BigAlArt

On October 10 my 2009 Livermore ArtWalk banner sold in a fundraiser for the Bothwell Arts Center in Livermore.


Tuesday, May 5, I drew Susannah Marie (MM#313244) live at the Double Dutch. One lucky person took home the art created through a raffle.

This is Susannah and myself with the finished piece.

After almost 6 years I finally made the decision to cut up and put together one of my foamcore femmes!!!


I like to work from life and capture personality and character through pencils, ink, watercolor and other drawing mediums. I have an easel that can be set up and ready in a few minutes. Live drawings can range in time posed from a few minutes to an hour or more. I can work at almost any location. I'm about an hour east of San Francisco and south of Sacramento. I can draw from a photo, but prefer to work from ones I've taken.

This is from a Pompsicle Studios MM#722516 Session - an alternative clothed/themed figure workshop in Sacramento now held Wednesday nights.


Sara Danielle MM#140809 from a Kazem Session in Brentwood.


****If it is your desire to have an original (or multiple originals) I can be hired to draw at an hourly rate. Commissions from photos are also an option. Email bigalcaricature@mac.com for more info.****


My "day" job is caricature at events all over the SF Bay Area, northern and central California. (not in a retail situation, but as a hosted paid performer/entertainer)


My art/drawing background:
1985 BFA Drawing (emphasis on the figure) CCAC (now CCA - Oakland)
1985 first event caricature
1994 - 2000 Theme Park Caricature (Marine World, Vallejo and Great America, Santa Clara)
1994 - Present Caricature fulltime
2001 - got lost on the internet and stumbled across some artists drawing the art of the female form ... one thing led to another and that's how I ended up here.

Up & Coming Sessions with ...




Models worked with through MM:
May 2009
Jinx1313 #92224 - Working on Art for "Garter Belts and Gasoline 2"
Susannah Marie #313244 * - Live Art Tuesday at Double Dutch, SF 
* Also a completed piece for "Garter Belts and Gasoline 2" titled "the Immortal"
April 2009
J Sirhea #884950 - @ The Art Shack - Pittsburg, CA Figure Drawing Group
Susannah Marie #313244 - @ The Art Shack - Pittsburg, CA Figure Drawing Group

September 2007 -
Miki Kierulf #424580 - @ Worthington Gallery West - Pleasanton First Wednesday Street Party
March 2007 -
Penny Play #146412 - @ Stormy Leather "Paint Fetish" Opening
Sara Danielle #140809


2006 -
Cinnamon #137079 (very patient, pleasant to work with)
Lillith Leda #26882 (Delightful w/ polka dot pinup style)
Kandy Kain #102166 (Wonderful fun poses, patient and enthusiastic)
Melissa Mayhem #101591 (Ambitious and full of awesome ideas)

Models drawn live before MM:
2004
Raven Von Soren
Zaria Zadkiel
Raven* & Amber
Ellie
Sarah Torrez
Persis
DangerrrDoll
Miss Conduct
Ivy-Red


Shows 2009
July-August
2nd Annual "Garter Belts and Gasoline" @ The Alternative Cafe, Seaside, CA

Shows 2008
January
"Pompsicle" Group Show @ SideShowStudios, Sacramento, CA

Shows 2007
October - November
Bombshell Betty "Megalomania" Show, San Francisco, CA
September
Pin-ups & Pinstripes, Pleasanton, CA
August
Big AL @ the Kazem, Brentwood, CA
April
LAA Spring Art Show, Livermore, CA
***** Honorable Mention awarded "Paris Sara"
March
"Paint Fetish" @ Stormy Leather, SF, CA
*****"Laced Ruby" - Sold*
February
"Dirty Show", Detroit, MI
***** "Legs" - Sold*


Shows 2006
May -
28 - Art in the Vineyard, Wente Winery, Tesla Rd., Livermore, CA 11am-5pm
April -
APE (Alternative Press Expo), San Francisco, CA
LAA Spring Art Show, Livermore, CA
*****Special Award - Excellence in 3D for "Flightless Butterfly"
February -
"Dirty Show", Detroit, MI

Shows 2005
"Big Al's Pin-Up & Burlesque", Fuse, Broadway, SF, CA
"Artwalk", Downtown Livermore, CA
"100 Nudes", Art of Presentation, Pleasanton, CA
"Go Figure!", Thompson Gallery, Livermore, CA
"One Night Stand", SOMARTS, SF, CA
"The Cafe Show", SOMARTS, SF, CA
"The Ultimate Altered Barbie Show", Red Ink Studios, SF, CA
"Car Art Expo", Art of Presentation, Pleasanton, CA
"3rd Annual Erotic Show", The Shooting Gallery, SF, CA
"Animal Art Show", Art of Presentation, Pleasanton, CA
"Jazz & Mardi Gras", Art of Presentation, Pleasanton, CA
*****image "Lovebird de Mardi Gras" used as show poster and postcard

Shows 2004
"Monsters", Bluespace, Hollywood, CA
"Artwalk", Downtown Livermore, CA
"Tiki Art Now", Shooting Gallery, SanFrancisco, CA
"100 Nudes", Art Of Presentation, Pleasanton, CA
"Trash" Bluespace, Hollywood, CA

‘03 "Comic and Fantasy Collide", EchoGallery, Chicago, IL

‘02 "Figure Show", Artworks Studios, Livermore, CA