where to buy art.... studio mardiclaw

I have been a staple at surrey's for a long time, and this year I continue my tradition of hanging there. I have also added one other new spot, A Musing bike rentals located at 1818 Magazine Street. You can also find me at the OCH Art Market each month. this location is at zeitgeist, and has been a really relaxing and fun place to hang out. they serve great food, drinks, and more. the month of nov they will be the third weekend, and adding a street party as well. I also am online at fine art america. www.mardiclaw.com www.mardiclaw.net www.skinznbonez.com http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mardi-claw.html http://www.noomoon.net/index.php?option=com_redshop&view=category&layout=detail&cid=34&Itemid=526 tshirts, gicless, paintings, christmas ornaments and more at the OCH market for the next six months. very excited. I am doing a series of tarot cards featuring skinz n bonez, and soul sweepers, and I also have been busy working on chickenz n more. If your interested in a painting of your home, please contact me.

skinznbonez n soul sweepers

this has been a great year, and coming into october, the skeletons have been out. We began the month with calacas y maracas, and will end the month with day of the dead parade. calacas y maracas was a new idea implemented this year. skinz N bonez, new orleans only female bone gang dressed up and created a giant altar. we also picked about eight bars, and made altars for them. for ten dollars, you could join us, and help raise money for Animal Rescue New Orleans, or aka ARNO. we are proud to say it was a success! then we rolled anba dlo, Which was a very fun evening. KREWE OF BOO is oct 25th, then voodoo fest just for fun, and the day of the dead parade on nov 2nd. We are also looking forward to YeMaYa parade on nov 10th. boy its fun being a bone.

happy festival season

well, its here. french quarter fest, navy week, jazz fest, creole tomato fest, and more. this is that time of year, where for a minute the weather is just gorgeous, and spring like, and then suddenly someone turns on the oven.
This spring brings many new possibilties. one being the new artist market, and co op. the other is more art at surrey's, and then there's my new krewe skinz n bonez. these lovely skellie ladies sure know how to have a great time, and we'll be out there for french quarter fest, with the krewe of wenches, and pirates, marching in the parade, to promote the up and coming shore leave / navy week.
seven tall ships will come up the mississippi and park themselves for all to see. get out and enjoy!

treme final episode, season two.

Its been a great season of treme, with the actors, directors, writers and bloggers, all descending upon the hi ho lounge, to watch on the big screen. In particular was the recent visit of david simon, and dear new orleans. watching an episode knowing that its going to end badly, to see what the people think? is pretty brave, and the loss of harley? was indeed sad. but all I gotta say mr simon? its been a great season.

treme

its been a great season for the HBO series treme. I've had the luxury of continuing my raffle for a free painting each week. we added reserved seating and drinks, and now we have a full on raffle going that has customers screaming for a win. This past sunday was no different.

The hi ho lounge has been featured now on two episodes. Davis Macalary's band performs for us, and we watch him on the big screen on the same stage. More art and film fused... This week was different, as the real davis rogan was in the house, and performed for us all.

I also brought Dear New Orleans to the lounge, so we could raise some money for evacuteer, and bring some great images to the forefront, including david simon himself.

However, the evening was a bit hard to swallow with Harley being murdered. It brought so many memories of that horrific time after katrina, when the thugs came back, and murder with it. Robberies, murders, beatings, rapes, and NOPD could give a damn. The place I worked at even was a victim. It was scary times, and seeing them turn that corner, after playing on frenchman, and then robbed, and then shot, just held an entire room in shock.

I held my hands to my mouth, and just couldn't believe that such a wonderful moment would turn sad. So sad, and in the second to the last episode, which now I realize, is the episode that they kill off a character. You know he's gone, You saw that bullet in the head, you saw the blood, you heard the screams.

sad indeed. Do you know what it means? To miss new orleans?
as the revelers pass Sonny, he looks at antoine, and says, thats so new orleans... antoine stands to hail a cab, and police go screaming by, to the murder scene we just saw... antoine replies, "thats new orleans too."

mardiclawblog: piratical adventures in the big easy

mardiclawblog: piratical adventures in the big easy

piratical adventures in the big easy

the krewe of pirates and wenches of new orleans are going to grant a childs wish for make a wish foundation this weekend. a giant childrens parade will weave through the quarter, as we celebrate this opportunity. Party like a Pyrate / shore leave 2011 is not to be confused with pyratecon or pyrateweek. both of these entities are folks who aren't from new orleans.

the problem with pyrateweek is its timing. As most of us in new orleans knows, when mardigras ends, and lent begins, we can all take a deep sigh, and break from all the chaos. exceptions? st pats, st josephs, and super sunday. all long standing traditions. to add another "event" after these huge events, is pretty exhausting, and thats why the new orleans krewes prefer to do their fest in between french qtr, and jazz fest. this is when the city starts to come alive again, the temps outside are nice and breezy, and we're ready to roll again.

last nights kick off was at the bourbon orleans, with a rum contest. The winner was one vanessa sternick, who created a champagne mojito with blackbeards rum. the meet and greet went really well, and the pirates were off this am for a scavenger hunt, and dinner party. a pub crawl rounds out the evening, with a show at one eyed jacks, with Debauche and the Valpariaso mens chorus.

tomorrows festivities begin at eleven am in pirates alley, with nola rising paint party, face painting, and then parade at three. 504 dancing man will lead the parade with kids in tow, and the US Navy band. this is going to be a great day of fun, and hopefully our child will be feeling well by tomorrow to roll with us.

sunday is a bloody mary party at finnegans, and then I'm off to the healing center for a bbq, and then work at the hiho.

come september, look for the wenches to do another parade, with make a wish. Its nice to have a good bond with such a wonderful organization.

happy ash thursday, friday, sat, and sunday

wow... talk about ash wed... didn't happen for me, instead I was up early, painted, dressed up in costume, and out the door with friends, kim, lisa, and myself, and wendy too, for a shoot for society of st anne, for the HBO series treme. LOL upon arrival? tom harvey, lani, her son, and more. it just keeps gettin better. although, its sacred to done a costume on ash wednesday for some, I just keep remembering going to surrey's one year, and one will smith jr, was dressed as the pope, seating the long line of hungover folks with ashes on their foreheads...
well, this day would turn out to be a long one. Melissa Leo, brought some of David Mills ashes to the shoot, and before we shot anything? she put him in the big muddy, and that set the somber tone for the next shot. Took several takes, and I got to be done front, it was a bit chilly, and the rain was slowing down. I don't want to give away too much, so I'll keep it simple.
we did the river shot a few times, after breakfast, after lunch, then we did a scene of revelers on bourbon street. David Morse was there, he's much taller than I expected. lots of beads flying, lots of people milling about and hugging, kissing, dancing, and more. a fun shot.
then, when it was all over, went home, and woke up with mardigras/ashwed flu. horrific. ached all over, feverish beyond belief. two days of sweats, and aches, and finally broke on the third day. then the aches of coughin so much. it was a long three days.
but back to work now. life begins again.

bacchendymion box of wine... LOL

wow, tomorrow is gonna be a hella day. due to bad weather, endymion has been moved behind bacchus, making our little parade called box of wine? into a monster of a roll. I'm sure we'll be moving really fast. seems like parades are flying by. Anyhow, if you can get out there, look for us right behind thoth. right in front of bacchus, and racing to keep up.

delusion indeed... deepwater

wow, what a great week. it started with the "My Scary Valentine" tumble, and ended with deepwater delusion. had a blast at both, but the gras is now upon us, and the week was long. I did banners for delusion, davis rogan, and the krewe of muu muu, PLUS, did repaint on the floats, lettering, and general run round to get stuff done. PLUS, selling lots of paintings and getting oysters to dry, paint, glue condoms on, and black pearls, and waaaaaa-lah! a fun throw. plus we made oyster shells, to wear, outta paper mache, and then separating beads, made for more mayhem. by the time we were done? wow. mission accomplished.
the line up was long, got there a little earlier than we shoulda, then got sidetracked, but eventually folded in. what a great time. the drum cart? always a favorite. they just make any parade.
the after party? didn't care for the venue. too expensive. drinks were $7 and up. no thanks. so over to Eddies house, then several venues before we settled in. Didn't drink a whole lot on the route. more interested in stayin out of any bathroom debaucle... like not finding one.
spent great times this week, and look forward to relaxing this week, before the chaos begins. Painting an entire marching krewe for sparta, then a wedding party. should be fun.
I got wildmans skeleton to finish, the banners for burning spear, and commissions... PLUS prepping for jackson square. so much to do!
stay tuned as the season keeps moving on.