I am honored to be a part of this upcoming
Art Show in February '09
at the fabulous Halloween Town's Gallery-"The Parlour"!


Go to The Parlour Myspace site or go to
The Parlour at Halloween Town for more info!

Ahhh, yes.. The Bush Legacy Bus. They have just revived the bus tour and added a new "leg"
of the tour through Iraq inspired by the most recent addition to his historic legacy!

What more can I say?

Hmm, $30 million is not too much for executive compensation, but the lower middle class auto workers need to take a pay cut to compete with Non-Union workers working for foreign car companies like Toyota in the Southern states...Kashkari-logic

My Latest photoshop charicature!

Henry Paulson-AKA The Joker, holds Gotham City hostage. "Pay up or face dire consequences!" he says!#6.
I was totally inspired to create this Photoshop charicature after seeing The Dark Night, the parallels are uncanny. But we don't have The Batman to save us, we have W. So folks, as Gerald Celante said, this is a bloodless coup d'etat. Its a DC Heist by Wall Street Gangs. Not sure what us regular folks will be left with other than a lifetime of debt to pay for others mansions in Dubai.

So, if anyone is actually visiting this site...he, he...
Please note there is a new blogger site called Red Eye Art!
It is to be a collection of artists ( many work in animation) that have decided enough is enough! Time to put our stuff in our own book!
YAY! Please go visit often and check it out as the artists
start posting images and notes about themselves.
Hope you enjoy! The above logo for Red Eye site is ⓒ Ben Lane's.

http://redeyeart.blogspot.com/

Or click on Red Eye Art Book on right on my links list.

Can you feel it?
Its getting cooler at night. Sunset is earlier and earlier.
Halloween shops popping up all over!
Yes! Its that time. The image of the abbey is a composite of photos and images composited in photoshop for a class I took last year. Been waiting for the right time of year to post it!

Thanks to everyone who went to the Clone Wars "Designing the Clone Wars Universe" panel and visited Russ' table at Comic Con 2008! We met a lot of people, thanks for the compliments & the purchases. Russ's online store is not ready yet, but keep in touch at www.artrgc.com it will be coming soon.
To see a video of Russell talk about the process to bring the Y-Wing back, go to The Clone Wars Comic Con panel "Designing the Clone Wars Universe" at:
http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=194&itemid=13685

Hey everyone,
Remember Halloween is just around the corner!
You can view and buy a couple of art giclees designed and painted by me for the Halloween and Tiki lover in your life at this groovyonline gallery.
Check out the 2 links below!
Click on links, then scroll down and send email to buy, its that easy!


http://creaturefeatures.com/art.php?RECORD_KEY%28OSArtDatabase%29=IDNUMBER&IDNUMBER(OSArtDatabase)=A0055


http://creaturefeatures.com/art.php?RECORD_KEY%28OSArtDatabase%29=IDNUMBER&IDNUMBER(OSArtDatabase)=A0054

Hey! I found this music video I did a little work on many years ago. It is Lisa Stansfield's "Time To Make you Mine". I was in between jobs and I got to work on the coy fish tattoo sequence of this video. You'll see it , it's a gold coy swimming through a cloudy sky a la Magritte. I also did some work on one of the wings on the arm.
I am not sure the company still exists-SNEAK Pictures, and I have long forgotten who the Director was. Which is terrible because he was really cool and NICE! ( I must remember...) I also got to meet Director Tarsem Singh who dropped by because he was friends with our Director. He knew he was a hot shot & liked to flirt with the ladies! Ahem.
Anyway, its a blast from the past. It was pre-Digital effects, all the tattoos were all hand drawn and painted! I don't know who did the other drawings & color, but of course it was a mad rush job.

ARTISTS BEWARE-STAY INFORMED ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF YOUR WORKS and possible future changes to copyright laws!!!#6.

I originally posted the following: PLEASE take the time to read this extremely pertinent article about this unbelievable bill that may soon be passed into law if we all do not take action. Please do what you can to help stop it. It affects artists of all kinds, and it is a BIG one. Please pass it on.

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3605

Copy paste link above to go to Animation World Magazine website for article on Orphaned Art bill and interviews with Illustrator Brad Holland!

I think we all need to bring light to this information so thank you for informing yourself. Please read the following links, which includes a link (1st one)to a blog which is a rebuttal to the above link:


http://maradydd.livejournal.com/374886.html



http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/

My husband Russell Chong just launched a new website of his art.
Its still under construction so check back weekly as new art goes up. Refer to my favorite links list on right column and go to RGC: The Art of Russell Chong.
His work is really amazing and he is one of the main Designers/Visual Conceptual Artist on the new
Star Wars: "The Clone Wars" CG-Animated series being made by Lucasfilm Animation-(Supervising Director Dave Filoni). Russell also worked on the vignettes series of "Star Wars: Clone Wars" directed by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network a few years back as a Background Painter. Go through his television work and see some fun designs. His fine art is really mind blowing too. Enjoy his stuff.
For more info on the upcoming release of Star Wars: "The Clone Wars" see below.

Click here to go to Star Wars website for new trailer!

Here is my Brother Ed Galvez in his Verizon Wireless Viva!Vision Vlog-AwesomeDude30!#6. Previously in Episode 4, he announced his bid for the White House. Here is his interview with Mike Huckabee. Google AwesomeDude30 to see more of his Vlogs!

So Happy New Year! I decided to post this little watercolor done on the spot at Joshua Tree a few years back. I love the park, as Lawrence of Arabia said " I like the desert because it is clean".

I love doing color studies on location , but haven't been able to do many the past few years. I look forward to getting some time back later this year to be able to do weekend trips to paint again. I'll keep digging up pieces that aren't necessarily slick, but have meaning to me. Well, until next time, goodnight!