Amigos,

Welcome to the brand, spanking new Playpix Gallery!

I hope that soon this store will get popular enough so I can add visual artists that I like, and give them the opportunity to sell their work and make a little dough.

Nobody is going to get rich off this, but it can add a little bit of needed green to some deserving wallets, and at the same time, showcase great art to peeps that don’t normally browse fine art galleries or websites.

I know some very firme artists out there that are doing cool, interesting pictures and sculptures, that you might find appealing and may, if you like, find their way onto a flat surface in your office, living area or sleeping quarters.

For starters I’m going to put up some of my own things… I know, I know, here’s another rock and roller that suddenly fancies him or herself a painter to fuel some maniacal ego trip. Look, I’m not a guy who just because he’s in a cool band and writes some moderately entertaining and occasionally insightful songs, who one night discovers as he lays in bed that he can do anything.

I’ve been doing art all my life and I love it. I intentionally stayed away from showing this side of me for a long time because of that rock dude/I’m an artist now stigma.

Sheesh! Okay, enough with the disclaimer, here’s the deal:

I did six drawings that hang together under one mildly amusing theme and reproduced them as a series of hand signed and numbered limited edition prints that I’ll sell real cheap. (I can get you on original drawings and other stuff later).

I found a really great printer in Austin TX who did a fantastic job of inkjet printing on Strathmore 400 80lb acid free paper, (laser and inkjet is quickly becoming a legit printing method among fine artists).

The size is 8 1/2” x 11”, so they’re not a big investment in framing and don’t require a lot of wall space, so you won’t have to take down sis’s high school graduation picture to accommodate them.

Take note: They will NOT be reprinted after the run is sold out, meaning that you can rest assured that what you get might one day become valuable after I’m dead. Your investment will be secure as long as you don’t use them as coasters or placemats.

That’s it. So if you like ‘em, buy up and I’ll make more. This is gonna be fun.

Click here to see art!  http://playpix.retailrapp.com/products

Sincerely yours,

Louie Perez

“Evangeline, The Queen of Make Believe” is a collaboration between Louie Perez of Los Lobos and About Productions creators Theresa Chavez and Rose Portillo.

The Multimedia presentation will feature the songbook of Hidalgo and Perez, and is inspired by their song “Evangeline.”

Evangeline… a devoted daughter by day, a Hollywood go-go dancer by night. A journey of self-discovery by a young Chicana, who’s neighborhood roots and make believe world collide when she experiences the West Side art scene and the music of the Sunset Strip, is set against the 1968 student walkouts in East L.A. and the flight for equal education and civil rights.

A nearly three year development process is about to come to fruition. “Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe” begins performances May 3, with the official opening night scheduled for May 12 at the Bootleg Theater, in Los Angeles, CA.

Low Cost Previews: May 3-11, all seats $22

Official Premiere May 12 – to May 27, all seats $32.

For more information, go to: http://aboutpd.org/evangeline/evangeline-the-queen-of-make-believe

To bring this show to your community, contact: Kimiko Tokita at Kimiko@whitecrowe.net.

The Three Louies takes it’s show on the road to the Aspen’s Solazu Writer’s Conference on June 21, 2012.

For more info, click here!