I will be turning my Toyota Van into an Art Car in the next week or so.  Most of the design was created in my gallery in pieces (like a jig saw puzzle) and the pieces just need to be glued in place. I took pictures as I went along so that I could create a tutorialfor you to either create your own Art Car or you could create a portrait. The picture I attached is a portrait of Barbie that will be on the hood of the Van.

Watch for the tutorial coming soon.

Friends,

I am raising funds to show my artwork at the ‘Nada Dada Ding Dong Event’ in Reno, NV. from June 15-19, 2011.

Last year, 5000 people visited this event. Vallejo is a ghost town. I must get exposure beyond the boundaries of Vallejo. That’s the only way my altered Barbie’s and I can become Successful and Famous.

I come to you friends, my admirers, I need your help.

If you would like to help, please follow this link for more details.

IndieGogo-OOAK Barbie Campaign

Thanks in advance,

LaVonne Sallee’, Artist

P.S. If you have any questions, don’t be shy and give me a call.

For a Fashion Show, during a Celebration at the

OOAK BARBIE GALLERY

SATURDAY 5/21/2011 4pm-9pm 

The Fashion Show is featuring

“KEN IN DRAG”

The show will be from 7pm-8pm. 

This is a “Volunteer Gig” and you need to supply your OWN outfit/costume.

If interested in being one of the models

Please come to a meeting at the

OOAK BARBIE GALLERY

310 Georgia Street in Vallejo, Ca. 94590 on

Tuesday, May 10 at 7pm OR Saturday, May 14 at 4pm.

If you are unable to attend either one of these meetings.

Email me: lavonnesbarbies@yahoo.comOR call 707-644-6625 for arrangements.

You are Invited to the First Annual One Of A Kind Barbie Celebration!
Please come and support my event. It will be my Barbie’s and my pleasure to have you celebrate the growth of my art!
Any questions or comments, Please contact me
via email: lavonnesbarbies@yahoo.com OR by telephone: 707-644-6625.
Hope to see you here!

Thanks in Advance,
LaVonne Sallee’, Artist

Her name is Mable. I do not have her story. I was told she is shy.

Here is my story for her:

Her piece set inside an Aladdin Lamp sort of container. She brought her own doll who is dresses like a Queen or a princess and surrounded with beautiful things. In the front of the container is a very large white mouse.

Mable also brought a figurine of a dog which I think represents a dog that is special to her.

Her name is Kathryn and this is her story behind her creation.

With regards to my process, well…..actually, I didn’t have anything specific in mind before starting out.  I definitely didn’t want to do anything “sweet” or “adoring of Barbie”.  I was thinking of turning Barbie into a Crone by chopping off her breasts and then, sculpting in sagging tits, a round flabby belly, big thighs, flabby arms etc.  but, realized that it would be too time consuming.  I had also thought that Barbie’s face always reminded me of a fish or a bird.  So,  I think in the end, I created a Barbie fish/bird with a face & eyes that have a “skeleton look”.  So……..I don’t know…………is my Barbie a Fish/Bird Banshee/Crone? Who knows?

-Kathryn

Her name is Janet and this is her story behind her creation:

I had a vague idea of combining the Barbie body with an animal head and maybe other body parts. I also have been reading a biography of Cleopatra which debunks the standard (male) historian view that she achieved and maintained her considerable power only through sexual means, and argues that not only was she very charismatic and charming but she was highly intelligent, politically savvy and a superb manager. So I wanted an image that was sensual and powerful at the same time. I was hesitant about putting the seahorse tail on her as a huge penis at first, but you really helped me go ahead and do it, and now I love it!

I especially thank you for encouraging me to add the tail, with such good humor, because it helped me push aside some internal barriers about what I allow myself to express in my work. Self-censoring can be a problem in creating art!

-Janet

Her name is Mitzi and this is her story behind her creation:

The name of my creation is Vagina Dentatta. I started with wanting to do a kind of Yin/Yang, using a replica of my own paint horse I had as child. I added a little dappled filly and a Barbie wearing a black lace sexy purple dress. The vagina biting head seemed to come last as female sexual power that can stimulate or devour. My first intention had been to have Barbie crawling with spiders but when I found the Giant Ant. She , the ant, seemed perfect to fit on Barbies wild hair as helmet with a spray of golden CHI energy bursting out of Barbie, the daughter,  top Chakra. The web that weaves them all together, mare, daughter and filly is black. It is referencing the web from a Giant Black Spider, like the one that helped my mother to pass away. The net symbolized the bonding of mother to daughter to mother and on in to infinity, round and round we circle, one onto the other forever.

-Mitzi