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.
• Check out this 360 degree panorama link and also, many more large (click “ALL SIZES”) pictures here on Flickr…
Click here for a 360-Degree Virtual Tour of Paint-by-Numbers Salon
Check out our new Official Bad Art Museum of Art or aka OBAMA
“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
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
wow, now this is inspiration! Thanks for posting these. I like to collect new ideas, this is great for my inspiration paint scrapbook.
Kindly,
Shaun