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Lady Gaga - Warrior Queen

Lady Gaga recently had to cut her Monster Ball tour short in order get a hip surgery (synovitis).  I painted this portrait as a tribute to her. I have titled it,  “Warrior Queen”.  It is inspired by the lyric in her song “Marry the Night”.  In the song, she tells of a dark time when, faced with watching her young career colapse,  she resolves to embrace her own darkness and the life of an artist for good or ill.  As a fellow artist trying to buck the trend, I can totally relate to this struggle.  I find constant inspiration by how she lives her life, her dedication to her craft, the love she has for her fans, and the person she chooses to be in the world.

People always seem surprised when I mention that I like Gaga, being a classical painter. Oh, but the magical realism mixed with contemporary and visionary work, that I do has much more in common than one might think with her creations. I feel a strong connection to her work.  In the depths of the crazy rabbit hole we call The Arts, she and I are not so different at all. You don’t have to be a pop artist to fully appreciate Gaga’s amazing accomplishment.

Folks have been asking if I will sell prints of this painting. So I am putting together a little fundraiser.  Majority of proceeds to be donated to the Born This Way Foundation. I am offering 3 diferent sizes of signed prints:

11×14 print on paper $39
16×20 print on paper (limited edition of 50) $89
12×16 STRETCHED CANVAS  – Giclee Print (limited edition of 20) $199

Get Well Mother Monster!

Paws up!

Click here for more information on prints:

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A gathering of business leaders, health practitioners, entrepreneurs, wisdom teachers, and social change workers seeking to create lives, workplaces, and a society of deeper purpose and meaning.

This looks to be a rare event where people in positions of power will be exposed to conscious art. Very Exciting!

Wish me Luck!

Front Side

Back Side

I frequently get asked to do commissions, which I quite enjoy.  This was the first time anyone ever asked me to design a coin.  It is a solid ounce of silver!

"Sleepies Beauties" 16x16 signed print on paper

“Sleeping Beauties”

16×16 – Signed Print on Paper

16×16 Signed  (Limited edition of 25) on Paper $89

HOLIDAY SPECIAL!: Order Today For $59 ea. (offer ends Sat 22nd):

Treat yourself to a little beauty for the Holidays!
This wonderful print is like getting four for the price of one! It features four of the “Sleeping Beauty” series on one semigloss sheet, signed with a 1/2″ border.
For a limited time until Saturday, December 22, it will be on sale for an incredible $30 off.
Orders in the San Francisco Bay Area can be delivered by making special arrangments by contacting yurikarts [!at] yahoo.com.

Yurik Riegel
and
Damien Jones
Art Reception

Friday Night, January 4th 6pm-10pm

( main reception)

Saturday Afternoon, January 5th 1pm-5pm

2511 Telelgraph, Oakland @25th St., CA 94612

This is a limited engagement.
The show will come down on saturday evening

RSVP ON FACEBOOK

INFO:

Start off 2013 in an artfully magnificent way!  Stunning new recent works by painter Yurik Riegel and scupltor Damien Jones will be on display at the 2525 Gallery in Downtown Oakland the first Friday in January.
PLEASE NOTE: this will be during Oakland’s Month art crawl, the Art Murmur and the next day during the Saturday Art Stroll.

If you have not been to either, the friday night  art crawls are filled with lots of people, very lively, eccletic, and diverse crowds with much going on in the surround neighborhood and on the streets.  The Saturday Stroll is a more low key event for those not wishing to brave the crowds and tends to attract a more sophisticated art crowd. We would love to see you at either one!
The friday night art crawl starts at 6pm. Parking begins to be a little more difficult after 6:30, but there are parking lots and street parking can usually be found at 27th or above.
There will be two Raffles during the evening one at 7pm and one at 9pn ENTER THE RAFFLE to win some of my art later in the evening.

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A beautiful new painting is now available as a print.

17×22 Signed, and Numbered  (Limited edition of 25) on Archival Rag Cotton Watercolor Paper  $189

Order Now:

Options/Sizes

17×22 Signed/Lim Ed.-Rag$189.00 USD 16×20$89.00 USD 11×14$39.00 USD 24×36 Stretched Canvas Signed/Lim Ed.$595.00 USD

Original still available for purchase. Contact Yurik.

March 2nd, 2012, 6pm – 9pm

Oakland Art Murmur

(one night only – dress to inspire)

Yurik Riegel @ The Uptown Body Shop

(east building) 401 26th Street

Oakland, CA 94612
http://oaklandartmurmur.org/

7:30 contest entry

7:45 Raffle

8:30 contest entry

8:45 Raffle

If you have not been to the Oakland Art Murmur recently, you are in for a real treat. It has come a long way in the last couple years and is really the unsung jewel in the crown of the East Bay art scene! Hundreds (if not thousands) of people from all ages and walks of life attend and it is truly becoming one of the hot beds of creativity in the Bay Area. This is a very festive way to take in some art, music, people watching, and food.

Come down, peruse the art in a dozen galleries and creative art spaces, enjoy wonderful crafts, people watch, drink free wine, sample the incredible food trucks, enjoy the busking musicians, AND (OF COURSE) come by the Body shop to endorse the cause. Support the art and visions you want in this world!

DRESSING COOL HAS ITS PERKS.
Anyone dressed in a way that mimics the style or essence of one of the characters in Yurik paintings will get a special prize. Contest entry is at 7:30pm. Prizes are at 8:30pm.

BEING PRESENT HAS ITS PERKS.

As always, Yurik likes to have an artwork raffle. This always generates excitement. Art will be raffled off at 7:45pm and 8:45pm. But you have to enter and be present to win!