New Painting! "Budgie-Sattva 1"
We are very excited to announce that “Budgie-Sattva 1″ is finished and available for purchase on CodySeekins.com.
Budgie-Sattva 1 by Cody Seekins
This 8″ x 10″ oil painting is one of Cody’s most anticipated art works in recent memory. Last September, the work-in-progress preview of Budgie-Sattva 1 that we published quickly became one of our most popular news posts. Since then, we have received numerous notes of praise and excitement over the developing “Budgie-Sattva” series.
The other completed work in this series, “Budgie-Sattva 2” has featured prominently in many of the shows that Cody has participated in.
There is a third addition to this series that is close to completion and will probably be finished within the next few weeks. These pieces are among those that will be on display at Cody’s “Featured Artist” show at the Hive Gallery in Los Angeles this October.
Cody to be "Featured Artist" @ Hive Gallery
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Hive Gallery is a welcoming and consistently ground-breaking community intersection for artists and audiences.
The Los Angeles venue is well-established as an incubator for the careers of many up-and-comers in the alternative art scene, having brought recognition to painters such as Chet Zar, Yoko D’holbachie, and Audrey Kawasaki. But out of the dozens of artists that show each month, only a few are selected to display their work in the esteemed front-of-house “featured artist” spots.
This October, Cody’s paintings will occupy one of these spots as a featured artist at the Hive. Brand new paintings will be sent to fill a 20-foot-long wall space, along with a few quintessential pieces from Cody’s catalogue of completed works. We expect that “Transmigration” and the crowd-favorite “Budgie-Sattva” series will be among the works on display, but a complete list of works is yet to be determined. That show, which will be the first Hive show for Cody to attend in person, is scheduled to open on October 1st, 2011.
An ad from Juxtapoz Magazine announcing the Hive Gallery
The Hive will publish a new ad in this month’s issue of Juxtapoz Magazine, again including a preview of Cody’s work within the showcase of “resident artists” (above).
New Painting! "Page of Wands"
"Page of Wands - Prodigal Son" by Cody Seekins. 11" x 14", Oil on Canvas
Cody’s latest work is called “Page of Wands – Prodigal Son”. The piece was created for a Tarot-card themed art show opening at The Hive Gallery on January 8th, 2011.
“The Page of Wands, as a tarot card, speaks of the impulse of youth; a high energy, potentially explosive, creative, and sexually charged being or condition. In my painting, this renegade energy becomes apparent in the image of the Prodigal Son, referencing both the root, as in “prodigy”, as well as the biblical narrative of the youth who strays from the virtuous path, and in doing so, finds virtue at last. The boy as prodigy, a bright, illuminated spirit in touch viscerally with a divine source, is driven into realms of indulgence and the exploration of his curiosities as a means of self-actualizing without the filter of orthodoxy. This therefore, is a map of the quality of self purification through a process of trial and error, an abandon of references in order to reconstruct them first hand.
The wand to his left signifies both the Tarot influence as well as the egyptian scarab which governed the movement of the sun across the heavens. In this painting, the sun is partially eclipsed by a dark mass, revealing the youth’s position at the moment between enlightenment and damnation.
Despite the page existing in a dynamic and complex state, his world saturated with vibrance, heat, and chaos, in his eyes a solid intent is revealed–a spiritual focus which does not bend in the quest to ascertain truth.”
OPENING SHOW and performances: January 8th, 2011 at The Hive Gallery
729 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90014
8PM-1AM
$15 (Both Hive and Temple of Visions shows)/ $8 at the door (Hive Show only)
SHOW RUNS: 1/8/2011 to 1/29/2011
Cody Acquires Classic Chet Zar Paintings
- “Blockhead” by Chet Zar, 11″ x 14″ Oil on Canvas, 2005
In a fortuitous review of fine art on eBay last week, Cody discovered and purchased an original Chet Zar painting, “Blockhead” (above), from an avid collector of Lowbrow art. The sale led to the negotiation of another acquisition from the same collector a week later, this time for the painting “Interloper 2″ (below).
- “Interloper 2″ by Chet Zar, 11″ x 14″ Oil on Canvas, 2005
“Blockhead” and “Interloper 2″ are works that contain many defining staples of Chet Zar’s beloved, dark, and often emotional portraits. These pieces were created circa 2005-2006 making them some of the original examples of what is now Chet’s highly-recognizable archetype. Cody is an admirer of several of the dark artist’s paintings.
- Chet Zar created “The Chamberlain” from Hellboy 2
Chet Zar is currently one of the most prominent figures of “Lowbrow”/Pop Surrealism, a movement that has been thriving since the early millennium. Chet’s paintings are in high-demand, sell for thousands, and have been trumpeted in the pages of every major publication linked to the Lowbrow movement including Hi-Fructose Magazine and Juxtapoz Magazine (international). Chet’s work as an artist in movies is also extensive (Both Hellboy films, The Ring, Men In Black 2, Cabin Boy, Planet Of The Apes to name a few).
More of his work can be viewed at www.chetzar.com
Hive Gallery Features Cody in Juxtapoz Ad
Hive Gallery Features Cody in Juxtapoz Ad
In preparation for it’s next art show, The Hive Gallery published a full-page ad in the December issue of Juxtapoz magazine. The ad showcases Cody, along with a selection of The Hive Gallery’s other resident artists, as well as a very prominent feature of the extremely famous work of Yoko D’holbachie. Cody is currently producing a new painting specifically for the tarot-card themed art show that will kick off at the Los Angeles-based Hive Gallery on January 8th. Cody’s card is the “Page of Wands”. The next installment of Cody’s developing and enthusiastically-received group of “Budgie-Sattva” paintings is near to completion as well. Look for brand new work in the coming weeks!
Juxtapoz Magazine is currently the most widely-circulated art magazine in the United States. The ad featuring Cody was published on page 143 of the December 2010 issue of Juxtapoz Magazine.
Update: "Budgie-Sattva 1" In-Progress
“Budgie-Sattva 1″ is Cody’s latest work in progress. It is, in part, a companion piece to “Budgie-Sattva 2″, which Cody created earlier this year.
Budgia-Sattva 1 in progress
