Lovecraft Show Fundraiser

Hey folks, hope you're all well. Just wanted to mention that in an effort to offset some of the cost for this falls 'Dead and Dreaming' art show's (including PCS and ASOP members) companion book I'm doing up some Lovecraft t-shirts. You can check it out and maybe buy one or a hundred HERE. Thanks for the support folks!

Hobo Day Photos - 2011

I hope that some of the folks' drawings will pop up here soon. In the meantimes, we will have to enjoy the memories of these Iphone photos Sam Heimer took. Thanks to all the folks who came out. Mostly it was awesome mixing it up, drawing, and BBQing with a bunch of great people. Thanx, Chris Stevens and John and all the gracious folks at Locust Moon out in Wild West Philly. Unfortunately, we witnessed two very sad moments on the el train, but it didn't seem to sour the overall spirit of the day and the crew. It was a very unique and lively experience to say the least. We were kinda like a peaceful version of "The Warriors" (except nobody was wasting nobody).

Rob, Mandy, and "Hoff" - hard at work hobos.

30th Street Station!

My main man Chris - in spite of the fact that his headphones had devil horns on them, I am pretty sure I heard Barry Manilow coming from his Ipod. You can see some of Chris' work here: http://chrisdowling.deviantart.com/.

Syd, stand-up cartoonist.

BBQing back at Locust Moon's "Hobo Jungle". I was showing Chris Stevens my secret recipe to opening a bag of ice.

Eamon's hand is quicker than the eye. And James tries to hide his knobby knees.

The brown shirts...

Larsen sometimes gets very angry and frustrated because she was born with a pixelated right hand.

Idle hands are the Devil's sex toys...

Hey folks! Hope all is well. Feeling too lazy to repost it all, so; bunch of new work HERE! Check it out!

Anthony Pedro - TOOTH, TUSK & TALON @ Proximity

Opening Reception: April 1, 2011, 6pm-9pm
Proximity Gallery

If you've ever broken bread with Anthony Pedro you may have noticed a distant look in his eyes, a twitch to his ear as if listening for an approaching storm. Anthony Pedro is in fact a Haunted Man. Down through time blows a wind carrying with it the whispering of grasses and the sad song of flora and fauna long since fossil fuel. He hears this, whether or not he chooses to, and is bound to record it in pigment and oil. The cacophony of teeth in flesh and cackle of nearby hyena keep him up late on tempest wrought nights. The banging of kettledrums and guttural chant is so loud he might as well be standing white knuckled on a steamer, bobbing silently on the Nile or Amazon.

Anthony's pockets are always bulging, filled with a strange array of tools and charms, lest he be ill prepared for when Gia comes crashing through the wall of sleep, the thin veil of time, and confronts him with all the tooth, tusk, and tal...on of his nightmares. He collects bones and hides, but what we don't see is the phantom flesh and sinew that collects and writhes, bleating, howling his name in the horrid tongue of the bush. Even when at peace, his hands twitch and move as if caressing an unseen rifle stock, carved with ornate fetishes and beasts on a drunken night around a campfire in the Burma jungle. Anthony has long since followed the ignis fautus into the misty woods and never returned. Anthony Pedro is a Haunted Man.

While his time as man is of current standing, his soul exists on a wholly different plane, a plane that is choked with vines and abnormally large vegetation. His spirit runs through jungle, desert, and forest alongside beasts man can never ...again behold. His earthly body is a beacon for his mind, which receives the crackle and hisses of transmissions, reporting his travels, hardships, grief, his kill. This is why Anthony Pedro's work is so important, so vital to us. It reads like an environmentalist's journal, which is doomed to jump to and fro different periods, eons, and hemispheres. Without Anthony Pedro's paintings we would not know about his other life, his true self, or his curse. And when soma joins pneuma, and Anthony leaves the present time, we can take solace in the fact that he is now complete, and will forever walk the forest smiling, periodically making bird calls. And when he is gone, his paintings will tell an epic story of an adventure more expansive than the Odyssey. Anthony Pedro is a Haunted, nay, Hunted man.

words: Sam Heimer

Proximity Gallery
2434 East Dauphin Street (in Fishtown)
Philadelphia, PA 19125
Contact: 267-825-2949
E-mail: janel@proximityart.com

FIST FULL OF INK...

Hey folks, just wanted to give you all a heads up: THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY CATCH SOME SWEET ART. Friday, the 25th, is the opening of The Age of Reptiles, at Paradigm Gallery, curated by Sir Anthony Pedro of the Turkish Scrub-Lands. The little bit of art I've seen for this show thus far is awesome...excluding my shitty piece. Saturday, the 26th, is the closing of A Nation of Evil Men, at Masthead Print Studio, curated by some douche-bag named Sam Heimer. Check out an awesome write-up of the show HERE. Lastly, I have a handful of new work up on my blog for your viewing pleasure you can gawk at HERE.

BUCKET FULL OF UPDATES!!!

Hey folks, ton of updates and news HERE!

A NATION OF EVIL MEN

Saturday, February 5 · 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Masthead Print Studio

340 Brown St.

Philadelphia, PA

Masthead, ASOP and the Philly Cartoonist Society presents an expose of the faces of evil that make history grimly entertaining. A collection of the debased, comically villainous, perverted, violent, controversial,and grotesque figures that were truly stranger than fiction. These faces and persona have been the fodder for a million books, movies, history channel specials, and bad jokes; A Nation of Evil Men will bring them all together for your viewing pleasure.

Hosted by Shawn Hileman
Curated by Sam Heimer
Participants Include:

Jeffro Kilpatrick
Paul Romano
Kirsten Harper
Sam Heimer
Justin Gray
Jay Bevenour
Christian Patchell
James Heimer
Mike Wohlberg
Jennifer Gin
Matt Cavanaugh
Tom Augustino
Amy Houser
Paul Palcko
Mark Price
Anthony Pedro
Kevin Mercer
George Tan
Eamon Dougherty
Justin Miller
JP Flexner
Christine Larsen
Tim Durning
Brian Meitz
Max Gordon
Shawn Hileman
And more...

Seasons Greeting From Catfish Heimer

Friends,
I hope this finds you all healthy and happy. I'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year. I hope the coming 2011 treats us all well. I'd like to thank you all for the gift of your support, love, criticism, friendship, and business. Knowing you all is more than I could have ever asked for, and I'm thankful for that going into the New Year. I wish the best for all of you.

Much Love,
Sam 'Catfish' Heimer

PUBLIC SCHOOL - A LESSON IN COLLABORATION - Opening @ MASTHEAD STUDIOS -12/4/10

Masthead Print Studio will host a collaborative show featuring over 20 screen printers, graffiti artists, graphic designers and Illustrators that are paired up to bring us their new creations. The curators chose each pair with the main objective being “Unlikely Combination's”, much like when you were in school and told to work with a stranger.

Here’s the attendance sheet:

Shawn Hileman/ Adam Smith, JP Flexner (NODIVISION) / El Toro, Robb Leef (NODIVISION)/ Design Collective NOM NOW, Edward Kelley (NODIVISION)/Mr.G, Steven Speir/ Hilary White, Anni Altshuler (HOLLY HOLLY HOBBY HOBBY)/Jason (from Brainstorm), Dietrich Meyer / Bradford Haubrich, Justin Gray / TBA , Mikey Burton/ Tim Gough, James Heimer / Sam Heimer, Briana (from Brainstorm)/ Leah Mackin (HOLLY HOLLY HOBBY HOBBY).

Each group is asked to provide video, photos, emails, and a statement of the process which will be on display at the opening!

Curated by JP Flexner and Shawn Hileman.

Masthead Print Studio

340 Brown Street

Philadelphia, PA

Halloween Show at Proximity Gallery - October 1

The Philadelphia Cartoonist Society and the Autumn Society are teaming up for a show at Proximity Gallery on October 1, 2010. This will be a Halloween-themed show with over 30 artists displaying work. please click on the photos below to see closer details from some of the pieces from the drop off day.

James Heimer, myself, and Sam Heimer (the curator)

Here is a detail from my piece, entitled "7 Crows":

Please stop by Proximity on October 1 for the opening or some time during the month of October when the gallery is open. Proximity is located at 2434 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia, PA 19125. For more information , please contact Janel Frey at 267.825.2949 or e-mail: janel@proximityart.com.