Write a story about Claire de Loon and Win the
Graphite Study
Contest Ends Friday March 2nd
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2012/02/write-story-about-claire-de-loon-and.html
Claire de Loon
10"x8" oil on panel
Write a story about Mildred and Ruthie and Win the
Watercolor Study
Contest Ends Friday February 17th
enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2012/02/write-story-about-mildred-and-ruthie.html
Mildred and Ruthe
oil paint, antique newspaper
wedding announcements, encased
in acrylic resin, on masonite. 11"x14"
Mildred and Ruthe 8"x10"
Write a story about Gray Finder and Win the Pencil
Drawing of Gray
Contest Ends Monday January 31st
enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2012/01/write-story-about-gray-finder-and-win.html
Gray Finder
oil on panel 16"x20"
Gray Finder
Write a story about Ginger Bread and Win the
Pencil Drawing of Ginger
Contest Ends Monday January 23rd
enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2012/01/write-story-about-ginger-bread-and-win.html
Ginger Bread
10"x8" oil paint on canvas panel
Ginger Bread
Write a story about Max Earnest and Win the Drawing
of Max
Contest Ends Monday December 19th
enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/11/write-story-about-max-earnest-and-win.html
Write a story about Hamilton and Shelly Beach and
Win Watercolor on the Right
Contest Ends Monday November 28th
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/11/write-story-about-hamilton-and-shelly.html
Hamilton and Shelly Beach
oil paint on masonite panel 11"x14"
watercolor on Rives BFK
approximately 10"x8"
Write a story about Oration and Win Watercolor
on the Right
Contest Ends Monday November 14th
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/10/write-story-about-oration-and-win.html
Oration, oil on linen, 18"x24"
watercolor on Rives BFK
approximately 11"x8.5"
Multiple Winners This time!
Write a story about Ode on an Urn and Win Watercolor
on the Right
Contest Ends Monday October 10th
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-flash-fiction-contest-ode-on-urn.html
Ode to an Urn,oil on linen
24"x48"
Buy
this for $900
watercolor on Rives BFK
approximately 11"x8.5"
In addition to flash
fiction I have some different caption/title contests run on another page.
Write a story about the Driver
and Win one the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-flash-fiction-contest-driver.html
The contest closes Monday September 26th, 2011
Driver
10"x8" oil paint and blue prints
on masonite panel in
vintage frame
Driver
10"x8" watercolor on Rives BFK
In addition to
flash fiction I have some different caption/title contests run on another
page.
Write a story about Faith and Gloria B. Godde
and Win one the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-flash-fiction-contest-faith-and.html
The contest closes Monday July 25th, 2011
Faith and Gloria Godde
10"x8" oil paint on
wooden panel
In addition to
flash fiction I have some different caption/title contests run on another
page.
Title this painting and write a story about this painting
and win the watercolor on the right.
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-flash-fiction-contest.html
The contest closes Monday July 11th, 2011
Untitled, oil paint, bookpages,
comic book pages, acrylic resin,
on masonite. 11"x14"
Untitled,
watercolor on paper 8.5"x11"
In addition to flash
fiction I have some different caption/title contests run on another page.
Write a story about Phil A. Buster and Win one the
Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/05/write-story-about-phil-buster-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday June 6th, 2011
Phil A. Buster
oil on masonite panel 10"x8"
Phil A. Buster
Renovated Reputations is at ArtHaus Gallery
until June 25th
411 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107
Write a story about June Bug and Win one of the Drawings
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/05/write-story-about-june-bug-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday May 31, 2011
Beau Toques' Beauty Contest
oil on linen canvas
with Buttons and a Bow Tie 48"x60"
June Bug
Renovated Reputations is at ArtHaus Gallery until
June 25th
411 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107
Write a story about Tina Bopper and Win one of the
Drawings on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/05/write-story-about-tina-bopper-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday May 24th, 2011
Beau Toques' Beauty Contest
oil on linen canvas
with Buttons and a Bow Tie 48"x60"
Tina Bopper
Tina Bopper
Renovated Reputations is at ArtHaus Gallery until
June 25th
411 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107
Write a story about Rosey Palms and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/04/write-story-about-rosey-palms-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday May 10th, 2011
Rosey Palms 14"x11"
oil and mixed media on
masonite panel
Rosey Palms
Renovated Reputations is at ArtHaus Gallery until
June 25th
411 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107
Buy
this painting for $220
Write a story about B.B. Gunne and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/04/write-story-about-bb-gunne-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday April 25th, 2011
B.B. Gunne
10"x8" oil and mixed
media on masonite
B. B. Gunne
Renovated Reputations is at ArtHaus Gallery until
June 25th
411 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107
The Winner is Patrick Nelson
Write a story about Morry Eale and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/03/write-story-about-morry-eale-and-win.html
The contest closes Thursday April 7th, 2011
ArtHaus 411 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA
94107
www.arthaus-sf.com
Morry Eale
20"x16" collage, oil paint, and
graphite drawing on masonite
Morry Eale
The Winner is Royce Ratterman
Write a story about Jairo and Win the Drawing on the
Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/03/write-story-about-jairo-and-win-drawing.html
The contest closes Monday April 4th, 2011
Jairo
10"x8" oil and mixed
media on masonite
Jairo
The Winner is Patrick Nelson
Write a story about Hammond Cheese and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/03/write-story-about-hammond-cheese-and.html
The contest closes Wednesday March 30, 2011
Hammond Cheese
10"x8" oil on masonite panel
Hammond Cheese
The Winner is Debbie Weiss
Write a story about Klaus Trofobia and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/03/write-story-about-klaus-trofobia-and.html
The contest closes Monday March 28, 2011
Klaus Trofobia
16"x20" oil and mixed
media on masonite
Klaus Trofobia
The Winner is Jen Reich
Write a story about Mr. and Mrs. Ophanon and Win the
Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/03/write-story-about-mr-and-mrs-ophanon.html
The contest closes Monday March 21, 2011
Mr. and Mrs. Ophanon
16"x20" oil paint, sheet music,
watercolor on paper on masonite
The Winners are Matt O'Malley and Ron Slattery
Write a story about Luke N. Goode and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Two Chances to Win!
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/02/write-story-about-luke-n-goode-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday March 14, 2011
Luke N. Goode
10"x8" oil on masonite
Luke N. Goode
(Study 1)
Luke N. Goode
(Study 2)
The Winner is Elisa Bandy
Write a story about Holly Wood and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/02/write-story-about-holly-wood-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday March 7, 2011
Holly Wood
11"x14" oil on masonite
The Winner is Gigi DeVault
Write a story about Earl Lee Riser and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/02/write-story-about-earl-lee-riser-and.html
The contest closes Monday March 7, 2011
Earl Lee Riser
11"x14" oil and mixed
media on masonite
Earl Lee Riser
Write a story about Eddie
Currents and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/02/write-story-about-eddie-currents-and.html
The contest closes Monday February 28, 2011
Eddie Currents
20"x16" collage, oil paint,
and graphite drawing
Eddie Currents
The Winner is Elisa Bandy
Write a story about Al A. Monie and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/01/write-story-about-al-monie-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday February 21, 2011
Al A. Monie
10"x8" oil on masonite
The Winner is Matt O'Malley
Write a story about Burt and Melba Toast's Thank You
Note
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/01/write-story-about-burt-and-melba-toasts.html
The contest closes Monday February 14, 2011
Burt and Melba Toast's Thank You Note
11"x14" oil and mixed media on masonite
(vintage handmade greeting card,
ephemera, and vintage wallpaper)
The Winner is Helen Chapman
Write a story about Pat O. Butter and Melba Toast
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/01/write-story-about-pat-o-butter-and.html
The contest closes Monday January 31, 2011
Pat O. Butter and Melba Toast
oil on masonite 10"x8"
The Winner is Patrick Nelson
Write a story about Hope Ferterbest and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/01/write-story-about-hope-ferterbest-and.html
The contest closes Monday January 24, 2011
Hope Ferterbest
11"x14" oil and mixed media on masonite,
egg shell, jar with wishbone, twigs
The Winner is Ron Slattery
Write a story about Liza Lott
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/01/write-story-about-liza-lott-and-win.html
The contest closes Monday January 17, 2011
Liza Lott
14"x11" oil and mixed media
on masonite panel
Liza Lott
The Winner is D. Bellenghi
Write a story about Isabelle Ringing and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/12/write-story-about-isabelle-ringing-and.html
The contest closes Monday January 3, 2011
Isabelle Ringing
20"x16" oil and mixed media
on masonite panel
Isabelle Ringing
The Winner is Will Matlack
Write a story about Jacquie M. Balla and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/12/write-story-about-jacquie-m-balla-and.html
The contest closes Monday December 27, 2010
Jacquie M. Balla
16"x10" oil and
acrylic on panel
The Winner is Sheila Florey
Write a story about Burt Feathers and Win the Drawing
on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/12/flash-fiction-challenge-burt-feathers.html
The contest closes Monday December 20, 2010
Burt Feathers
16"x20" oil, ephemera, bird feathers
and mixed media on masonite
Click on pictures to enlarge
The Winner is Brian Newlin
Write a story about Clark Barr (aka Young Master Newlin)
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Two Chances to Win!
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-challenge-clark-barr-aka.html
The contest closes Monday December 13, 2010
Clark Barr
(aka Young Master Newlin)
10"x8" oil and mixed
media on masonite
Click on pictures to enlarge
The Winner is Matt O'Malley
Write a story about Benton and Eva Destruction
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-contest-benton-and-eva.html
The contest closes Wednesday December 8, 2010
Benton and Eva Destruction
11"x14" oil on masonite with found objects
Click on pictures to enlarge
The Winner is Matt O'Malley
Write a story about Dr. D. Mencher
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-contest-dr-d-mencher.html
The contest closes Monday December 6, 2010
Dr. D. Mencher
16"x20" oil, graphite on paper,
and mixed media on masonite
Click on pictures to enlarge
Multiple Winners this Time
Write a story about Buzz and Sadie Word
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-contest-buzz-and-sadie.html
The contest closes Wednesday November 30, 2010
Buzz and Sadie Word
16"x20" oil and mixed
media on masonite
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winner is Patrick Nelson
Write a story about Thalia and Win the Drawing on
the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-contest-thalia.html
The contest closed Monday November 28, 2010
Thalia
11"x14" oil and mixed media
on masonite panel
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winners are Dee Turbon and Lorri McDole
Write a story about Lucy N. DeSky and Win
one of the Drawings on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-competition-lucy-n-desky.html
The contest closed Wednesday November 24, 2010
Lucy N. DeSky
10"x8" oil on masonite panel
Lucy N. DeSky
12"x9" graphite drawing on paper
Lucy N. DeSky
14"x10" charcoal and wash drawing on paper
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winner is Patrick Nelson
Write a story about Owen D. Bank
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-competition-owen-d-bank.html
The contest closed Monday November 22, 2010
Owen D. Bank
16"x20" oil, graphite on paper,
and mixed media on masonite
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winner is Dee Turbon
Write a story about Betty Million
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Enter here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/11/flash-fiction-competition-betty-million.html
The contest closed Wednesday November 17, 2010
Betty Million
11"x14" oil and mixed media on masonite
(wishbones, bookpages, ephemera)
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winner is Jennifer Mills Kerr
Write a story about May Bea Later
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Read the stories here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/10/flash-fiction-contest-write-story-about.html
The contest closes Monday November 15, 2010
May Bea Later
11"x14" oil and mixed media on masonite
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winner is Jamie Divina Erickson
Write a story about Bob Frapples
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Read the stories here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/10/flash-fiction-contest-win-this-drawing_26.html
The contest closes Wednesday November 10, 2010
Bob Frapples
11"x14" oil and mixed media on masonite
(found letter, yoyo, ephemera, and drawing)
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winner is Matt O'Malley
Write a story about Hans Zoff and Bea Ware
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Read the stories here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/10/flash-fiction-contest-hans-zoff-and-bea.html
The contest closed Monday November
8, 2010
Hans Zoff and Bea Ware
10"x8" oil on masonite panel
Hans Zoff and Bea Ware, 12"x9"
graphite on paper
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Winner is Mark Brosamer
Write a story about Edgar
and Win the Drawing on the Right
Read the stories here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/10/flash-fiction-contest-win-this-drawing.html
The contest closed Monday November
1, 2010
Edgar,11"x14" oil and mixed
media on masonite
Edgar, 12"x9"
graphite on paper
Click on pictures to enlarge.
The Aviator contest is closed.
It was a tie between
Brian Newlin and Angela Readman
Both will receive drawings.
Write a story about the Aviator
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2010/10/win-drawing-flash-fiction-writing.html
The contest closed Monday October 25th 2010
Aviator ,
oil on canvas
30"x20"
Chastity Beldt , charcoal and
graphite on paper 12"x9"
Click on pictures to enlarge.
A whiff of Edward Hopper, a blast of Mickey Spillane,
a rrowf of David Lynch!
VIDEO
Round #2 of Renovated Reputations will culminate
in three shows.
Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento California
February 4th - March 1st, 2012.
Reception: Saturday February 11th 6PM-9PM
4749 J. Street Sacramento, CA 95819 Phone (916) 736-1429
Ohlone College, Fremont California
February 7th - March 9th
Reception, Saturday, February 25, 2012
6PM - 8PM
Louie Meager Art Gallery in the Smith Center at Ohlone
College, 43600 Mission Blvd. Fremont, California 94539
The story you write should be a "Flash Fiction" which
is a complete story in one thousand or fewer words .
Stories will be published in a vintage style newspaper
catalog and the gallery will be converted into a 1930 or 40's cabaret set
and students will be acting the stories out as monologues at some of the
events at the college in the art gallery.
You could win a drawing of your own in exchange for a
piece of flash fiction!
Renovated Reputations is the result of an
internet blogging project in which paintings and assemblages based on vintage
and antique vernacular photography are the inspiration for short fiction.
The blog, which gets between one hundred to two hundred and fifty visitors
a day, is the nexus point. Each week between seven to ten authors
from the U.S. and U.K. submitted short fiction of one thousand words or
less compete to win an original work of art that is the basis for the story.
The stories and assemblages are then coupled with great graphic design
and photo illustration to create an environment that compliment the two.
The catalog is a collaborative joint between myself, an
artist with a national reputation and proven track record. (I’m also
a professor of Art and Art History at Ohlone College in Fremont where I
also am the director of the Louie Meager Art Museum)
So far the authors are a dirty dozen or so such as author
professor Mark Brosamer, mystery writer Matt O'Malley, pulp author
Steven D. Rogers of PulpFest fame, Dreamworks animator/cartoonist Brian
Newlin, columnist Gigi De Vault and others.
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/
We're going to have a photobooth for the show for participants
to play with and vintage costumes.
Of course I'll send the authors free copies of the newspaper
style catalogs.
I may also print an illustrated monograph that will include
some of the stories and pictures.
Sincerely (I mean it!)
Kenney Mencher
Here are two of the books that were designed as catalogs.
(Click the book for a preview.)