The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

“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...

November 8, 2010 by denny

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“Diva Sister-Girl” – a painting by Denny

Patti LaBelle and my love of 70’s soul was the inspiration behind this one....

November 7, 2010 by denny

Feelin’ groovy in 2010…

No this was not snapped in 1970…but today 2010! Just hours ago, I pull over and parked just to get this vintage VW van from all sides&...

November 1, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Ballerina painting on canvas

I love this mostly because of the insane way her face is painted and the gigantic poofy, pink skirt! This hangs in my bathroom now and that&...

October 27, 2010 by denny

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...

October 23, 2010 by denny

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Weeping, Floating, Crying Waif Head

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October 22, 2010 by oscar

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Fine Art Meets Kitschenette…

Early “Kitschenette” appreciated at the MOMA. Created in 1963 by Tom Wesselmann. A three demensional collage comes to life at th...

October 15, 2010 by MyFunCloset

Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 20

As opposed to being an actual marching band version of my song, “September”, this is a little film made for the high school band...

October 11, 2010 by Allee Willis

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 ...

September 20, 2010 by Allee Willis

Who?

I bought this painting-on-a-board from a man selling junk on the side of the road in Beatty, Nevada. A friend of mine is working on a docume...

September 18, 2010 by Mark Blackwell

A tribute to September 11

Within days of the tragic attack on our country, September 11, 2001, Bob created this personal tribute honoring our country’s heroes w...

September 13, 2010 by MyFunCloset

Denny’s Adventures in Prudence Fenton’s “The House of Prudence” (Part 8 – August 2010)

This is Tri-Kitty. He or she (I didn’t get enough time to get to know the felines here) had a leg removed and is quite comfortable in ...

September 7, 2010 by denny

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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&...

September 6, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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...

September 1, 2010 by MeshuggaMel

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Denny’s Adventures in Prudence Fentons’ “The House of Prudence” (Part 4 – August 2010)

These incredibly framed creations were a gift to Prudence from her friend Paul. I believe these are 3-dimensional in design and are made of ...

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Edith’s Head

I snapped this photo in the lounge at the Country House of the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills– the “Old Ac...

August 31, 2010 by Douglas Wood

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The powder rooms

A few pictures from my grandmother’s house. Her house is so groovy even the bathrooms are cool! First, the master bath. Note the silve...

August 30, 2010 by MeshuggaMel

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Grandma’s rec room and wet bar

Even growing up, I knew my grandparents where sophisticated. They’re house was decorated like no other I’d ever seen, or, frankl...

August 29, 2010 by MeshuggaMel

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“Morten” Salt Art

I came across this salty, semi-cylindrical, clay art piece at Route 66 Thrift out in the middle of nowhere in the California desert town of ...

August 28, 2010 by Mark Blackwell

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...

August 22, 2010 by Markydoodle

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Zebra art Zebra frame…

Snapped an hour ago at a tag sale. A signed edition silk screen piece of a zebra really clicked for me in this bold stripe painted frame . P...

August 20, 2010 by MyFunCloset

REMEMBERING ELVIS…

August 16, 1977… It looks like a big week at Graceland… This is the 1963 Andy Warhol “Triple Elvis”… http://ww...

August 18, 2010 by k2dtw

John Lennon Graffitti

This is a photograph of graffitti on a bridge abutment. To me, it sums up the feelings of many people of how much he will be missed....

August 13, 2010 by Bob Ramsdell

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More of two frogs hugging…

From a recent comment on Nessa’s frog post… I too love frogs. These are the remaining two frog pieces I cherish most. This was p...

August 4, 2010 by MyFunCloset