HOLLY COLOR, originally uploaded by R.bean.

Creative Holly has recently launched a new blog in which she introduces artists through color.

I'm honored to be on her radar and went through the happy process of selecting 5 colors from "Natured London". It's a fresh way of viewing artists and appropriate as colors are so emotionally charged.

Her blog is adorable and I've already discovered some new artist crushes.

http://creativehollycolor.blogspot.com/2009/04/raylenes-tapings.html

Hooohaa!! My show made Flavorpill SF Overdue aren't we for pictures from the opening at Rowan Morrison? West Coasters who couldn't make the opening have another chance to socialize amongst art as they will be debuting John Casey's well-considered illustrated book SCARECROW....just in time for Halloween.

Book launch party will be 7-10pm October 30th....two for one ART EXTRAVAGANZA (oh, it's casual you can wear what you like).
Details on Rowan Morrison's site.

Pre-opening shots....this one captures the gold tape streets on the large image better than the pro-shot I used for the postcard.




The pink + orange wall....you're probably noticing these pieces are a bit smaller than other works. Suitcase sized! I'm liking the scaled size, there's more to come.


A small sketchbook print installation too. These landscape moleskines are from the past year of travel + art and will be included in the next collected volume of sketchers....v.2, 2009. Gotta update the shop.


good times!


Sneaking some family in...


All star cast - Baharak's mom, Pete the gallerist, Stephanie (in from Chicago! + lovely lovely for introducing me to the gallery!), and my childhood chum Vanessa. Don't know who was behind the camera, but I love how they got a little ham out of everyone.

Graffiti City

Graffiti City , originally uploaded by R.bean.

Back in NYC, getting the studio back together after the storm before the show, cracking the whip on some archi projects and getting winter clothes out as this promises to be a very cold one indeed.

Right now, though, it's all about party clothes as tonight we'll join the Children's Museum of Art to cheer this piece on to it's new owner. Good company promised as Sol Le Wit and Warhols are also on the auction block. As the prices tend to be lower and the money goes to a good cause AND you get a little gambler's high, auctions are a great place to build a collection.

Phillips de Pury on 15th street @ 6:30.

Sneak preview of the upcoming Oakland show. Doing a little tour around the Bay Area for a couple of days before the show. Caught bluegrass in Golden Gate park, stars and quiet in Napa, friends everywhere. Hello California! Thank you for the warm warm reception, I love you too.

This show will be a little dialog w/ Hiroshige. - The Tapings, smaller this time at 24" x 18", along w/ a tube of new sketchbook prints travelled well. Looking forward to getting the babies out of their travel clothes and up in the gallery in the coming days. Send burritos.


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New camera, new art in progress

New camera, new art in progress, originally uploaded by R.bean.

Been too long...so much busy beans in these parts. I promise more updates soon.

Meantime, here's a little "behind the scenes" shot from the upcoming show at Rowan Morrison in Oakland. West coasters, the opening party is October 11th at 7pm. A sweet gallery / artist book store run by an awesome artist couple.

I'll be setting up the week before....ping me for a private tour or burrito!

Through Nov. 15.

Here's the press release...

Raylene Gorum is exhibiting selections from her well-traveled
sketchbooks as well as what she refers to as "Tapings", broadening the
definition of "tape" to include hardware store varietals, custom
manufactured editions, vinyl, and handmade silkscreen-textured
adhesive panels. The Tapings, assembled upon translucent drafting
film embellished with ink and watercolor, draw on themes of
fantastical urbanity and its tenuous relationship to the natural
landscape.

Volume Too is a series of such Tapings in which Gorum engages in a
dialogue with the acclaimed Japanese woodblock print artist,
Hiroshige. Both artists 'draw with a knife', producing their works by
precise cutting (he to wood, she to tape), and share a celebration of
color. Gorum quotes compositions from Hiroshige's prints of travelers
in Edo period Japan, exchanging villagers with modern characters in
distorted American vistas.

A Bay Area native, Gorum studied architecture at California
Polytechnic in San Luis Obispo and at Ecole d'Architecture Vals de
Marne in Paris. She presently lives and works in New York City.

The show was a great success! Thanks to everyone who popped into the Penthouse this weekend, I know the multitude of summer plans were also tugging at your sleeve.

For those who couldn't be there to enjoy the roof, the bubbly and the mirrored reflections....here's a visual recap.



The Graffiti City pieces


The Lovely Jen Rock + friend checking out Roosevelt Birds....the sun had just gone down letting the light washing down the mirrors backlight the pieces.


Detail of the front + reflected backside. This photo is great because it reveals the nature of their collaged dresses, which isn't clear from the front view. Paris Hilton wearing a tabloid article about Posh Spice remixxxx.


Christopher Arcella introducing me to his photographer friend Aoyumi (sp?).


Double sketchbooks strike again. Jonica dawns the gloves at the book table.



22 feet of sketchbook art! This portion of the exhibit will be up in the public space of Shetler Studios through 2008.




Can you tell I'm excited about the mirrors + back-lighting?

Big thanks is due to Robin + Ron at Shetler Studios for having the vision and opening up their fabulous space and hosting talents for my work.


Special thanks to Mr. Matt Glasson, the man behind the camera foisted upon him, for the brilliant photos.