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PEACE THRU PURRADE!!🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️🔥 This Saturday at

PEACE THRU PURRADE!!🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️🔥
This Saturday at 6pm at @LACMA
⭐️We have 99 volunteers as BLACK CATS celebrating and radiating the healing power of purr in our PEACE THRU PURR procession(purrcession?) at the LACMA/Jeffrey Deitch Art Parade on June 20th!💥💥

There will be a big Art Block Party, and massive Art Parade on Wilshire!!

Come MEOW, PRANCE, DANCE with us! We will have flags, banners, balloons, but more importantly the healing POWER of PURR!

Be a part of our LOVE & HEALING ENERGY of the POWER OF PURR!
@lacma @jeffreydeitchgallery

GET MESSY at SMORGASBURG LA’s 10th Anniversary Ce

GET MESSY at SMORGASBURG LA’s
10th Anniversary Celebration this Sunday, June 21st starting at 10am!!🎉💥🍴

I teamed up with @smorgasburgla to create a playful t-shirt celebrating a decade of deliciousness.

Whenever I wander through Smorgasburg, it feels like I’m surrounded by dozens of passion projects—food artists sharing their creations, one bite at a time. Since making art can be a wonderfully messy adventure, I painted my creature ChouChou (who takes away fear and hate) enjoying a meal so much that he ends up with the bowl on his head.

Come celebrate 10 years of food, community, and creativity—and be among the first to wear this deliciously messy creation✨🍕🍔🍦🥟

#smorgasburg

BEVERLY & FAIRFAX at Johnie’s!!🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️🔥 My two “

BEVERLY & FAIRFAX at Johnie’s!!🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️🔥

My two “kittens” Beverly & Fairfax were so excited to finally visit our exhibition at Johnie’s Coffee Shop on Wilshire & Fairfax!!

Bev & Fairfax are also excited for our PEACE THRU PURR entry at @jeffreydeitchgallery @lacma Art Parade this Saturday, June 20th at 6pm!!

❤️Special thank you to the amazing @vera_duffy for making Beverly & Fairfax’s hats, my iconic diner hat, and all our art elements in @lulasphinx waitress dress & my vintage apron!!

📸Photo by the extraordinary @tyliner 💥💥💥

COME BE A BLACK CAT!! We need 99 volunteers to dre

COME BE A BLACK CAT!!
We need 99 volunteers to dress up as BLACK CATS for our PEACE THRU PURR entry in the LACMA/Jeffrey Deitch Art Parade on Saturday, JUNE 20th!!!
Come MEOW, PRANCE, DANCE, and most importantly emit the healing POWER of PURR to the crowd on June 20th!
Sign up with our LINK IN BIO!
We’ll be producing flags, banners, masks, balloons and signs this week so we can send LOVE & HEALING ENERGY to the world through the POWER OF PURR!
Be one of our BLACK CATS!!
@lacma @jeffreydeitchgallery

My NEW MAGIC:THE GATHERING SECRET LAIR CARDS COME

My NEW MAGIC:THE GATHERING SECRET LAIR CARDS COME OUT TODAY!!!

I’m in love with these new TOBY paintings, celebrating our LOVE for CATS!!!
Yes, TOBY IS A CAT!!!
@mtgsecretlair @wizards_magic

LAST DAY!!!💥 Come say GOODBYE!!!!❤️🔥 This is your

LAST DAY!!!💥
Come say GOODBYE!!!!❤️🔥
This is your very last chance to visit my historic exhibition OFF THE MENU, at Johnie’s Coffee Shop!
It’s been an amazing experience celebrating LA
Dining Culture through my art.
This is an emotional day!
We will have some special surprise art available!!
I might even draw.
I’ll be officially be signing from 3-4p!
Our hours are Noon-7pm!
Come meet me for the LAST TIME at WILSHIRE & FAIRFAX!🔥🔥🔥

LAST 2 DAYS!!!💥💥💥 Last weekend! This is your last

LAST 2 DAYS!!!💥💥💥
Last weekend!
This is your last chance to visit my historic exhibition OFF THE MENU, at Johnie’s Coffee Shop!
It’s been an amazing experience celebrating LA
Dining Culture through my art.
Our hours are Noon-7pm!
Come meet me at WILSHIRE & FAIRFAX!
💥💥💥
📸 by @lulasphinx

Rest in Peace DAVID HOCKNEY! Hockney’s art was per

Rest in Peace DAVID HOCKNEY!
Hockney’s art was pervasive in my formative years as a young adult artist, his use of color and his ability to reinvent himself through different mediums! But his most iconic work was his Hollywood Pools! A Brit who could capture the American Dream & Freedom in the Hollywood Hills, diving in his iconic deep blueness.

BE A BLACK CAT!!🐈‍⬛🖤🔥 We need 99 volunteers to dre

BE A BLACK CAT!!🐈‍⬛🖤🔥
We need 99 volunteers to dress up as BLACK CATS for our PEACE THRU PURR entry in the LACMA/Jeffrey Deitch Art Parade on Saturday, JUNE 20th!!!

Come MEOW, PRANCE, DANCE, and most importantly emit the healing POWER of PURR to the crowd on June 20th!

Sign up by Monday (6/15) with our LINK IN BIO!

We’ll be producing flags, banners, masks, balloons and signs this week so we can send LOVE & HEALING ENERGY to the world through the POWER OF PURR!

Be one of our BLACK CATS!!🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️🔥
@lacma @jeffreydeitchgallery

LAST 4 DAYS! This is your last chance to visit my

LAST 4 DAYS!
This is your last chance to visit my historic exhibition OFF THE MENU, at Johnie’s Coffee Shop!

It’s been an amazing experience celebrating LA Dining Culture through my art.

Our hours are Thursday to Sunday,
Noon-7pm!
Come meet me at WILSHIRE & FAIRFAX!

⭐️ARTIST TALK⭐️this Thursday, June 11th at 6pm at

⭐️ARTIST TALK⭐️this Thursday, June 11th at 6pm at @johniescoffeeshop
💥 A special event for our final 4 days of Off the Menu!

🟡Artist GARY BASEMAN & Executive Editor of @taschen Books JIM HEIMANN
“Meet Me at Wilshire and Fairfax”🟡

🔵Join us for an evening of discussion about Dining & Drawing in Los Angeles, how dining culture has shaped our hometown, and the importance of this intersection at Wilshire & Fairfax. .

🔴LA-born locals Artist Gary Baseman and Executive Editor of Taschen Books Jim Heimann will reminisce and reflect about our ever-evolving hometown and neighborhood, dining culture, and our love of vintage design and history, through his collecting, and my creation of art

Longtime friends and flea market fiends, Baseman and Heimann have shared their collections of found treasures with the world. Whether inspiration for art-making or content for multiple books, both take seriously the narratives that could be found in ephemera like menus, photographs, and ads from yesteryear.

⭐️Thursday, June 11, 6pm
Johnie’s Coffee Shop
6101 Wilshire, Los Angeles

⭐️ARTIST TALK⭐️this Thursday, June 11th at 6pm at

⭐️ARTIST TALK⭐️this Thursday, June 11th at 6pm at @johniescoffeeshop
💥 A special event for our final 4 days of Off the Menu!

🟡Artist GARY BASEMAN & Executive Editor of Taschen Books JIM HEIMANN
“Meet Me at Wilshire and Fairfax”🟡

🔵Join us for an evening of discussion about Dining & Drawing in Los Angeles, how dining culture has shaped our hometown, and the importance of this intersection at Wilshire & Fairfax. .

🔴LA-born locals Artist Gary Baseman and Executive Editor of Taschen Books Jim Heimann will reminisce and reflect about our ever-evolving hometown and neighborhood, dining culture, and our love of vintage design and history, through his collecting, and my creation of art

Longtime friends and flea market fiends, Baseman and Heimann have shared their collections of found treasures with the world. Whether inspiration for art-making or content for multiple books, both take seriously the narratives that could be found in ephemera like menus, photographs, and ads from yesteryear.

⭐️Thursday, June 11, 6pm
Johnie’s Coffee Shop
6101 Wilshire, Los Angeles

🍔BURGER PLATE SPECIAL & a PURR BURGER DELUXE ART🎨

🍔BURGER PLATE SPECIAL &
a PURR BURGER DELUXE ART🎨

💥TO GO DELIVERY SERVICE!💥
+ Blind box originals👀
Thank you to everyone who came out to grab one at Johnie’s yesterday!
Because of the demand from our beloved out of town collectors and others who may have not been able to make it in person today, we agreed to have limited “to go delivery” of the burger plates from Sunday to Tuesday.
🟡We are serving up for ONLINE DELIVERY the two
ART DISHES:
1) An Original Baseman Burger (Baseburger) brush drawing for $250!
2) Or an original PURR BURGER DELUXE plate drawing, that includes my Beverly, Fairfax or guest character holding a burger or fries with the commemorative writing of Johnie’s on the paper plate for $350!
🔴Both original art plate offerings will be randomly selected and mailed out to you!!
Thank you for your support!
🔵Online Orders till Tuesday at noon!

🍔BURGER PLATE SPECIAL & 😸PURR BURGER DELUXE ART 💥T

🍔BURGER PLATE SPECIAL &
😸PURR BURGER DELUXE ART
💥TO GO DELIVERY SERVICE!🥡📦🚐

✨Blind box originals✨

Thank you to everyone who came out to grab one at Johnie’s yesterday!🎉

Because of the demand from our beloved out of town collectors and others who may have not been able to make it in person today, we agreed to have limited “to go delivery” of the burger plates from Sunday to Tuesday.

We are serving up for ONLINE DELIVERY the two ART DISHES:
1) An Original Baseman Burger (Baseburger) brush drawing for $250!
2) Or an original PURR BURGER DELUXE plate drawing, that includes my Beverly, Fairfax or guest character holding a burger or fries with the commemorative writing of Johnie’s on the paper plate for $350!

Both original art plate offerings will be randomly selected and mailed out to you!!

Thank you for your support!
Online Orders till Friday at noon!❤️

TODAY AT 1PM AT JOHNIE’S!!!🍔❤️🔥 BURGER PLATE SPEC

TODAY AT 1PM AT JOHNIE’S!!!🍔❤️🔥

BURGER PLATE SPECIAL &
PURR BURGER DELUXE ART SALE!
** First come first serve!**

Today, we are serving up two ART DISHES at Johnie’s.
1) An Original Baseman Burger (Baseburger
•• ) brush drawing for $250!
2) Or an original PURR BURGER DELUXE plate drawing, that includes my Beverly, Fairfax or guest character holding a burger or fries with the commemorative writing of Johnie’s on the paper plate for $350!

Both original art plate offerings will be randomly selected and handed out through the kitchen window when purchased.

First come, first serve in person at Johnie’s, until we run out of BURGER PLATES!
See you at the window!

🍔BURGER PLATE SPECIAL & PURR BURGER DELUXE ART thi

🍔BURGER PLATE SPECIAL & PURR BURGER DELUXE ART this Saturday 6/6 at 1pm! 🍔🍽️🐈‍⬛

💥First come first serve!💥

This Saturday 6/6, I am serving up ART DISHES at Johnie’s.

An Original Baseman Burger (Baseburger👀 ) brush drawing, and an Original PURR BURGER DELUXE plate, that includes my kittens, Beverly, Fairfax or guest character holding a burger or fries with the commemorative writing of Johnie’s on the paper plate!

Both original art plate offerings will be randomly selected and handed out through the kitchen window when purchased.

First come, first serve in person at Johnie’s, until we run out of BURGER PLATES!

See you at the window!🍔

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