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BOSKO!!! Portrait by @cali_wally Thank you Cali

BOSKO!!!
Portrait by @cali_wally

Thank you Cali for this beautiful Painting of Bosko, to accompany your other beautiful portrait of Blackie the Cat.

Cali used to be my intern back in the day, and she takes commissions to do portrait paintings of not just pets but also humans and families!!!
Cali has an interesting story where her very first exhibition when she was a child was curated by @davidbowie

TOYS AS ART! I’m excited to play a special role

TOYS AS ART!
I’m excited to play a special role in celebrating @mattel 80th Anniversary at @coreyhelfordgallery exhibition opening March 15th!
For decades, my art was about blurring the lines between Fine Art & Toy Culture!
I look forward to going in depth in revealing my unique and inspired collaborations with @mattelcreations ❤️🖤

Getting ready for all my events in March! Are you

Getting ready for all my events in March!

Are you ready?

FIVE TAKE OFFS IN A ROW!!! On March 4, 2022, BOSK

FIVE TAKE OFFS IN A ROW!!!

On March 4, 2022, BOSKO, the World’s Greatest Flying Cat, surprised me by repeatingly taking off from the ground onto my shoulder!

BOSKO was remarkable! So happy I can share his magical feats!!

A Childhood Dream will be revealed March 6th!

I’m excited to be part of Mattel Creations Revealed!!
Tune in at 9 AM PT!

@mattelcreations
#mattelcreationsrevealed
#mattelcreations

WE’RE MEOWING IN THE RAIN!🎼🐈‍⬛ One ye

WE’RE MEOWING IN THE RAIN!🎼🐈‍⬛

One year ago today, BOSKO and I were taking a walk and got caught in a rain storm.

We turned it into a wonderful memory and song!
I can’t tell you how much I miss my walks with Bosko!

FYI…Saturday Creamy memees #wholesomememes #sof

FYI…Saturday Creamy memees

#wholesomememes #softmemes
#anthropromorphic #foodmemes
#relatablememes #artmemes

When I found BOSKO’S LIFELESS BODY. I was compe

When I found BOSKO’S LIFELESS BODY.

I was compelled to draw the moment right after I found Bosko dead on the bed, when I rushed out to the street holding him in my arms, looking to find my car, when a neighbor I didn’t know stopped me and asked if I needed help.

I wasn’t sure if I should share this.
I was shattered when I found him, trying to give him CPR, trying to blow air in his lungs to bring him back to life.

The next weeks I struggled to draw at all to either try to understand why his young life was taken away from me or to try to celebrate our special connection.

THE SECRET ORDER! 10 years ago today, we created

THE SECRET ORDER!
10 years ago today, we created
The Secret Order of the Camellias, a site-specific art installation and performative space at the Serpentine Gallery in London. This art installation celebrated my collaboration with Coach. Showcasing the wild beast characters that protect secrets and represent loyalty and friendship, guests were welcomed to join a special rite of passage into the Secret Order by offering their deepest darkest dreams at the Shrine of Buster Le Fauve.
My assistants blindfolded everyone who entered the shrine. They were instructed to release their written darkened dream onto the shrine. And I personally put a metal of Emmanuel Hare Ray around everyone’s neck. And each guest also took home a photo of themselves blindfolded in front of the shrine.

Remembering my father, Ben Baseman, on the 15th an

Remembering my father, Ben Baseman, on the 15th anniversary of his passing.
Of course, I think about him everyday.
15 years feels like a lifetime ago, yet his presence and my mom’s are with me everyday.
He lived an extraordinary life.
He lived through one of the most horrific events of mankind, survived, and thrived, raised a family and taught his children to be thoughtful, good, hard working people and not to limit their dreams.

We live in uncertain times, with the fear that similar authoritarian monsters who destroyed my parent’s homeland, are again raising their ugly heads.
We are still determined to complete our documentary, Mystical Creatures, about my father and mother’s life and tell their remarkable story.

Thank you, Dad. I always miss you.

BOSKO & HIS BEANS! Missing my Bosko this Sunday.

BOSKO & HIS BEANS!

Missing my Bosko this Sunday.
I always loved him getting excited when I would come home so we could share our days!

HAPPY CATURDAY from the Spirit of BOSKO! Took thi

HAPPY CATURDAY from the Spirit of BOSKO!

Took this photo February 22, 2022 on our mantle of our home. He was the best!
He was my favorite AWARD!!

BEGINNING OF ART WEEK! Made me think about when I

BEGINNING OF ART WEEK!

Made me think about when I began to see ART as a PRESENCE.
And for me, when I won the BOB’S BIG BOY Art Contest when I was 11 years old.

Art was more than PLAY, but it was a STATEMENT.

If you scroll, you will see a recent BOB’S BIG BOY drawing I did in honor of David Lynch!

BLIND JUSTICE!! My hand painted @coach jackets fr

BLIND JUSTICE!!

My hand painted @coach jackets from my 2017 Men’s Collection!
Scroll through to see some others from our series!

You’re a real WILD ONE!

When Flying Was Safe! BOSKO, THE WORLD’S GREATE

When Flying Was Safe!

BOSKO, THE WORLD’S GREATEST FLYING CAT,
With his Aviator’s Hat!!

Hearing about all the Airline Crashes are scary.
Wishing for more comforting days when Bosko was around to keep everyone safe!

I miss him more than anything!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEVERLY. My favorite cousin, Beverl

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEVERLY.
My favorite cousin, Beverly, was the inspiration for my entire New Zealand museum exhibition, Memento Moa. I grew up with Beverly in the Fairfax District of LA, then she fell in love and moved to New Zealand, where she was wed, had a son, lived a wonderful life, but succumb to cancer. This first painting is of Beverly as one of my “Wildgirl’s” with a ChouChou Gary. The second image is the original photograph of us. If you scroll, you will find details from other paintings in the exhibition mixed with other family photos! I’m so grateful to have my museum show Memento Moa exhibited in both the North & South Islands of New Zealand!

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