Camilla adds a beautiful and breathtakingly surreal custom painted Mark Ryden YHWH sculpture to Toy Art Gallery's May 11th Exhibition.
 

Artists interpreting Ryden's intriguing form include Brent Nolasco, Camille Rose Garcia, Dril1, Frank Kozik, J*Ryu, Kathie Olivias, Liz McGrath, Yosuke Ueno, and Marion Peck & Mark Ryden themselves.

Camilla has painted her YHWH, titled "Satin Stares", stands 17" tall and is painted with Oils & Acrylics. Metalic paint detailing give the piece a bit of shimmer from every angle.

Satin Stares will be available through Toy Art Gallery or inquire their show preview at info@toyartgallery.com . You can follow their facebook updates here

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Camilla can't get enough of these Freakstore Fonzo french bulldog toys, and they can't get enough Camilla! Camilla contributes a new custom 6" Fonzo to Fonzo Loves The UK exhibition at Sho Gallery opening May 11. Camilla's first Fonzo, Rainbow In My Eyes, sold on Preview- so this might be your chance to add a beautiful sculptural painting to your collection.

Camilla's Fonzo for Fonzo Loves The UK is titled "Gaia", and will list for 280£ at Sho Gallery. To sign up for the Exhibition Preview e-mail or inquire a piece, contact freakstore@rocketmail.com

Camilla's No Ordinary Love Statue, a collaborative effort with Gentle Giant Studios and produced by Dark Horse Comics has been nominated for the Designer Toy Awards Outstanding Production piece of 2012!

The Designer Toy Awards, run through Clutter Magazine, recognize the best and brightest artists and contributions to the designer toy and art toy world. Held during the weekend of New York Comic Con in NYC, the DTA are a fabulously well attended and lively event bringing together artists and industry professinals from all over the world. It is an honour for Camilla's first art statue adaptation from one of her paintings, No Ordinary Love, to be recognized at this level.

Last years' winner for the designer toy awards Outstanding Production category was Tara McPherson's art statue Lilitu. A marvellously crafted sculptural art piece in an edition of 200 pieces.

This year we will be asking for your support in helping vote for Camilla's No Ordinary Love Statue, and show how your Love of Camilla's artwork is anything but Ordinary! When voting opens in the summer time we will announce it here and on our newsletter here. Or visit the Designer Toy Awards site directly here.

Camilla's recent nomination is joined by our d'Errico Studios MegaLlama helper Tasha Zimich, who has been nominated in the Designer Toy Awards for Breakthrough Artist! We remember Tasha cut her teeth on painting designer vinyl with painting some of Camilla's DIY Vinyl Kuro Toys. Tasha has kept painting toys, and has since participated in exhibitions and artist series regularly. Here's a quick look at how far Tasha has come along from 2011 to now. Keep it up Tasha!

Lions are magestic and inspirational creatures! Camilla has joined together with Walking For Lions, an organization dedicated to lion conservation, to raise funds for their May Walk. Camilla's painting image Hear Danielle Roar is now an 11x14" Mini Print here, and 50% of proceeds of these prints sold in the month of May will be donated to Walking For Lions.

Last month we raised $410 for Ocean River Institute, and March's charity print saw just over 200$ to Seattle Children's Hospital. Your support with Camilla's Charity Print efforts are making a difference for organizations that need it!

Walking For Lions

Conservation organizations are finding that official government census numbers for wild lion populations are often not accurate. We have lost more than 75% of our wild lion populations in Africa over the last few decades, and numbers are declining fast. Causes for this vary from losing wild food and available land, encounters with farmers, trophy hunting, and most alarmingly a rise in the human consumption of lion meat and bones.

The most important factor of the walk is that we will reach millions of people. We would like to create global awareness locally and internationally and give people something to think about when it comes to various aspects of lion conservation.

- Walking For Lions

Your purchase of a Hear Danielle Roar Mini Print here or at Vancouver Comic Arts Festival May 25-26 will see 50% of sales proceeds go to support Walking For Lions. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, you can follow WFL's website for updates or Like them on Facebook. Or contact us info@camilladerrico.com

Camilla is headed to Calgary Expo at the BMO Center on 20 Roundup Way! Find Camilla at tables #15-16 this weekend for brand new prints, her new Helmetgirls artbook, comics, new merchandise and more.
Exhibition hours are

Friday April 26- 12pm-8pm
Saturday April 27- 10am-7pm
Sunday April 28- 10am-5pm

This month Camilla is fundraising with the charity print Superficial Substances, 50% of proceeds will go to Ocean River Institute. We've already sold lots of prints online and at FanExpo Vancouver, let's keep it going!

New Prints

Camilla has a lineup of new prints 11x14" Mini Prints for Calgary Expo, here are just a few.

Find Camilla at tables #15-16 for these and more! If you have any questions feel welcome to email info@camilladerrico.com

This month's newest issue of Heavy Metal Magazine's #262 is dedicated to a project Camilla has been a part of for several years - DRAVN. She was the original character concept artist and her story, Girl of Sorrows, teams her up with colorist Asuka 111 again.

DRAVN is a fantasy epic weaving history's most influential good guys and bad guys into a legacy that is now in the hands of one young girl, Britney.

Pick up the issue of Heavy Metal magazine #262: here for 5 comic stories, character concept art and clues about what is coming next in this sprawling sci-fi fantasy!

We are all very excited to see this work finally released and published!
To keep up with the DRAVN action, you can Like their Facebook here or follow their gallery here.

Vancouver Fan Expo was a huge success this past weekend April 20-21, thank you to everyone who came to visit Camilla's tables, and to all Camilla's newfound fans and friends. Fan Expo Vancouver has grown since it's debut year in 2012, with the Exhibition Hall more than doubled in size and completely packed with attendees.

Camilla launched a whole lineup of new Mini Prints for Fan Expo Vancouver, including a much-anticipated release of her Candy Escape paintings in 11x14" Prints. Stay tuned for online release details on Camilla's eStore.

Camilla sold quite a few of her new Superficial Substances Mini Print, which we remember is this months' Charity Print fundraising for Ocean River Institute. 50% of proceeds of Superficial Substances prints sold this month will be donated to ORI, who work on projects such as helping freshwater dolphins and fighting legislation that allows farmers nitrogen runoff to pollute rivers. You can help too by picking one up here.
 

Camilla's next convention she's headed to is Calgary Entertainment Expo where she will be at tables B15-16 with brand new prints, merchandise, her new Helmetgirls Artbook & Giveaway print, and more! You can RSVP to the Facbook event here!

A short distance outside of Vancouver, in the neighboring city of Burnaby, is the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Center. Camilla has supported the Nikkei center's art exhibitions and charity print auctions in the past, and returns this year for Nikkei Museum's Kokeshi Project.

Camilla's oil & acrylic painted 4" wooden Kokeshi doll, Little Betty Blue Bell, may be previewed here. Little Betty Blue Bell will go up for silent auction through the Nikkei Museum's Bloom show opening April 25th, with a starting bid of 50$. All proceeds benefit the Nikkei Museum and Cultural Center.

Little Betty Blue Bell may be a special opportunity for you to add an oil painting of Camilla's to your collection, while benefitting Nikkei Center's cultural and educational community programs! If you would like to learn more about the Nikkei Center or inquire a bid for Camilla's piece, contact The Nikkei Center.

Camilla will be attending Fan Expo Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Center! Find Camilla in the Small Press / Artist Alley section at table 50 on Saturday and Sunday April 20-21.

Exhibition Hall hours are:
Saturday 10am-7pm
Sunday 10am-5pm

Camilla will have lots of new Mini Prints, her new Helmetgirls Artbook, Comics, and brand new merchandise like Mugs and Laptop Cases.
 

If you have any questions about Fan Expo Vancouver feel welcome to drop us a line at info@camilladerrico.com and RSVP to the Facebook event here.