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Wall Owls in 3-D!!!

How wise the owl. How stately in demeanor. How awesome in ceramic 3-D! These fine fowl sit regally on a burlap board, and are enhanced by th...

Kitschy Cat Painting

I saw this fantastic one-of-a-kind painting of a smoking cat in a hat at an estate sale. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the good sense t...

Blue Lady

This is a print of the classic Tretchikoff “Blue Lady”. It’s big, about 2 feet by 3 feet. Like the Mona Lisa, the blue lad...

Happy Owl Family

This loving Owl Family is the handiwork of one Mary Lou Pratt, dated 1973 on the back. It looks good and hokey enough to have earned a place...

Kool Kats

We all know that the kool kats are tops in jazz. I’m not sure what sort of music these fine felines are attempting to play with timpan...

Pele girls

Every artist needs their muse. Here, these fine Polynesian lasses inspire music, so long as they smoke in neither bed nor bunk. The picture ...

Zombie go-go girls

A part of the “sad-eyed girl” ouvre, these two go-go girls border on expressionless. Are they vapid? Are they under some form of...

Jellybean Allee

Presented to Allee Willis on September 14, 2009 at Ghettogloss gallery upon the launch of The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch, this is my R...

Jellybean Elvis

One night during the spring of 1994, while driving across the country in a move from the east coast to the west coast, I had a dream that I ...

Doll Baby

One of many vaguely big-eyed cutie-pie paintings by Igor Pantuhoff. The story goes he paid for his lodgings with paintings. I like to think ...

Velvet paradise

This velvet painting of a beautiful tropical scene hangs on a chartreuse wall to highlight the golden hues of sunset in paradise. A lint bru...

Vive la France

Ah, France. Just to say the word conjures images of romance and charm. And what better homage to the charms of France than the peeing boy an...

Send in the Clowns

Clowns. Not just any clowns, but a dentally challenged clown on velvet and a duo of clown-lets (kinder-clowns?) demonstrating the yin/yang o...