Some great stuff is coming down the pipeline here at Mysterylab Media Studios.

I’m on the home stretch of creating a 4 1/2 minute animated art video for Catwalk, a song by Santa Cruz-based freak-folk singer-songwriter, Rin Eric. I don’t see how Rin could miss with this one; all the available stats indicate that cat-themed videos are consistently among the most viewed on YouTube.  The narrative documents the moonlit escapades of an unusually friendly yet oddball feline as he approaches and interacts with two bandmates who are discussing the direction of their respective musical destinies on a nighttime walk.  The video I’m creating owes a debt of gratitude to the sky in Van Gogh’s Starry Night, but with a slippery fluidity and vividness to the movement of the paintstrokes.  Look for that in about four more weeks.

This weekend we greeted hundreds, maybe thousands, of visitors who came out to check out S.C. County Open Studios — 17th Ave style.  Thanks to all who braved the heat.

I showed some new works that explore some materials I’ve not used before, and I confess I’ve gone a bit mad with two different types of acrylic crackle medium.  The time gap between applying the medium and seeing how it cracks after it dries is probably a bit like taking your hands off the joystick for a few moments while you’re flying a plane.  The control freak in me screams no, but when the wonders of modern polymer chemistry briefly take charge of your work, a bit of magic unfolds.

Stand by for more images from the show…