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Hello Everyone,

It’s been awhile, but finally on Tuesday we quietly listed a new batch of original art from Daniel Clowes on https://www.pigeonpressgallery.com. We added about a dozen preliminary sketches from him and even before this first announcment of their availability, over half of them have already sold! So if you are intereste... http://pigeonpressgallery.com/CLOWES.html

Alsoin the next couple of weeks in time for the holidays, expect many, many, more new listings of original art to be posted from Ivan Brunetti, @htmlflowers, @girlmountain, as well as work from some new artists that we are honored to be representing including Phoebe Glockner, Jaime Hernandez, @ronregejré,Jr. and many other cartoonists that we are very excited to be announcing shortly.

Later today I’ll be posting information of the many new releases that are now available at https://www.pigeon-press.com

Hope everyone is enjoying (surviving?) the holidays,

Alvin B.

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@mortal_mirror - A luscious #monotype from #BrookeBurrowes. A #tornado I believe. It's very small, maybe like 3 inches square. She mixes her own #pigments! Definitely recommending looking up her website. It's been really exciting finding #oaklandartists, especially really excellent #printmakers. #Oakland #printmaking #tinyart

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Follow up to my earlier post to show more of it's detail: #regram @k8klingbeil - "'Digital Letdown (Seduced by the Stone)' from 2014, & the first painting I made using the pinned paper technique that I'm still enamored of. #stonelithography #monotype #xacto #papercut #contemporarypainting" (at Oakland, California)

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I have so much art hung all over the house and for some reason my bedroom walls have mostly been just plain white walls for several years now. A lot of the art in my house is old medical charts, textiles, paintings, photos, prints and drawings etc.. and most of the art (maybe all of it) is on the darker, more serious, (a friend recently remarked "melancholy") side in either content, aesthetically or both. Last night I finally broke the trend and acquired and hung this beautiful mixed-media, vibrant, radiant, dynamic, joyful, exuberant and so bright and colorful piece in my bedroom by @k8klingbeil. I first saw it last year and ever since then it I would think about it often. Finally I pulled the trigger and what a wonderful thing to wake up to this morning (well maybe early afternoon...) as it's just at the foot of the bed by the window where the early morning sun comes in. ✨💗✨ it's an astounding work of art and I highly recommend checking out Kate's work, which is incredibly, diverse, sophisticated, beautiful, and inspiring. kateklingbeil.com. I'll #regram a professional photo of this piece next as it's hard to see the insane amount of work and power of it here in the background of this photo. (Note: BTW, Kate is enjoying one of my favorite books which is a collection of intense erotic drawings by Japanese artist #harukawanamio published by one of my favorite publishers #uniteddeadartists who are in France which is run by another very skilled and prolific artist #stephaneblanquet.) #vibrantjoyfulcolorfulbrightarttherapy! (at Oakland, California)

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I have so much art hung all over the house and for some reason my bedroom walls have mostly been just plain white walls for several years now. A lot of the art in my house is old medical charts, textiles, paintings, photos, prints and drawings etc.. and most of the art (maybe all of it) is on the darker, more serious, (a friend recently remarked "melancholy") side in either content, aesthetically or both. Last night I finally broke the trend and acquired and hung this beautiful mixed-media, vibrant, radiant, dynamic, joyful, exuberant and so bright and colorful piece in my bedroom by @k8klingbeil. I first saw it last year and ever since then it I would think about it often. Finally I pulled the trigger and what a wonderful thing to wake up to this morning (well maybe early afternoon...) as it's just at the foot of the bed by the window where the early morning sun comes in. ✨💗✨ it's an astounding work of art and I highly recommend checking out Kate's work, which is incredibly, diverse, sophisticated, beautiful, and inspiring. kateklingbeil.com. I'll #regram a professional photo of this piece next as it's hard to see the insane amount of work and power of it here in the background of this photo. #vibrantjoyfulcolorfulbrightarttherapy! (at Oakland, California)

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#tbt #elementaryschool #classphoto #hawaiianshirt #bowlcut (at Poway, California)

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C'est Fini! 🏁 August Abs #Yoga Challenge #AugustAbsYC, Days 29-31: upper left corner: #Firefly (#tittibhasana), bottom: #plow (#halasana), upper right corner: Mega thanks to @dir @mostlydylan, the hosts @southernyogagirl @chelctau and, sponsor @onzie. The daily challenge really helped me get back into a regular #asana practice actually going to class 5-7 days a week again after not have been in a class for well over a year. Thanks to those of you who shared that they were motivated to prioritize their practice, try yoga for the first time, or express enthusiasm for me sharing a big part of my life that I never talk about in other areas of my life! And thanks to everyone for their patience with these daily #yoga posts who had absolutely no interest in seeing my butt and such everyday during the month... This is the last one since it's over and we will now resume with our regular programming, whatever that is... #oksoda t-shirt with art by @daniel_clowes, the very bottom of a very large ink drawing by @michael.deforge, and a preliminary watercolor painting for the cover of #megahex by @simon.hanselmann all in there somewhere. #pigeonpress #lifeisfull 🙏🏽 (at Oakland, California)

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TREE -- When I posted the first page from this book I didn't have an intention of posting anymore though lately the texts have felt especially in sync with what I've been experiencing and talking with friends about as well as writing about except articulated much more eloquently in these daily writings. The entry that's for today Augist 2, from the "365 Tao: Daily Meditations" by #dengmingdao is titled "#Tree". I don't really have anything to add except it completely resonates with me. The work, the goals, the success that our culture has evolved into valuing and celebrating and rewarding feels like achievement on the surface, but it's surface and ultimately, that collective encouragement to achieve I feel that pushes us towards something that is endless and #insatiable. Coincidentally, it overlaps in content with a post from the @davidlynchfoundation that I just listened to regarding "#success" - it doesn't last you just want more and more #ambitionmakesyouloookveryuglykickingscreamingguccilittlepiggy @thomyorke. #buddidism #thefournobletruths -- the truth of the cessation of #dukkha (#suffering). #nosmallthing #reprioritizing #selfawareness I guess I do have something to add #my2cents (at Planet Earth)

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When I posted the first page from this book I didn't have an intention of posting anymore though lately the texts have felt especially in sync with what I've been experiencing and talking with friends about as well as writing about except articulated much more eloquently in these daily writings. The entry that's for today Augist 2, from the "365 Tao: Daily Meditations" by #dengmingdao is titled "#Tree". I don't really have anything to add except it completely resonates with me. The work, the goals, the success that our culture has evolved into valuing and celebrating and rewarding feels like achievement on the surface, but it's surface... Coincidentally, it overlaps in content with a post from the @davidlynchfoundation that I just listened to regarding "#success" - it doesn't last you just want more and more #ambitionmakesyouloookveryuglykickingscreamingguccilittlepiggy @thomyorke (at Planet Earth)

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The #originalart by #cartoonist #charlesburns for one of the covers for the long-running #comic #anthology #zerozero edited by the greatly missed #kimthompson, co-founder of @fantagraphics. Published by #fantagraphics. Typically I'm not a huge fan of #comics anthologies but this series was consistently solid from start to finish. Burns's #brush work is #unparalleled IMO, when looking at the actual drawing, it's so precise, controlled and beautiful, it's hard to believe a human hand did it. If you ever get to see one of his originals IRL... Well he's true master... #inkstud #cartoonist #snake #drawing #inkdrawing #mangabigeyes #blackhole #sugarskull #thehive #xedout @pantheonbooks #elborbah #pigeonpressgallery #fromthearchives #NFS (at The Archives)

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Today's page from the "365 Tao: Daily Meditations" by #dengmingdao. Very #timely for me. Everything seems to be going every which way except towards #simplicity. It's #collective -- I feel it in myself pretty intensely lately the #overstimulation with sign posts like having real difficulty really relaxing (especially with these oh so seductive smart phones, and social media like Instagram, I read much in terms of physical books these days while having tea) and also sense this almost scrambling overwhelm in the majority of people around me... These rapid innovations of technology that are supposed to bring ease in connecting us all... I still feel pretty lonely a fair amount. Are these innovations really "progress"? Or seductive distractions bringing out further out of our bodies and the connection to the earth underneath us? #disembodiment (at Oakland, California)

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I unexpectedly got into a posture I've always wanted to for the first time this morning 😁 #padmasanasirsasana (#fulllotusheadstand) Thank you @mostlydylan ❤️ for assisting me to get in to this with stability and support @astayogasf #rocketyoga @yogatreesf (actually #Berkeley, formerly #yogamandala) @yoga_for_the_people @pradeepyoga #rachelmeyer #patanjali and especially @dir and #seanfeit. #asanapractice #yogaeverydamnday #asanaeveryday. #Grateful for the California Bay Area community. #yoga #thosefleetingbutsatifyingmoments #emptiness #dharma #buddha #sangha #bhuddism #faith #nonclinging #coreworkopenspossobility #thelettinggo #nondoing #lessefforting #sometimesitjusthappensoneday #allforbreathandanopenheart #omshantishantishanti #intentionwithoutexpectation #theyogasutras (at the backyard, Oakland, CA, US, planet Earth)

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Late tonight I went to the #Oakland Main Post Office on 7th St. (I love this place, it's one of those buildings that's frozen in time, well kept up and looks exactly like it did 60-70 years ago) to check the business P.O. Box and no one was around. I had a spur of the moment desire to do one of the August Abs #Yoga Challenges. #AugustAbsYC, Day 27: #fullwheel (#urdhvadhanurasana) Thanks to💃🏻Jennifer 📷 @dir, the hosts @southernyogagirl @chelctau and, sponsor @onzie. (at Main Post Office West Oakland)

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Went to the @athenbgallery last night with friends @know_product & @bud_snow. It was a #popupexhibition featuring this installed #onpoint #wallpaper #design by @rat136 -- a #mashup of @Oakland and other #bayarea defining landmarks, as well as some local #groundbreaking icons with a focus on #otown/#eastbay based rappers. #bart 🚈 #fairyland 🐳#portofoakland #ucberkeley #grandlaketheater 🎥 #goldengatebridge 🌁#alcatraz a #victorianhouse (very representative of beautiful #westoakland) #alicewaters 🌿🍗🍑 #dennisrichmond 📺#joemontana 🏉 #angeladavis 📚🎓📣 #macdre 🎤 #tooshort 🔊 #humptyhump 👓👃🏾 #e40 💰 #oaklandhiphop #slowfood #oaklandart #oaklandhiphop (at Athen B. Gallery)

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Another page from one of my #comics fan #sketchbooks that I take with me on my #publishing travels and adventures. This one is @ronregejr's rendering of #jackcole's #plasticman! I love this one. #vintageledger #originalart #cartoonists #buenaventurapress #pigeonpress #pigeonpressgallery (at Oakland, California)

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This text came up a few weeks ago in the book "365 Tao: Daily Meditations" by #dengmingdao. I looked up this page because it corresponded with a friends #birthday Ever since then it's really stuck with me-- #Form, thinking about the subtle difference between, when is it practice as opposed to actually expressing, acting, performing etc.. -- really doing whatever the medium is rather than preparing, that's a lot here... For me it's been relevant to my #asana, music; playing several instruments in earnest at very different levels of recent, and #dance. I like how it uses these forms of artistic expression as examples to #spiritual #practice. It's a short piece but it really branches out and has effected my day-to-day being. If we can focus and be in that moment fully even if in the rudimentary stages of learning something why can't it actually be the doing rather than the preparing. And interesting that this is all under the heading of "form". @dir (at Oakland, California)

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A @benjamjones/#paperrad #pencildrawing from years past of #gumby #pokey #heathcliff #dilbert #adam in one of the #comics #sketchbooks I carried with me on my #publishing related travels and adventures. #buenaventurapress #pigeonpress #newspapercomics #originalart (at Northampton, Massachusetts)