Available at the Harold Golen Gallery

"Tropical Drive"

18" x 7"

sold

"Press Button For Service"

"11" x 11"
sold 

*This piece was highlighted in my interview for the Summer 2013 issue of CA-Modern Magazine:

You can find other pieces available on my gallery pages on the right top area on this blog.

LAST piece available from my "Inner Workings Of…" La Luz De Jesus gallery show

"Just A Hint Of Mint"

10.5" x 24"

sold 

You can see all of the pieces I have available at La Luz De Jesus here.

Sold! Grouping of 3 from the "Inner Workings Of…" show

Sold! Grouping of 3 from the "Inner Workings Of…" La Luz De Jesus Gallery show.

You can see all of the pieces I have available at La Luz De Jesus here.

Cityscapes I created for Mod Palm Springs October 11th-13th 2013

"Heading On Down To Tiki Town"

17 3/4" x 7 1/4"
sold

"The Bachelor And The Big City" 

36 3/4" x 9 3/4"
sold

"Modsville" 

49" x 7 3/4"

"Sunday Funnies Citydrive" 

49" x 5 3/4"
sold

"Sunset City" 

51 1/2" x 11"
sold

 

"Tiki Highway"

18 3/4" x 6 3/4"
sold

"City Drive"

11 1/2" x 9 3/4"
sold

"Vacation Getaway"

9 1/4" x 5"

sold

I will have new pieces at the Mod Palm Springs 2013 Modernism Week event at the CURVE Hotel this October 11th - 13th 2013

"ARCHITECTURAL GEMS"

Featured artists: Michelle Bickford, Dawn Frasier, Atomikitty, and  Bosko Hrnjak 

From the People Who Brought You the (Shag Store) and (Tiki Caliente) They Now Bring You Mod-Palm Springs October 11th through the 13th, 2013 for a special MOD weekend in Palm Springs, California, celebrating a serving of all things Mid-Century Modern carefully blended with retro Tiki culture (the Polynesian kind so prevalent in the 50´s & 60´s). 

For more info: http://mod-palmsprings.com/information.html

The "Beer Is Art" closing party is tonight at the La Luz De Jesus Gallery!

Starts at 7pm and is the last chance to purchase. There will be plenty of party action so if you are heading towards Hollywood pop on down and join the fun!!

Here are just some of the 700+ art pieces:

La Luz De Jesus Gallery

4633 Hollywood Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA. 90027

Contact Matt Kennedy, Gallery Director for availability and purchase info: (323) 666-7667

…just so you know, only 4 pieces left from my "The Inner Workings Of" collection…

These have since been sold but if you would like to see what is still available

  you can find them here.

Here is the link to all of the fabulous art from August's shows art:

http://laluzdejesus.com/jose-rodolfo-loaiza-ontiveros-dishollywood-the-laluzapalooza-jury-winners/#more-1335

You can find all of the contact info here:

http://laluzdejesus.com/contact/

Sold!

Posting what is left from the August show next…

Join me on Facebook!

Where you can see all my photos in one place as well as my new creations at:

The Art of Michelle Bickford

Do you know how dang hard it is to write your own bio?!?

Well now I do.  So I am going to pass on a secret. I hired someone. Luckily I have a great friend that is a professional writer. Her name? Adrienne. And her capabilities abound. Here is the result of the pieces that she put together for me which embody my personality to the fullest:

And I can tell you she really came through for me so if you ever find yourself in need of a bio or anything else that is on her list of your needs then I say don't think twice. 

Here is the link to her website, Adrienne Asher.com. 

See! Now you know someone as well!!

My art at the 2013 Beer Is Art show at La Luz De Jesus gallery

Along with Max Grundy's "Ozone Schmozone" show there will be a "tornado" of creations utilizing the challenging beer coaster's 4" circular  format. There will be over 800 works of art on display this month along with a peek at the vehicle that just set the land speed record as Jeff Brock sets up a mini installation during Max's show so come down to Hollywood, CA for a craft beer-n-art extravaganza!

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 6th, 8-11 PM Show runs September 6 – 29, 2013

Here is but a small sampling of the hundreds of pieces:

"La Luz de Jesus Gallery partnered with the folks behind L.A. Beer Week to produce a custom canvas for some of our favorite gallery folks to do what they do best, and transform 4″ tondo coasters into museum worthy exhibition pieces."

 "I Spy With My Sci-Fi Eye"

4" x 4"
sold

 "Midnight Martini"

4" x 4"
available 

 "Heading Downtown"

4" x 4"
sold
[This piece has since been sold but you can see everything that is available at La Luz De Jesus here.]

You can see all of the art here on the La Luz De Jesus Gallery website.

Here's a list of participants: 

(via Matt Kennedy at ARTOFFICIAL, as well as read more about this exciting show!)

Peter Adamyan, Amber Adcock, Jessicka Addams, Marco Almera, Caitlin Anne, Susanne Apgar, Mari Araki, Briana Bainbridge, Lee Bakofsky, Christopher Bales, Amy Barr Burns, Dan Barry, Chris Bass, Jeremy A. Bastian,  Alexandra Bastien, Davidd Batalon, Dan Beard, Syd Bee, J Bentley, Shaun Berke, Michelle Bickford, BigToe, Black-EM, Sue Blanchard, Rick "Dienzo" Blanco, Cathie Bleck, David Boettcher, Amber Bradford, Winifred Johnson Brewer, Calef Brown, Michael Brown, Marc Burckhardt, Nicole Bruckman, Erin Burrell, Sam Calagione, Alex Campos, Jeaneen Carlino, Liz Carroll, Elena Cermaria, Tanny Chang, Eszter Chen, Frederick Cheng, Adrian Cherry, Torii Copper, Edward Robin Coronel, Will Crane, Steven Daily, Jessica Dalva, Ixie Darkonn, Leslie Ditto, Andy Doherty, Sean Dominguez, Mike Egan, Brice Eichelberger, Bruce Eichelberger, Ron English, Keith Eron, Sara Van Escamilla, Evan Fan, Don Fritz, Simone Gad, Lauren Gardiner, Gea* Almonacid, Jeff Gillette, Mark Gleason, Steve Diet Goedde, Kim Gordon, Amber Bradford Guerra, Eva Guerra (age 10), Max Guerrero, Tamara Guion, Sid Haig, Howard Hallis, Brett Hammond, Hanzel Haro, Ashford Harrison, Derek Harrison, Laurie Hassold, Chris Hay, Clare Hebert, Mink Hebert, Brett Herman, Andy Hernandez, Buddy Hickerson, Chi Kei "SAM" Ho, Kelly Houlihan, Leslie Hung, Jeremy Hush, Alessia Iannetti, Stephanie Inagaki, David James, Aaron Jasinski, Jennifer Jelenski, Jinx, George Joaquim, Joka, Susan Jonaitis, Mika Mae Jones, Amy Jun, Kowoon Jung, Brent Kallenbach, Damara Kaminecki, Yumiko Kayukawa, Shannon Keller, Brooke Kent, Billy Kheel, Jaesun JK Kim, Rick Klu, Randy Kono, Michael Kuo, Michael Kortez, Anastasia Kurakina, Tasha Kusama, Zoe Lacchei, Daniel Landerman, Dennis Larkins, Craig LaRotonda, Jon Lau, Dave Lebow, Jane Lee, Soyoun Lee, Matthew J. Levin, Tory Lin, MJ Lindo, Thomas Lynch III,  Dion Macellari, Mags, Nicole Maloof, Colin Manning, D.W. Marino, Horacio Martinez,  Georgia Marutyan, McBiff, Elizabeth McGrath, Jeff McMillan, Genie Melisande, Miso, Brendan Monroe, Noe Montes, Jiyoung Paige Moon, Graham Moore, Rick Moore, Alexis Moulds, Emma Mount, Mr. Klevra, Julie Murphy, Dustin Myers, Joanne Nam, David Natale, Neirus, Cig Neutron, Sean Norvet, Patrick R. O'Connell, Yejin Oh, Daisuke Okamoto, German Orozco, John Osgood, Nathan Ota, Nate Otto, Sasha Palacio, Paniku, Jamie Lee Parker, Kelly Parra, Ruel Pascual, Justin Patti, Cristina Paulos, Diego Paz, Paulo Pedroni, Lisa Penney, Chistina Perrozi, Maya Peterpaul, Ted Peterson, Eric Pigors, Plasticgod, Gail Potocki, Stephen Powell, Matthew Price, Anthony Purcell, Quake 86, Dan Quintana, Quintana & Miso, Natascia Raffio, Martha Rich, Matt "136" Ritchie, Luke Rook, Ave Rose, J Salvador, Erik Mark Sandberg, Corey Sandelius, Krystopher Sapp, Chad Schoonover, Kim Scott, Sam Shearon, Junhee Sim, Cassandra Simon, Skinner, Mike Sosnowski, Spinestealer, Josh Stebbins, Brandon Steen, Sean Stepanoff, Lil Stickyrice Tseng, Rick Strieck, Stump, Deth P Sun, Dexter Sy, Hui Tan, Marco Tarascio, Ben Templesmith, Mark Todd, Marie Tomeoki, Telopa Trelosky, Treiops Treyfid, Pamela Tu, Christopher Umana, Christopher Velasquez, Maria Vitan, Redd Walizki, Susan Wang, Dave Warshaw, Casey Weldon, Marc C. Willey, Jasmine Worth, Christine Wu, William Zdan, Misty Zhou, Kim Zsebe and Whew

While rummaging around my vintage frame collection, I came across yet another gem in the Retro graphics world.

A vintage CliffChar Charcoal "Briquets" BBQ tin cooler. There is one on Ebay right now but it is missing it's tin top but it is still cool regardless!!

Found this old Thermos at a swap meet

I have never seen this graphic before so in case you are not on my Facebook art page I thought I would share it here as well!

Blast from the past

…came across some of my very first creations on a now defunct blog from when I first began painting all those years ago...

My art for Tiki Oasis 2013 for the Harold Golen Gallery

"Kiss Me Nani!"

14" x 18"
Nani Maka tribute art inspired by the 1961 cult classic movie: "Pagan Island"
sold

"Hibiscus Lounge"
15 1/2" x 17 1/2"
sold


Here is a link to what is still available at the Harold Golen Gallery. 

New Art for the "Beer Is Art" group show at La Luz De Jesus Gallery Special L.A. Beer Week Tie-In Show

 "I Spy With My Sci-Fi Eye"

4" x 4"
sold

 "Midnight Martini"

4" x 4"
available

If you would like to see everything that is still available 

you can find them here.  

Pictures from the August 2013 La Luz De Jesus Gallery show

Courtesy of the fine folks at CARTWHEELart.com.  

It was a great crowd and there was even a special guest appearance from Hollywood Jesus, Kevin Short.

…to see all the great artist I was featured with, simply click here

"Cruisin' For A Bruisin" cityscape available

sold

This has since been sold but if you would like to see what is still available you can find them here. 

This is part of my Black Eye series for the La Luz De Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles. It is gracefully long and narrow measuring 7" x 51.5"

The opening is on August 2nd so maybe I will see you there!