Forgotten History of the Famous Unknown

Famous Unknown #1
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Framed 29" x 17"
$225

Famous Unknown #2
Prisma Color Pencil on Paper
Framed 23" x 20"
$150

Famous Unknown #3
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Framed 20.5" x 18"
SOLD

Famous Unknown #4
Prisma Color Pencil on Paper
Framed 16" x 15"
$150

Famous Unknown #5
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Framed 23" x 24"
$275

Famous Unknown #6
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Framed 39" x 17"
$250

Famous Unknown #7
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Framed 21.5" x 24"
SOLD

Baltimore Peckertracks Logo
Acrylic Ink and Pencil on Paper
Framed 17" x 15"
$95

Girl Friend Beer: She's the One
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Framed 21" x 18"
sold.

Score Big with Girl Friend Beer
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Framed 13" x 15"
sold.





Girl Friend Beer Album Portrait
Mixed Media on Reclaimed Album Cover
Framed 13"x13"
SOLD

She's the One
House paint on Panel
12" x 9"
SOLD

And introducing...your Baltimore Peckertracks!!



Each card is Prisma Color Pencil on Tea Stained Acid Free Card Stock and measures 3.5" x 2.5". Each card comes matted in a frame which measures 5" x 4".

sold.

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Please note that all frames are vintage or reclaimed, so there may be nicks and scratches. If you are purchasing outside the Los Angeles area, shipping is not included.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!

Knock it out of the park and get to home base on Wednesday, December 7th as Rob Faucette presents new work which features vintage baseball images as well as new Girl Friend Beer artwork in a show titled “Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Forgotten History of the Famous Unknown,” held at Alexander’s for Hair and on view through February.

Using Google Image Search, as well as combing through old auctions and sports memorabilia sites on the internet, Faucette spent hours collecting old photos and illustrations of men playing baseball. Divorced from their original context and transformed into power-hitting images, yesterday's heroes stand at the plate as nameless icons: men in action playing a truly American sport.

Also featured in this new body of work are 10 hand drawn baseball cards featuring players from the Baltimore Peckertracks, sponsored by Girl Friend Beer. This wily cast of characters will be seen together for the first time and you won't want to miss your chance to pick up a new Girl Friend Beer coozie or the chance to score an original piece of artwork!

Alexander's For Hair will be sponsoring a raffle, beer will be provided as well as wine.

Score One for the Home Team!

Who: Rob Faucette
What: New Artwork: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Forgotten History of the Famous Unknown sponsored by Girl Friend Beer
When: Wednesday (Pearl Harbor Day), December 7th, 2011 from 7-10 pm
Where: Alexander’s for Hair on 11515 W. Pico (next to the SF Saloon) in Los Angeles, CA, 90064

CAn by Amy Radio released on iTunes!

Click here to see it in iTunes!

I just released an album on iTunes under the Amy Radio name featuring 10 songs. The songs range from the heartfelt "Permanent Kisses" and "Outfaded and Dated" to irreverent love songs such as "She Farts Shasta Daisies" and "Neuter My Heart" to an under-known George Jones song, "The King is Gone (and so are you)" about a guy talking about women while getting drunk with a Jim Beam bottle of Elvis and a Fred Flintstone jam jar.

This was recorded in an empty warehouse in El Segundo, California and is straight-up and Lo-Fi, just me and a guitar and a big empty room. On some of the tracks you can hear the fuzz of rain in the background.

I heard the phrase "Amy Radio" from a guy I knew in northern Vermont and he used it as slang for A.M. radio and it stuck with me to describe that feel and sound and wonderment when driving late at night and coming across obscure songs and sounds on the radio. In 2006-2008, I wrote, produced, and recorded a series of radio shows for a radio station in Vienna, Austria under the title "The Amy Radio Show" which dealt with such American themes as the Highway, the Wild West, Space Travel, and Trains. These Amy Radio recordings are an extension of that. Enjoy and stay tuned!!

-Rob Faucette

Paste this in your browser for Amy Radio on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/permanent-kisses/id477581452?i=477581457

I Want My Music Video Art Show

Opens Friday, October 7th, 2011
8pm-Midnight
Gallery Meltdown, Hollywood CA



Like, a Virgin
Oil and Gold on Panel
16x12 inches


Over 100 artists from across the globe have come together to celebrate the art of music videos, merging an innovative array of talent and vision into this one-of-a-kind tribute to nearly three decades of pop culture. Hosted at the Meltdown Gallery on Sunset Blvd., “I Want My Music Video Art Show” presented visual artists with an opportunity to take their favorite music videos from the 1980′s on, dip them in paint and various mediums, splash them onto canvases, lenses, tablets and computer screens, and create a new genre of art inspired by the idols who continue to groove and inspire us with musical genius.



With this phenomenal group show, Curators Chris Marrs Piliero and Dave MacDowell, both visual artists themselves, plunged into the vein that connects all areas and genres of modern music culture head on, racing toward the heart of what moves each of us from eardrums to foot-taps: our love of music and the presentation of these songs through creativity — by musicians using the camera as an instrument to turn us on and make us dance. Chris Marrs Piliero, a well-known Music Video Director for top names in the industry, and Dave MacDowell became close friends after Chris hired Dave to do an original painting to celebrate The Black Keys VMA win. The rest is history, and their collaboration here is a new and mind-blowing chapter in the artistic offerings their friendship has put together…

Edgy. | Smooth. | Powerful. | Groovy. | Violent. | Creative.

No holds barred visions of sensuality, humor, and interpersonal musings brought to vivid life in brush strokes and tablet swipes, from the traditional to the digital. The unifying fiber that binds the show together is simply a love of music, and the brilliant bands and musicians who took this love and morphed it into a passion through a unique expression that forever changed how we enjoy the art of sound and imagery.

Please join us in celebration of over 25 years of musical inspiration, presented for your enjoyment through the eyes and souls of established and emerging artistic talent without borders. Cameras, phones and a love of music video art welcome.

Opening Night Reception October 7, 8PM – Midnight.

Found: The Art of Discovery

September 24- October 1, 2011
1650 Gallery - Los Angeles, CA

Artwork which is based on or uses found photographs. Each of these paintings were taken from photographs in my archive that I have collected over the years.

My process for these paintings mimics photography in that a 'negative' is made by tracing the photograph onto Mylar (a clear, plastic film) and the image is projected onto the canvas.


Gilbert and George
42" x 43"
Oil on Linen




The Big Score
16" x 20"
Oil on Canvas

Dick Skidmark - He Could Feed 40 People!!

Dick Skidmark - 10x8 inches - oil and spraypaint on panel - $80 - Feed 40 People!

Help Dick Skidmark feed 40 people in need! As the Baltimore Peckertracks' short-stop and manager, Skidmark left his mark on every opponent he ever faced. This Saturday he aims to knock hunger out of the Park - help his legacy by supporting Lunch Bunch!

Saturday, September 3rd, LA based Lunch Bunch will be holding a benefit at WWA gallery in Culver City to benefit what they do, with 100% of the proceeds going to provide lunches for the homeless in downtown Los Angeles. As they are dedicated and small, there are no admin costs, so the the money goes directly to food: $20 feeds 10 people!




Here is how to Purchase Artwork from the show:


The donated art in the show will also be sold only at the opening CASH AND CARRY style. Cash is preferred but we will also be able to accept paypal. You will not be able to take the artwork home until it is paid for. Unsold work will then be auctioned off on ebay afterwards. There will be no preview. If you're not in Los Angeles, send in a friend!

Please be understanding of the decision to make the artwork only available at the show. This will save Lunch Bunch on shipping costs and auction fees from ebay and paypal and maximize the amount of donation money that will go to feeding the homeless.

Where: WWA gallery - 9517 Culver Blvd - Culver City, CA 90232
When: Saturday September 3rd, 7-10pm

For more information, visit the Lunch Bunch blog: http://lunchbunchco.blogspot.com/

Chain Letter @ Shoshana Wayne Gallery with Girl Friend Beer

Chain Letter is a group exhibition based on admiration. Initially conceived by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey in 2006, inclusion in the exhibition is based on invitation by someone who admires your work. Each artist invited then invites ten other artists whom they admire, and so on. Opening Saturday, July 23 from 6-8 pm.

I will present a series of boxes branded with the Girl Friend Beer logo and an image of Evelyn Nesbit, one of Hollywood's original "It" girls. Girl Friend Beer is an ongoing project in which there is not an actual product, just ephemera.




Curated by Christian Cummings
& Doug Harvey
July 23 - August 25, 2011

Opening Saturday, July 23 / 6-8 pm

For more information, please visit the gallery website at: www.shoshanawayne.com