Terrible Yellow Eyes show at Gallery Nucleus

I have to say that the Terrible Yellow Eyes show at Gallery Nucleus was perfect; every element came together to create a wonderful experience. As I understand it, TYE drew one of the largest turnouts in Gallery Nucleus' history.

Ben Zhu was kind enough to extend me an invitation to turn TYE, the online collection into a gallery show. This pretty much exceeded any expectation I had for the project and really threw me for a happy loop. Here are some photos of the event. Enjoy.

Special thanks to Joel Fisher for the photography.

My wife, Erin and me.

After a while it couldn't be stopped and people started drawing on the wall. You are sure to see some familiar contributors below :

I'm just happy people enjoy the collection, I've been thrilled and humbled by the response. In the end it is simply a testament to just how much people love Maurice Sendak's stories and pictures.

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There are two links I would like to point you towards regarding the show.

The first is Nucleus' official photographs of the show :


And secondly, you can view the entire show online and purchase some of the remaining original work as well.

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A huge thank you to everyone who came out and supported the project!

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That's all the TYE for today!

Check back next Friday for more of the Terrible!

Wish You Were Here

Nate Wragg is one of my all time favorite artists. He's done some incredible work and been involved in some amazing projects. I'm very pleased to post his contribution.

I got the chance to see the piece in person at the Nucleus show. It's 3-D! I mean, this is greatest diorama in the world. It was so unexpected, it really blew me away.

The idea is touching as well. I just love it all around.

Swing by Nate's blog to see more of his awesome works.

Hi Max

I just can't get over the work of French artist Aurélie Neyret.

Be sure and schedule yourself a trip through her blog very soon.

Wild Sea Thing Joins the Rumpus

And again! Aurian returns with another wonderful piece. I love the inclusion of the Water Thing.

As before, Aurian's blog.

King?

Aurian Redson is one of those brilliant Disney artists and teaches story development over at the prestigious Cal-Arts. I'm pleased to include his TYE contribution.

Visit Aurian over at his blog.

Wild climb

Eren does such beautiful work and her TYE is no exception. What wonderful shapes she pulls together.

Visit Eren over at her blog.

The Terrible Yellow Eyes show!

Tomorrow is the day! The Terrible Yellow Eyes show opens, 7PM at the prestigious Gallery Nucleus!

Nucleus proudly presents Terrible Yellow Eyes, an exhibition by guest curator Cory Godbey, creator of www.terribleyelloweyes.com

This exhibit is the selected physical gallery show of the online collection of artwork inspired by the beloved classic "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak.

*Several new and original works will be on display
*Free refreshments served
*Free giveaways
*This is an all ages event

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If you will be in the area of Los Angeles or Alhambra, CA -- tomorrow, September 19th I hope you will be able to stop by and say hello!

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That's all the TYE for today!

Check back next Friday for more of the Terrible!

The King's Garden

Kazu Kibuishi is a great friend, an incredible artist, and a wonderful story-teller.

He's the creator of the Flight graphic novel anthologies and Amulet series along with some of his other works, Copper and Daisy Cutter.

Kazu is a tremendously busy guy and I'm thrilled he found the time to create a piece for our site. He's one of the most generous and kind people I've met and I'm honored to post his TYE contribution.

Visit Kazu and his many creations over at his site.

Wild crayons

Jason Caffoe is an awesome guy I met at SDCC this past July. He works as a colorist for Kazu Kibuishi and does some stupefyingly great work. I'm very glad to have him on board.

Visit Jason over at his blog.

Wild Rumpus!

Mike Lee takes us back to the Wild Rumpus!

As before, stop by his blog and prepared to be destroyed by pure draftsmanship and control of pencil.

Max's Wild Drawing Things

We've all been working over-time in preparation for our upcoming Terrible Yellow Eyes exhibition in partnership with Gallery Nucleus and as a result we've only got one new piece for today.

The show opens September 19 at 7PM; hope to see you there!

You can check out the previous post detailing the event here.

Max's room

Sarah Caterisano does it again and delivers a terribly beautiful piece. I really just love it.

Visit Sarah over at her blog.

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That's all the TYE for today!

Be sure and check back next Friday for more of the Terrible!

Filter thing

I'm honored to have Geoff McFetridge's most recent piece for the cover of Filter as a TYE contribution! The issue details the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are film adaptation.

You've likely seen Geoff's work in many different places but just didn't know it. He created all the hand lettering for the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are film adaptation as well as numerous works for TV and print. Truthfully he's done a lot more than I could list here.

Visit Geoff over at his site.

private boat

Nicole Gustafsson entered another private boat to guide us back to Where the Wild Things Are with her new most recent contribution.

To see more of Nicole's work visit her blog.

Max and Moishe

Australian artist Lesley Vamos brings us this gentle piece of Max and Moishe.

Visit Lesley over at her blog.

"BE STILL!"

Got to love Jason Chalker's interpretation of the moment Max tames the Wild Things. I especially love the Goat thing.

Visit Jason over at his site.

Wild Chase

Trip Park is back! And with another brilliant piece. I don't know where the poodle came from but it's fun none-the-less.

Check out Trip's work over at his blog.

Red thing

Gerald Guerlais is a french artist who does wonderful work, I love in particular his shapes and use of color.

Stop by Gerald's site to see more of his works.

Wild Cave Mouth

Dan Matutina brings us another terrific glimpse into his vision of Wild Things!

See more of Dan's work over on his site.

strange and wonderful thing

Brian Butler contributed this strange and wonderful piece. I enjoy the shapes in particular.

Swing by Brian's site to see more.

Steam Thing

The great Bill Carman returns to give us another terrific contribution!

Visit Bill over at his blog.

Yellow Crown

Alvaro's work is varied and encompasses many different looks. For his TYE contribution he chose to go with a simple idea; simple with an excellent result and feel.

See more of Alvaro's work at his site.

"With a private boat"

Alberto Cerriteño returns to where the Wild Things are with this beautiful new contribution! I love the shapes Alberto does with paper cut outs. His colors are always top notch, too.

To see more visit Alberto over at his blog.