The Craft-o-Rama Continues!

I just added some new treats to the etsy store! Check them out at www.heathergabel.etsy.com, the mirror shown here is one of them. I just moved and am finally settling back in the zone artwise so be on the lookout for a new series I'm working on that will be up here soon. There are still massive sales on in the store and an LA show in the works for early next year so stay tuned.

Hey Ladies...

Get these shirts! The men's sizes are nearly sold out but you gals have been slacking. I still have  a good amount of girls sizes so hop to it. Do you really want to be out cool-shirted by your guy friends? How embarrassing...

Change Your Shirt Time Again!

Check out these new digs up in the store now. All shirts are limited edition of 40 and are moving fast so shake a leg! And there are just 36 tote-ally awesome tote bags (sorry, I couldn't resist). But, seriously folks, I'm really excited about these and I hope you like them too.

Bric-a-Brac Attack! Sneak peak at some new things in my etsy store.

I am a maniac crafter on the loose. Seriously, I cannot be stopped. I see crafty avenues unfolding before me at every turn, and simply don't posses the willpower to say "No, I'm working on something else right now. You'll have to wait to be transformed from the blase thrift store item that you currently are until a later date when I am ready to transform you." I just don't have the heart to tell them no. Anyhow, this works out well for everyone else as there is a seemingly endless supply of incredibly affordable, one of a kind, "vintage meets present day me" items in the marketplace for your viewing and collecting pleasure. These are only a few of the new ones I just added to my etsy store. Go to http://heathergabel.etsy.com/ to see the rest.

Summer Sale Blowout! Make way for new Shirts Coming Soon.

People! I need help to make way for the next line of shirts currently in the works. Here is one of the designs coming soon. There are a nominal amount of items on the endangered species list left from the last run (about 5 shirts and 1 hoody) that are dead set on joining their friends on the extinct list, so, to aid them in this most noble endeavor, I am offering them at rock bottom prices. In fact, prints and paintings have been marked down dramatically as well in an effort to make room for all the new goods I've been readying for you. There are 2 new prints up in the store now, lovelies really, ready and waiting to accept your everlasting admiration and there's plenty more to come once these last few final cobwebs get cleared from the virtual attic...

Oh Say Can You Screen! Silkscreen art show at Asbury Lanes opens July 4th.

Tomorrow night at Asbury Lanes, art show opening and dance party! Starts at 8pm. These are the 2 brand new, limited edition silkscreened prints I'm showing, plus the last collaboration I did with Horsebites (Snakeharmer...you can see it in my store) will be up too. He did a bitching new print for the show as well. It should be really fun for a lot of reasons, here is an impromptu list to further convince you: bowling, dancing, drinks, killer snacks, and oh yeah, lots of fabulous all screen prints to visually knock your socks off...only, please wear socks when you bowl. You can get more info on the Lanes at www.asburylanes.com but here is the address and phone number. 209 4th Ave, Asbury Park NJ 732.776.6160. They are also available for sale in the store now!

The Girls of Summer are here!

These darlings are the fantasy girls of my bizarro summer dreams. In other words, if I were a teenage boy, these would be the girls I followed around, secretly pining for, all summer vacation long. They'd be replaced with more suitable crushes come fall, like the new girl in study hall, but for the summer they would be perfect and all mine. Amazing beauties like the pearl diver (who wouldn't fall for a deep sea diver with a knife at her throat?), the magician's lovely assistant (post failed illusion and still smiling), the forever unattainable 2 headed girl next door who shoots lasers from both her left eyes, the silent movie star who spent the entire summer pouting in an orange blossom hat and the secret assasin bullet bride! I realize it's time to grow up and put these childish notions to rest and am offering them for sale in the store now so that they can be yours for a lifetime instead of just one steamy dreamy summer.

Heaven's to Etsy!

Folks, I've opened a store on etsy for my "craftier" itmes (ie. things that I wouldn't necessarily put in a gallery show but that are awesome in their own crafty right). I will always post something here for those interested in this type of work so that you'll know when there's new pieces going up in that store. These decorative vintage bird trays are the first items I'm adding, yeah, I'm still on a bird kick...take a closer look at heathergabel.etsy.com
Most of the pieces shown here are up, those that aren't yet will be soon.

Hook a Mother UP!

How about this Mother's Day you ditch the tired flowers routine and give her something really cool? Seriously folks, it's time to step it up a notch. Both nostalgic and edgey, these little treasures are a fitting nod to your fabulously wonderful mother ...not to mention her unbeatable bric a brac collection!

Check the store for more info and details. You can thank me later when you've lied and told your mom that you made them and she is utterly overcome by 1. how far you've come since finger painting and 2. what a little treasure you are. It's cool, I won't spill the beans.

Art Opening this Saturday 4/18/09 at Howl Gallery/Tattoo in Ft.Meyers FL

HOWL Gallery presents a new art show titled "Left Hand Side - Florida West Coast Artists", with an opening reception Saturday, April 18th, from 7pm-10pm. Featured artists are from cities located on the west coast of Florida, including Derek Deal, Chet Loggins, Heather Gabel, Vyd, James Dormer Schneider, Horsebites, Eric Lorette, Heather Clough, Andy Howl, Ana Caballero, and Donald Murphy. The show includes photography, paintings, and sculpture. Light refreshments and music provided, all ages welcome. "Left Hand Side" runs through May 13th. Closing reception will be held May 1st, during the Downtown Fort Myers Art Walk.
Howl Gallery/Tattoo
1514 Broadway #101
Fort Myers, FL 33901
www.howlgallery.com

Brand new limited edition line of shirts plus a hoody!

You need a new t shirt because all of yours are nasty. Sorry, but it's true. So check out the 4 new t shirts and hoody available in the store now...unless of course you are, for some inexplicable reason, opposed to evolving into the coolest t shirt/hoody having version of yourself ever. Based on some of my most popular pieces (Miss.Manners, Litterbug and Mom) as well as a couple of new designs, these represent the first in a series of limited edition garments that I'll be releasing over the next few years. There are only 24 of each and they are all available exclusively on this site. Suggestions for the next run? Email me which pieces you'd most like to own in this totally affordable, incredibly wearable format.

Black Pop Surrealism show at SICA in NJ. Opens 3/29/09

I am showing 4 new pieces in this group show at SICA in New Jersey. It's a group show curated by friend and Parlor Gallery curater Jen (formerly Crybaby Gallery in Asbury Park). If you've ever been to one of her shows you already know she's got a great eye, if not, be sure to catch this one.
The show opens March 27th and runs until May 1st. The opening will be held March 29th from 3pm-6pm. Here is the gallery information:

The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts
20 Third Ave
Long Branch, NJ
732.263.1121

A brief and vaguely informative 2009 overview.

So here's the plan for shows this year...currently planning a show in Mexico City with a possible Cancun add on (spring break anyone?!). I'm in a group show this April in Jersey City (will post the full info on that show soon) and am hammering out the dates in the following cities: NYC, Asbury Park, Denver and Chicago. I'm working on the pieces for the Mexico City show now and will have some up in the new work section within the next couple of days. I'm also planning to co-curate a show with Anna Cerniglia (curator at South Union Arts and allrise gallery, both in Chicago) which I'm really excited about. I also just added a bunch of new pieces to the store and am about to launch a new group of limited edition shirts based loosely on my most popular paintings. The piece to the left is for another collaboration with pal Horsebites for a limited edition print we're doing as a contribution to the Harvest of Hope benefit festival here in St.Augustine this March. Stay tuned for more exciting news to come!