ART, MUSIC, & COMIX NEWS:

ART:

Everything But the Kitschen Sink

La Luz de Jesus Gallery 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90027 323-666-7667 Preview night: Thursday, March 5 '09 7-9pm Opening reception: Friday, March 6 '09 8-11pm www.laluzdejesus.com
I will be exhibiting my latest “Scary Goddess” piece, “Our Lady of Organized Vituperation”. And I think I may have set a record for being in more group shows at this gallery than anyone in LA! I’ve been showing there yearly since 1990!!

LOWBROW ART- Nine San Diego Pop Surrealists

	Oceanside Art Museum 704 Pier Way Oceanside, CA. 92054 For more info and directions: www.oma-online.org Opening Reception: Saturday Jan. 24 2009 5-7pm (admission $10) Exhibit is ongoing from: January 24 - May 24 2009
Artists: Mary Fleener, Charles Glaubitz, Pamela Jaeger, Tim McCormick, Scott Saw, Scrojo, Jason Sherry, Jen Trute, Ron Wharton. I will have 5 pieces in the show, including 3 from my new series, “Scary Goddesses”.

“NowBrow” Sept. 20th - Oct. 23rd, 2008

WAL*ART 1639 South La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90035 For more info and directions to the gallery: www.wal-art.org Opening reception: Saturday, September 20th, 7pm - 11pm

Movers and Shakers: Who’s Who in the San Diego Visual Art World

	ARTS EXPRESSIONS GALLERY 2645 Financial Court Suite C San Diego, CA  92117 For more info and directions to the gallery: www.moversandshakers.sdvag.net Opening reception: Sept 5, 2008 7-9pm
I was selected to paint a portrait of Gustaf Rooth, owner of  PLANET ROOTH GALLERY,  and the guy responsible for starting the monthly “Ray At Night” evening gallery walkabout on University Ave.

Everything But the Kitschen Sync

La Luz de Jesus Gallery 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90027 323-666-7667 Show runs March 7 - March 30 Reception: Friday, March 7 8-11pm www.laluzdejesus.com
I will have two of my ceramic masks in the show, "Skull Face", and "Black Face"

I GOTTA BLOG!

“Mary In Comic Con Land” is my personal collection of photos from 1985-2006. See the pros, the wild, the weird, and the great unwashed captured on real film. Over 600 pictures! If anyone ever asks you, “What’s the San Diego Comic Convention like?”, you just send ‘em right here: maryincomicconland.blogspot.com

ENDEAVOR - group show

ART PRODUCE GALLERY
3139 University Ave., San Diego
Opening: Sat, Jan 12, 6- 9 pm
Show runs 1/12 to 2/12 2008
For more info: www.radioactivefuture.com

"The Birth of the Fleenalele"


Carolyn Grant from the Carlsbad Museum of Making Music introduced me to Rick Turner of Renaissance Guitars and asked if I wanted to paint some ukuleles... Here are the first two!

Fleenalele #1 (slideshow)
This first one made it's debut at the NAMM show in Anaheim California. Painted with acrylic paints this is now owned by George Mezalis.

Fleenalele #2 (slideshow)

New Paintings in the Shop!
- A series of "Fifi" portraits on black velvet.

- "Leaving my Body" & "Voodoo Angels" series'. Acrylic paintings done after Katrina. Available now for only $100! (+Shipping & Handling)

In the works (slideshow) This is my new series called "Scary Goddess". I plan on doing 20 (or more) of them and publishing a full color catalog. They are 24 X 30 inches, acrylic on canvas.

COMIX NEWS:
Hotwire #2 - AVAILABLE NOW!
Edited by Glenn Head, Published by Fantagraphics Summer 2007. I'll be doing a 10 page autobio story about a blind date from hell; my roommate sets me up with a "nice guy" who doses me with PCP and I find myself in the middle of a drug deal with this "nice guy" and members of the Los Angeles Crips.
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