Nathan Cartwright, Hive Gallery Owner, Interviewed by Art Voices Magazine
“Many of the best pieces and ideas are born out of tragedy. A botched work could turn out to be a work of genius.”
Nathan Cartwright, Owner of the Hive Gallery
Ohio native turned Los Angeles artist, curator and owner of the Hive Gallery, Nathan Cartwright is a man of many top hats. With parents encouraging a “let me be me” attitude. this monster-obsessed lad attended a liberal arts college and studied everything from per-veterinary science to art and graphic design, hoping to become an art therapist. Cartwright’s Hive provides a workspace studio, performance/music outlet, and activities center to the many artists he houses, while his art delves into the hidden mental and artistic authenticity of humankind.
Full interview after the jump!
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Video: Psychedelic Art, Visionary Art and More from The Hive Gallery and Temple of Visions
A bit overdue, but this footage by “Gwydion” covers many artists on display during the October 2011 Downtown Los Angeles Artwalk. Cody’s work was featured at the Hive Gallery, and this vid manages to capture quite a few of his psychedelic paintings and surreal artworks, plus some other great pieces by McEvoy and Rodriguez, Alex Schaeffer, and others. Art pics follow after the jump.
Brom Art: The Artist with “The Grim”
Brom and collector with his painting, "The Grim"
Last April, we were pleased to add an original Brom art piece to our collection of fine art and paintings. We acquired the 10″x16″ acrylic on board from a collector out of Tennessee. Coincidentally, I discovered the above picture posted on Brom’s facebook fan page a few days ago. It shows the artist, Brom, in the stripped shirt on the right, and a guy who we can probably assume is the collector from Tennessee holding “The Grim”.
Brom looking like a dark evangelist.
New Painting for the Hive Gallery’s 3rd Annual Tarot Show Plus Work by Yoko D’holbachie, J. Slattum and More!
"The Empress" Tarot Painting by Cody Seekins. 11"x14" Oil on Canvas
Small 11″ x 14″ painting for the Hive Gallery’s Tarot show January 7th, 2012 in Los Angeles. This is an Empress interpretation. The script on the right side reads “Devoted Mother”. It is harder to see in the photograph but the head dress, lips, eyes and furr around the neck are glazed with high sparkling glitter alternating between reds and green in color.
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New Academic Painting
Lately much of my time during the semester has been focused on Grad courses. This image is one of the portrait studies worked on for a class.
Chet Zar Invites Us to Art Studio
Me, Chet, and Aaron, with "Chronic Anxiety" oil painting
I received a private invitation from Chet Zar for me and my partner Aaron Bolton to meet with him while we were in town for our own showings at the Hive Gallery. Chet gave us a tour of works in progress leading up to a large October 2011 exhibition, “The Left Hand Path” featured at the CoproGallery. We also had the opportunity to view other works like “Chronic Anxiety” pictured above. Take a look at some of the paintings we saw from “The Left Hand Path” after the jump!
LA Art Tour: Hive Gallery Feature, Alex Schaefer and More
Aaron Bolton, Nathan Cartwright (gallery owner), and Cody Seekins at the Hive Gallery, LA
Earlier this month, Cody went to Los Angeles to attend the opening of the Hive Gallery’s October show where Cody was a featured artist. As usual, it was a packed event with the special addition of many attendees arriving in costume to compliment the gallery’s Halloween-themed group show. View some photos from the trip after the jump!
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New: Jataka Tales of the Budgie-Sattva, Pt 2
Jātaka Tales of the Budgie-Sattva, Pt 2.
The Budgie-Sattva experiences a consciousness set against an environment interwoven with extra-terrestrial influence and psychedelic morphologies. The mystery of psychotropic formations penetrate his hardened ideologies, breaking apart the crystallized frames of past mystical experience in a moment serving as prelude to radical re-awakening. The boy is vastly older than his form, subliminally aware of his cosmic origins, hesitating and waiting for imminent transformation; the chrysalis suspended in a-temporal moments before the veil falls irrevocably away. His condition is neutral both from lingering sleep and ingrained meditation built into him from previous lives as a wandering ascetic.
