Ice Cream Daydream Mural Downtown

Photo from Enquirer- Artworks

Went yesterday downtown to 12th Street to check out the revealing of the new mural directed by Amanda Checco with Artworks. I have to say that his is now my favorite of the murals. I just love the colors and playfulness of this one the most. It's a nice colorful trippy giant illustration with fun animals, ice cream treats, jewelry with like a vector style to it.. There is over a dozen murals in the downtown area. Most of them in the Over-the-Rhine district. I think it would be just fun to take a group to just walk around to each of the murals as part of an art walk. I will have to send that out to see if anyone is interested. There is a map on the Artwork website as well.
So, if anyone is interested in doing that, hit me up then.
Otherwise, if you are downtown I really recommend you stop by this one.
It's located at 33 E. 12th Street right to the side of the Eden Floral Boutique at the parking lot.

Opening Reception: Comfortably Constipated

I will be having an opening reception called Comfortably Constipated on Saturday, August 14th from 7–11 p.m.
Please join me for this installment of my artwork at Fabricate in Northside. Located at 4012 Hamilton Ave. Northside Cincinnati, 45223

As a first solo show of my work I will have a variety of pieces ranging from collages, illustrations, paintings and assemblage found objects that collectively tell a story of past and present culture, which is completed with some humor attached. ...Hence forth the title is presenting a subject range that is purposefully opening your mind to being curious to what makes Brennan Bradford's work unique, if not a little odd fun to the mix.

I am presented this great opportunity to show my work at this awesome store residing in Northside, owned and operated by Aileen McGrath and Christina Salley. Fabricate has made a great addition to the community in Northside, that sells a great range of handmade products of stitched robots, silk screened t-shirts, prints, handmade jewelry, and many many more. Added to that as well are my handmade wallets, handmade papers and prints of my illustrations .

I hope you will all join me and the folks from Fabricate for the reception.

http://www.fabnorthside.com/

Fabricate's show will accompanied by PROJECTMILL DJ’s and potable beverages.
Afterwards, follow everyone down to Mayday for the Fabricate after-party featuring You, You’re Awesome and Moon Pool & Dead Band (Detroit, MI).

Ready. Set! Go!

Things are pretty much ready for Fabricate show in August. I finished my altered assemblage found object pieces.
I have a few more prints to have made. But other than that I think I am set. I believe a lot of people will be satisfied with what I have. I am going to show some old pieces as well. I figure there will be a lot of folks who never seen my work before, so it will make sense to reshow them. I am not really concern about selling my work. I will just be happy with being on display there. I should get the post cards to give to folks and to have sent out soon.
This is a great opportunity for me. A lot of the shows I have been to at Fabricate have produced a lot of amazing things. Which has drawn a lot of crowds. If you are not on facebook and want to get a reminder, feel free to email me at brennan2bb@gmail.com.

Dr. Sketchy July Clown Session

Dr. Sketchy Cincinnati for July had models pose as clowns. I really liked the outfits and the props they used.
Here are a couple sketches I did in a sketchbook I got last year for my birthday and a few photos I took.
If you want to know more about Dr. Sketchy Cincinnati, feel free to email me or google Dr. Sketchy Cincinnati.
They meet every second Thursday of each month.

Chris Sickels (Red Nose Studio) Show in July

I am very excited about this. Chris Sickels from Red Nose Studio will be showcasing art at Manifest Gallery in Walnut Hills of Cincinnati from July 9th through August the 16th. Opens at 6pm.
I enjoy every show Manifest has provided for over a year now. This will add to the experience of the shows they have there.
If you are wondering where you have seen his work. Probably from Windows 7. He has an illustration photo as a choice to select as a background.
I enjoy his characters a lot. They are fun, daring to explore, inventive, and inspiring to say the least. I am looking forward to seeing his work on display in July.

http://www.rednosestudio.com/

http://www.manifestgallery.org/

Twelve Way with Cheese

The comic book Twelve Way with Cheese is now avaible to purchase. A lot of illustrators from the Cincinnati area put together this amazing comic book, with the direction by Tim Fuller. There is an article in City Beat all about it.


http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-20832-makers-dozen.html

You can purchase Twelve Way with Cheese at the link below or at Queen City Comics.

Comics.http://www.comixpress.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=1673

Toy Collection

One of my past obsessions was collecting toys and figurines. A lot of them were either handed down, found or I purchased them myself. Through all the years growing up I still was able to keep a lot of my toys, keeping hold of those memories and displaying them in my dining room for visitors to see.
I thought I would post them up on here. These are not all of them however. I still have boxes at my mothers house.
It wasn't such a bad obsession, was it?