Category: Tom’s Misfits

Tom’s Misfits

Self portrait
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the other side of the unnamed totem
This is me at a recent solo show in San Francisco. (This is not my studio. Way too clean.)
…and the angel you don’t. (Front view).
With a smile and a joint, our red-striped ignores the nuclear cloud in the background.
This is my non-cubist version of Picasso’s painting Woman in Chair
A bud, a beer, a bath, and a blunt. What could be better?
…and the angel you don’t (back view)
Tom and totem #3

REDBRICK Open Studios November 9th, 10th & 11th

Come to this year’s Fall open studios and check out our new digs.  We have stayed int he same building and on the same floor, but we have moved to a much sunnier and nicer location.  The entrance is now on the Mission St side of the building at 2111 Mission Street.

We’re having an opening reception on Friday evening 5pm-9pm with snacks and adult beverages.  Saturday and Sunday, we’re open from 11am-5pm.

We have more artists participating this year than past years.

  • Where:  RedBrick Studio, 2111 Mission St. (btwn 17th-18th St.)
  • When:    Friday, November 9th 5pm – 9pm
  •                   Saturday, November 10th 11am – 5pm
  •                   Sunday, November 11th 11am -5pm

Making Sense Totem (front side)

Making Sense Totem (other front side)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can also view my work at City Art Gallery at 828 Valencia Street in the months of October and November.  The opening reception for November is Friday, November 2nd 7pm-9pm.

The City Art Gallery is open Wednesdays through Sundays.

Open Studio Sale and Party April 6th

April 6th, Friday evening, from 4pm-9m, my studio mates and I will be hosting an open studio party. Come for the drinks and snacks and leave with a beautiful piece of ceramic art.

The address is 3265 17th St. (between Mission and Capp).  Just one block away from Bart and surrounded by the Mission nightlight of bars and restaurants.

I hope I see you there!

Did I tell you? …I’m having a show at the Oakland Museum of Ceramics.

Hi de ho Art lovers.  I’m getting real excited about my upcoming show at the Oakland Museum of Ceramics.  I thought that I would share some images of smaller work that will be included to pique your interest in the show.

This is my non-cubist version of Picasso’s painting Woman in Chair

A bud, a beer, a bath, and a blunt. What could be better?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that you can make the opening on Sunday, October 15th from 5pm-8pm.

The museum is located at 4401 San Leandro Street, Oakland, CA 94601. (Please call, text or email if you plan to visit before or after the opening reception.)  My email address is my first name @ my first name last name dot com. (e.g. john@johnsmith.com)

 

 

 

Oakland Museum of Ceramics

 

LAND-O-SMILES

Sunday Oct. 15 opening reception 5pm-8pm

A smile, a red striped shirt, pack of Land-O-Smile marijuana cigarettes in his pocket, and a nuclear cloud in the background are the features of this mock ad made of ceramics.

It is my great honor to be displaying work at the Oakland Museum of Ceramics.  My show, Land-O-Smiles, will be up from October 1st through November 15th, 2017. There will be a lot of new work on display, both large and small.

I hope that you can make the opening on Sunday, October 15th from 5pm-8pm.

The museum is located at 4401 San Leandro Street, Oakland, CA 94601.  (Please call, text or email if you plan to visit before or after the opening reception.)  My email address is my first name @ my first name last name dot com. (e.g. john@johnsmith.com)

Show in Smaart Gallery

I am pleased to say that I currently have a show at the Smaart Gallery, located at 1045 Sutter Street, San Francisco.  The show is from July 4-August 31, 2017.

I will be at the gallery during the First Thursday Lower Polk and Tenderloin Artwalk, on Thursday August 3rd, 2017, if you want to meet up or talk with me about any of the art.

…and the angel you don’t. (Front view).

…and the angel you don’t (back view)

The Smaart Gallery and Studio has been around since 2012.  Steve Allen, the driving force behind the studio and the gallery, has been a huge boon to the ceramic art community in San Francisco.  Be sure to check out his other shows and if you have the inclination to get your hands dirty and want to learn more about clay, his studio and classes are great place to learn and grow.

Open Studios April 1-2

For those in the Bay Area, we’re hosting our semi annual open studio on April 1-2.  Stop on by and say hi.  There are a dozen other artists showing at our studio

Where:     3265 17th St. (Above Thriftown)
SF, CA

When:      Saturday April 1st    Noon – 6pm
Sunday April 2nd     Noon – 6pm

 

This is me at a recent solo show in San Francisco. (This is not my studio. Way too clean.)

 

Winner finally announced–Makes sense

After months of procrastination deliberation, I have finally decided on the winner in the name-the-totem contest.  The winning title is:  Making Sense.

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Making Sense 

The winner is being notified and will soon be the proud owner of original artwork of his choice.

I want to thank everyone who  participated in my contest.  All who entered will receive an email that will entitle them to a big discount on bottles.  (If you entered, check your inbox in the next couple of days.)

Name that totem contest entries:

I received over 50 entries in my Name That Totem contest.  It’s been a couple of weeks, and I still cannot decide on my favorite entry.  I certainly have learned a lot of things (Otolaryngoloists are specialists in in ear, nose and throat and shy guys are timid troublemakers in various video games are among other useful facts that I acquired from this contest.) But I am torn because there are so many good names to choose from.

If you entered, you should be getting an email from me in the next week or so announcing the winner of the contest.   If you didn’t win the grand prize, don’t worry. Everyone who entered is a winner.  I will offer anyone who entered, a discounted price on my bottles.

All of the entries are listed below.  (If a title appears more than once, it was submitted by more than one person.)

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  • Eyes on the Prize?
  • Trickle Down
  • Hear no see no speak no totem
  • sense stick
  • forward facing
  • user experience
  • 5th sense
  • Eye Bite Jeans
  • Goofin’ bottom
  • Blue Jean Yellow Submarine
  • Not so shy guy
  • Big Mouth!
  • I was looking for you
  • Misogynistic Pig (oink)
  • Nosetem
  • Blorg the Omnipotent
  • Dreams of Otolaryngoloists
  • Coagulon
  • Phil-lippy Mc Blue Shirt
  • Body Eclectic

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    the other side of the unnamed totem
  • Senses
  • Sensational
  • Discombulation
  • Five Senses
  • Picasso on Acid
  • Make Some Sense
  • My Stomach Won’t Shut Up!
  • Blah, Blah, Blah
  • I nose Front to Back
  • Facetastic
  • Picasso on acid
  • See (no) evil, Hear (no) Evil, Speak (no) evil
  • 5 senses
  • 2 Faced Totem with Converse All Stars
  • American Teen Unplugged
  • Convoluted Converse
  • See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil
  • Interocular
  • Deconstructed Me
  • I won’t hear you
  • Old Age Bart
  • Say What?
  • Big Mouth Chuck
  • Social Anxiety
  • Confused Chameleon
  • Senses for the Insensate
  • before my coffee
  • discombobulated Bob
  • Eye See a Q tip
  • Jagger
  • Plastic surgery Mistake
  • Government!!!
  • From Your Lips to God’s Ear
  • Trickle Down
  • F-you
  • Making sense
  • St. Tracheo
  • Senses Overload
  • Decomposed Bean
  • Portal to Picasso
  • Ass over teacups
  • Unlaced Side-Eye Totemic Descent