VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue

About Me

I am:

An artist, a photographer, a musician, a dad :), my own worst critic, my biggest fan, unlike anyone else you know, unpredictable, currently working on my degree in Business Administration, probably not someone you would admit to knowing ;)

Things I like:

Les Paul guitars, loud rock music, Mozart, fine art, thai food, long island ice tea, thrift stores, italian shoes, Nikon cameras, lego's, chess, girls in tank tops (it's a fetish) GQ Magazine, thunder and lightning, intelligent conversation

Want to know more? shoot me an email - or get me on yahoo(just ask for it)
See more of my art on DeviantArt.com
Or on my website VALVEHOUSE.COM

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Art Brut and Outsider Artists
Dark or Macabre genre artists
Photographers, Models, Musicians and Fellow Deviants.

Oh yeah, if you're famous go ahead and add me.

Music:

I love 80's rock.

Black Sabbath
Michael Schenker Group
Adam And The Ants
Aldo Nova
RUSH
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motley Crue
They Might Be Giants etc.

I also like Modern stuff like:

Alkaline Trio
Chris Cornell
Auf Der Maur
Amber Pacific
Goo Goo Dolls
Coheed and Cambria
The Distillers
Rancid
Rammstein
Slipknot
The Living End
Blink 182
Sum 41
Matchbox 20
3 Doors Down
...pretty much any band with numbers in their name - except The Click 5 !!!

Movies:

Shaun Of The Dead!
Silent Hill
Land Of The Dead (or anything with zombies)

Television:

Viva La Bam!
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Night Gallery
The Outer Limits

Books:

Lord of the Flies

My Blog

New image "8.14.07"

I don't know
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:47:00 PST

Vote for your favourite artist!!!

The saga continues on ArtFAceOff.com!!! Thanks to everyone who voted for me in last weeks round! This week is a new round with 7 new face-off contests for the following catagories: Photography 3 Dime...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:12:00 PST

Read my interview in Phirebrush Magazine 53

Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with James Acklin from Phirebrush.com. Click the pic to check out my interview in issue 53... btw, this issue is PACKED with amazing art, phography, music and ...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:13:00 PST

Im featured in Phirebrush Magazine

I am featured in issue 52 of Phirebrush Magazine This is my third feature in PB this year and my second time on the cover. Jeez! people are going to start thinking that I'm dating someone at the magaz...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:26:00 PST

Filpping you off!

I'm starting a new tradition... This Friday 8/3/07 is "Flip-Off Friday!" It's my little way of saying "F U" to the work week and "hey baby, let's party" to the weekend! Here's how it works...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:38:00 PST

Art Face Off... the saga continues :)

It's hard to believe... but after 6 rounds of Art Face Off... i'm still one of the top rated artists on the site. :) Yes, the next round of ArtFaceOff.com has begun and I'm still in the running! ...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:49:00 PST

Show this weekend

This Saturday (7/21) I'll have some pieces in the gallery at the 11th annual Monterey Rock and Art Festival. I'll also be debuting new piece :) This is the Largest Showcase of Cutting Edge Music and A...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:34:00 PST

A special print for Friday the 13th

Every day is Friday the 13th when you hang with me! lol I thought that I would do a special print for Friday the 13th (7/13/07) So, I went back through my archives and dug up this gem; "Harbinger". Th...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:49:00 PST

New piece

Back from my trip to Washington state completely refreshed& actually, after that trip I think I need a vacation! Don't worry; I'm posting my travel log tomorrow complete with pics so that all o...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:07:00 PST

July, 4 - US Independence Day

It's amazing to think that 230 years ago, shoeless peasant farmers armed with sticks and rocks beat the most technologically advanced professional army in the world. ...
Posted by VALVEHOUSE The Art of James Perdue on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:40:00 PST