After seeing Robin Held’s show “Spectatorship & Desire: Lust, Loss, and Love” at the Frye Art Museum, hung cheek-to-jowl “salon style”, the Paint-by Numbers retrospective at the Smithsonion Institution and the current Paint-by Number show at the Corey Helford Gallery in L.A., artist JoDavid was inspired to create his own Paint-by-Number” Salon in his home in Seattle.

Marlow Harris and JoDavid

Paint-by-Numbers House

Paint-by-Numbers House 1

More views of Paint-by-Numbers House

More paint by numbers

Elvis Corner

Detail of corner

Elvis Bar

Paint by number corner

Paint by number corner detail

Elvis Bar detail

Click here for a
360-Degree Virtual Tour of Paint-by-Numbers Salon


“Charity by Numbers”,
a benefit art auction for The Alliance for Children’s Rights curated by Gary Baseman, features vintage paint-by-numbers pieces reinterpreted and transformed by a jaw-dropping lineup of leading underground fine artists including Amy Crehore, Mark Ryden & Marion Peck, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Todd & Kathy Schorr, Camille Rose Garcia, Michael Hussar, Shag, Clayton Brothers, Shepard Fairey, Andrew Brandou, Gary Panter, Miss Van, Paul Frank and many more.

Super Touch Blog: Lots of photos of each work

Wired News: Charity by Numbers: Alternative Artists Do Paint-By-Numbers

Little Hokum Rag: Amy Crehore’s “Charity By Numbers” Monkey Love Painting

Juxtapoz: Paint-by-Numbers

Boing Boing: Paint-by Numbers charity auction

LA Taco

U-Tube video of Corey Helford Paint-by-Number opening

More fabulous True Art sites:

Velvet Painting Museum: Velveteria

Le Salon de “Paint-by-Numbers”:
Dedicated to the art of creative relaxation

Dan Robbin’s Paint-by-Number Guru

Where to find that perfect Black Velvet Elvis? The Velvet Store

Politicians in Black Velvet at The Velvet Paintings store

Museum of Bad Art

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