Hello everyone!
Just a quick note with some tidbits of summer news!

I'm showing a little wall of new paintings as a guest artist at Compound Gallery this Thursday, kind of a mini preview of a new series in the works,
a tribute to Regency ragamuffins, dollies and dandies with a little bit of Buster Keaton thrown in for good measure:



I'll be exhibiting alongside a selection of artwork from the book "Pink Attitude, Contemporary Female Creativity"

Opening Thursday, July 2nd at 7:00pm
Compound Gallery
107 NW 5th Ave.
Portland, OR

For more information please visit:
http://www.compoundgallery.com

For pricelist or other show info please contact: matt {at} compoundgallery {dot} com
(This show is my first experiment with new depression era pricing, so get them while you can!)

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Other recent news:

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"I Want Candy" Doll

Here's a sneak peek of the final sample of the first in my series of 3 "Sundae Girls" signature vinyl toys for
the Necessaries Toy Foundation, on her way to production as we speak!



And an even sneakier peek at her mini pink patisserie dollhouse box!



Keep an eye on the Necessaries site for a definitive release date, and be sure to check out their other offerings
while you're at it, the first ever Mark Ryden vinyl figure should be out any day now!

http://necessariestoyfoundation.com

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For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, I'll also be showing some work in Australia later this month at
Retrospect Galleries, in a massive group show coinciding with the "Splendour in the Grass" music festival in Byron Bay:

"Revolution of Art"

Opening Friday, July 24th
Retrospect Galleries
52 Jonson Street
Byron Bay
Australia

For more information please visit:
http://www.retrospectgalleries.com
http://www.splendourinthegrass.com

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Hope all is well with all of you!
Talk soon!
xoxoxo
Fawn

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PS. As always, apologies for the tumbleweeds around here! There is more stuff at my new-ish semi more frequently
updated blog! http://fawngehweiler.blogspot.com Stop by! Say hello! Add me to your readers!

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PPS. I also finally set up a probably ill-advised facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/fawngehweiler

Hi everyone!

Just a quick note to mention that I've updated a bit and added a few more recent pieces and a few crazy bargains to my semi-secret semi-annual art sale!
I'd love, love, love to see these girls go to a good home rather than continue to gather dust here in my teeny tiny studio!



Have a look HERE!

PS. All pending orders for cloisonnés and such will ship out by the end of this week, I promise! I'm so sorry for the delays! Also, please order soon, soon, soon or drop me an email if you need something in time for the holidays, postal times already seem to be getting a little shaky! Eep!!!

PPS. As always, I've obviously become terrrrible at posting here, but can still be found chattering away at either flickr, my woefully nearly as neglected blog or forever under construction website!

Thanks you guys!
Happy Winter!
xoxoxoxo
Fawn

Hello everyone!
I have a 2 person show with Dana Carlson (one of my all time favorite contemporary painters!) opening this Friday at Aftermodern in San Francisco:

Pink Worlds (and White Icing)
An Exhibition of Recent Works by
Fawn Gehweiler and Dana Carlson

Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6 to 8:30pm

Aftermodern Fine Art Gallery
445 Bryant Street
San Francisco

For more information please visit:
http://www.aftermodern.com

About Pink Worlds:
Taking a cue from the show's namesake "Pink Worlds and White Icing", a collection of poems written by a 12 year old girl in late 60s, artists Dana Carlson and Fawn Gehweiler each present a collection of recent works that take a turn for the pastoral, pop and pretty, albeit with a dash of dark comedy thrown in for good measure. Awash in preteen nostalgia, strangely baroque and alternately naive, precocious, and deeply introspective, these tiny poems about "color, the Beatles, bubblegum, nature, and the universe" lend both a perfect title and a perfect backdrop to their respective candy colored dreamscapes and imaginary narratives of head-in-the-clouds teenage psychedelia.

About the Artists:
Dana Carlson combines traditional painting methods with embroidery, beadwork, and appliqué to create hybrid-handiworked dream worlds. Her intricate paintings conjure up a pretty, Romantic absurdity that is part down-home psychedelia, part angsty gesture painting, and part earnest teenager. Dana earned her MFA from Hunter College in New York in 2000 and continues to exhibit in the New York area and worldwide. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Dana currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
http://www.danacarlson.com

Fawn Gehweiler's signature character based paintings have exhibited in galleries around the world and appear in a number of prominent private collections. Originally from Hawaii and currently based in the Pacific Northwest, her work combines the influence of a bohemian upbringing, sartorial escapism, and her own family tree. Widely considered a major influence in the recent explosion of young feminine art in the United States, her aesthetic hinges on a delicate balance of past and present, building obsessive narratives through personal artifacts that reflect the imaginary worlds of little girls, treading the fine line between wide eyed innocence and dark fairy tales.
http://www.fawngehweiler.com

Come on out if you have the chance, it would be great to see you!
xoxoxoxo
Fawn

So, we finally made it to the Northwest with all of our worldly possessions intact and are now safely tucked away in a thicket of trees just outside of Portland!
Our neighborhood is about 95 percent German and 95 percent cute old ladies, with a sausage place on every corner, so of course I kind of love it!

Come Spring we'll be looking for a place to call our own, but in the meantime, here's a shot of our first tiny snowstorm in our new temporary backyard...



Note: This fairytale shed is possibly my new favorite thing ever!

Also, now that we're settling in, I'm slowly but surely, and finally, organizing and updating my website, and, in lieu of a pending major overhaul for now, will be adding new stuff practically every day.
For starters:



Some drawings and studies and odds and ends from a few recent shows are finally up for sale HERE!



And, even more exciting for the budget conscious, a whole new slew of prints have been posted to my SHOP!

Hello Portland!

I'm having a little show in your town this weekend!

"Pink Sunshine" at Moshi Moshi, Portland, Oregon

Another mini exhibition, this one featuring a number of new prints and a handful of recent doodles and works on paper!

Opening Friday, November 2nd, 6 to 9 pm!
Please drop by and say hello!

Moshi Moshi
811 East Burnside
Portland, Oregon
97214

Also, it's officially official, we'll also be sticking around Portland for an extra week to look for a place! We're hoping to (finally) make the move either the first of December or the first of January... let us know if you spot any adorable affordable ramshackle cottages in your travels!
We're looking for something in the thousand dollars-ish range, east side-ish, and a garage/basement/attic studio space would be amazing! Also, shanty is no big deal if it means we can paint, decorate, and renegade garden at whim! Even better, actually!
Drop us a line or give us a call if you know of anything!
Thanks guys!
More soon!
xoxoxo
Fawn

Dear Melbourne!
Please pencil me in!
I'm having a mini exhibition of new mini portraits on wood at Outre Gallery!
A description I love from the gallery website:
This beautiful mini-exhibition of crisp, dreamy portraits is a celebration of dollybirds, bubblegum, and girlish fantasies...
More information about the show HERE!
Sadly I won't be in attendance, but there will be a little launch party with pink fizzy drinks on Saturday September 8th at high noon!
Outre Gallery
249 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne, Vic, Australia

my little savages are home from barcelona and available HERE!



also a handful of the limited postcard/print sets from the show!

ps. all outstanding shop orders go out this coming week!

pps. a thousand more mini art sales and flurries of ebaying are on the way, hopefully enough to move from just scraping by to adding to the 'escape from LA' fund once and for all! i hate this town so much that it borders on ridiculous, help us move to the woods and i'll owe you cocktails for life!

ppps. sorry for my lack of posts/comments/emails/phonecalls/much of anything as of late. i feel like i've been on autopilot all year...

a new giclée print:



and a few copies of hi-fructose magazine:



were just added to my webshop!

have a look!

xoxoxo
fawn

more ebay auctions start tomorrow afternoon!





please buy my clutter and help me move!
thanks guys!
xoxoxoxo
fawn