Books In The Works

I'm working on the following books for 2009-2011 release dates-

One Eyeota- A smallish book with a large portion of analog work.

Eponymonstrous- A rather large compendium type book. This will likely include work that didn't make it into previous books as well as pieces from the out of print books. It's also likely that it will include a good sampling of work done for the studios between 98-06. Photos and font/type designs. Much more of a designed book than any of the previous catalog style books like Chromaphile, Vernaculis
and Symptomatica





Big City- Finally a trade edition Big City book. This will reprint some of the work from the Big City limited edition box set as well as tons of stuff that hasn't been seen.

Monty's Book- Untitled project for Monty to go along with Got Your Nose: A True Story
and Izzy's Very Important Job



Possibly an all Halloween book and a release of the Fragmentia book that I sidelined earlier this year also.

Have A Happy

Monty says so-

Vinnie

Here are a few shots of the Vinnie I did for this weekends custom show at VTN.

I should have put something else in the frame for a sense of scale. These are really big, about 15" in all dimensions. I figure that this is likely the last custom/platform piece I'll ever do.

I'll be there for the entire event.

Another Big City poster in its unfinished state.

Vinyl Toy Network

I'm going to be at VTN in Pasadena this coming weekend. If you're around stop and say hello. I had hoped to have a few previews of some upcoming releases, but alas I've been dragging my feet. I'm still trying to get a few things together especially for the event, we'll see how the week goes. Here's the postcard I did for the event-

Big City

I just posted a bunch of stuff on the Big City blog and thought that I'd cross post a few here.

Baby Tattooville

Bob asked me to design a poster for the museum show that coincides with this year's Baby Tattooville event. Diesel Fuel is producing this as an 18"x24" 8 color serigraph on wood for all registered guests.  I believe that there will also be an edition on paper available for sale at the museum. I'll be returning this year along with most of last year's artists. If it's anything like last year it should be quite the event.

A Few More-

I'll try to get some photos of the build-ups from the show floor.

Previewin'

Here are some package prototypes for a few upcoming projects-

Off To The Big Show

Off to Comic Con. In the usual spot- booth 620. This year my booth-neighbor will be none other than House of Secrets/Art of Fiction/5 Color Comics at booth 523. I'll have the latest and last of my pin-up books- “Symptomatica”. It'll be available in stores in the next few weeks or so. That's the book back there. You may notice the absence of Chromaphile in the stacks of those signed books awaiting shipment. It's been out of print for awhile now. 

Fragmentia

Here are a few invites and such for my show opening at M Modern in Palm Springs on March 15th.
It's a relatively small show in one of the smaller galleries and the physical size of the paintings are
accordingly on the small size. 17"x17" on average.
The title of the show refers to the fact that the compositions are compilations, or maybe anthologies of "fragments" pulled from past and current projects- including Lexiconic, Symptomatica, Chromaphile, 24 Hour Paradise, Eponymonstrous and even Big City.
I'll post a few more pictures of additional paintings, prelims and sketches over the next few days.
Shortly after that I'll put together a post explaining my long and future absence from this here blog.

Fragmentia
bits and pieces/now and then

New work by Brandon Ragnar Johnson

Opening reception March 15th

M Modern Gallery
Palm Springs, California

Under The Mistletoe

For the "Deck The Halls" group show at Windup Gallery.

Baby Tattooville

I can't believe that Baby Tattooville is here. I remember when Bob began working on putting this together. I thought he was crazy then. I still think he's crazy, but I'm really looking forward to this weekend. It's going to be a blast. I really need a couple of days away from the studio and this is a great antidote to the ginormous monstrosity that Comic Con has become. Hanging out with old friends and the chance to meet some amazing artists for the first time is going to be invigorating. I hear there are some spaces left so if your looking for something to do....

Bad Robots

The Set Up

Almost done hanging the new show. Still have to light everything. The large gallery has all the drawings, I'll get pictures of that room tomorrow when I finish the install. Here's the show info-

Ragnar: LEXICONIC
New paintings-drawings-prints

6:00 P.M., Saturday, May 19

Van Eaton Galleries
13613 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
818-788-2357

Coming Soon

Here are a few events coming up that I'm looking forward to.
I'm having a solo show at Van Eaton Galleries which opens May 19th. There will be several new paintings and drawings and maybe a few prints as well. The work is somewhere between the Kings Of The Road and Vernaculis. Much less figurative than I usually do. But, I'm really enjoying the work.

Much later in the year, October 5th-7th I'll be attending Baby Tattooville at the Mission Inn. This inaugural event is shaping up to be very interesting. And if anyone can make it a weekend to remember it's Bob “Baby Tattoo” Self.


Speaking of which- I'll be signing at the Baby Tattoo booth during the LA Times Festival Of Books at various times during the weekend. I'll post times when I have them.

If your looking to kill some time you may want to visit the new Little Cartoons site. There's also a new site for art sales that you can access from the new site or here.

But for the really good stuff you should visit Coop's blog for some awesome pictures of his growing vintage lure collection. He's got a long way to go before he catches up with Mr Lure Box, but he's off to a good start and funny and erudite as ever. I started making my own lures about a year ago and hope to have some fishable versions soon. I think I'll start documenting the process when I get back to it after I finish these paintings.