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EGAN

Your blood is my gold

About Me



My Interests

family, friends, painting, music, movies, working out, printmaking, outsider art, blood, crossing out eyes, lowbrow art, skulls, laughing at you, folk art, ghosts, poison bottles, chainsaws, coffins, skeletons, church, severed limbs, funeral homes, horror films, stained glass windows, crosses, the day of the dead, records, getting tattooed, prayer cards www.eganpaintings.com

I'd like to meet:

old friends, new friends, other artists, galleries, art publishers, art collectors and you.

Music:

Murder City Devils, Rancid, Mogwai, The Bronx, NOFX, Norma Jean, The Jam, The Chariot, Band of Horses, Blood Brothers, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Murder By Death, Tom Waits, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Radiohead, Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, AC/DC, Sam Cooke, The Beltones, US Bombs, Black Flag, Beirut, The Misfits, Explosions in the Sky, TV On The Radio, The Smiths, The Cure, Johnny Cash, Wolf Parade, Descendents, Social Distortion, Public Enemy, Otis Redding, Thrice, Death Cab for Cutie, Buzzcocks, The Stooges, The Pogues, Swingin Utters, Run DMC, The Business, Interpol, The Clash, Elliott Smith, Black Sheep, Minor Threat, Rolling Stones, The Who, etc.

Movies:

Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Devil's Rejects, This is England, Trainspotting, Death Proof, Donnie Darko, Kill Bill, Seven, Big Lebowski, Silence of the Lambs, Zodiac, Bottle Rocket, There Will Be Blood, Snatch, No Country For Old Men, etc.

Television:

Deranged, Most Evil, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Dexter, Flight of the Concords, etc.

Books:

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk or Irvine Welsh, Among the Thugs, Geek Love, American Psycho, Clockwork Orange, Contortionist's Handbook, Various books on Serial Killers, Art Books(Clayton Brothers, The Date Farmers, Richard Colman, etc.)

Heroes:

Artists I like: Tony Fitzpatrick, Margaret Kilgallen, Souther Salazar, Henry Darger, Charles Glaubitz, Gary Baseman, Ed Templeton, The Date Farmers, Fred Stonehouse, Manuel Ocampo, The Clayton Brothers, Gary Taxali, Ryan Heshka, Neckface, Tim Biskup, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Camille Rose Garcia, Richard Colman, Barry McGee, Jim Houser, Rev. Howard Finster, Etc.

My Blog

Yard Dog Gallery Austin, TX

I have five new paintings available through Yard Dog Gallery in Austin, TX You can check them out here: http://www.yarddog.com/component/option,com_virtuemart/page, shop.browse/category_id,103/Itemid,4...
Posted by EGAN on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:00:00 PST

Coming up in October

 So, I have a couple of shows coming up in October. First, I will be back in Portland again at Vino Paradiso for a solo exhibition. I'll be showing 20 new paintings and will be in town for the op...
Posted by EGAN on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:46:00 PST

"Lucky Day To Die" New works at Crazy Mocha

"Lucky Day To Die" New Works by Mike Egan.  14 new paintings at Crazy Mocha coffee shop in Pittsburgh, PA (Bloomfield).  The show is up and running and will be up through the end of June.&nb...
Posted by EGAN on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:54:00 PST

The Cement Gallery, London, England

  Hello, I’m currently in a sweet show over in London.  Check out the website for art, and news about upcoming events: http://www.cement-gallery.com/ Pictures from the show:  htt...
Posted by EGAN on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:45:00 PST

2008 Gallery shows, so far....

Calendar March 2008 - group show, Cement Gallery, London, EnglandMarch 2008 - "50/50" group show, The Soda Gallery, Dallas, TexasMarch 2008 - group show, The Hive Gallery,     ...
Posted by EGAN on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:49:00 PST

Flickr

If you have a Flickr account, be sure to add me to your contacts list. http://www.flickr.com/people/eganpaintings/   Thanks,  Mike....
Posted by EGAN on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:18:00 PST

Portland is going to be bloody!!!

Vino Paradiso Hosts Eerie "Funeral Portraits"Halloween is just around the corner, but you won't have to visit a haunted house to get a little creeped out. One of our favorite wine bars is hosting arti...
Posted by EGAN on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:19:00 PST

Portland, OR

I'll be have a solo show in Portland, OR at Vino Paradiso in the months of October and November.  I'll be in town from Oct. 3rd to the 7th.  If your in Portland please stop by the gallery on...
Posted by EGAN on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:30:00 PST

OUR ART SITE DOT COM interview

I did an interview with Zach over at www.ourartsite.com, take a minute and go read it.                     ...
Posted by EGAN on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:20:00 PST

GenArt Benefit in L.A.

  LA based curator SETH CARMICHAEL is converting the 3,500 sq/ft "Supreme Penthouse" at Biscuit Company Lofts in LA's downtown Arts District into a temporary gallery space that will showcase so...
Posted by EGAN on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:06:00 PST