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!

"The Inner Workings Of" series for La Luz de Jesus Gallery

August 2 - September 1, 2013
Artist Reception: Friday, August 2nd; 8-11 PM

The pieces titled "The Inner Workings Of" are vignettes of physical distress combined with their remedies. I have also translated each of those events into a roadtrip-cityscape. Tho sold individually, I have grouped them in sets of three. 

"The Black Eye" grouping:

The "One Slice Too Many" grouping

The "Just A Hint Of Mint" grouping:

SOLD OUT SHOW

These pieces have since been sold but if you would like to see what is still available you can find them here. 

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My interview with CA-Modern Magazine / Eichler Network

Feel free to take a stroll through my world via Adam Martin who was fantastic at translated my creative vision. Here is the link to what will appear in the Summer 2013 issue. There is an  on-line version as well.

The upcoming show that I am a part of at the La Luz De Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles.

Along with: Edward Robin Coronel, Horacio Martinez, Harold Fox, Sage, David Natale, Josh Stebbins, & Emi Motokawa. We were all jury winners from March's spectacular LALUZAPALOOZA  annual group show and were invited to be a part of a special showing with featured artist: Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros. 

La Luz De Jesus
4633 Hollywood Blvd  Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 666-7667

Opening Reception: Friday, August 2nd, 8-11 pm 

It will be a FANTASTIC evening jam packed with excitement… I have been to more then a few and their openings are ALWAYS amazingly fantastic…

My pieces for the Ft Lauderdale Mid-Century Modern Architecture Tribute Show at the Harold Golen Gallery

Click here to see my pieces that are still available.

Artists interpretation of Ft Lauderdale's most prominent Mid-Century Modern buildings.

Artists:

MICHELLE BICKFORD

EL GATO GOMEZ

DAVID PARISE

CHRISTINA LIHAN

DAWN FRASIER

Opening Night:

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

6:00pm-11:00pm

Show runs through to:

June 7th, 2013

Harold Golen Gallery

2297 NW 2nd Ave

Miami, Fl 33127

Wynwood Art District

305-989-3359

I am finally on Facebook

Here is the direct link to my art page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-Of-Michelle-Bickford/142324435830160

… I will add content in between creating art so stay tuned…

Available at the Harold Golen Gallery

Bunny Yeager Self Portrait

12 x 14

sold

[This has since been sold but here is a link to what is still available at the Harold Golen Gallery]

The HAROLD GOLEN GALLERY present:

 BUNNY AND BETTIE Artist Tribute Show

Opening night: 
March 9th  on Saturday March 9th, 2013  6:00pm - 11:00pm 

The show will run from 9th- April 6th, 2013.

 Photographer Bunny Yeager will be attending the event to sign her new book, by Petra Mason and Rizzoli Publications, BUNNY YEAGER’S DARKROOM. In addition to Yeager’s appearance, the gallery will exhibit a group show featuring each artists’ interpretation in portraits of Bunny Yeager and Bettie Page, executed in painting, sculpture and photography.

Featured Artists:

KIRSTEN EASTHOPE, ALEX MEYER, SAM GAMBINO, DEREK YANIGER, RICHIE FAHEY, MICHELLE BICKFORD, KEN BERNSTEIN, ROD NORTH, JASON SNYDER, EL GATO GOMEZ, BUNNY YEAGER, MARK GEORGE, CARLOS BENTANCOURT, OLIVIA BERNADINIS, REG THEAKSON, NATHALIE RATNER, SERGIO PORRO, TYSON MCADOO, STEVE BAIR, MIKE BELL, SUE ZOLA  

"The Morning After"

Out of 15,000 submissions,  I am once again proud to announce that I will be a part of the spectacular LALUZAPALOOZA annual group show at the
La Luz De Jesus Gallery in Hollywood CA

"The Morning After"
9.5" x 11.5" x .75" in 15.5" x 17.5" x 2" frame
SOLD

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

The show runs through March 31st.

[ all the artists fabulous creations can be seen here ]

 "This gigantic, no-theme group show features works from many of the freshest and most relevant artists working today. Over 15,000 individual images were submitted by commercial illustrators, graphic designers, tattooists, scenics, students, animators, outsiders and working gallery artists which we narrowed down to 220 pieces created by 120 or so artists hailing from six continents. The (tastefully) jam-packed, salon-style exhibition features a lot of names familar to the readers of Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose, alongside an impressive catalog of work from a brand new batch of undiscovered, emerging talent."

Here are pictures of the install courtesy of  Lee_Joseph's photostream

Here is the list of all of the featured artists:

Peter Adamyan, Jeannie Houston Antes, Susanne Apgar, Briana Bainbridge, Christopher Bales, Davidd Batalon, James Bentley, Michelle Bickford, Winifred Brewer, Michael Brown, Mark Bryan, Erin Burrell, Jeaneen Carlino, Victor Castillo, Adrian Cherry, CHOD, JAW Cooper, Torii Cooper, Edward Robin Coronel, Matthew Couper, Robert Craig, Jessica Dalva, John de Fazio, Dave Dexter, James Dowlen, Mark Edward, Bruce Eichelberger, Angela Ellefson, Jessica Fife, Harold Fox, Don Fritz, Richard Frost, Germs, Mark Gleason, Steve Diet Goedde, Kim Gordon, Max Grundy, Sunny Gu, Walt Hall, Howard Hallis, Hanzel Haro, AshFord Harrison, Derek Harrison, Clare Hebert, Brett Herman, Andy Hernandez, Sam Ho, Scott Holloway, Jason Houchen, Jack Howe, Stephanie Inagaki, Jinx, JoKa, Jessica Joslin, Jason Justice, Brent Kallenbach, Shannon Keller, Billy Kheel, Jaesun Kim, Michael Kortez, Norbert Kox, Lindsey Kuhn, Zoe Lacchei, Mavis Leahy, Dave Lebow, Alexis Lopez, Lizz Lopez, Didu Losso, Carl Lozada, Dion Macellari, Apricot Mantle, D.W. Marino, Ofelia Marquez, Horacio Martinez, Mary Ancilla Martinez, Aya Masuda, Genie Melisande, Miso, Graham Moore, Click Mort, Lyle Motley, Emi Motokawa, Dustin Myers, David Natale, Ron Norman, Daisuke, Okamoto, José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros, Tammi Otis, Leah Parrent, Brian Poor, Matthew Price, Anthony Purcell, Eric Quezada, Cate Rangel, Bonni Reid, Billy Reynolds, Ave Rose, Ken Ruzic, SAGE, Van Saro, Justin Schaefer, Kim Scott, Dale Sizer, Aniela Sobieski, Mike Sosnowski, Spinestealer, Josh Stebbins, Sean Stepanoff, Anna Stump, Hui Tan, Treiops Treyfid, Pamela Tu, Christopher Umana, Eric Van Straaten, Vega, Dave Warshaw, Mirmy Winn, Jasmine Worth, Sandra, Yagi, Mimi Yoon and Kim Zsebe

(…courtesy of  Dionysus Records.com  who took the time to type all the names… for which I very VERY much thank you for…)

Modernism Week in Palm Springs / October 2013

 Another fantastic week in Palm Springs were I took part in a group show at the  M Modern Gallery featuring Shag, Tim Biskup, Glenn Barr, Chris Reccordi, Lynne Naylor, BECCA and Phillip Lumbang, RAD, Aaron Marshall, Kevin Kidney and Jody Dailey, Basko and STONE.

Here are the pieces that I created especially for the big M Modern Retro_A_Rama event.

"Bamboo Oasis"

80" x 16"

SOLD

"The Big Bossa Nova"

40" x 30"
SOLD

"Heading Uptown"

48" x 13"

SOLD

"Primitiva"

23 1/2" x 5" x 1 1/2"

SOLD

"Subsonic" and

"Aquaphonics"

23 1/2" x 5" x 1 1/2"

SOLD

"Starlight Somba" and "Jellyfish Mambo"

23 1/2" x 5" x 1 1/2"

SOLD

I created a total of 9 pieces as part of their "Retro-A-Rama" show to kick off  the week of everything mid-century modern. I will post more pictures and info later.

Now Available:

"Breakfast At Tiffany's"

6" x 8"

SOLD

New work I created for Modern HQ

"It's Never Too Early For A Cocktail"

16"X 24"

Here is a special piece that I created for the folks at Modern HQ. All of the elements are 3 dimensional and floating on different levels so it REALLY pops out at cha.

[…the background also glows in the dark…!!]

Available at the Twilight Zone tribute show opening this Saturday at the Harold Golen Gallery in Florida

 “Long Distance Call”

21 1/2” x 11 1/2”
available

“Stopover In A Quiet Town”
14 1/2” x 8 1/2”
sold
 This piece has since been sold. Here is a link to what is still available at the Harold Golen Gallery. 

The Harold Golen Gallery Presents:

NEXT STOP: "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" 

Curated by Harold Golen and El Gato Gomez

Each artist interprets top fav episodes from the original TV series. 

Starring:

KEN RUZIC, ROBERT JIMENEZ, THE CREEP, KATHRYN DILEGO, BRYAN ANTHONY MOORE, DOUG HORNE, DAVID K. ROSE, MARK THOMPSON, SCOTT SPEAR, JEFFERY LAMM, BRUCE YAGER, MICHELLE BICKFORD, JASON SNYDER, DAN SZCZEPANSKI with EL GATO GOMEZ

Opening Reception:
Saturday September 8th, 2012
6:00pm - 11:00pm
Show runs from:
September 8th - October 6th

Harold Golen Gallery
2294 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, Fl 33127
Wynwood Art District

Photos from the 2012 Tura Satana opening at the M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs

sold

…just now able to post… the show was really cool, filled with great art and super jam packed… Haji was there and as you can see in the top photo of her posing with a fan. [She is as gorgeous as ever] And as you can see in the bottom picture, there were some awesome limited edition Tura mugs that went like hot cakes.

That is all for now! Zipping away again to meet another art deadline… new art pictures of what I am working on TK…