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Bette Midler, 2010 – a painting by Denny
Well I actually did start out with the intentions of painting Miss Midler but as always, I’m about inspiration and NOT always about ac...
Egg Head, 2010 – a painting by Denny
I have no idea why I got the idea for “Egg Head” when sitting in a Bio-Pscyhe lecture but here he is. The eyes just kill me....
Auntie Shirlie age 50 by Ellen age 6
My birthday portrait from my niece Ellen age 6yrs how youthful she has made me …love the crazy red mouth....
“The Sheriff” – a painting by Denny
As if people didn’t already know this but I’m a huge fan of exaggerated features when I paint. This is a recent one I call ̶...
“The Gangster” – a painting by Denny
Inspired by god knows what with this one! Looks like a cross between Ruth Buzzie and Dom DeLouise so I guess that’s kinda fab consider...
“Diva Sister-Girl” – a painting by Denny
Patti LaBelle and my love of 70’s soul was the inspiration behind this one....
R.I.P., aKitschionado Monica Johnson
Sadly, aKitschionado, Monica Johnson, whose artwork abounds here at AWMOK, passed away on Monday. Although she never revealed it here, in ad...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 55A- August 2010)
You just never know when you will be out and need to use a comb. Thank god this comb is more then ready to accommodate two heads. Comes with...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Xavier Cugat Cork
Revered as much for his marriage to cuchi-cuchi girl, Charo, as for his spreading the gospel of bouncy Latin music and rhythm, Xavier Cugat ...
Denny’s Adventure’s in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 40 – August 2010)
Here we have “the consultant”, just one of the plates in “Bubbles the Artists’ line of soul dinnerware. There are pl...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Judging CANstruction
I’ve always been intrigued with label design, especially when appearing on cans, as the designer has to take the roundness into consid...
Carnival Time!
This is an entry in our local Carnival. There is an elderly lady who enters each year and dresses up her mobility car and enters the Carniva...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Jungle Animal” (Theoretically) Coming Tomorrow!
For the last few months I’ve been holed away in the creative jungle known as my desk trying to complete a long-distance collaboration ...
The man behind DEVO…
Just this past Wednesday we had creative jolt at “Studio 2091”, a collective group showing at an art gallery in Cuyahoga Falls O...
The Model T
I think are quite a few car lovers on the AWMOK and I’m certainly one of them. I grew up working on cars with my dad (or well, getting...
Unemployment and Decoupage
About 12 years ago, in between gigs, I had way too much time on my hands and was actually starting to enjoy not working. One day I started c...
We No Speak Americano (featuring, Cleary & Harding)
Would like to have these two over for dinner…....
A 1962 Keane…Boy and Poodle
Even this poodle has big eyes just like his owner. I can’t remember seeing boys as Keane’s subjects very often, but then, there&...
My yiddishe grand-momele, and her tchochkes
last in the series from my grandmother’s house, the items around the house that weren’t easily categorized by theme or location....
mom’s paintings
not kitsch, but from a very kitsch heavy era – my mom was a prolific artist from when she was a young girl, creating many paintings. S...
Cyndi’s College Owl
Cyndi made this in college after we married. I will never forget how hard she worked on it for a class she was taking (grades mattered to he...
REMEMBERING ELVIS…
August 16, 1977… It looks like a big week at Graceland… This is the 1963 Andy Warhol “Triple Elvis”… http://ww...













