Last Friday, Scott Campbell and Leontine Greenberg had their opening show at MyPlasticHeart. The show, which I knew would be nothing less than amazing, was lively and packed the entire night. The crowd was larger and different from any crowd I’ve ever experienced at MPH– I was truly impressed with ALL of the works, the artists, and the overwhelming amount of red dots next to sold pieces I couldn’t afford. =(

You can hit the jump to check out my favorite pieces along with the flickr slideshow.

One of the pieces I fell in love with, was this possum-platapus-mole looking character. This piece was pretty cheap, I believe it was $100, but it seemed loads of people showed interest in it and it sold out before I could even attempt to put my name on the list.

These two pieces were the ones I was drooling over the entire night. I really loved the piece on the right, but as you can see in the picture, it was already sold out. So, I looked at the one on the left, they both have that owl balloon head, and kept thinking of ways to shell out $300 in the wake of my layoff! Sadly, I couldn’t find a way to do it, so it’s actually still available on MyPlasticHeart’s website. Believe me when I tell you, you will really enjoy owning this piece. I haven’t hung my piece from Leontine, but every time I look at it, I can’t help but experience a calm and nostalgia at the same time.

As I’d mentioned before, the first time I was introduced to both Scott and Leontine’s works were during the New Moon show also at MPH– at the time, I wasn’t really digging Scott’s piece. I thought the dogs and concept of the painting were cute, but something wasn’t clicking. Well, this show changed it all for me, starting with the piece above. Those endearing cavemen and their boulder flying apparatuses were too much to resist. Something about their expression just sealed the deal for me, sadly, there was already a red dot in place.

I did however, get to finally speak to Scott and even mustured up the courage to get him to sketch in my book. I’ll take a picture of my drawing soon, as Chelsea has pointed out that I often don’t post the sketch I score. I can tell you one thing, it came with a song: “mummy and his pyramid, mummy and his pyramid.”