Art opening for The Picture of Everything at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

Hey folks. Got any plans yet for 2011? My art show is coming up the first Friday in January! Celebrating a piece 13 years in the making: The Picture of Everything is finished. All done. It's all in there and anything I left out is in the box of everything else, which is in the picture already. A nice infinite loop for anyone who cares. Anyway, it would be nice to see you all at the show. There'll be prints available as well as the debut of the 3D Picture of Everything lenticular, which no one has seen yet because at the time I write this blog entry I'm still working on it. The original artwork for the piece will be on display all together on one wall for the first time, which has never been possible before. The ceilings at the gallery are almost high enough, but they still have to tilt the top section to get it to fit. La Luz de Jesus/Wacko is a legendary gallery and book/toy/miscellania superstore that always provides a plethora for the senses... Please come if you can!

Who: Howard Hallis
What: The Picture of Everything art opening
When: Friday, January 7th, 2011, 7pm - 11pm
Where: La Luz de Jesus / Wacko, 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90027
Why: Just because
How: By hook or by crook...

My Doctor Strange Shirt collection

Here's a collection of my Doctor Strange shirts! Of course, my pal Peter over at the Sanctum Sanctorum Blog has a bigger collection of Doc related apparel. Still, I figure I should share the ones I have managed to track down over the years. Each one is XL and never worn:

My favorite comic book covers

My favorite comic book covers

Movie poster of the day

A Danger: Diabolik poster I digitally cleaned up, enlarged from a smaller image and had framed:

The modern speedball

5 Hour Energy Extra Strength + I-Chill Relaxation Shot = ?!

An old painting

This one's called "A Man Sitting In A Chair Thinking About Food". It's actually a watercolor on canvas of a skin tissue cell I did circa 1990 that currently hangs in my bathroom. I'm thinking about using it as a layer in an upcoming 3D lenticular...

Lenticular of the day

Today's 3D lenticular, called The Watchmen Lens, is a digital collage made for a show at Meltdown Comics based on Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore's comic book. Apparently, Alan Moore based the characters in The Watchmen on old Charlton Comics characters, many created or modified by Steve Ditko in the 60's. This lens is a parody of the cover to Justice League Of America #21, and was actually purchased by film director Kevin Smith last year when it was displayed at the La Luz de Jesus Gallery. If you click the image below, you'll see an animated simulation of what the piece looks like in real life:

An old painting/sculpture from high school that has since been destroyed

This one was called "Birth". It was based on the idea that you don't come into the universe, you come out of it. Or something like that. It was a huge piece. The face in the center was an actual facemask of one of my fellow students. I had to throw it away a few years back when I just couldn't find any room to store it.

Images from the Sanctum Sanctorum West

For those of you who just discovered this blog, I have one of the largest collections of Doctor Strange comics and memorabilia in the world and from time to time feature items from my collection here. These items are housed in a room I call the Sanctum Sanctorum West. Today's post features the poster racks on the Eastern wall. To see the original art pieces in the collection up close, CLICK HERE.