Teotihuacan, DeYoung Museum

Mexican artifacts at the "Teotihuacan" exhibit.

Standing Figure

Figure with shields

Figuirines

Night drive on the Bay Bridge

The Bay Bridge continues to inspire artworks. At slight shifts in location, the view changes dramatically and can create surreal visions of geometry and light.

Mini-Masterpieces, 2017

Rhythmix Cultrual Works is hosting the 2017 Mini-Masterpieces Art Show and Holiday Sale. Local artists from Art Jam are exhibiting and selling small art works and crafts for the holidays. Please drop by and enjoy the works, chat with the artists, and support your local art community.

Bill Jeng's Mini-Art display

 

LA Arts Trip

Some inspiring sights and sounds from my LA trip:

Yayoi Kusama

Film reel incoming

City of Kandor, Mike Kelley

Going to the big show!

Hallo...

Happy Halloween...

Bill Jeng original dress

My dear friend Lynn G. wearing a Bill Jeng original design...

Mall Moto, 10/2017

This was on display at the Stoneridge Mall, in the window of a hipster body lotion shop. Yeesh, these mall shops are getting better bikes than the moto shows. Anyway, the 1948 Pan Head was the inspiration for the Sportster 48. I can see the resemblance.

1948 Pan Head

2011 Sportster 48

CENSORED 10/13/17

My simple sketch of tongue licking octopus has been edited to this:

Less obscene, or no?

Ale Industries Tap Room, 10 through 11, 2017

Ale Industries has been kind to allow me a small exhibit of my work in their Tap Room. The exhibit runs from October through November 2017. Check out the show if you're in the neighborhood; music on 2nd Fridays. Ale Industries is a local brewery making some fantastic beers. Pick up a growler while you are viewing the artwork.

Local landmarks, natural and man-made, various media

Tap Room artwork

OMCA Marketplace

Thanks Oakland Museum of California for including me in your blog. I'm honored.

http://museumca.org/blog/what%E2%80%99s-marketplace-omca

Day of Hats, 9/23/2017

Woman's Hat circa 1915

We spent the morning at the Legion of Honor, Degas exhibit of the Paris Millinery paintings and hats. Lots of hats, lots of fun.

Men's Bowler

Women's Bonnet

Hat's and Motocycles!

Neighbor here for breakfast

Checking out the roof and gobbling up the grubs...

Bay Farm Island Library, 9/11/17

The Librarian at Bay Farm Island Library, Lynda W., invited me back for another show at the library. The interior is so well-lit with diffused daylight, it's a wonderful space for an art show. I should have made a better artist statement poster though.

Seated Buddha, AAM

Buddha contemplating on lotus flower at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco...

Trace Repeat at the Tap Room

Wesley and I checked out Trace Repeat at the Ale Industries Tap Room. Funky soul from the depths of Oakland.

Gull Pier, 08-26-2017

It's coming, we just have to be patient.

Refurbished Theater seats

We picked these out of the dumpster bin and refurbished them for our home theater. They were originally part of a high school theater that was being remodeled. The seats had to be re-upholstered but the frames and springs still worked. I got the family involved in building bases for each set and now we have seating for 5, with 2 additional seats as spare. Fun, fun.

View from the front

View from the back

OMCA Friday Night, 7-28-17

The summer evenings in Oakland are really great. It's driving me to hold another Oakland Museum of California vendor booth show. If you happen to be in Oakland, come visit the OMCA Friday Night event, an outdoor party and half-off museum tickets. There will be live music, food trucks, and vendor booths. I'll bring my latest works for viewing and sale.

Summer Saturn

Saturn has been showing up in the night sky this summer. I managed to capture these shots with a handheld camera pointed into the telescope lens. Focusing and capturing the planet as it moves is really, really tricky.

Small orchard in yellow field

The orchards are making noises...

Fire Hydrants along the Filbert Stairs

Giving us messages along the way to Coit Tower.

acrylic and color pencil on recycled wood

acrylic and color pencil on recycled wood

Victorian storefronts in Old Oakland

One of my favorite cafes in Old Oakland is Cafe 817. Whenever I need to chat, discuss a personal issue, or commiserate about work, I like to invite my dear friends to this warm, inviting coffee shop and surround ourselves with the smell of good coffee and delicious food. The cafe is also displays artwork from local artists. I submitted a few pieces for an exhibit, but was not successful. Maybe one day...

Victorian storefronts, color pencil & acrylic on recycled wood, 6/2017

 

Soy Mocha with blue cup

Another look back at my favorite beverage.

"Soy mocha with blue cup", acrylic on canvas, 4/99

Prints available at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/bjengcomix/works/26831177-soy-mocha?asc=u

Hay Rolls study

Visiting an oldie

Acrylic on canvas

For prints, see https://www.redbubble.com/people/bjengcomix/works/26804977-hay-rolls-study?asc=u

Confucius says...

New art by Darlene L...

Waiting for your order, Cafe Trieste Oakland 6/8/17

Helping you with your caffeine needs,

Cafe Trieste Oakland, 6/8/17

Response to the end of civility

Container jockey hard at work

The container jockey does not rest, does not tire, and will keep working at it...

Color pencil & acrylic on recycled wood, 5/2017

Building the resistance

Graphics for the resistance...

Bunker for the Birds

Abandoned along Devil's Slide, Montara, California.

Bunker for the birds, acrylic and color pencil on recycled wood, 5/2017

Double Feature at the Alameda Theater

Showing on May 1st...

Great shows at the Fox Theater!

Catch the latest show.

Alameda art deco, Alameda California

The refurbished Alameda Theater runs new movies.

Fox Theater, Oakland CA

Fox Theater is an art deco treasure in Oakland, California