The Israel Sanchez Bliog

Recent Work!

2011-11-07T20:37:00.000-08:00

Here are some paintings from recent shows. The first is a small one for the Kansas City Humane Society's "Art Unleashed" silent auction, my friend Jen Rarey helps organize it every year. So much great art is created for it, check some out at the link.

The next two paintings are ones I did for a couple of tribute shows, the "It's A Small World" show at Gallery Nucleus and the Bill Murray themed "Please Post Bills" show at Gallery 1988.

I hope you are all having a good fall season so far.

Some Summer Stuff

2011-07-19T15:55:00.000-07:00

Here is some new stuff that I have been working on. The first is a John Muir painting for an upcoming show at the Rivet gallery. All of the paintings will feature the butt kicking ghost, his friends, and enemies.

Next is a wooden bat figure given to me by artist Gary Ham to paint. Gary has been creating awesome custom and vinyl figures for a long time, every year he forms a one-two punch with Scott Tolleson at their Comic Con booth. The bat started out as a blank form, he is painted with cel vinyl and named "Dapper Chiro". Check him out along with all of Gary and Scott's art at Comic Con booth #4836.

The bottom two paintings are quick ent designs I came up with. It's been a while since I've painted any of these guys, at least one will be in an upcoming John Muir painting. Stay tuned!

New Work, Kind Of

2011-03-01T17:46:00.000-08:00

It's been another long while since I've posted, and so to avoid making a bunch of individual posts I'm just going to put a bunch of art in one. These are mostly paintings from shows that have happened over the past few months. They include a 'Day of the Dead' show at Subtext Gallery and some shows at Gallery 1988. The 1988 shows are-

"Is This Thing On?" A tribute to comedians, I got Phil Hartman.

"The Road To Shermer" A tribute to John Hughes.

"Crazy 4 Cult" The painting of Danny from "The Shining" will be included in an upcoming book about the Crazy 4 Cult shows coming out this summer.

And the last painting is for the "Harry Potter Tribute Blog" (lots of tributes these days). The blog is in anticipation of a show coming to Gallery Nucleus in July. A cool thing about this one is that anyone can submit artwork to be considered for the blog. So check it out, and get that painting you made of you and Harry getting married out to Nucleus.

Thanks for looking, I hope you all are having a good new year.

Israel

Don't die blog. Don't die!

2010-09-24T19:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent paintings, done mostly as self promotion pieces. I didn't notice until they were all together that I like using clouds to fill in empty space, the secret is out!

Facebook is killing my blog.

2010-04-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the not posting regularly like I said I would. Here's a new painting for a show at Lulubell Toy Bodega. The show is called "Almost True" and features artwork depicting historical events, this painting shows the first alien crush on a human in outer space. Woowoo.

Power In Numbers 2009

2010-01-05T17:04:00.000-08:00

Here's my painting for the Power In Numbers show at Nucleus last month. It was another year of lots of great artwork by tons of talented people, see all the art here.

New Art?!

2010-01-04T02:33:00.000-08:00

The six month break is over so I'll be posting new artwork over the next few days until I catch up with what I'm working on now. Happy New Year!

This work is from a show at Subtext in November with painters Sandra Equihua and Matte Stephens. What a great pair of artists to show with and an awesome gallery to show in.

Titmices

2009-07-30T00:39:00.000-07:00

Chris and Shannon Prynoski, owners of Titmouse Animation, have their studio lobby filled with titmouse bird themed paintings and they asked me to do one, so here it is.

Crazy 4 Cult.

2009-07-13T21:22:00.000-07:00

Hi. Here's my painting for Thursday's "Crazy 4 Cult" show at Gallery 1988. Cool preview pieces are on their blog. This year's opening will be hosted by Weird Al Yankovic!

Where The Wild Things Are painting

2009-06-09T17:53:00.000-07:00

Here's the finished painting. I like the idea of Max's room turning into the forest without him having to go through a door or portal. Here's the "Terrible Yellow Eyes" blog again, Cory Godbey just added a bunch of new work since last time. Justin Gerard's blows me away, I hope he makes a print of it.

"Wild Things" Sketch

2009-06-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

I'm finishing up a "Where The Wild Things Are" painting for the Terrible Yellow Eyes blog. This is one of the sketches I started off with to get the juices flowing. I'll post the painting soon.

Jab Strong Fierce

2009-05-13T19:02:00.000-07:00

I finally got a scan of my painting, "18 Years Later", for the "Jab Strong Fierce" show at Gallery Nucleus. What would happen if Guile and Blanka saw each other at a bar today?

Idiot Box at 1988

2009-04-06T18:15:00.000-07:00

Almost forgot to mention the "Idiot Box" show at Gallery 1988. This show celebrates guilty pleasure TV shows, not sure if "The Twilight Zone" counts as guilty pleasure but I picked "To Serve Man", one of the best episodes.

The painting got purchased and mentioned by Harry Knowles at Ain't It Cool News, so that's cool.

On The Scaly Shoulders Of Giants

2009-03-31T16:02:00.000-07:00

The show is up! I've posted many of the paintings on this blog but you can check out the rest here. This one is called "Rumble Time."

Smaug

2009-03-24T17:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring, here's another painting for my upcoming Gallery1988.5 online show called "On The Scaly Shoulders Of Giants." The show is up on March 28th.

Snow Paintings

2009-02-18T03:04:00.000-08:00

I really like painting snow scenes. I'm pretty sure it goes back to visiting my cousin in snowy Wrightwood, CA when I was a kid, and of course the Hoth scenes from "The Empire Strikes Back."

The Giant's Lair

2009-02-03T16:10:00.000-08:00

Here's a new painting for an upcoming show. It's gouache on paper but the tree guy is a piece of cut out paper to make him stand out a bit more.

Monsters Vs. Aliens

2009-01-29T17:55:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm finishing up a painting to post soon but until then I wanted to let you all know that at the beginning of the Super Bowl half-time a commercial for the new movie "Monsters Vs. Aliens" will air. My friend Josh Pruett was a story artist on the movie which is very cool. Like the movie the spot will be in 3-D which you need glasses for, which you can pick up at most grocery stores, which is where you need to go anyway because you are probably out of milk.

Under the Influence: A Tribute to The Beastie Boys

2009-01-06T19:23:00.000-08:00

UPDATE! See the show is online here.

This Thursday night "Under the Influence" opens at Gallery 1988, this year we are honoring The Beastie Boys.

"Licensed To Ill" was THE album to have in sixth grade at Benito Juarez Elementary in Anaheim and "Paul Revere" was THE song to have memorized, then why did I pick to paint "Intergalactic"? I don't know.

I'll put up a link to the show when it goes online so you can check check check it out in the comfort of your own home. Oh yeah, I picked "Intergalactic" so I could paint a robot alien.

Character Doodles

2008-12-30T16:17:00.000-08:00

Here's a page of characters done for fun.

And check out this cool Flickr set of kid game cards.

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-18T10:49:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas and all that stuff!

New Painting and Many Thanks

2008-12-09T22:19:00.000-08:00

A brand new painting of some Ents doing their thing.

Here's a link to some pictures of the "Hey You Guys!" event, thanks to Buz Carter for posting them. And thanks to everyone who made it out that night, it was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Watching "The Goonies" on the big screen so cool! With a raffle and art auction happening before the movie there was a lot going on but the whole night went smoothly. "Hey You Guys!" raised over $2000 for Donors Choose.

Special thanks to Sean Szeles and Kellie Smith for helping out with the auction. Each of the organizers was reponsible for getting a few artists to contribute artwork and the two of them created a couple of beautiful "The Neverending Story" pieces for us.

We are already talking about doing the event again with another movie!

"Hey You Guys!" Auction is Up!

2008-11-11T17:28:00.001-08:00

The charity art auction for our "Hey You Guys!" event is up and running, you can see and bid on artwork here. This is my item, a Mama Fratelli wooden figure, everything starts at $50 so head over and see if anything catches your eye.

A reminder that this Saturday we'll be screening "The Goonies" at the Rialto Theater in South Pasadena. You'll be able to see the artwork in person and after the screening we'll be raffling off some great prizes including items signed by the cast! All the info is here, see you there!

Lauren's Halloween Costume

2008-11-01T15:16:00.001-07:00

I hope you all had a good Halloween. Here's the costume me and my sister made for our niece Lauren.

Imaginary Friends Show

2008-11-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

I'll be showing new stuff at the "Imaginary Friends" show opening at Gallery 1988 San Francisco this coming Friday. If you're in the area come check it out, the show will also include work by Andrew Bell, Cherri Wood, Ken Garduno, Scott Campbell, and Yoskay Yamamoto. Here's one of my paintings from the show.

Hey You Guys!

2008-10-22T14:31:00.000-07:00

Announcement! On Saturday, November 15th some friends and I are putting on a charity screening of the classic movie "The Goonies" at the Rialto Theater in South Pasadena. The night will include a raffle and 80's kid movie themed art auction. It all benefits "Donors Choose" a charity that buys art supplies for classrooms around the country.

The auction starts on November 10th at ttgcharity.com and will finish on the night of the event so if you have to have one of the pieces be sure to make it out to the screening so you can outbid your competition. We're also going to have some special Goonie related prizes in the raffle along with other surprises. Stay tuned for updates, I hope you all can make it out, do it for the kids!

http://ttgcharity.com/

http://www.donorschoose.org/homepage/main.html

Rialto Theater
1023 Fair Oaks Ave.
South Pasadena, CA 91030

Saturday, November 15th
7 to 11PM

Auction Artists:

Pascal Campion
Clio Chang
Phil Craven
Mike Daley
Sandra Equihua
Alex Fuentes
Ryan Hernandez
Amy Kim Kibuishi
Dana Lamb
Richard Pose
Josh Pruett
Justin Ridge
Israel Sanchez
Stephen Silver
Kellie Smith
Sean Szeles
Eren Unten

Beatles Do This!

2008-09-23T16:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a piece of art I just finished for the Gallery 1988 show "Cover Band". Each artist was given an album sleeve to paint on using the cover image as a starting point. I had to break out the old cel vinyls for this one. The album cover didn't take the paint easily and dried super slow (hairdrying it made the paint clump) but I'm happy with how it came out and curious to see what everyone else did. There will be 50 albums altogether all rock and roll.

The show opens on October 7th.

Nick Magazine Comic

2008-08-25T15:21:00.000-07:00

If you're in the super market anytime soon check out the new issue of "Nickelodeon Magazine" with a one page comic by me called "The Haircut." Here's the entire Act 1 to get you hooked.

Great Grand Show Online

2008-08-25T15:14:00.001-07:00

Thanks to everyone who made it out the the opening of the "Great Great Grand Show", it was a fun night and all of the artwork came together nicely. Everything is online here and most of it will be collected in a catalog coming out in early October which you can pre-order here. Thanks again, it was good seeing everyone who made it out.

The Great Great Grand Show

2008-08-12T15:10:00.000-07:00

"The Great, Great,Grand Show" opens this Saturday from 7-11 PM at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra. The show will feature new historical themed paintings by me, Scott Campbell, Jon Klassen, and Graham Annable. Graham is going to premiere a new short film called "From Whence Before Times" which I hear is the bomb. The night will include old time piano music to keep you entertained and free booze to keep you drunk. Come out, I hope to see you there!

Comic Con Book

2008-07-16T15:36:00.000-07:00

Here's the cover for my Comic Con Book, "The Art of Io 5." It's filled with a bunch of the artwork I've done over the past year along with some sketch pages. I'll also have five copies that come with a small character painting. Come visit me at "The Those Guys" booth 1033, books will also be available at Stuart Ng Books(5012) and the Flight Comics Booth(1228). See you there!

Wolfman

2008-07-02T16:31:00.000-07:00

Here's an updated image of my wolfman character for the "Great Grand Show" flyer. Nucleus is going to make it look like an old time ticket with die cut edges. Cool.

Great Grand Show Character Design

2008-06-17T16:39:00.000-07:00

Here's a character that will appear in my artwork for the upcoming "Great Grand Show" at Gallery Nucleus in August. The theme is historical artwork and I'm in the show with some super talented chaps, stay tuned.

"One To Grow On" Online

2008-05-21T19:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who showed up for the "One To Grow On" opening. There was a lot of great work in the show, my favorites were the E.T. paintings by Scott Campbell. You can see the whole show online here.

Zion Park

2008-05-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

Another image from the show. The setting for this painting was inspired by a recent trip to Zion Park in Utah.

Trapped!

2008-05-15T16:34:00.001-07:00

Just dropped off the paintings at the gallery in time for the opening on Tuesday night. Here's another painting called "Trapped!"

Wizard Bear Versus Ent

2008-05-07T14:17:00.000-07:00

Long time no post. Here's a painting from the upcoming "One To Grow On" show at Gallery 1988, the show opens on May 20th. Stay tuned for more stuff.

Happy Birthday Josh!

2008-03-21T14:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to friend, schoolmate, Dreamworks artist, and all around "good guy" Josh Pruett. He likes zombies.

"Power In Numbers" Painting

2008-03-18T14:19:00.000-07:00

Here's my painting for the "Power In Numbers" show at Gallery Nucleus opening April 12th. Every painting will measure 5x7 inches, be priced at $100, and %20 of the money will go to the Make A Wish Foundation. See the full artist list here.

Twins Color Comp

2008-03-17T15:46:00.000-07:00

Here's the Photoshop color comp for the next "One To Grow on" painting.

The Blossom Eaters

2008-03-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

Here's the final goauche painting of "The Blossom Eaters." It's for a May show at Gallery 1988 called "...And That's One To Grow On!" Stay tuned for more.

Drawing and Color Comp

2008-02-21T15:48:00.000-08:00

Here's a line drawing and color comp for a new goauche painting. Have a good weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T15:28:00.001-08:00

Character Designs. More.

2008-01-24T14:37:00.001-08:00

A Flower For Bigfoot

2008-01-23T14:03:00.000-08:00

Yet Another Character Design

2008-01-15T15:14:00.000-08:00

One more, for a different story though!

Character Designs

2008-01-14T14:04:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of character designs for a new short comic I'm working on for Flight Volume 5.

Margot

2008-01-07T15:55:00.000-08:00

Here's a painting of Margot from "The Royal Tenenbaums", I like this movie more every time I watch it.

Thor Painting Sketches

2008-01-03T14:44:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the drawings I made before making the final Thor painting. As you can see, the original idea was to have the Thor hitting the bad guy out of the left side. At the last minute I flipped the drawing so that when you read it from left to right you see Thor swinging the hammer before you see the guy flying.

Stan Lee Show at Gallery 1988

2008-01-02T13:37:00.000-08:00

Here's my contribution to the "Under The Influence: A Tribute To Stan Lee" show, opening this Tuesday, January 8th at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. The show will feature interpretations of many of the characters that Stan helped create for Marvel Comics. Be there and be square!

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-24T15:21:00.000-08:00

Showdown!

2007-12-13T12:58:00.000-08:00

Here's the final painting for the "Nature of Water" show opening at Gallery Nucleus on January 5th. It should be a great show. Peace!

Nature of Water sketch

2007-12-03T15:15:00.000-08:00

Here's the sketch for a painting I'm working on for the "Nature of Water" show at Gallery Nucleus next month. Drawing all those little guys seemed like a good idea until I realized that I'd have to paint them all.

Tree Trimming 2 Show

2007-11-28T15:14:00.000-08:00

Opening this Saturday at the JFlynn Gallery in Costa Mesa is the "Tree Trimming 2" show. It will feature one of a kind Christmas ornaments created by a number of artists including Calef Brown, Jaime Zollars, Megan Brain, and me. Here are some pictures of my ornament, "Twohead Christmas" made out of wood and painted in cel vinyl. Come check it out, the opening is from 7-10PM.

Demon Party

2007-11-16T14:12:00.000-08:00

A new 4x6 painting.

Perch Number 2

2007-11-06T15:37:00.000-08:00

Here's a new gouache painting done on Sunday. It's another version of a painting called "Euclid's Tree" made over the summer for the "Packed and Loaded" show at Gallery 1988.

Stop Hitting Yourself!

2007-10-31T15:45:00.000-07:00

A quick gouache painting done for fun.

Max Fischer

2007-10-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

Revised Comp

2007-10-22T15:57:00.000-07:00

I realized that the monster looked too much like a giant kid and not enough like a monster so I tweaked his design a bit, which also made me make some changes to the color.

Twohead Show and Tell

2007-10-19T16:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a Photoshop color comp for a new painting. I want to come up with a story about a kid who brings a twoheaded monster to class for show and tell, hopefully this gives me some inspiration when it's done.

Also, the "Cereal Killers" book was recently mentioned on Newsweek's blog and on Drawn.ca. I can't wait to see the finished book.

Marble Monster

2007-10-19T16:35:00.000-07:00

Here's the finished painting of the "Marble Monster" that I posted about a while back. It's a bit bigger than I usually work, about 20x16 done in goauche.

Blazin' Radials

2007-10-11T15:36:00.000-07:00

Here's my contribution to the upcoming "Cereal Killers" art book, a collection of monster themed breakfast cereal art. The book will feature work by some amazing artists including Lou Romano, Bill Wray, and Craig McKracken. It'll be out by the end of the year, check out some of the work at the Cereal Killers Blog.

Fire Breathing Cyborg Bear

2007-10-01T14:21:00.001-07:00

Seventh Day Flyer

2007-09-26T13:44:00.000-07:00

Here's the front of an event flyer I designed and painted for a friend of mine.

Cel Vinyl Painting

2007-09-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

Here's a painting for Andy Krelle's "The Vines Group Project." Friend and CSUF alumni Andy came up with the idea to link a bunch of wooden panels with a painted line. He invited a group of artists to paint on them incorporating the line into their image. He then assembled the finished panels on his wall for everyone to check out at his yearly barbecue. I hope I'm getting mine back.

Hobo Scarecrow

2007-09-18T18:09:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick painting of a character I came up with.

Comps

2007-09-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

Here's a sketchpage and color comp for a painting I'm working on right now, I'll post the finished version soon.

Two Headed Monster

2007-09-07T14:08:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick character design painting I made last night. It measures about 5x7 inches and is painted in gouache.

Geek Love

2007-09-05T15:16:00.000-07:00

Here's a recent painting done as a "thank you" gift for producer Scott Mosier. Scott helped organize and promote Gallery 1988's "Crazy For Cult" show in July. Owner Jensen Karp commissioned me to make a painting from Scott's favorite book, "Geek Love." This scene shows boy "Chick" using his telekinetic powers to lift and chop meat to feed the tigers at his family's carnival. His sister "Oly", an albino dwarf, looks on.