JOURNAL 2: ODE TO BEN SHAHN

"Ode to Ben Shahn" from Journal: Hummingbird

©Copyright Trey Gallaher

A NEW LOOK

Every once in a while you need to brighten up the surroundings and keep the walls looking fresh. I recently updated my main website www.treygallaher.com . Just a few changes and rearranging for clarity and navigation. If you haven't been by in a while you may notice a few differences starting with the Portfolio Page where you will notice that in addition to my portfolio categories there is now a small list appearing off to the right!



Say 'hello' to the Recently Added list. If you are a more frequent visitor then you will notice this list changing more than anything else. Any new work that has been posted will show up here too. This list will save you time from navigating through work you have already seen and get you to the new stuff faster!

If you haven't been by in a while then feel free to poke around and take your time looking through the portfolios. For up-to-the-minute info you will notice the DIRECT Facebook and Twitter page links located on each categorical page.






















To each portfolio page I have added a lot more space for readability and to showcase larger works. As many of you may know I have been working in oils and on larger canvases for several years now. This new layout will allow for larger images in order to showcase those gritty details and brush strokes.




















As always I want to plug the Events page to showcase any exhibits or shows I may be appearing in. Check back here to find out when & where!

Check it out NOW --> www.treygallaher.com

GETTIN' BUSY...

Apologies to everyone out there in Cyber-land! I haven't posted in a few months now but I have been a little preoccupied in my personal life... I GOT HITCHED! You never realize what goes into planning a wedding and all the craziness until you plan one yourself... Let me just say we kept it simple, beautiful and sweet... and it still had a huge impact on the rest of my life. It was totally worth it however and things are now settling back down to a normal groove again, I'm painting like a mad man again and should be posting-up more soon!

WONDERCON '11 - 25th ANNIVERSARY!

Get 'em up folks ... and get your GEEK on... for San Francisco's own...

25th Anniversary of WONDERCON!

DAY 3 of Wondercon was a beautiful and sunny one in the City by the Bay. It was great to see all the costumes and personalities as usual. I like to attend the third day of the Con as it is usually a bit less crowded and the venders are anxious to unload inventory rather than take it back home.



























BILL SIENKIEWICZ is a legend in the business of graphic novels, comics, movie posters and many other areas of illustration.... and a personal favorite of mine. It was great to meet him after all these years. He autographed my copy of Voodoo Child... YES!

























































DAVID MACK was in the house and it was great to catch-up with him and hear about his latest projects with Bendis and Maleev for Icon Comics. David's a great artist and nice guy. I've been collecting his work since the nineties when he first started.




























































BARRON STOREY (my former professor and mentor) and his wife Petra are old friends by now and were both in attendance connecting with old friends and some of the new rising talent. It was good to catch up with them again.

























































AND... NO CON is complete without a visit to STUART NG BOOKS! After prying myself away from their wonderful imported artbooks and graphic novels I came away with a few small treausres without going broke.... YAY! (not easy to do)

























































All in all it was a great afternoon and I am already looking forward to next year...

If you have never been to Wondercon, put it on your calendars now, usually around April 1st.

Here is where you can find more work from these artist friends of mine.


BILL SIENKIEWICZ --> HERE

DAVID MACK --> HERE

BARRON STOREY --> HERE

WONDERCON --> HERE

COLLISION COURSE

I'll be exhibiting a few new pieces in this eclectic and fun show. I won't be attending the opening Monday night, but there should be lots of great art exhibited along with numerous practicing poets and performers. Don't miss this short, sweet, and power packed event at San Francisco's own METREON, Brief Space Art Gallery.

Event FACEBOOK link --> HERE

JOURNAL

Image: "european woman profile" ©Copyright Trey Gallaher

LATE NIGHTS

A lot of late nights have been spent here at my drawing table. Countless illustrations, drawings, paintings, color-comps, and research have been poured over here at this table. In the silence of the late night I pause to pay my respects to this shrine, this temple, my temple I call home.

On the Wall (from left to right): Howard Pyle poster "Attack on a Galleon", Austin Briggs original drawing on illustration board "Les Connoisseurs", (down)Humphrey Bogart portrait, (up top) Albrecht Durer self-portrait, (down)post card of Egon Schiele drawing "Nude Girl with Lowered Head", (right)portrait of Norman Rockwell,(down) Fantin Latour print "A Studio in the Batignolles Quarter", (upper right) Artemisia Gentileshci print "Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes", drawing of Sherlock Holmes, (right wall blocked by curtain) "Spring Evening at Kimtaikyo Bridge" print by Hasui Kawase, cowboy drawing by Murray Tinkelman.

photo: ©Copyright Trey Gallaher

LIFE DRAWING 10: HEAD STUDIES

20 min. oil studies on paper, 14x17in.

Images: ©Copyright Trey Gallaher

RIGHT OR LEFT?

Can you guess which hand did which drawing?

Have a preference?

Image: ©Copyright Trey Gallaher

PECAN PIE

Song: Jeff Tweety

Video: Trey Gallaher