The Christopher Moonlight Blog

It's 2009 and Christopher Moonlight is rolling out the projects, with events and premieres in comics, Moonlight Art Magazine, books, TV, and movies, just down the road. There's something for everyone to enjoy, so take a look below, and check out what's going on.

Moonlight Art Magazine #2 is out now, with interviews with David Mack, Joshua Petker, and more. Want to know what the last San Diego Comic Con was like? Did you know that art will save the economy? Read all about it by clicking this link.

So, you want to be the most fashionable Moonlight fan in your neighborhood? Check out his whole line of T-shirts, available for order at this link. Also check out his "Silly Squirrel" T, for a good laugh. He'll be appearing in many of Christopher's future stories and is bound to be the next big thing.

For those of you who have not checked out the classic goth comic The Black Lipstick Curse, by Christopher, you can now get issue one for FREE. Read it here, at http://www.blacklipstickcurse.blogspot.com/ You can also order your own hard copy at this link, or get the T-shirt here.

Also, check out Christopher's newly revamped deviantART page, where you can order prints, coasters, puzzles, mouse pads, magnets, and more, all with his latest paintings.

...and that's not all. Other projects include his animation work on the new teen, TV, travel show, Passport To Explore, (season premier TBA) a very secret movie project, a novel, a developmental DVD for babies, a new Children's book, and as always, he's teaching art at Art Is Our Passion, in California. Keep checking back at http://www.christophermoonlight.blogspot.com/ for more events, projects, and to just read and ponder how he dose it all.

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Now Showing art at The Black Cat Gallery

Friday, November 21, 2008

$399. & Under! Black Cat Art Sale Sat Dec 6 w Music+Fashion+DJ+Film

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Jennifer Hart Biagiotti

The BLACK CAT GALLERY
11523 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City CA 90066 310 313 4931

blackcatart.com www.myspace.com/theblackcatgallery

For Immediate Release: November 17, 2008

For Press Contact: 310 313 4931 gubkitty@yahoo.com

“$399. & UNDER!”

Buy ART for Holiday Gifts That Will Never Be Thrown Away!
A fine Art Reduced Priced Sale, Fashion, Film, Music, Performance, Design Riot
Make Warhol’s Ghost Proud: Eccentric-Stylish-costume Hair & Dress Encouraged!
Black Cat Gallery December 6-January 20 Hours: Friday & Saturday 11-6pm & By Appointment
Opening & Artists’ Reception Sat. December 6, 2008 7pm-Midnight

Live music (12 Midnight): FANGS ON FUR myspace.com/fangsonfur.com

Live Painting: J MARTIN Jmartindesigns.com MARK DERAUD markderaudartist.com

Dj’s DARREN REVELL indie103.1.com www.myspace.com/bigsonicheaven RAIN myspace.com/rainbow_arcoiris

Live Gothic Fashion Divas : fatal impact fatalimpact.com www.myspace.com/fatalimpact

Indie Films (7-12 Midnight): “The Three Sisters” and “Portals” by JUN TIANGCO III j2t3.com

The Black Cat Gallery in Culver City, presents “$399 and UNDER!” a multi-creative outburst with extremely reduced prices on artworks by LA’s best artists.
Opening night for “$399 and UNDER!” is Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 7pm-12 Midnight and will feature the Artists’ Reception, Live Fashion models, Live Music and DJ mixing, Live Action Painting, Indie Film, and Architecture, all of the violently original. There will be $399. And Under priced Artworks by JAMES MATHERS, NORTON WISDOM, TERRELL MOORE, TIMOTHY WILLIMAS, ORION, ANGIE MASON, ABRIL ANDRADE, GEZA X, TIM MOHAWK, CHRISTOPHER MOONLIGHT, TIM TIMMERMAN, STEVE BALDINO, HERWIG MARURER, JEREMY CORBELL, DAWN LAUREEN, ERIC FOBAIR, TIM TIMMERMAN, KEVIN ROLLY, JOSE WANTLAND, RALPH BONILLA, MICHAEL CASEY, JUSTIN KALMEN, KATRINA BEA, EDWIN BETHEA, MICHAEL SPITALETTO, and many more artists TBA.

FANGS ON FUR will be assaulting the eyes and ears of all with their ferocious and well-crafted music delivered with a style all their own @ midnight. Fangs on Fur combine their Gothic/New Wave melodies and tight slamming Punk attack with a Diva Art Fright stage show. If you want to hear something ORIGINAL and you like the Goth/Punk guitar sound of TSOL, wild stage antics of Iggy Pop, and the haunted singing style and visuals of Siouxie Sou, Fangs on Fur are for you. With a lineup featuring ex members of Christian Death, 45 Grave, Faith and the Muse, and The Leaving Trains comes a talented sound and fury by musical artists who know what the hell they are doing. They even design and create their own clothes! Look for their Fangs on Fur EP on Pachinkore Records. To eject from your life the corporate filth of Blink 182 and Greenday that’s been shoved down your throat see Fangs on Fur live at Black Cat and visit www.myspace.com/fangsonfur & fangsonfur.com You’ll get immediate results.

DARREN REVELL, the visionary DJ, creator and host of Big Sonic Heaven on Indie 103.1 will be administering his favorite musical meds all night within the gallery.
By combining Ethereal Dreampop, Shoe Gaze, Goth/Industrial, and Dark Romantic Rock for masterfully created sets Revell will be spinning his musical menagerie of sounds for 399. & Under! by mixing the timeless songs of yesterday-Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Bauhaus- with the songs of the here and now:
Panda Riot, The Verve, Sigur Ros, Autolux, and Goldfrapp. Indie103.1.com www.myspace.com/bigsonicheaven

JMARTIN, artist/custom clothing designer for J-Low, Gwen Stefani, Dave Navarro, LA Laker Smush Parker, P Diddy, Ayu Hamaski, etc. will be airbrushing fashion models throughout the evening. For the first time in NBA history, an NBA player, (Smush Parker), is wearing custom painted shoes by J. JMartin can paint on anything under the sun and make it electric. Jmartindesigns.com

JUN TIANGCO III will be projecting two of his silent films “The Three Sisters” and “Portals”. “The Three Sisters”, starring Rainbow Underhill, explores the inner disturbing spaces of a schizophrenic woman who isn’t aware of her three separate sides. “Portals is a color visual story about the creative flow in artists and following the connection to the source where it comes from. j2t3.com

FATAL IMPACT the online Gothic, Punk, and Dark Counter Culture clothing and accessorie store will be featuring Drop Dead Gothic Fashion Divas all night.
Fatal Impact is owned and operated by the highly-creative and soon to be married duo Goth Model, Fashion Designer and Musician Kitty Corey and Post Punk/Goth DJ Jamey Wheeler. Look for Fatal Impact discount coupons for clothes and accessories that shock, scare and inspire during the opening reception.
http://www.fatalimpact.com/ www.Myspace.com/fatalimpact

Complimentary AGWA BUZZ cocktails, (a new LEGAL liqueur distilled from coca leaves from Bolivia), ALIZE’ fruit cognac cocktails, and organic BLISS tea will be served on the outdoor smoking patio by the Saints and Sinners bar blessing godz.
http://www.agwabuzz.com/ http://www.absente.com/ http://www.alize.com/ http://www.blisstea.com/

Door: $10
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS !

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Press Release: "Night Gallery" Sat Nov 15 T.Williams, J.Mathers, Geza X

The BLACK CAT GALLERY blackcatart.com myspace.com/theblackcatgallery
11523 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City CA 90066 310 313 4931

PRESENTS
"NIGHT GALLERY: STUDIO ART PARTY"

Saturday, November 15, 2008 7pm-12 Midnight
Main Room Fine Art Exhibit featuring:
TIMOTHY WILLIAMS myspace.com/timothywilliamsart timothywilliamsart.blogspot.com
JAMES MATHERS
GEZA X myspace.com/gezaxart

Sub-Gallery Fine Art Exhibit featuring:
CHRISTOPHER MOOONLIGHT myspace.com/moonlightandmermaids
christophermoonlight.blogspot.com

Live Gothic/Acoustic Music by:
MICHAEL BERG (10:30 pm) myspace.com/minus12
PETER SEAN MALONEY (10:00 pm) myspace.com/peterseanmaloney

DJ’s
RAIN myspace.com/rainbow_arcoiris
JUN TIANGCO III j2t3.com

Make Warhol’s Ghost Proud: Eccentric Dress Encouraged!

Triad birthday bash for Timothy Williams, James Mathers, Eric Dhyrsen

FREE ADMISSION

Like Willem DeKooning, Artist/Musician TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, supported his art making by house painting. Finding discarded vintage doors and windows from the houses he painted and off the street, distressing them further and placing his oceanic-stained glass paintings behind the glass Timothy’s work gained notoriety and started selling in famed Venice artist Terrell Moore’s Westminster Garage Gallery in the 90’s and is now included with the likes of Picasso and Matisse in Hammer Museum owners Michael Hammer Collection, Weinstein Gallery Director Michael Miller, Bauhaus/Love & Rockets Bass Man David J, and film producer Alan Mindel. "Timothy has hit upon an original style. I haven’t seen anything that looks quite like his work. I appreciate the way his art looks old and mysterious yet new and never seen before." -Michael Hammer. Timothy and actress wife, Rainbow Underhill, opened the seminal Culver City Black Cat Gallery known for it’s melting cauldron of creativity. Since 2000 Black Cat’s shows have included fine art, music, dj’s, architecture & fashion shows. Los Angeles Times listed Black Cat as one of LA’s best galleries.
myspace.com/timothywilliamsart timothywilliamsart.blogspot.com myspace.com/musicbyblackcat

Since Andy Warhol gave JAMES MATHERS his first one man show at New York’s famed Paige Powell Gallery, where Jean-Michel Basquiat also made his start, the World of Art has undeniably recognized the fierce talent and genius of this LA based Soul Attacking, Mind-Bending Master Painter. Mather’s collectors include the famous
Corsini Family of Florence, Actors Nicholas Cage, Eric Idle (Monty Python) and Beverly D’Angelo, Crowded House singer Tim Finn, and Dublin’s famed Guinness Draught Co. Owner Marina Guinness. The Art of Mr. Mathers will arrest your vision, flex your convictions, slap and somehow soothe your soul. James has shown at Edgemar Center for the Arts, Turskin Whitney, Phoenix, Sponto, Attack, Zero One, Charley Cowles, Gracy Mansion, and Nature Mort Galleries in the states and has also shown internationally in Zurich, Rome, Berlin, Dublin, and Amsterdam. Adding to his prolific art career James has also directed 3 independent feature films, "Crushproof", "Bungalow 19", "Karmageddon" and had a major role in "Malibu Song"- a documentary film about the state closure and destruction of the homes of the Topanga Arts Community.

Legendary platinum music producer GEZA X helped invent Punk Rock producing seminal acts Black Flag, The Germs, Dead Kennedy’s, etc. and performing/recording his own art damaged music since punk’s beginning in the late 70’s. His productions of "Holiday in Cambodia" for the Dead Kennedys and "Lexicon Devil" for The Germs separated California's punk sound from others at the time with its eccentricity, humor and spunk, making Los Angeles very different than the scene in New York or London. In the 90’s Geza produced Meredith Brooks’s song "Bitch" which went platinum ranking #2 on the charts and the musical bible Billboard Magazine voted Geza "Best Producer of the Year" in 1997. Since the 80’s Geza began taking pictures of the early punk scene. Geza now takes those pictures, such as a 1979 photo he shot of Red Hot Chili Pepper singer Anthony Keidis, dramatically alters it via computer, prints the altered photo on canvas, adds paint to the canvas and frames the completed works with copper tubing. He describes his artworks as "Biomorphic Shutterings." The neo-Warhol, pop-iconic, and vibrantly colorful style work comes across as contemporary to the core with harrowing whispers of yesterday. Geza has shown in several group shows including Track 16 and Black Cat Galleries. Geza’s art collectors include Tool manager Victoria Blake, Philanthropist Cameron Melville, and famed artist manager and collector Peter Hursch.
myspace.com/gezaxart myspace.com/geza_x

MICHAEL BERG will be performing his musically superb and highly original dark folk/nighttime cafÈ ballads at 10PM.
David J of Bauhaus/Love and Rockets has recently produced Michael’s new album "Lights Down", which gives shades of Nick Drake and Jacques Brel sung with Michael’s own unique storytelling style. Against the backdrop of his fingerpicked guitar or piano you will find this is real music by a real artist! If you are ailing from the C-grade "singer/songwriter" musical impostors who shove insipid music into our lives via big media, Michael Berg is your new medicine man! Give "Save Me" a listen for immediate relief, musical inspiration and hope from the evening shadows.
myspace.com/minus12

New Painting: Funhole Levitation Act

This painting is called, Funhole Levitation Act, and inspired by one of my favorite horror novels by Kathe Koja, The Cipher. It's done in a new style for me, which I'm thinking of grafting onto my comic book (AKA Graphic Novel) style of painting. The medium is acrylic and watercolor on wood, and paper, with a little bit of Photoshop. I'm particularly happy with the way the background turned out. I glued down torn bits of cardboard, and sand paper, then painted over them, to get the effect.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Event: Night Gallery: "Studio Art Party" @ Black Cat Gallery

Event: NIGHT GALLERY: "STUDIO ART PARTY" at Black Cat Gallery

Saturday November 15, 2008 7pm-12 Midnight Free Admission

Artworks by:TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, JAMES MATHERS, GEZA X,

and in the Sub-Gallery: CHRISTOPHER MOONLIGHT

Triad B-Day Bash for Timothy Williams, James Mathers, Eric Dhyrsen

Gothic/Acoustic Music by MICHAEL BERG myspace.com/musicminustwelve & PETER SEAN MALONEY myspace.com/peterseanmaloney

DJ: RAIN & JUN TIANGCO III

Eccentric Dress Encouraged!

Timothy WilliamsARTIST 310 * 488 * 9166 http://www.myspace.com/timothywilliamsart BLACK CAT GALLERY DIRECTOR 310 * 313 * 4931 gubkitty@yahoo.com http://www.blackcatart.com http://www.myspace.com/theblackcatgallery11523 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City CA 90066

Flier by Christopher Moonlight & Moonlight Art Magazine and tell them we sent you.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Photos from Joshua Petker's "Black Sugar" Art Opening

Last Saturday was the Joshua Petker "Black Sugar" art opening at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. Beautiful new paintings (by Petker) adorned the walls, spilling vivid colors into the senses of all who came, and not even the temporary smell of natural gas in the air could keep art lovers from entering the building. CHG provided a wonderfully comfortable and friendly environment, for patrons to enjoy these new works, and for the works to enjoy the patrons. Indeed, either Petkers models had all shown up for the event, or the paintings themselves came to life to mingle, as I could almost swear that some of the women walking the floors of the event, were the same that hung in frames on the walls. Non were caught on film, as is always the case in unexplained events.

The man, Joshua Petker.

Bruce Helford of Corey Helford Gallery tells why he shows Petker's work

The Show.

Moonlight Art Magazine writer and copy editor (and wife of Christopher Moonlight) Faith Cooksey, with her daughter Katelyn.

Petker with a fan, who was thrilled to meet him.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Christopher Moonlight Goes Digital!

I've been messing around with photoshop lately in preparation for a collaboration with Fotojedi, that we'll be working on at the end of this year. Below are the results, which I'm quite happy with for someone who's never really played with the program to this extent before. The first one is called Fallen Angel, and the others underneath are a little bit of fan art for one of my favorite horror novels, The Cipher, by Kathe Koja. I'm still deciding which of the three is the direction I'm going to take my work in.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Christopher Moonlight Limited Edition Art Reproductions

Here's a photo of just a few of the limited edition, art reproductions, I'm releasing this year. Each print has been burned at the edges, and mounted on wood, just like I do with many of my original works of art. In addition, I have painted little touch ups on each one, added gold and silver leaf to many, and signed and numbered all. They are limited to 150 each (excluding Demise of Venus which is limited to 25) and are currently $40 each. Prices will increase as supplies sell down.
E mail me at christophermoonlight@gmail.com for more info.

Goddess

This piece (entitled Goddess) was painted as I pored layers of resin, to give it a 3D effect. The frame is the first of many that I will be making from driftwood, and suspending my paintings from. For information on purchasing this piece, write me at christophermoonlight@gmail.com

Friday, August 29, 2008

Underwater Painting:

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Black Lipstick Curse Link Bar #1

Monday, July 14, 2008

Big Christopher Moonlight News: Moonlight Art Magazine Is Here!!!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the art magazine you've all been waiting for is finally available for ordering, on line. Click here to get your copy of Moonlight Art Magazine delivered to your doorstep, today. We've got 38 pages of interviews with the hottest artists, articles , and comics, all for the low price of $3.50. Here's the cover...

Also available from Christopher Moonlight is the re-release of his goth 1990's classic comic book, The Black Lipstick Cures. Click here to order.

You say that's not enough? You want more? So be it, Jedi. We're going to be at The San Diego Comic Con, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Although we don't have a table there, look for us walking the floor on those days. We'll have on Moonlight Art Magazine T-shirts, or if not, you can always spot Christopher by his unusual, signature, triple side burns, and many necklaces.

...and if you can't make Comic Con, here are some other events, where you can find us.
There's Propeller, at the Black Cat gallery, where Christopher will be showing his latest paintings, along with other artist, such at Timothy Williams, Geza X, and David (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets) J...

Black Cat Gallery/ Christopher Moonlight Art Flier

...as well as MOONLIGHT ART MAGAZINE's launch party at Carpe Arte Gallery in North Hollywood, August 9th.

Also, in the works is a yet untitled art show at Wine Styles in Thousand Oaks, August 23rd, from 4PM to 8PM.
Do you think we'd stop there? In the words of one of our featured interviews, Molly Crabapple, "Hell no!" We're already hard at work on issue number two, with a new comic, talks with artist Joshua Petker, and a rundown of what goes on at there gallery shows we attend. Our staff photographer Fotojedi, is hard at work on a megaton of projects, while Christopher continues to work on more TV shows, movies, comics, and gallery showings. We'll sleep when we're dead. Can't wait to here from you all.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Christopher Moonlight Available Artwork as of 05/21/08

The photos below are or the works I have available right now. Note how diverse in style and theme they are. That's because I enjoy reinventing my artwork over and over again as I go. It helps me to continuously grow as an artist. Being an art teacher makes it easy for me. Some have said I should stick to one style, but Picasso made this technique work for him just fine. Please enjoy. I think you'll find there's something for everyone.

Community for Fine Artists and Fine Art Galleries

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Art Of Christopher Moonlight Opening Reception @ Wine Styles, Sat. May 3rd

For one night only I will be showing new paintings from my wood panel series at Wine Styles in Thousand Oaks. The reception is May 3rd and will go on from 5PM to 8PM during wine tasting. I will also be presenting new limited addition, hand touched, artist reproductions of past paintings from my Mermaid and Strange Icons series, as well as original works, all made very affordable and ready to take home and hang on your walls.
Wine Styles
193 N. Moorpark Rd. Suite C
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(805) 371-VINO (8466)

Friday, April 4, 2008

A Summary Of Christopher Moonlight News for 04-04-2008

I really do have an interesting life. There's been good and there's been bad, but I feel very lucky to be me, and I think that in the next few months in particular you'll see why. I'm going to list some links below that will show you that (if nothing else) I'll make for some very good biography material. Keep in mind that this is but a small selection of what's going down at Moonlight Manner. (We spell it manner here because we don't want to rip off Heidi MacDonald's stately Beat Manor) It will be worth your while to check back.

I'm Starting An Art Magazine!!! It's true, and you're going to want to be the first to get it.
Read About it HERE.

There are now limited edition artist reproductions of my artwork, with additional hand painting and gold leaf on each one, by me. The best part is, you can afford them.
See it HERE.

Faith and I start the Save Cupid Fund.
Find out what the Hell that is and how you can help HERE.

Strange Icons is the new series of paintings I've begun for 2008. I've never been more excited about the work I'm doing.
Check'em out HERE.

Did you know I'm doing story boards for a movie?
Get the preview HERE.

I have a whole new style of art for interior designers.
Decorate with me HERE.

So make with the clicky clicky as they say, and find out why it's always fun to be me.
Your love and support is keeping me strong.
-Christopher Moonlight

Moonlight & Mermaids Magazine...

...is my endeavor to create the kind of art magazine that I want to see. "What kind is that?" you ask. Well, I want a magazine that thinks about enriching life with art. It'll be the kind of thing that illustrates the wonders that people create, and make the world we live in a more interesting place... To help people take a closer look at things they would normally pass by and say, "Now that's cool."
It will have interviews with the most imaginative and bold artist, comics, short stories, spotlights on kids who just may be the art stars of tomorrow, guest columns, and it will all be available for an affordable price and delivered to your door.
Check Out Our My Space...
www.myspace.com/moonlightandmermaids

I know. This is not a mermaid, but one of my favorite all time paintings. It's called Cupidon, by William Adolphe (or Adolph William) Bouguereau.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Moon, Heart, And Key

These are in fact three pieces meant to be hung together, made into one for this print. I do paintings like this with interior designers in mind.

New Paintings By Christopher Moonlight: Strange Icons

Strange Icons, are what I call my new series of paintings done with acrylic and other mixed media, with gold leaf, on wood panels. Each peace thus far is 10"x13", and 3/4" thick. I chose this thickness because it allows me to chisel into the wood and add found objects if I so desire.

This piece is a tribute to a painting by William Adolphe Bouguereau, called Cupidon. c.1875

If mermaids kept pets, what would they be?

This fortune teller's crystal ball is carved into the painting it's self. I then pored in fiberglass resin which is encasing a dried baby bird, I found baked by the sun, on the road, on a walk.

The wizard's glass she holds is carved out of the wood, with a mouse skull with in, which has been set in resin.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

New Painting: Prophecy

Here is my latest painting entitled Prophecy. It's 10 x 13 mixed media on wood. The crystal ball has been carved out of the wood, where a mouse scull has been placed, and set in fiberglass resin, to give the appearance of a vision.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

More Wood Panel Shots

Here are some more wood panel shots, because the ones from the last post I did on them weren't all that great. I may be able to paint but I'm not all that great with a camera. Still, I think these will give you a much better idea of how they really look.