Hey everyone!

I just got back from visiting L.A. for a week. Great weather while I was there, although I wasn’t expecting it to be colder then it was in Atlanta. The term “Hotlanta” gains more meaning for me when I travel out of state in these Spring months.
Anyways, I went to Big Bear Lake, Laguna Beach,  Venice, and L.A.  I was on a die hard mission to make it to the La Luz de Jesus Gallery. My professor from college turned me on to it and once I saw who was going to be showing while I was visiting I absolutely had to make it a priority to stop by. I was privileged to be amongst the art work of Scott Hove and Joe Sorren. The two artists shared a gallery space with separate rooms and show titles for their work.

Scott Hove “My Own Private Apocalypse”.

Scott Hove, well known for his cake like sculptures, was born in the San Franscisco bay area and currently is living and working in his Oakland gallery/warehouse known as Cakeland.

In his newest additions of acrylic cakes, Mr. Hove was looking to explore the concept of the End of Days.
“All beautiful things are equipped with a defense mechanism, to protect against the predations of those who seek to possess. The mechanization’s of the predator also have a terrifying elegance. The two working together tell a very old story, and are the basis of many archetypes.” -Scott Hove.
These works are part of his ongoing “Cakeland” theme. Scott implements everyday cake decorating tools and techniques with acrylic media to render realistic looking cakes that can hang on the wall. These beautiful handmade looking deserts are then accessorized with deliberately un-cakelike things such as taxidermy teeth, jaws, plastic bugs and other things that counterbalance the habitual implication of beauty or any positive apprehension that might relate to a yummy cake.
Hove’s works are a up and down ride that takes you between levels of extreme happiness in beauty. In full circle I think the beauty and the feelings associated with cakes and celebration overpower the other eerie visuals. The vicious teeth, bugs,  and large tongs add to the allure of his work.

Sorry in advance for the crappy photos, all I had at the time was my camera phone.

Close up:

And just to prove I didn’t steal these images from the internet and that I WAS actually there…..

Joe Sorren “When the Rain Comes”.

Joe Sorren infused his paintings with a surrealist atmosphere. He uses eerie imagery, thick brush strokes, and animal like characters. His newest works in the collection from “When the Rain Comes” is a story of light and dark. “Sometimes, when things are darker in life, you can find yourself in front of doors you didn’t know where there before” – Sorren.  I really enjoyed these paintings, I think the subdued color pallet with the high contrast light and darks helps the viewer understand the concept of Sorren’s work in this series.

Sorren thought of his brother Vince, whom passed away in the 90′s, while painting this piece.
This painting was my favorite of them all. When I saw the story behind what inspired him while painting it I loved it even more.

Just for kicks here is some other pictures I snapped while I was everywhere else!

Big Bear Lake!

This guy was pretty amazing with a chainsaw.

Like a rhinestone cowboy! YEEHAW!

Welp that’s all folks! Hope you enjoyed my post!

xox
Dayna