Mike Geno is a master artist who specializes in creating works of art based on meat…in particular we love his work featuring tasty bacon. He’s now created an item designed for you to share with your friends & family — the Mona Bacon postcard!
Here’s what Mike has to say about the new postcards:
MONA BACON – 5 full color postcards with the bacon masterpiece, Mona Bacon.
-Postcards are professionally printed in full color and 4×6″ and the back side is blank – white
Get a pack (or more) of these for your usual greeting card occasions… postcard stamps are cheaper! Eliminating envelopes is so greeeen too!
Originally, I designed this image for an exhibition I curated called “The Bacon Show”. I recently realized this makes sense for lots of occasions, like thank you cards, birthday cards, apology cards, even after first date cards…and good luck on going vegetarian, card too!
This year, spare your friends and family the usual, send a message of love and bacon with the sophistication of fine art. *These are guaranteed to impress or your money back!
I’ve been focusing on the beauty of bacon in my studio (mikegeno.com) and I even curated a gallery exhibit: The Bacon Show which celebrates the glory of bacon (meatartists.blogspot.com).
*not really.
**prints of this image are also available in my Etsy shop.
***If you’d like more than one pack this purchase, please just contact me and I will respond very promptly. Buy more than one pack = no extra shipping fee!
Take a look at your desk, see that bare corner over there? That space that’s always empty, just waiting to be filled by the perfect nicknack? Well my friends, the wait is over.
Meet Bacon Head Boy and his Pet Pig. The little dude stands about 4 inches tall and each one is lovingly hand crafted by the artist in polymer clay and shrink film. Buy Bacon Head Boy now!
From the artist’s bio on Etsy:
My name is Lisastarchild, yes this is my real first name, no my parents weren’t hippies! lol. I am a handmade Art toy maker from Cleveland, Ohio. I am inspired by designer toys, urban vinyl and the art of Luke Chueh and Buff Monster. I currently hand sculpt all of my figures out of polymer clay, but hope to someday be able to afford to produce a small run of some of my characters in vinyl. After loosing my job last year I turned to crafting to pay my rent and bills until I found a new job. At this time I still have not found permanent employment, so crafting is my only income. Just know that every order pretty much goes toward living expenses and supplies.
Subscribe to my blog: http://lisastarchild.blogspot.com/ (I give away free stuff from time to time.)
Follow Me On Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisastarchild
If you like the item you have purchased please send me a photo of you with it or displayed in your home. I am putting together a section for figures that have found happy homes on my website www.sleepyrobot13.com
Buy Bacon Head Boy now!
Thanks to Bacon Today reader Lisa NA for the link!
Neil Caldwell has come up with something that is pure genius. He has created the color wheel of bacon!
No, this isn’t some graphic design trick (although Neil is a graphic designer). This is real, genuine colored bacon.
In the above photos you can see the pre-cooked and post-cooked bacon. Notice how well the color is retained.
Ever had trouble getting your kids to eat their meat? Well, we can just about guarantee that the kiddies won’t turn down a rainbow of sweet, sweet bacon.
Just how does Neil create this fantastically colored bacon? Well, for the moment he’s keeping the secret under wraps. We’ll keep on the case though and see if we can’t get you a recipe for this colorful concoction.
Hmmm, I wonder if this bacon rainbow would work if you used bacon jerky?
Austin, TX based graphic designer Brady Clark has created a couple prints that true bacon lovers should have hanging on their walls.
These beautiful pieces celebrate nature’s meat candy with glorious design & color and are only available in very limited editions.
The Thank ‘Que print is 24″ wide by 18″ tall and is printed on #130 Cougar natural stock. This special print is signed and numbered and is limited to 100 in the first edition.
The Amen print is 9″ wide by 24″ tall and is printed on #130 Cougar natural stock. This awesome print is signed & numbered and is limited to 100 in the first edition.
Order your bacon prints today!
If you’re going to remodel your kitchen, be sure to put one of Mike Geno’s meat paintings on your wall so you can stare at bacon while you eat it. When we first met Mike Geno in February, we thought he was just a talented guy with a passion for meat art. Turns out, he’s a community activist, too.
Mike was looking for a way to connect with other artists like himself. We met several meat artists at BAconfest in San Francisco a while back, and it’s safe to assume there are others like them all over the place. What Mike started is the Meat Artists Blog, dedicated to all things in the world of artistically-arranged meat. In his words from the site’s inaugural post…
“If you’d like the join this site, just email me at : meatartists@yahoo.com and let me know how to link you to the site. I’ll add you to the list of artists, I can add your pictures to our flickr account that feeds our slide show and also I can add you as a featured artist.
This site can be a place to communicate and for posting announcements of new work or exhibitions. Send info and/or links relating to meat/art please.”
This site may seem corny on the surface, but we support an outlet that strives to bring artists together who might not otherwise ever get to meet each other. This is a really important thing, and we salute Mike for his efforts and his passion.
Good luck Mike!
– Mike
We have never mentioned Sir Francis Bacon on this site before today. Go ahead and do a search in the box above. Sure, if you type in “Francis” and click “search” you’ll get seven or eight article returns, but those will all be articles that mention “San Francisco”. We made a conscious decision about a year ago that this site would be dedicated to all the best news about bacon and not about people named bacon. With the exception of a couple of relevant stories about actor Kevin Bacon, we have held true to that decision.
Finally, though, we have found a topical story about the famous Sir Francis Bacon. Glasstire’s Roy Neinast had a serious eureka moment while he was looking for a unique angle on the whole swine flu thing. As an online journal of visual art in Texas, Glasstire writers are always seeking out great bits of art to write about. This side-by-side comparison of the art of Sir Francis Bacon to the Food of Bacon is really clever. Granted, it doesn’t really represent the visual art of the Great State of Texas, but it sure is creative, and we support that.
Here’s one of the many clever juxtopositions made by Roy…
Very clever, and very creative. There are a bunch of these comparisons at Glasstire. Check them out for yourself.
– Mike
Photo credit
I have no words to describe this. The photo represents a section of a wall mural at the Costa Mesa Omelette Parlor.
Go there yourself, eat a hearty bacon breakfast, and marvel at the Pig in a Thong painting.
Some artists paint majestic landscapes that aim to remind us of melencholy days we have yet to enjoy. Other painters recreate life in acrylic form through photo-realistic portaits of moderately famous celibrities and try to sell them to you while you and your sweetheart stroll along the beach.
Then there are the artists that focus on what’s really important. Painters that bring us renderings of all that is good and tasty in this world. Painters that paint…bacon.
Mike Geno is just such an artist. In his own words Mr. Geno says “I’m a painter and I’ve painted meat for a while now.” He sells his wares on Esty.com (we’re particularly fond of “Bacon Love“) and states that people buy prints of bacon more than all other paintings combined. Bacon is love, indeed.
This November, bacon fans in the Philadelphia area will be treated to a special “Bacon Lovers” exhibit curated by Mike Geno. He is actively seeking bacon artists who wish to display their work at this upcoming show. If you are such an artist, please contact Mr. Geno directly at MikeGeno.com.
We aim to continue bringing you more of Mr. Geno’s work here at Bacon Today. Bacon love everyone, bacon love.
Artist Victoria Reynolds used meat as her inspiration for a series of incredible paintings. Available now at the Richard Heller Gallery, her paintings feature extremely realistic-looking meat renderings encapsulated within amazingly detailed and creative frames.
We first found out about Ms. Reynold’s work from Bacon Today reader Pete Lim who stated about her work:
“Does it symbolize gluttony, American food worship, immortality vs. emminent demise? I don’t know. Does it make me hungry? Yes most definitely.”
We are currently clearing wall space at Bacon Today Headquarters for a few of Victoria Reynolds’ oil paintings. Now we just need to scrape up about $6,000…
In addition to the paintings, Pete also spied the following photographs on the wall at Avenue G restaurant in San Francisco. We don’t have any further details on the images, so if anyone knows the artist or can provide us more information we’d love to know!
Artist Simone Racheli finds inspiration all around him. Born in Florance, Italy and residing in Rome he works with a variety of media to sculpt some amazing pieces. He’s also known to sketch a thing or two but our main reason for introducing Simone Racheli to you is the look of bacon.
As you can see in the photograph above, Simone Racheli has been known to blend the look of meat with the representation of everyday objects. In this case, a bacon-looking bicycle. This sculpture is part of a larger series of meat-themed objects such as a toilet, an iron, and more.
We commend Simone Racheli on his bold use of unlikely media to create such carnivorous concoctions. We hope to one day see a continuation of this series with a higher concetration of realistic-looking bacon wrapped around everyday objects from the kitchen. Imagine…bacon-wrapped refridgerators, spatulas, dinner plates, etc.
Long live Simone Racheli! Long live bacon!
