Live painting!

Friday night, Monkey and Seal boarded the bus at 9pm with their easel, table, and acrylic paints for Hyphen Magazine's live painting at 111 Minna, SF.

With live painting and any engaging creative act, it is a constant feedback between the artist and its surrounding. There is often a lot of pressure to make something "amazing" in a couple of minutes. I don't know how many of the guests stayed for the entire night to see its progress, but the earlier guests only saw a blank canvas and some incoherent squiggle marks. Some audience members also approached with, "what the hell is that?" "where are you going with this?" And often, the artist themselves are unsure.

When good music came on, the paint and canvas connected. There were a couple of moments of crippling self-doubts, and I had to reign myself in and trust the movement and life of the art to come through.

Not quite what I had envisioned, but after 2 hours, this is what Seal came up with. Not too bad for the first live painting ever. Monkey was so supportive and Seal had so much fun. She is looking forward to the next one!

Stop by to see Seal Paint!

Hi all! Don't forget that you can see Seal in action once again doing a live painting show with the ever talented Lawrence Yang at Hyphen's Issue 19 release party: the Blaze of Glory! Monkey will also be on hand selling Seal's prints and his ties, so be sure to check it out!

The show is at 111 Minna, and starts at 9pm. Seal should start painting around 9:30-10pm. Cover is $10, but if you pay $20, you also get a 1 year subscription! Cool beans! You can check out Hyphen's FB event page for more info.

Seal's Live Painting!

Woooo! February is turning out to be such a busy month for Monkey + Seal! We apologize for the lack of process posts, but so many freelance projects and events are popping up, we're struggling just to keep up!

Seal has just confirmed that she'll be doing some live painting at Hyphen Magazine's latest issue's Release Party! It's the big bash at 111 Minna for Issue #19, the Trailblazing Issue, on Friday, February 26 (the night before the Pop N' Shop).

Anyway, Monkey will be on hand selling our wondrous merch and supporting Seal's first live painting event! We'd love for familiar faces (and not-so familiar faces) to stop by and say hello! We hope to see you there!

Monkey and Seal is curating a Gallery Show!

We're curating a gallery show!

Opening Night Art Riot Extravaganza: March 12 at SPACE Gallery

• 8p-whenever
• Featuring 10 emerging San Francisco based artists
• Live Art Battle
• Live Painting
  
• Live DJ
• Top of the line, Comedy Improv Troupe: Hobofish
• Vegan Baked goods by Black Orchid
• Edgy drinks by SPACE Gallery
• chance to win one-of-kind, original art, just by coming out to drink with us!
  

Monkey and Seal are both busy with their furry paws and fins. We will try to update you on our process, so you can get an insight into the minds of curating -- what will become one of the biggest art riot extravaganza events ever!

Currently, Monkey is working on the official website and Seal is working on a logo. They are projecting to go live by Saturday morning.

We're so excited to feature the awesome comedy improv troupe -- Hobofish. If you haven't seen their live performance, it's a once in a lifetime treat. We're in the process of booking a DJ. A couple of promising prospects. We'd like to do a shout out to a talented DJ: Zaion. The music and the photography on his website is absolutely serene!

In the next couple of weeks, we will be featuring the different artists and events! Stay tuned for more.