and stuff. or don't. whatever. it's totally your call.

monster... sexier?

more progress...

this one will be 14"x18", stay tuned for the final.

monster... sex?

you heard me, baby.

just a little peek on what i'm working on this week...

painter-oo

i've been busting my own balls working on a secret gallery project (which i'll let you in on soon), but i thought i'd show you the first of a handful of paintings i'm going to have up for the month of october...

crazy cat lady

24"x36"

acrylic and toner on linen.

(not QUITE completed, but hey...)

i must say, i think i've fallen in love with linen. i have beaten the hell out of this thing and it's still tight as an effing drum. and it's been a long time since i've worked on anything this large, (and it's one of the smallest in this series) so this is super refreshing and fun. it's really helping me get out of this summertime slump i've found myself in...

AND IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY.

there, i said it.

whew...

rejoice.

picture book report! and stuff.

ladies and gents!

if you havent heard of Picture Book Report, you are crazy and i will tell you about it:

it's a wicked site that the super cool meg hunt put together where a buttload of amazing artists are doing series illustrations from their favourite books. you should definitely check it out. right now. immediately.

GO.

anyhow, there is a series of works going up called "short reports" where big dumb artists like myself are doing one-offs, and here's the one i did. you can read about it HERE.

(click image to enlarge)

also, here's a comp for that thing i was talking about... the first of a series of paintings i will be doing in the next month... expect a lot of scary old people from me in the near future...

so far, the crazy cat lady...

back after being a dick

ladies and gentlemen, you heard it here first. i am a dick. well, this may not be the FIRST place/time you've heard it. i'm pretty sure i have admitted to this before, and i'm absolutely certain that more than most have at least thought about it.

anyhow.. i am a dick.

confession: dating ate my life, but due to being sad about my terrible art time lethargy, and big fat looming deadlines (it's mostly because of the big fat looming deadlines...) i am back!

see?

now, enough funny business.

i know what you're thinking. you're thinking "what is this weird stain?" or "what have you been up to all this time, vicki nerino?"... i will deal with the latter. the first one is aaaall on you, pals.

first of all, this past monday (aug.23rd) you may have noticed my outright super gloaty bragtime tweet about my most recent illustration that was printed in the globe and mail. here it is if you missed it:

second of all, i am going to brag a little, but also tell you to read THIS interview with anne koyama of koyama press vs. sequential, interview done by the pleasantly polite david hains. anne koyama is the shit, and my name is at the bottom and stuff... but really. sweetest woman alive, and a great interview. way to go, champs. exes and ohs.

speaking of david hains, one of my friggen favourites commissions was for that darn guy, so here's one for the road, "something disgustingly whimsical, or whimsically disgusting":

i think i was channelling the nerve ending fairy from ren and stimpy...

aaaand finally, i've got something big coming up. something i have procrastinated for far too long... it involves my paintings, more paintings from seven other friends (roben nieuwland, ilichna morasky, britt wilson, selena wong, ale diaz, hyein lee and franzisca barczyk), one large space with a shit ton of beer in it, and the month of october...

here's a sneaky peek of what i've been working on.

check back soon for another update on what the eff i'll be up to in this busy busy busy upcoming month.... please.