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HAPPY APRIL FOOLS from the OG DUNCES!

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS from the OG DUNCES!

A LITTLE BLING!!

A LITTLE BLING!!

PORTRAITS! Remembering my @taschen COVER for Illus

PORTRAITS!
Remembering my @taschen COVER for Illustration Now, especially when the art was neither an Illustration or a Portrait. It was a detail from a 4x6 ft painting from my Milan exhibition, VICIOUS.

METAVERSE TOBY visits my exhibition MEMENTO MOA! M

METAVERSE TOBY visits my exhibition MEMENTO MOA!
My VEVE Digital Toby got a tour of my new New Zealand exhibition, and he was head over heels about it! @veve_official @sutergallery

SECRET CAVES. SECRET RITUALS! Discovering new secr

SECRET CAVES. SECRET RITUALS!
Discovering new secrets in the beauty of New Zealand.

17 years ago today! BLACKIE THE CAT came into my l

17 years ago today!
BLACKIE THE CAT came into my life, March 28, 2006.
Never thought I would have to say, before there was BOSKO, there was BLACKIE.
I’m working on publishing Blackie the Cat’s story book, THE MIGHTY PAW, and hoping to tour my exhibition NINE LIVES, that celebrates Blackie the Cat’s Life & Teachings.

WACKYLAND. One of my 4x6 ft paintings from my rece

WACKYLAND.
One of my 4x6 ft paintings from my recent MEMENTO MOA exhibition at the @sutergallery
This is an homage to my favorite 1938 animated short, Porky in Wackyland, where Porky Pig goes to Africa to search for the last dodo bird. This animated film continues to be a cinematic metaphor through out my life. Also, a crazy coincidence is that this film was directed by the great Bob Clamplett, who lived down my street, and I went to school with his daughter, Ruth. This brilliant film is a surreal classic, that feels like Salvador Dali meets the Three Stooges.
For this exhibition, I felt compelled to paint my Blackie the Cat character going off to Aotearoa New Zealand in search of the last Moa Bird.
#garybaseman #baseman #mementomoa

HOME. Finally home. I have so many stories to shar

HOME.
Finally home.
I have so many stories to share with Bosko.
#garybaseman #baseman #boskobaseman

HAPPY SPRING!! @nytkids @nytimes #garybaseman #bas

HAPPY SPRING!!
@nytkids @nytimes
#garybaseman #baseman

MANNY MOA gets his SEA LEGS. Thanks Andrew & Miche

MANNY MOA gets his SEA LEGS.
Thanks Andrew & Michelle, and David for our Waiheke adventure!
Till next time, New Zealand!
#garybaseman #baseman #mementomoa

VERY EARLY MOURNING GLORY! Here is my painting Mou

VERY EARLY MOURNING GLORY!
Here is my painting Mourning Glory in the early stages, with my sketchbook open to the very rough drawing of where I wanted to go, with my best pal, Bosko, who I’ve been missing while I’ve been in New Zealand. #garybaseman #baseman #mementomoa

SPRING!🐇🌺🌸🌼💐🌷 I hope you enjoy t

SPRING!🐇🌺🌸🌼💐🌷
I hope you enjoy the NEW YORK TIMES SPRING COVER as much as I enjoyed painting it.
@nytkids @nytimes
#garybaseman #baseman

Memento Moa is a new series of original art that I

Memento Moa is a new series of original art that I created for a museum exhibition in New Zealand that explores themes of migration, memory, and mortality.
I reimagine the extinct great Moa Bird as a visual metaphor to keep the spirit of our past loved ones alive. WINGS OF DESIRE & MOURNING GLORY are two important paintings from this new series.

Two digital collectibles drop in blind box format Friday 24 March, 8 AM PT

Collect both and get an airdrop with @veve_official
#collectorsatheart

MANNY MOA meets a WEKA BIRD! New Zealand is FAMOUS

MANNY MOA meets a WEKA BIRD!
New Zealand is FAMOUS for their FLIGHTLESS BIRDS! And Manny Moa was happy to meet his WEKA COUSIN out in the WILD in Punakaiki!

MOUSE TRAP! This 4x6 foot painting is title “Mou

MOUSE TRAP!
This 4x6 foot painting is title “Mouse Trap” based on my favorite childhood game that my favorite cousin, Beverly, owned. This surreal painting is filled with many gems of imagery going up with her in Los Angeles, mixed with New Zealand and other surprising creatures.
Visit the original painting at my MEMENTO MOA exhibition at the @sutergallery in Nelson New Zealand.

THANK YOU! Thanks to everyone who came out to my o

THANK YOU!
Thanks to everyone who came out to my opening of MEMENTO MOA exhibition at the @sutergallery in Nelson, New Zealand! And extra special thank you to my Potton Family for their love and hospitality during our time here. Thank you to the museum and my studio for their hard work and dedication! The show is up till June 11th! Come visit!
I hope to return again while this special exhibition is up.

MOURNING RIBBONS! We gifted everyone who joined us

MOURNING RIBBONS!
We gifted everyone who joined us at the opening of MEMENTO MOA with Manny Moa Mourning Ribbons.
The ribbons are no more, but you can find Manny Moa Forget-Me-Not pins at our webstore.
We need to thank the talented @flatbonnie for hand making all these beautiful ribbons!
#garybaseman #baseman #mementomoa

SURPRISE VISIT!! By Manny Moa to the opening of ME

SURPRISE VISIT!!
By Manny Moa to the opening of MEMENTO MOA at the @sutergallery
Thank you @tanyamarriottdesigns & @garrymarmalade for making the magic happen!!
#garybaseman #baseman

MEMENTO MOA is now OPEN! Come by and Pay your Resp

MEMENTO MOA is now OPEN!
Come by and Pay your Respects to the Great Extinct Moa Birds and to all those who we loved and remember!
At the Suter Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand.
#garybaseman #basemam

MEMENTO MOA opens today at the Suter Gallery, Nels

MEMENTO MOA opens today at the Suter Gallery, Nelson New Zealand!!
In this lush painting “Mourning Glory,” can you find some of NZ’s flightless birds or maybe Bosko as Max from Where the Wild Things Are?
#garybaseman #baseman

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