Alaniz Blog

Squipe and flowers

2011-05-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

May the 2nd

2011-05-02T13:30:00.000-07:00

Maybe I should post the stuff I have worked on so that way it keeps me up to speed. Ill take some pictures. Also started a garden.

Strangers!

2010-06-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

I am very excited to be in the Strangers show at Bold and Hype Gallery. I'm showing with some of my favorite artist: Skinner, Heisuke Kitazawa, and kozyndan! I'm really looking forward to the show.

Here is some press about the show

Hi Fructose Magazine
Arrested Motion

Hope you can make it on June 3

Bold Hype Gallery
547 W. 27 Street 5th Floor
New York, New York

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

2010-05-31T22:04:00.000-07:00

I'm in a show at Gallery 1988 titled The Twilight Zone show. The show I decide to draw my inspiration from the episode Hocus-Pocus and Frisby.

lineee and the gatekeeper

2010-02-17T12:39:00.000-08:00

Here are some drawings I finished. Also Remus and I on a walk in the snow.

twenty ten

2010-02-10T15:54:00.000-08:00

It took awhile but I'm back. Last year was a great time for me with the people I met and work with. I also have received many emails from fans and love hearing what they have to say. Also last week my wife Kasia gave birth to our second son Hector. I'm very happy and look forward to what this year will bring.
Now onto the pics!

aqua art miami

2009-11-30T12:47:00.000-08:00

I'm having a piece at Aqua Art Miami at the end of the week. I am being represented by Bold Hype Gallery. I wish I could be there!

power in numbers

2009-11-29T21:17:00.000-08:00

Here a show I'm going to be at Nucleus Gallery. A portion of the shows profit goes toward the American Red Cross. Here are the pieces that are going to be for sale. Hope to see you there!

VIVI VI

2009-11-22T12:01:00.000-08:00

Here is a show Im going to be in this Friday.
The show is presented by Luke Chueh and Gallery 1988 .

The artist include: Alex Pardee, Luke Chueh, Dave Pressler, Angry Woebots, Anthony Ausgang, Kamala Dolphin Kinglsey, Mari Inukai, Matt Dangler, Paul Barnes, Peek-A-Boo, Pete Gronquist, Roland Tamayo Dia, Amy Sol, Daniel Elson, Ghost Patrol, Rachel J. Wong, Dan May, Mark Brown, Brandi Milne, and Walt Hall

Vivisect Playset IV the final playset,
Gallery1988
November 27 - December 11
Opening Reception: November 27, 7 to 11 pm
7020 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038

skip the mall

2009-11-17T20:43:00.000-08:00

Here are the pieces that I'm having at Black Maria Gallery this Saturday! I hope you can make it to the show.

Bear and Bird and Oympic National Park

2009-11-01T08:21:00.000-08:00

Here are the drawings that are going to be at the Small Stuff 3 show.

Also here are some pics from my Olympic National Park Trip that my son and I just came back from. It was grrreeeaaat! Lots of rain, green all around, fuzzy trees, rain, elk, and deers.

Birdy, friends, and pics

2009-10-24T13:58:00.000-07:00

Here are the pieces that are going to be at Gallery Nucleus. The first one is 11 in x 16 in, and its acrylic on canvas. the second one is 22 by 32 inches and its also acrylic on canvas. Hope to see you there.

I also took some pics from my dad's cactus garden. Enjoy!

Small Stuff 3

2009-10-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

I'm going to be in a show called Small Stuff 3, at the Bear and Bird Gallery in Lauderhill, FL on November 22. This will be my first time showing on the east coast. I am very excited. Ill have 5 drawings for the show. Yeah!

Quinquennium Exhibitum @ Gallery Nucleus

2009-10-09T08:58:00.000-07:00

I am honored to be in Quinquennium Exhibitum: Nucleus 5 Year Anniversary Exhibition coming up November 7th. There will be lots of great artist including, Adolie Day, Andrea Offermann, Andrew Foster, Bill Pressing, Billy Reyonlds, Brooks Salzwedel, Chris Appelhans, Christian Rex Van Minne, Catia Chien, Edel Rodriguez, Edwin Ushiro, Francis Vallejo, Frank Stockton, Frieda Gossett, Jamie Zollars, James Roper, Jason Limon, John Watkiss, Jon Klassen, Josh Cochran, Junko Mizuno, Kazu Kibuishi, Michael Brown, Mike Dringenberg, Peter & Fiel, Rodney Fuentebella, Ronald Kurniawan, Tadahiro Uesugi, and Yellena

news

2009-10-04T11:40:00.000-07:00

My show for October entitled Warriors de Banquo has been canceled for now. I finished lots of work for the show, including one super huge painting. Maybe Ill make a limited edition book out of the works done. I will keep you posted when the show will be reschedule. Sorry for any inconvenience

Solo show

2009-06-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

Its official, I will have my first solo show! Its going to on Friday October 2 at Artful Goods Gallery in Portland. I'm really excited for this opportunity. Stay tuned for more info.

Beautiful Decay

2009-05-27T08:23:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a mini vacation and guess what I have a post on the Beautiful Decay website which is one of my favorite art magazines. Its on the May 22blog post. Also I saw the Yinka Shonibare MBE exhibit at the Santa Barbra Art Museum which is amazing. Here are some pics

Bread Eaters

2009-04-30T08:34:00.001-07:00

This painting entitled the bread eaters is going in the upcoming show at Santa Monica on the 9th.

show coming up

2009-04-24T07:42:00.000-07:00

I'm going to be in a show on may 9 through may 15 at Santa Monica Art Studios -Area One. I will have two pieces in the show.

Dhalsim

2009-04-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

Here the piece that's going to be in the show on Saturday at Gallery Nucleus.

Jab Strong Fierce

2009-04-15T07:43:00.000-07:00

I'm am excited to be in the show Jab Strong Fierce (Street Fighter Tribute Show) at Gallery Nucleus. The opening reception is on April 25 at 7:00 pm. Its going to be fun to say the least. The show will have a SF4 competition, cosplay competition, costume competition, and raffle giveaway.Its going to be an exciting night. There are going to be lots of great artist including:
Angry Woebots, Anthony Wu ,Becky Cloonan, Ben Zhu, Brianne Drouhard Carlo Arellano, Christian Ward ,Clement Hanami, David Jien ,David Lee Duong ,Derek Yu, Eric Fortune, Francis Vallejo, Israel Sanchezj, shea, Jackson Sze, Jim Mahfood, Jeremy Enecio, Jo Chen,John Pham,John Wu, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Kevin Dart, Khang Le, Khylov ,Kinman Chan, Leo Espinosa, Leong Wankok, Luke Chueh, Mari Inukai, Martin Hsu, Mike Alvarez, Mindy Lee, Nanospore, Patrick Leger,Robert Kondo, Rhode Montijo, Roland Tamayo, Rodney Fuentebella, Scott Gandell, T & A, Tang Kheng Heng, Wayne Johnson.
Hope to see you there!

new prints

2009-04-09T07:07:00.000-07:00

I have a new print available from Gallery Nucleus, titled Introduction to whales. I also have new store section which includes paintings, prints, and books. Oh yeah!

Whales a traveling

2009-04-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

Thanks for everyone who could make it the show. It was a great turnout, and met a lot of great people, also I got a Gold Award from SILA.

Gallery Nucleus

2009-03-23T10:51:00.000-07:00

I have some pieces at Gallery Nucleus. I am very excited. Hope to see you on Saturday.

DPI

2009-03-16T08:09:00.000-07:00

I was honored to be in DPI February issue. There has been so many great artist in this magazine, so I was really happy to see the final results. Thanks DPI

La Luz

2009-03-05T16:45:00.001-08:00

Hope you can make it to the opening. I have two paintings in the show.

Upcoming show

2009-02-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

Some of my work is going to be at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. I have been very busy also preparing for a show in May. Hopefully I can have some art work I can show soon. But I did go to the L.A. Arboretum which one of my favorite places.

Flower drawing

2009-02-04T09:59:00.000-08:00

Nucleus

2009-01-27T09:04:00.000-08:00

Here is another piece I finished.

Eukaryotic

2009-01-15T10:26:00.000-08:00

An extension of a previous piece.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-05T09:13:00.001-08:00

Just back from a holiday vacation and it feels grrreat. Good news, I have been accepted to Illustration West 47. There will also be a show at Gallery Nucleus showing the works in Illustration West 47. The very nice people at Taxi interviewed me on the Front Seat, you can read it on designtaxi.com. This year is starting off great, I can't wait to see whats going to happen this year. Oh and one more thing, I finished this painting for the New Year!

Website Updated!

2008-12-18T15:12:00.000-08:00

I finished updating my website. Its been long in the works. Now its time to enjoy the Holidays.

Buildings

2008-12-10T09:59:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I like to just draw buildings. I have always been interested ins Cathedrals and Gothic Architecture. I love the shapes, materials, and symbolism of the these structures. Maybe Ill draw some more buildings.

Paintings tonight

2008-12-06T09:47:00.000-08:00

See you at the show tonight!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-26T16:29:00.000-08:00

Hope all of you come out to the show next week in Santa Monica. Thanks for all of the support. Happy Thanksgiving!

Flowers!

2008-11-19T16:35:00.001-08:00

Darkness III

2008-11-12T11:47:00.001-08:00

Just a reminder that the show Darkness will be at Santa Monica Studios on December 6th 2008. Santa Monica Studios is located at 3026 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Artist include : Sandra Adama, Alexander Aquino-Kaljakin, David Au, Erik Buckham,Ben Black,Tracy Brown, Jonathan Cana, Min Cha, SaraJane Colgin , Ryan Ebelt , Mike Eller , Mike Ewasko, Jessica Grant , Jeremy Hahn, Jack Hou, Jamie Hunt , Olga K., Suzzie Kim, Masha Kupets, Lesli Lawrence , Connie Lee, Portia Li,Adrian Lopez, Joseph Lu, Francisco del Mar, Salvatore Matteo, Nathan Mauden, Leslie McGowan, Josh Mintz , Chris Morkout , Dania Myers, Ben Neuart, Jennifer Ogren, Rukus One, Tomasz Opasinski, Gabriel Perez, Charles Reimers, Valinda Ricker, Christopher Ries, Mark Savetsila, Akiko Stehrenberger,Mika Tanisaki , Alex Voltz, Ellen Wong. Hope to see you there!

The five ages of man

2008-11-05T20:50:00.000-08:00

Darkness II

2008-10-28T15:08:00.000-07:00

Darkness

2008-10-22T15:27:00.000-07:00

I have some work in a up and coming group show! The show will take place on December 6th to December 13th, 2008 at the Santa Monica Art Studios. For this show,the lights will be off from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. Flash lights will be handed out for guests to view the artworks. The light will be turned back on after 7:30 pm until the end of the event. Hope to see you there!

Island

2008-07-21T12:18:00.000-07:00

22 x 32 Island

Pallas

2008-07-14T17:01:00.000-07:00

I love reading Greek Mythology. Here's my interpretation of a lesser known story of the death of Pallas who was accidentally killed by young Athene.

WEB UPDATE

2008-06-20T01:13:00.000-07:00

I updated my website with some new images! Enjoy :)

Into the deep

2008-06-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

Here is a painting I just finished.

Germ Stories !

2008-05-12T16:49:00.000-07:00

I got a piece accepted into American Illustration 27. The art is from a children's book call "Germ Stories,"by Arthur Kornberg. I fell very lucky to have worked with Dr. Kornberg. It was truly one of the best experiences of my life. I want to also thank University Science Books, and Wilsted and Taylor, who made this book possible.

To the sea

2008-04-30T23:32:00.000-07:00

Finished this painting. Acrylic 22 x 32

First post

2008-04-23T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hello! Welcome to my first blog entry and I started it with a painting I just finished. It a color piece based on a story I'm writing. Later alligator.