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#tbt Variant Sole group exhibition!? #2013!! LMAO Oh man that's corny AF. What was I thinking? Haha and the corny quote to boot too. One of the first shows I put on by myself after my first OG art bar show. I met the master airbrush artist @damonrowley that night at that art bar show too. Lisa Gloria and I think another cat Leif or Levi Rodgers curated it. It was a hella dope show. The small group of artists I was among were talented and pretty chill. My work @ that time was more concept than skill. Albeit that was the first art show I had done in years. I wasn't even doing much art at the time. I never stopped making art but I wasn't pursuing it. Babies and marriage does that sometimes. After the art bar show I immediately realized I'd rather put on my own shows. You have more freedom and range controlling your own thing. So I put together a group of talented and various art critters and dropped my own show @ the homie Woj's pub in St. Charles, il It went well. We sold some #art and had fun. I put on a few other shows at the House Pub afterwards. My fav was the #awkwardrebelshow Which was the first time I met and showed art with my sister @art_by_betty_heredia !! Dig this. I met B on Instagram. I was bugging out on her work. She had this stream of consciousness style of art that reminded me of a #improvised #jazz vocalist. Mind blown! In talking to her online and seeing her work plus exchanging mail art. I told @dioramascapes ,"we need to do a show and we gotta get #bettyheredia in a group show. She is a long lost soul sister!!" Lol I put 2gether Awkward rebel show. Invited @art_by_betty_heredia out. It was a GREAT show w/ real dope art BUT we didn't have a big turn out. Factors man, external factors like Mayweather/ Pacquiao fight, Kentucky Derby, and NBA finals or some shit. Haha Fools wasn't giving up their sports for the humanities. #supportlocalartists LMAO Regardless,we put on a dope show nuff said. And guess what? Afterwards @dioramascapes was like, "Man, Betty is our long lost soul sister!!" 😂 My wife knowsI'm a seer. Been here 429 lifetimes. Believe! Anyways, the moral is Artists put your own shows together. #freedom ☮️ (at Chicago metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnHDJ-rhB3A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q40ehl2m7alv

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Auto Spasms series

autobiographical rants culled from my journals over the years.

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GOOD MORNING AND PEACE! Don't catch a case of the Mondays sun!! @lumpenradio 's THE ISM SHOW hosted by DJ @art_by_betty_heredia is happening tonight at 4-6pm central time. Tune your dial to WLPN, 105.5 fm www.lumpenradio.com #music #grooves #beats #loops #chops #cuts #chicagomusic #worldmusic #bettyheredia #lumpenradio #theismshow ( Every 2nd and 4th Monday night ism ) #tuneintonight

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From a recent series I drew. I am still editing the photos, I might even have to reshoot. In any case, here is one of the completed works from that series. I used sharpies on bristol board, 19 inches by 24 inches. No preliminary drawings. I take a marker straight to paper, I choose an album, or a mix, and just let the sounds dictate the colors, choices, and imagery..... okay okay, I also had just finished reading an old Iron Man comic. A little subconscious coming through to the conscious.

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#masks #saulsteinberg #drawing #illustration #bettyheredia

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Right now, you can see a collection of my paintings on display and for sale at Rep Chi, a store in Chicago that sells all things repping our beloved town. Not a tourist attraction, kitschy junk sort of place. They actually carry an array of Chicago inspired works by local artists and artisans. Really high quality products. 4425 N. Milwaukee Avenue. www.repchi.com

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No Checks Accepted I been cleaning out my mother’s garage space. Actually the garage space belonged to my Pop. I took over the space when he became too ill to work, after the fire, after he retired and closed up his shop. The fire set him back for sure. The depression that followed was not good for the neural pathways, either. The old man never complained. He was gracious to let me use his garage as an art studio. Sadly, for a time, it became a dumping ground. A spot I store old toxicities; too precious to toss, yet too integral to my self imposed suffering. Every once in a while a spell of artist’s block, resistance, the fear of a blank page pushes me to clean. Now I don’t know where I was going with that previous prose, yet, I’ll publish it. I like the sound of my written voice; what a vain bastarda I am..

I also was cut off trying to publish my post on tumblr from my phone. Ah well. Long story short, no flowery words here, I converted my parents’ garage into a gallery. I will post more images this week. Not a lot of time left for you to see it. If you’re in the Chicago area, hit me up for info. Or stay tuned to future posts. Oh and these are all images of old works. I mean really old works. But it makes sense to where I am now. I really don’t care about making sense. Imma just gonna write. It’s my tumblr page, & I’ll do what I want to. Are you still there? Hello?

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Life Before Death: Hey Pa, Today I Stepped Outside

This is a true story of events. Cooped up in my apartment, working on drawings, I decided to go outside. While standing outside my front door, I witness an old man being followed by a crow. And well, you’ll see as I saw, a 3 legged dog, a meter maid with one leg, and me unable to balance on one leg. My father had just passed away and I was grieving. We were very close, and one of the few people in my life that I felt a bond with. He was the person I credit for wanting to be a story teller. He was an excellent story teller. Growing up, he often told me that every generation in a family has a storyteller. That it was a tradition of keeping people alive. My father though, could spin some far fetched stories. I credit him as well as my comics teacher, Ivan as a huge inspiration and influence to write & draw comics.

As depicted in this mini-comic, when I fell, and started to laugh, I realized it was the first time I had really laughed in a long time. It felt good. While I don’t believe the art is that strong, I am proud of this one. I read a comics reviewer say that the panels conveyed a feeling of claustrophobia. I’ll take it!

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Blasphemous Qoute- get it?! qoute is spelled incorrectly. Quotes! What do they do??!! Become memes, silly.

Here are some of the pages from a coloring book I created & put together, last fall. I have come a long way since then, in terms of growth. So much more still to do.

Believe it or not, this coloring and activity book, was the bravest thing I had done at that point in my life. I was not aware of how much worrying, and paralysis by analysis controls my life. MEEEE???? Neurotic?! No fucken way!! But I am. And fuck it, I gotta be me. Besides, how many of you dig this? Plenty. I’m putting out what all of us feel.

It felt like a release creating it. While I cared about the final product, I also had to put the brakes on worrying too much. Once I felt ownership, it was a proud moment. I’m still proud of this. I felt so exposed once I put it out there..... Look, man, I have lived in fear, wrapped up like a Travis Bickle, in his morbid self- attention for waaaaay too long..... Baby steps. Baby steps.....

There are copies available at Quimby’s, Chicago Comics, and Pilsen Outpost. Or you can message me if you would like to purchase a copy.

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This piece is inspired by Roc Raida's Crossfaderz: A Turntablist's Throwdown. I pick an album to listen to, pick up the marker(s) & don't put it down until the last sound. Try not to think, just feel it out. 8in x 8in, marker on vellum #musicinspiredart #RocRaida #turntablism #hiphop #mix #illustrations #music #xecutioners #keepItReal #stopTrying #meditation #bettyHeredia #artbyBettyHeredia #artforsale

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This one is just a beginning. I’m thinking I might redraw it. Trying something different. Work in progress.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYSvzKAaE8)

An animation I made as a student. I keep talking about animations and making new ones and well, I’m just talking. Let’s check back in a year.- a month... Soundscape designed by John Garza

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Life Before Death: Cursing God

Comic series based on my memoirs about my family.

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Auto Spasms No. 1: Self Absorbed

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Auto Spasms No. 1

Hay Que Luchar, as my Pop used to tell me. keep it Moving.

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This comic as part of AutoSpasms series, was originally titled: A letter to the letdown. At the time I wrote it, I was besides myself crying. As therapy I drew myself as the heroine of my own melodrama. By the time I completed the inking, I had enough distance to understand that relationships go through phases. Sometimes they end. We are all centaurs, humans mixed with the bestial passions of demons. Forgive and keep it moving.