Untitled sketch on paper using black, blue, and red ink to create an image of a computer monitor, a cat, a head resting on a table, and a pair of shoes. Artist signature at lower right.
Estate of Frances Garvin and Keith Julius Puccinelli
Untitled sketch on paper using black and red ink to depict an image of a cat, owl, and wolf-like creature. Artist signature at lower right.
Untitled sketch on paper using multicolored ink to depict an image of a martini. To the right is a man, his tongue on the rim of the martini glass. Artist signature at lower right.
Untitled sketch on paper using black and red ink to depict a bird; at right an upside down, very small car. Artist signature at lower right.
Untitled sketch on paper using black, blue, and red ink to create an image of three nude figures, their heads covered and hands up, in a jail setting and in front of a large guard holding a gun. Artist signature at lower middle of piece beneath the guard's shoe.
Untitled (Dancer and Sunflower)
Untitled sketch on paper using black, green, orange, and red ink to create an image of a dancing figure with a flower tied aroud one of its ankles. Artist signature at lower right.
Untitled sketch on paper using mutlicolored ink to create an image of two Cubist-inspired figures holding mugs of coffee. A double arch, resembling the McDonald's restaurant logo, is present above the figures. Artist signature at lower left.
Untitled sketch on paper using multicolored ink to create an image of a chicken head and six bones. Artist signature at lower center.
Untitled sketch on paper using multicolored ink to create an image of a dog-like figure on a wheeled contraption. In the upper left is a McDonald's restaurant logo (the double arch) and a cross. Artist signature at lower right.
Untitled sketch on paper using multicolored ink to depict the outline of a house which an attached sign identified as "The Villa". Inside the outline are several wheeled contraptions and texts reading "COME ON, HONEY," "VIVE LA FRANCE, VIVA MEXICO LONG LIVE THE QUEEN," "HELP ME HI THERE," and "okay (NO)." Artist signature at lower right.
Drawing of a figure with a compressed torso, a head, and enlarged hands and feet, surrounded by plant-like designs. At lower right, signed.
Drawing of a figure in a clown costume with a large nose and wrinkled face firing a gun. At lower right, signed.
Untitled (Picture Frame and Mouth)
Drawing of a building with a mouth and a picture frame centered in the place of a nose, bordered by two tall trees. At lower right, signed.
Untitled sketch on paper using black, blue, and red ink to create an image of a figure, head in flames, sitting in an electric chair. The right side of the chair is labelled "PEDRO MEDINA." Slight staining at lower left corner. Horizontal crease at center; artist signature angled at lower middle of piece, underneath chair.
Drawing of elongated arm ending in a hand at one end and ending in a plume of flame at the other. Along lower edge, signed.
Drawing in black and red ink of a bare foot and ankle with three wounds spurting blood.
Drawing in black, red, and blue ink of a human heart with several passages leading to the lower right and upper left. At lower right, signed.
Two-sided drawing. On front (a), an upside-down, disembodied head in black ink with scraggly hair and flames in orange paint and smoke in black ink extending upward from the neck. At lower right, signed and dated. On reverse (b), one half of a disembodied, upside-down head with flames extending from the neck in paint and black marker and the word "HOTHEAD" in black and blue marker along the right edge of the flames.
Drawing in black, blue, orange and yellow ink of an upside-down disembodied head with flames and smoke rising from the neck. At lower right, signed.
Drawing of an upside-down, disembodied head drawn in ink and coffee with smoke and flames in brown and orange paint rising from the neck with a blue background.
Brown paper stencil of the word "EXIT" coated in gray and orange spray paint. At lower right, signed and dated.
Drawing of a mechanical head with a patterened cap attached to a single prosthetic leg with a blue background. At lower right, signed and dated.
Drawing of a head with empty eye sockets, a red circular nose, and a screaming mouth. At upper right, a hand holds a cane that casts a shadow onto sidewalk. At lower right, signed and dated.
Drawing of a wrinkled head with irises in the shape of stars attached to a trolley by the shoulders and a prosthetic hand. Below trolley, signed and dated.
Colored pencil, spit, and paint on paper
Drawing of a head with glasses, a large nose, and tufted orange hair. At lower right, signed and dated.
Drawing of an upside-down, disembodied head with a plume of flame and smoke extending from the neck. At lower right, signed.
Two part object including matchbooks; (a) matchbook with the text "Perfect Match" surrounded by hearts on front and two portraits on reverse; (b) matchbook with the text "Keith + Fran" inside a heart on front and the text "PERFECT MATCH" on reverse.
Drawing of a house with a man in the upper story lowering a valentine with a fishing rod through the window so it is visible to a woman on the lower story. In the upper right window, there is a cat.
Object includes 8 posters of 3 different kinds. The first includes a reproduction of a Dutch painting with the text "CAPTURED. STILLED. FROZEN." The second is an enlarged reproduction of a meat/poultry warning label. The third includes a text that begins with "The Pronk Still Life."
May the answers to all your holiday wishes be 'yes'
Puccinelli opened his Design Studio in 1983 for which he received national and international recognition for his work in design, illustration and advertising. In 1995, he began to focus on his own work eventually exhibiting all over the Southern California Region. Printed holiday card of a green and red circle with a slash overlapping each other; includes title, design studio, signature and AP 1/10.
ARBUSTO, Jorge (aka Keith Puccinelli)
Jorge Arbusto is an alias or alter ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during the George H. W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias. This painting includes a side portrait with no facial features; windmill deisgn on arm; on reverse signed.
Jorge Arbusto is an alias or alter ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during the George H. W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias. This painting details a pink cactus with green stems; on reverse signed.
Jorge Arbusto is an alias or alter ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during the George H. W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias. This Image includes the Santa Barbara Mission and a large ship combined through alternating horizontal lines. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on reverse in the upper right corner.
Jorge Arbusto is an alias or alter ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during the George H. W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias. This Image includes a snowy mountian ladscape and a young boy dressed in blue combined though alternating vertical lines. Signed, titled, and dated by artist on reverse in upper right corner.
Jorge Arbusto is an alias or alter ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during the George H. W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias. The piece is a a swirling mass of grey-ish blue water with human limbs and debris. Signed by artist on reverse.
Jorge Arbusto is an alias or alter ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during the George H. W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias.This painting details a figure resembling a head above a pink and purple landscape; on reverse signed.
Jorge Arbusto is an alias or later ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during George H.W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias. Painting of an enlarged pipe; below sits the phrase " Esto no es una pipa de la mola" translated to "This is not a pipe that is cool"; signed Jorge Arbusto at upper right.
Mi Testiculo Derecho Muy Grande
A faux papier mhsculpture, intended to be human testicles, is painted brown with blue to mimick veins. The right testicle is noticably enlarged.
A large ceramic sculpture in the form of a McDonald's soda cup with the words Coca-Cola on it.
A small stuffed pillow (a) with two carved wooden guns. Both guns fit under the pillow. One gun (b) is a red-ish brown color while the other gun (c) is a dark green.
Baton: yesterday, today, tomorrow
Baton with a brown handle and the words "yesterday, today, tomorrow" taped at the base of the wood.
5 x 1 x 1 " (U.S. BONE); 3 x 2 x 2 " (IRAQ BONE)
Two bone fragments; one with an American flag (a) and the other with the Iraq flag (b). The American bone is long and thin while the Iraq bone is short and thick.
Jack Knife, from Househeld Series
Mixed media sculpture of a large swiss army-like knife painted silver, brown, and beige with some red. Other tools such as a corkscrew are present.
Boxers on Fire, from Househeld Series
Faux papier mh cardboard, masking tape, paper towel, and oil paint
Sculpture of a blazing flame painted in orange, red, and yellow flaming from a blue, yellow and white boxer detailed with a grid patterm, stripes, and diamonds.
Mixed media sculpture of an oval-like shape painted varrious colors of brown and some blue wearing a black top hat. Unsigned by the artist.
Faux papier mh paint, pencil, and shellac
Brown papier mache sculpture of a weiner dog with a long body, nose, ears, and tail. The dog wears a colorful collar with red, green, and yellow patterns. Beneath the dog's right ear is the artist's signature and date.
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with short black hair, red lipstick, and a black blouse with a white collar. At lower right, signed and dated.
A set of four hand carved matches; each burnt at one end.
Five painted and carved wood cigarette butts.
Brown paper in the shape of a gun that is held together by staples.
Multiple cigarettes and smoke cigar.
Multiple unsmoked cigarettes (120) made from painted wood; included is a carved and painted wood cigar.
Wood carved and painted in the form of a used match.
A set of thirteen carved cigarettes varying in length and thickness.
Wood, faux papier mache, paint (possibly some polymer)
Wood formed into a large cigarette with a detailed red ash..
Three sheet drawing of naked figures from the waist up with wrinkled faces and bloody hands raised above their heads. The drawing is in black ink, with the exception of the blood on the hands, which is red paint.
Silver mixed media sculpture with large base forming a cylindrical form.
Pen, ink, pencil, spit and coffee on paper
Drawing of a burning car. At lower right, artist signature and date.
Drawing of a man in profile with an elephant at upper top center.
"L" shaped cardboard frame with an open compartment holding wooden match stick replicas with blue tips; small container above holds wooden replicas of burnt match sticks.
A sculpture of a doorknob with a large tooth hanging from a string.
This four sheet drawing includes a portrait of the artist smoking while holding a cigarette in each hand.
A bowl covered in grapenuts including a metal spoon.
A long board with six hooks that holds a incomplete "face". Five faces only have teeth and a nose; one face has teeth, a nose, and eyes.
Glazed ceramic sculpute with multiple pieces: (a) semi truck, (b)clock, (c) yellow school bus, (d) pepperoni pizza, (e) mailed envelope, (f) lipstick, (g), row boat with paddles, (h) cane, (i) cigar, (j) watermelon, (k) brown coat, (l) fountain pen, (m) wrapped present, (n) blue car, (o) airplane, (p) gas container, (q) lavendar lotion, (r) champagne bottle, (s) train, (t) red polka dot purse, (u) shoe, (v) blue and pink bottle, (w) nails (5), (x) matchstick, (y) belt, (z) cheese, (aa) camera, (bb) toothpaste, (cc) suitcase, (dd) flip phone, (ee) cola can, (ff) pipe.
A wooden sculpture of a penis and testicles. Signed and dated by artist on reverse.J orge Arbusto is an alias or later ego of Puccinelli's. He came up with the name during George H.W. Bush administration and would submit work to juried shows under this alias.
Oak stumps, paint, oil, hardware, pipes, lumber
A three piece mixed media sculpure of a salt tounge(a), a mud base(b), and a glass dome(c). The salt tounge sits on top of the mud base and is covered by the glass dome.
Painted clay cup; creamy white exterior with gold interior. Unsigned by the artist.
6 sheet drawing of a disembodied head hanged with wires and wearing a clown's nose.
Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick... from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is a part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Image includes speech bubbles; one with a mouse; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
Bargaining Tool from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Image includes a crosscut saw with the words BARGAINING TOOL; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
They Started to use Canaries...from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting of a yellow canary lying on its back out of breath in the grass; description box on bottom half; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
Weapon Concealment Unit from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting details a brown coat with the words WEAPON CONCEALMENT UNIT to represent concealed weapons; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Image includes a blue toned fish with a green background and the words POISON to reference sick fish; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
African Assasins from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Image details a hovering bee with a blue background and the words AFRICAN ASSASSINS indicating a deadly form of the insect; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
The Dirty Bomb from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting includes a brown suitcase on the floor of a room with the words The Dirty Bomb; signed and dated on reverse.
Explosive Mfr. from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is a part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Image addresses the social issues of faulty manufactures by detailing a cow defecating on the grass with tthe words EXPLOSIVES MFR; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
Torture Device from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint and bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting addresses the issues of torture by including a pink collar detailed with green dots tiitled TORTURE DEVICE; signed and dated on the bottom right corner.
Cherry Bomb from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint and bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting illustrates the presence in our society of bombs by a brown car detailed with flames on the front side titled CHERRY BOMB; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
Firebomb from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Terrorisim is represented by an un-tied red sneaker next to a match; teal background with the words FIRE BOMB; signed and dated on bottom right corner. On reverse is a pen sketch of a plant.
Wow, TruckBombs Are Also Popular... from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting details the hazards of terrorsim with a truck and the words NOW, TRUCK-BOMBS ARE ALSO POPULAR; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
Bio-Terror Delivery System from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting addresses bioterrorism with a stamped letter placed upright between dirt with the words BIO-TERROR DELIVERY SYSTEM; signed and dated on bottom right corner.
Broken Arrow from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. Painting details the social issues of warfare with a bomb and the words BROKEN ARROW; signed and dated in bottom right corner.
Death Penalty from Untitled portfolio
Using brightly colored paint with bold type letters, this work is part of a series illustrating the social issues and political perspectives effecting society. This work includes an ornate cross with the words DEATH PENALTY; signed and dated in bottom right corner. On reverse is a pen drawing of a face on the television screen.
Ink, wood, scrap paper, Post-It notes, and tape
Scroll composed of found scrap paper and Post-It notes with Puccinelli's personal memos written on them, as well as the occasional sketch. These notes have been collated into a single scroll with clear tape and affixed to painted wooden scroll ends.
Another Dead Mother Fucker portfolio: hand
Black and white drawing of a disembodied arm.
Another Dead Mother Fucker portfolio: clown on table
129 1/2 x 48" OVERALL; 18 x 23 1/2" SHEETS OF PAPER (11)
11 sheet colored drawing of a dead clown in costume on top of a long table.
Another Dead Mother Fucker portfolio: masthead
18 x 48" OVERALL; 18 x 24" SHEETS OF PAPER (2)
Colored drawing of a masthead with the text "ANOTHER DEAD MOTHERFUCKER."
Another Dead Mother Fucker portfolio: clown on table with masthead
Colored drawing of a clown in costume on a table with a sign above him that reads "JUST ANOTHER DEAD MOTHER FUCKER." Signature of artist and date at lower right.
This drawing includes a hand holding a branch with a tied carrot at the end.
Mixed media sculpture comprising a group of ten shaped tongues of various size and shape; all the tongues have a chain loop from which to hang similar to that of a key change with tongue (a) the smallest - growing in size to tongue (j).
Mixed media sculpture of a clay elephant with large fish feet and a short tail made out of hair; all four legs are attached with glued. Came with an extra detached fish foot.
Small glazed ceramic fish with matchsticks used to represent eyes. Notes indicate clay is from Rancho Puccinelli.
Pen drawing including a clown with its mouth wide open holding a fork and knife; the words "Let's Eat" are placed in the background.
Stuffed animals, styrofoam meat trays, plastic wrap
A set of four animals with their centers cut open and replaced with a brown-ish red fabric. Each is palced in a styrofoam meat tray and wraped in plastic wrap. Animal (a) is a yellow bunny in a white tray. Signed by artist on reverse. Animal (b) is a white lamb in a yellow meat tray. Animal (c) is a white rabbit in a black tray. Animal d is a yellow duck in a white meat tray.
Pen drawing including a portrait of a clown in conversation with a smaller puppet clown.
Pen drawing of a boat with passenger floating under dark and light colored clouds. Signed and dated at lower right.
Untitled (boat pulling a tooth)
Collage and drawing on paper; image of a boat pulling a tooth; 2 sheets taped together at center.
Collage of a man holding a chicken. At lower right, artist signature and date.