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'DAVID HALL ROBERTSON' June 24, 1957 - Oct 9, 2021 I just finished up a small run of 30 laminated memorial posters that are a collaboration between myself and Mykola Bereza. All three of us were a part of The Tenderloin LOOK Gallery crew for a decade It was really cool working with Mykola on this project. More of Mykola's work can be seen at: www.mykolabereza.net This SATURDAY, April 2nd (3pm till all night) at @amsterdam_sf we'll be celebrating the life, art and writing of David Hall Robertson. David was a highly prolific oil painter and poet who resided in the Tenderloin for the last several decades. April 2nd will serve as both a memorial to David for his friends and family, as well an art show that is open to the public. Several of his paintings and journals of his writing will be on display for anyone curious of his work to come and see. This celebration will coincide with Saturday's @hospitalityhousesf Tenderloin Art Crawl where local artists will be on displayed at @mothbellygallery and @fleetwood_sf, both galleries are located around the corner from @amsterdam_sf. If your in the neighborhood viewing art please feel free to stop in for a pint and visit David's work. I'll be posting about him throughout this week, so more on David soon! #davidhallrobertson #amsterdamsf #lookgallery #topshelfsickers #tenderloinautonomouszone (at Amsterdam Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb0r3c6P6k1/?utm_medium=tumblr

'DAVID HALL ROBERTSON' June 24, 1957 - Oct 9, 2021 This SATURDAY, April 2nd (3pm till all night) at @amsterdam_sf we'll be celebrating the life, art and writing of David Hall Robertson. David was a highly prolific oil painter and poet who resided in the Tenderloin for the last several decades of his life. We've been getting really creative with David's memorial. I just had an abundance of slaps made from @topshelfstickers of a recent portrait I did of David. These will be available for FREE along with a series of screenprinted posters I had done at @fleetwood_sf. So please feel free to grab a handful of stickers and slap em' up anywhere you like; in the hood, on the streets, anywhere! David always really liked and encouraged my art throughout the years, so it's been a great priviliage to incorporate his likeness, attitude and inspiration in my work. He was a friend and inspiration to so many of us throughout the years. The memorial/exhibition will be held at David's favorite watering hole @amsterdam_sf (930 Geary st.) this Saturday, April 2nd at 3pm! April 2nd will serve as both a memorial to David for his friends and family, as well an art show that is open to the public. Several of his paintings and journals of his writing will be on display for anyone curious of his work to come and see. This celebration will coincide with Saturday's @hospitalityhousesf Tenderloin Art Crawl where local artists will be on displayed at @mothbellygallery and @fleetwood_sf, both galleries are located around the corner from @amsterdam_sf. If your in the neighborhood viewing art please feel free to stop in for a pint and visit David's work. I'll be posting about him throughout this week, so more on David soon! #davidhallrobertson #amsterdamsf #lookgallery #topshelfsickers #tenderloinautonomouszone (at Amsterdam Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbyF33_Prk9/?utm_medium=tumblr

'DAVID HALL ROBERTSON' June 24, 1957 - Oct 9, 2021 This SATURDAY, April 2nd (3pm till all night) we'll be celebrating the life, art and writing of David Hall Robertson. David was a highly prolific oil painter and poet who resided in the Tenderloin for the last several decades of his life. He was a friend and inspiration to so many of us throughout the years. The memorial/exhibition will be held at David's favorite watering hole @amsterdam_sf (930 Geary st.) April 2nd will serve as both a memorial to David for his friends and family, as well an art show that is open to the public. Several of his paintings and journals of his writing will be on display for anyone curious of his work to come and see. This celebration will coincide with Saturday's @hospitalityhousesf Tenderloin Art Crawl where local artists will be on displayed at @mothbellygallery and @fleetwood_sf, both galleries are located around the corner from @amsterdam_sf. If your in the neighborhood viewing art please feel free to stop in for a pint and visit David's work. I'll be posting about him throughout this week, so more on David soon! #davidhallrobertson #amsterdamsf #lookgallery #tenderloinautonomouszone (at Amsterdam Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbtfMZYrQS-/?utm_medium=tumblr

'GARLAND SIMPSON' Micron 08 Pen on Bristol Paper 19x24in. 2021 $400 Pictured here is Garland Simpson at his 69th birthday party on 10/23 at the now legendary Look Gallery. Garland moved to SF from Michigan in 1978 at the age of 26. This was 43 years ago, the exact age I've been alive. Kinda puts things in perspective.... A few days ago he moved back to Michigan after recently purchasing a house. So much change happening at once! #garlandsimpson #dyoungv #lookgallery #tenderloinnights (at LOOK Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV3XnGSvFkf/?utm_medium=tumblr

'ALICE FINNAY II' Micron 08 Pen on Bristol Paper 19x24in $450 Unframed Alice (@bebe7l) will be the last artist I feature for Look Gallery which will officially closing tomorrow, Oct 30th. Look has displayed and sold her jewlery for years. Alice is an artist of multiple media which includes sculpture, jewlery, drawing, vaious mixed media and even repairing pigeons. She actually finds injured pigeons here in SF, repaires their injuries and nurses them back to health! Originally from various parts of Missouri, Alice moved to SF after spending 7 years in San Diego. She recieved her MFA in sculpture from SFAI in 1992. Her sculptures are enourmous in size, which caused her to rethink her approach dye to living in an SF studio apt. located on the TL. Pictured here are some of her leather pueces that she began in 1997 as a way of reconciling her Missouri roots while feeling out of place during her early years in SF. She took traditional leather tooling patterns and changed them to fit her own means of expression. Her meticulious paper drawings exist in both large and smaller sizes, some of which took up to 6 months to create. At some pint she had turbed to coporate America to earn a living while pursuing her art. Many of the materials used in her paper work are stolen media from her corporate jobs which she took as a way of reconciling her involvement in the corporate lifestyle. This was a way for her to have corporate Anerica nurture her soul and creativilty in some way. She sees her jewlery work as an extension of her prefered media of large scale sculpture. These works are currently available at Look. She works with sterling silver with 14 carat gold filler, 22 carrot gold vermeil and utilizes precious and semi precious stones in her work. She began showing them at look circa 2012. And that is Alice in a nutshell! #lookgallery #alicefinnay #dyoungv #sfai #tenderloinnights (at LOOK Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVoZfyEPfKI/?utm_medium=tumblr

'HILARY MAGAN' Micron 08 Pen on Bristol Paper 2021 $400 Unframed There's only a few days left until Look Gallery closes it's doors on Oct 30th. So here is Hilary, another member of the Look family. Hilary moved to SF nearly 25 years ago from San Diego and West Virginia before that. She began hanging out at look on theor opening night rexeption in 2011 after Scientologist neighbor convinced her to attend. She's been hanging out and volunteering ever since. Everyone that hangs out at Look has an really interesting story, and Hilary is no exception to that rule. She's currently earning here Masters in Industrial Hygene while working in Health and Safety for the SFMTA. Prior to that she worked for Homeland Security as an Anylitical Chemist for Customs and Border Protection. Some careers are simply more interesting then others! To see more of Look Gallery visit them at 720 Geary st. or go to: www.lookgallerysf.com #look #lookgallery #hilarymagan #tenderloinnights #dyoungv (at LOOK Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVi52urhd77/?utm_medium=tumblr

'ADAM GUZZO' Micron 08 Pen on Bristol Paper 19x24in 2021 NFS Adam Guzzo 1971-2015 Adam is one of the artists still prominently featured at Look Gallery (720 Geary st.). It's been six years since his passing, but I still see his work displayed neary everyday. He was the first one to turn me onto Look years ago when he was using it as his night time oil painting studio. I first met him at Angel Cafe during a time in which I was consistently doing illegal street art throughout the city. He casualally approached me asking "Are you a part of the San Francisco Art scene". His specific demeanor made me think he was an undercover cop. I soon learned that was not the case, and many drunken art filled nights throughout the city followed. Stylistically we were near opposites in our approach to art, but we could talk shop for hpurs; often until the sun came up over countless bottles of wine soon followed by coffee. I do miss you Adam, but in many ways it really seems like you never left. Maybe it's still seeing you art all the time, frequenting the same places we did back in those days combined with the familiar scenery and mutual friends of the the TL; I'm not really sure what it is. Time just sorta stopped in those days and even though years have passed, somethings just never really changed. "Born on August 27, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, Adam attended The Art Institute of Chicago before moving to The City in 1999, enrolling at the Academy of Art to study computer animation through 2005. Switching to oils as his primary focus, he began showing his work in 2011, finding favor with numerous local and national collectors. Ranging in style from photo realism to German Expressionism, he created a distinctive body of work creating over one hundred works and innumerable sketches." - LOOK Gallery You can read more on Adam at: https://www.lookgallerysf.com #adamguzzo #lookgallery #tenderloinnights (at LOOK Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVeCNUVvZh2/?utm_medium=tumblr

'ANTONI MANCERA II' Micron 08 Pen on Bristol Paper 19x24in 2021 $450 Unframed This is the second portrait I've done of local TL painter Antoni Mancera. He's one of the artists I've been featuring this month from the Look Gallery family. After an excellent and fun 10 year stint, Look Gallery will be closing their doors on Oct. 30th. I highly recommend anyone in the area to check out their selection of local painters, antiques and historical memorbelia. It's definitely a ride down local and American history. I figured I'd take this month to really savor the experiences I've had there and the fond memories I will carry with me for a lifetime. In many ways Look has served as a local clubhouse for myself and several othee people living in a few block radious. So check it out while it's still there and ask lots of questions, you'll be amazed at what you may find!!!! #lookgallery #lookagallert #antonimancera #sanfranciscoartinstitute #hospitalityhouse #dyoungv #micron #micron08 #sakura #tenderloin #tendeeloinnights # (at LOOK Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVWHCZch63O/?utm_medium=tumblr