New Incline Gallery opening, and announcing Yuka Ezoe opening at Pure Beauty friday Dec.10th

I will start with the announcement of the great artist, Yukako Ezoe's opening 6-8pm at Pure Beauty Salon on Haight street. We are a week late this time, so it will not coincide with the haight st art walk, but that matters not. Yuka went to San Francisco Art Institute, and currently teaches mural classes and works with the Precita Eyes mualists while showing at bay area galleries, she recently had a show at N.O. on Valencia Street in San Francisco. Yukako makes collage/mixed media work, using brightly colored whimsical characters, often including animals from Octopi to lions, to express her ideas of cultural awareness to improve social conditions and promote the idea of beauty in diversity. The show is as usual, 6-8pm at 1650 haight st San Francisco, at Clayton street. Please come upstairs in our salon/gallery, and behold Yuka's work, she will also have her jewelry for sale that night, great for gifts this holiday season, No?? ( She sells this jewelry all over the bay area, Portland and New York, hot stuff huh?) There will be wine and treats to enjoy, so please come out and support!!! For more information see Bahamakangaroo.etsy.com for her jewelry, and Yukakoezoe.com for her artwork.

Next is the very exciting news of my art collectives opening of the Incline Gallery. San Pancho art collective started a few years ago by my good friend Christo Oropeza. I immediately jumped on board knowing it was a great opportunity and that Chris was a dreamer with the drive to make it happen. Since then we have had two successful and fun fundraisers both at El Rio in the mission, and participated in many art walks, including our first group show at Pure Beauty Salon about a year ago. Chris has wokred hard for us to get a great website, http://www.sanpanchoartcollective.com/, and had presences at festivals and art conventions. The Inclines Grand Opening "Something from Nothing" was a smash hit! Huge turn out, and we even sold a few pieces of work, incredible for a first time homespun group of 20-early 30 somethings!! Respected people such as Alam Bamberger of Artbuisness.com and SanFranciscoartbeat.com came thru. Sf art beat.com gave a rave review as the number one "Cool art collectives" in the Bay Area! See: http://http//sanfranciscoartbeat.com/2010/09/28/some-cool-art-collectives-in-the-bay-area/. Our gallery hrs this week, dec 13th-19th are: Wed. 12-6, fri 2-8, sat 12-5, and sunday 2-8pm. O.k., enouph, here are some photo's!

Wyeth Bowart, "Free Haircut" opening reception!

Come check out Wyeth Bowart's work at Pure Beauty on haight, 1560 haight st, 6-8pm, friday nov 5th!

haight st at clayton

Complimentary snacks and beverages will be served....but no actual free haircuts! haha

also see his blog at, wyethbowart@blogspot.com

see you there!!

Chris A. Gould at Pure Beauty for First Fridays Haight st Art Walk!!

I am proud and pleased to announce a comrade from yesteryear will be showing at Pure Beauty Salon on Haight st Friday Oct 1st! Please come out to see his lovely photographs which I have enjoyed for a long time myself. Chris A. Gould is an amazing photographer, his work is a quiet observation of the world around him.

"Chris A. Gould uses the light and shapes found in a still frame to capture the feeling, the movement and the possibilities embedded in a moment. By sharing these he hopes to provide just enough information to spark a story or frame the question with in the viewer."

For a preview of his work, please go to, www.csagould.blogspot.com

I am excited about this one, please come and enjoy wine and snacks! I hope to see you there folks n friends.

-Leanne C. Miller, da fancie mammal

Pics from Karen Thomas art show, "Lovely Ladies" aug. 2010

I want to thank Karen Thomas for having her funny, beautiful, curiouse work this month, the show is coming to and end soon. So if you haven't seen it yet, make it out to Pure Beauty Salon on Haight st. 1560 haight, at claytoon, they are open 7days a week. Here are a mix of pics from both the hanging of the work and the actual art show.
-Leanne

Bo Heimlich at Pure Beauty friday July 2nd! "There goes the Neighborhood"

I am pleased to announce Bo Heimlich will be showing at Pure Beauty Salon on Haight st. Friday July 2nd as part of the Haight street art walk! Bo has participated in Sketch Tuesdays at 111 Minna Gallery, he sells pretty much every piece he makes every single time, and has participated in other shows at Minna and graduated from The Academy of Art University in 2008.
"There Goes The Neighborhoood" show is at the usual time, from 6-8pm, please come by for refreshments during that time at 1560 haight st, at Clayton.

If you didn't get to see them in person, here they are digitally..

Here are the finished pieces that were in my may 6th Cafe Royale show. If you didn't get to see them in person, here they are for your eyes to behold, and mind to assess. These are almost all experiments. By that I mean they are acrylic, and spray paint, and also my usual oil paint, some have all three in one! We'll see if they fall apart. I also poured a resin over them, you can see it in the pictures on some of them. The largest piece is the one with the rabbits on it, it's about 4 1/2 ft by about 2 1/2 to three ft wide. That one is traditional, just good old oil paint and other solvents and things that one would normally use on an oil painting. If you read in the earlier blog, these are about the family dynamic, I used animals like fossa's and moles and rabbits, that are commonly known to kill their offspring in times of diress. You can take from that what you will, I'm not writing an artists statement here. Maybe in the future. But I plan on making another body of work, which may or may not be related.
Friday was the Haight st Art walk, it was alot of fun, a decent but small crowd showed up, one of the artists brought a bottle of whiskey, and we proceeded to polish that off before the end of the night! It was a good time, the work is up till the first week of july, so stop in at 1560 haight st if you'd like to check it out!
-Leanne, da fancie mammal

art business review and haight st art walk

Art business made it out to my show last month may 6th at cafe royale, please see the review here: www.artbusiness.com/1open/firstthu0510b.html. It also has alot of fun reviews about the other openings that night, it was a great one. I missed Greg Ito at Kokoro studio, but saw it on art buis, and wow it was an amazing show!
Friday night please come and see Alex Helibron and Peter Hurley's show I curated at Pure Beauty Salon on Haight st, 6-8pm!!! LOTS of new work/ collaborations. We are at 1560 haight st, haight at clayton. Wine and snacks. I do not have internet service at home right now, So this is a short and sweet blog today, but please come out friday!!!
-Leanne C. Miller

Haight St. Art Walk at Pure Beauty!!!! Katie Gray

Katie Gray is a painter, please see her web site, www.katiegray.info, and also a tattoo artist in the San Francisco Bay area. She is fantastic and I would love for everyone to come out and support her next month for the Haight Street Art walk! I haven't curated at Pure Beauty since Nov 09. This will be the first one in months. I am excited and look forward to seeing you all, light refreshments and wine will be served. Here is the Stats,
Pure Beauty Salon on Haight st, at haight and Clayton
1560 Haight st
up stairs in the salon.
Friday April 2nd
5-8pm
Artist: Katie Gray, curated by Leanne C. Miller

Busy week for Art in SF!

Wednesday I am de-install/ re-installing work at Pure Beauty. There has been a disappointing change of plans, due to circumstances out of my control, there will be no Haight st Art walk at Pure Beauty this month. I will be hanging different work than whats up right now, which was San Pancho Art collective. It comes down Wednesday, So see it if you can. Haight at Clayton! Then Sunday Dec 6th is San Pancho Art Collectives First fundraiser at El Rio on Mission st at Cesaer Chavez! This should be a very very fun gig, raffles and Bands, free BBQ! Come on out and support local artists! check out www.sanpanchoartcollective.com, or on facebook too for more details!!
-Leanne C. Miller

SORROW UM Art Show

Ok, update for Pure Beauty on Haight st ARt Walk for Friday October 2nd. Please check this out! This guy has been written up in Magazines like Juxtapose Etc....He will be live painting and it will be packed and tons a fun!! Check out his Myspace, flicker or make friends on face book and see what he does! 6-9 pm!!!
www.myspace.com/sorrowum , www.facebook.com/people/Sorrow-Um/1341026174, http://www.flickr.com/photos/24479021@N08/2313477223/in/photostream/

Haight St Art Walk October!!

Haight Street Art Walk is changing from last Fridays to first Fridays!!! October 2nd, coming up here this week is the next one! I have a guest Curator, Jessica Merget, also the assistant manager at Pure Beauty. Her buddy " Jason" a very cool artist will be showing, he uses diverse techniques from your basic acrylic paints to spray paint and other awesome styles. He also has done many many live painting demonstrations for big galleries such as 111 Minna gallery and many more. It is going to be a great and exciting show, lots of people will come out for sure! Be a part of the Haight St Art Walk, support the street and its small businesses, and come see ME!!!
Pure Beauty Salon
1760 Haight st ( Haight at Clayton)
6-9pm
Free wine and nibbles
super cool hip art...for your consumption!