CherryChai

Upcoming Exhibition @ Cerasoli:LeBasse

2008-10-03T09:07:52Z

Upcoming group exhibition @ Cerasoli:LeBasse Gallery in Los Angeles

This will be my first time (ever!) exhibiting paintings, so I'm very excited. All of the works have arrived safely at the gallery, so I'm already one-up on my previous exhibition :)

If you live in the LA area I would love it if you could attend and let me know how it goes.

Exhibition Info:
Cerasoli:LeBasse Gallery
Inaugural Exhibition 'Blender'
Gallery One:
Vincent Hui, Melissa Haslam, Ryuichi Ogino, Deth P Sun & Mari Inukai
Gallery Two:
Jennifer Davis & Suzanne Sattler

Opening Reception: Saturday October 11, 7 - 10pm *guest dj and open bar
8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, California 90232 USA

Paper Cranes Painting

2008-08-31T12:50:27Z

8x10" oil on wooden panel. For an upcoming show.

Paper Pushers @ Gallery 1988 SF

2008-08-10T14:56:32Z

I'm in this show (my first show!) Paper Pushers drawing show at Gallery 1988 in San Fransisco. Opening August 15 - September 6 2008.

The only problem is I sent my drawings almost 4 weeks ago and they haven't arrived at the gallery yet! So in a bit of a frenzy I made a new drawing this weekend that I'll express courier to the gallery to make sure I'm still in the show!

Here is the new drawing, called 'Paper Cranes':

Drawing and website

2008-07-11T06:39:57Z

This is one of my drawings for the paper pushers drawing show at Gallery 1988 SF, in August. I'll be putting 2-3 drawings into the show. This one is very pre-raphaelite-ish. I'm thinking of making it into a painting, but we'll see.

In other news my website is gone! Actually it's still there, but my domain name seems to be broken - it leads no where, just to an error page. It's very distressing because I don't know how to fix it. I will be needing ice-cream very soon. Until it is fixed the website can be seen at this url: http://melissahaslam.orionvisuals.com.

Finding a pink rabbit in the flowering undergrowth

2008-07-08T09:29:26Z

One of the paintings for the show at Project:Gallery in LA, it's just about complete. It's a fairly small (cute?) 9x12 inches - oil, acrylic and ink on wooden panel.

P.S. Gloves are so cute, and I finally managed to work them into a painting :)

Upcoming Shows

2008-07-02T22:58:28Z

Some upcoming shows to keep me busy:

Aug/2008		Paper Pushers group Show, Gallery 1988, San Francisco
Sep/2008		Fresh faces group show, Project: Gallery, Los Angeles
Dec/2008		Vivisect Playset group show, Gallery 1988, San Francisco

And (for the second time) I finished the fairytalesque stalk painting.

The Suspicious Stalk

2008-06-15T23:58:50Z

This is pretty much done. I'll see if I still think so when it's dry.

girls vs echidnas (done!)

2008-04-28T11:40:34Z

Drawing done.

I really need a cup of tea, it's freezing!

girls vs echidnas (wip)

2008-04-24T16:35:39Z

This is a work-in-progress drawing, I'm really liking it so far - lets hope I don't stuff it up! Those little ball shaped animals are echidnas. The little ones are pretty cute so the girls thought they might take a few of them home, but the fatter, less attractive echidnas are not too happy with the idea. The background is going to be a forest of mutated palm trees.

Curvy 5

2008-04-08T04:02:34Z

I have a painting in the Curvy 5 book! Curvy is a collection of 100 female illustrators, artists and graphic designers. I've always loved this book and its really great to be a part of it.

Semi-Permanent 2008

2008-04-08T03:59:56Z

One of my drawings has been included in the Semi-Permanent 2008 book. It's a great book - no text, just full page colour images by a wide range of artists and designers. The book is available from mag nation in Melbourne (probably other places too).

I draw that image over 6 months ago. Its very strange to see it published since my newer stuff looks looks a little different.

I also attended the conference in Sydney, mainly to hear Amy Sol speak. I've written a short report on her presentation which you can read here.

weAREtheIMAGEmakers

2008-03-08T10:25:56Z

WATIM (weAREtheIMAGEmakers) is an online zine that promotes Australian artists, illustrators, designers and photographers. Its full of great artwork and interviews. Issue 15 has just been released and you can find a few of my images in the gallery section.

And in other news, Amy Sol is going to be at the Semi-Permanent conference in Sydney! It would be great to go, unfortunately I can't afford it (airfares, accommodation - so much!), but there are a few competitions going around so I might try and win some tickets :)

Print release announcement!

2008-02-23T11:41:15Z

I am very excited to announce the release of my first limited edition
giclee print, Sleepy Pink Birds. The print is available from the new store section of my website. It's archival and beautifully printed on 100% cotton rag paper. The print is signed, titled and numbered with an edition of 100.

It was much harder than I thought to make a print run. There was so much research involved in sourcing materials, packaging, finding a printer, learning about colour management, and working out payment options. A little overwhelming!

Honey and trees

2008-02-17T04:49:07Z

I made this little sketch a while ago, while on holidays in Bright (Dec 2007). I was just flicking through one of my sketch books and found it. I have no idea why I drew a string instrument in the top corner - thats just plain weird!

And here a a few photos I took in Bright, such a beautiful place:

Website Launch!

2008-02-07T12:53:18Z

My new website is finally up and running, please visit at http://www.melissahaslam.com/. Let me know if there are any problems. I have no space on my computer for dreamweaver (I keep getting that annoying yellow 'low disk space' pop-up thingy on windows) and had to code it by hand, so some of my html is a little old-school :)

Luckily I get my new computer tomorrow.

cherrychai @ 2008-02-05T18:05:00

2008-02-05T07:06:20Z

Just a girl with a fish on her head.

Vodka bunnies

2008-02-02T10:56:16Z

Oil on wood, approx 30cm tall. Not sure of width...I can never find a ruler when I need it.

It's a girl hiking in the woods with her pet bunnies and some vodka + carrots to keep them going. For some strange reason this is how I imagine Norway to be,

Laundry Service

2008-01-30T16:24:33Z

Oil on wood, continuing the octopus theme :)

Octopus!

2008-01-29T15:31:58Z

Another drawing, I've been doing quite a few lately. A girl carrying an octopus in her apron pocket - pretty self explanatory, really!

I might make it into a painting but I don't know. Octopus are fairly over done these days. But so cute!!

Flowers and Bugs

2008-01-19T18:08:28Z

Its 5am so don't expect me to say anything overly intelligent. Just a drawing of a girl, some Australian flowers and a few insects. And now, bed.

Sleepy pink birds

2008-01-10T04:45:04Z

Sleepy pink birds. Not flamingos! They were going to be emus but it just didn't look right, so I painted them pink and they looked much cuter. Oil on wood.

Teacup Girl

2008-01-08T13:17:35Z

A little drawing I made a year ago. I was originally going to make a series of four and sell them as gift cards through etsy. But being cursed with an inability to complete things I've only done two of the drawings, although I did manage to make 2 prototype cards with little bows and glitter and stuff. So new years resolution: Finish what I start. I might even finish these if I'm lucky.

card prototypes:

Girl with snapping flowers

2007-12-29T09:58:58Z

Ink is hard! Once you put it on, it doesn't come off again, and you can't just go over it. This pic is mixed media - ink, graphite, watercolour, tea, acrylic, colour pencil and a touch of photoshop. I think next time I'm doing a painting, with plain, ordinary paint.

Girl with beads

2007-12-06T13:32:29Z

Yet another work in progress. I really ought to complete some of these things!

Red wine

2007-09-17T02:31:57Z

Another drawing:

And next, some paintings. But they might take me a little while to finnish since I'm still working out the best way to paint on wood. Acrylic was driving me mad, so now its oils.

I love wood paintings.