Sneak peek at Amy Crehore's Dreamgirls and Ukes show

Sour Harvest has a couple of sneak peek photos of paintings in Amy Crehore's upcoming art exhibition, Dreamgirls and Ukes.

My solo exhibit at Thinkspace (February 13-March 6, 2009) is entitled Dreamgirls and Ukes. In this show, I will feature a new series of oil paintings of playful, iconic nudes and introduce some new characters (in addition to my cats, pierrots and monkeys): a lion, a tortoise, and large flying insects. Ukuleles will play a role in these narratives, giving the works musical ambience. Some of these dream sequences will take place in nature, others in curtained rooms.

I am also painting over a dozen antique ukuleles as part of this exhibit. Most of these instruments are from the American ukulele boom of the 1920’s. I have personally hand-picked a collection that represents a variety of styles and designs including banjo ukes, mahogany and koa ukes, as well as art deco novelty ukes. On these ukes, I will incorporate motifs from my paintings, plus I’ll be adding creative type and logo design. My long-time music partner, Lou Reimuller, is also a luthier and he has lovingly restored each of these instruments. These ukes are all “players” as well as fine art objects.

Dreamgirls and Ukes by Amy Crehore

• [Another Aaron]

  Yes, we do.

  Does anyone care about INBOULDER’s opinion?

  No, not really.

• [jahknow]

  Ukuleles might just be the Greatest American Musical Instrument. Amy Crehore is rather cool as well.

• [David Newland]

  The combination of fine art and ukuleles should be celebrated by all, but for uke players the really great news is that you can actually play the ukes.

  NICE!