Steve Talkowski's piece(s) for tonight's Nathan Hamill x Toy Art Gallery "Bellicosity" show!

The other day we reveal some amazing work-in-progress pics of Steve Talkowski's piece for tonight's "Bellicosity" group show at the Toy Art Gallery. Talkowski remarks that when he received Nathan Hamill's Bellicose Bunny platform, "I knew immediately that I wanted to separate the bunny from the carrot, but didn't want to treat it as a rocket. A few sketches later and I came up with two droid companions that would be sidekicks to the Bunny." And the bunny is quite simple looking, a two-tone silver & pewter paint job, but one wouldn't want him detracting for the bots… The obvious time went into turning the two halves of the rocket into robots, though I do like the misting of red on the head of the blue guy. And I don't know where I've seen that sticker on the red guy's chest before, but I know I have…

The artists listed on the flyer are: A Little Stranger, Ardabus Rubber, Ayleen Gaspar, Mikie Graham of Blamo!, Bob Conge aka Plaseebo, Brandon Griffith, Brent Nolasco, Carson Catlin, Cris Rose, D-Lux, George Gaspar, Gris Grimly, J★RYU, Jeremiah Ketner, Jermaine Rogers, JESTER, Jon-Paul Kaiser, Josh Mayhem, Julie B., Julie West, KMNDZ, Lash, Leecifer, Luke Chueh, Martin Hsu, Miss Mindy, Nebulon5, Okedoki, OsiRisORion, Peap, Ragnar, Rohby, Rsin, Scott Tolleson, John "Spanky" Stokes, Steve Talkowski, Southerndrawl, TaskOne, Todd Robertson, Tomi Monstre, Touma, Toybot Studios, and valleyDweller. Though not listed on the flyer, we've heard that Chauskoskis, Shojono Tomo, and Voltaire will be in the show as well.

"Bellicosity: The Bellicose Bunny Group Custom Show" will open on March 23rd and run through April 6th at the Toy Art Gallery (TAG), 7571 Melrose Ave. (corner of Melrose & Curson) Los Angeles, CA, 90046.