A Romance in a MAD Universe !

Howdy dear followers !
Here is an illustration i had kept secret for quite a time before posting...

Bettie Page, queen of pin-ups and underground, finally meets Robbie from the Forbidden Planet... in a faux vintage pulp cover!

"Romance in a MAD Universe" by artist Maly Siri. All rights reserved.

This was a special commission for a customer who's a big fan of old hollywood sci-fi universe.
I painted this in oil. I won't say who posed for it but let me tell you: poses aren't pin-up poses if you're comfortable ! I admire pin-up models ! Yes i do ! ;)

Stay still. I'll be back.

Rita Von Kiss !

Hi darlings, may i introduce you to Miss Von Kiss? She's another character from my next book... :) (excerpt from a novel by JC Deveney)

Russian Spy !

Summertime glimpse

A little glimpse at the next beach towel...Woops!

This is part of a new oil painting i've just finished for my artbook to come, hope you like it :)
Take care and drink pina coladas !

What if Dorothy never came back from Oz ?

Hi darlings !

You can't imagine how busy i am creating new pieces these days for my next book, and as i have to keep some exclusivity i have to hold on not showing too much to your eyes ! But this time i can show more :)

Lately Galerie Maghen invited me to participate to their next collective exhibition, the Book Show. More info here and see the other artists participations, awesome!!! http://the-book-show.blogspot.ca/


I chose L.Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", as this was part of my childhood and imagination, and what to say about the movie starring the lovely Judy Garland !
What if Dorothy never came back from Oz? Maybe she'd grown up and become a lady...so she needed new ruby shoes !

I loved drawing those characters, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the "king of the forrest" Lion, and of course, a grown-up Dorothy !

Maybe some specialists would have noticed the resemblance between the 40s hollywood actor William Powell and the Tin Man (or woodman), just a fantasy of my sick private-joking mind, as The "Thin Man" is the actor's most famous film...*wink*

Hope you'll like it and go see it at the exhibition, beginning on 6th july !

New illustration excerpt from my artbook to come !

Just some robot-teeeease today!
Have you recognized this robot?
Have you recognized these legs? Guess whose !

The answers will be in my next artbook (coming dec 2013) !
For those who wonder: it is traditionnal oil painting technique.

Have a very nice and glamourous week-end lovelies,

Best regards,

Maly

MAY 17th against homophobia

A little sketch to say there's nothing wrong in this. This is LOVE.

As many of you know already, homophobia is a touchy subject for me, as i am homosexual myself! Homophobia causes only negative things from bullying to killing. 

Today i have a loving thought for my parents who love and accept me and my girlfriend as we are. Thank you Mum and Dad for this, you cannot imagine how i feel blessed to have you both. And i wish every gay, lesbian and transgender people feels the same about their parents and friends. This is so important.

Thank you dear readers, and spread the love !!!

Pour ceux qui parlent français, un petit lien pour retrouver le billet que j'avais posté il y a deux ans, à propos de mon coming-out:  http://pinup-doodles.blogspot.fr/2010/05/17-mai-contre-les-cest-pas-bien-normal.html 

Exposition à Québec City!

 Cette dernière fin de semaine, j'ai eu la chance d'exposer au magnifique Capitole de Québec dans le cadre du Carnaval Burlesque ! Un grand merci aux organisateurs et aux artistes pour cette belle soirée burlesque et artistique, où poésie, humour et pasties règnaient en maîtres !

-Moi-même, arrivant émerveillée devant le rideau rouge !-

-"I love Wanda" la demoiselle tatouée, modèle: Lavender May-

-...avant que les portes s'ouvrent et laissent inonder de monde le hall du Capitole...Superbe cadre, non?-

-Le thème de la soirée étant le Sideshow à l'américaine, je n'ai pas résisté à partager la double-page de Circus Metamorphosis parue dans le Journal de Spirou en 2011 !-

-et une dernière petite photo de l'artiste posant avec ses oeuvres !-

Quelques petits extraits du spectacle dans cette salle majestueuse!

-Mlle Oui Oui Encore (pour voir ses spectacles à Montréal: http://bluelightburlesque.com/ )-

-Armitage Shanks-

-The Quatuor Stomp-

-Cherie Black Diamond, co-productrice de l'évènement-

Bon week-end à tous ! 

Oil painting: Tattooed Lady

Bonjour mes darlings!

Pour changer un peu, j'ai travaillé à l'huile, et compte bien continuer ainsi pour d'autres illustrations :)

Ma modèle: Lavender May (qui se produira par ailleurs au Carnaval Burlesque de Québec, au Capitole !)

"Tattooed Bad Girl", Maly Siri 2012

Naughty Alice in London

Hi everybody!

I wanted to say thank you so much to my fans and followers who send me lovely messages about my work everyday, it touches me so deeply! Thank you thank you thank you!

Today, particular thanks to Jennifer Pernoud from facebook for the pictures she took in London: i can see my Naughty Alice (advertising i worked on for Vivienne Westwood Fragrances campain) took a londonian taxi! Vavoom!! How AMA-ZING is that !!!!!!

WOW.

I'll get myself a cup of tea!

And get back to work, hard work! (i'm hiding things these days, ha-haaa! i'll make some posts in the next days)

Love,

Maly

Happy Birthday sweet Lavender May !

A tiny somethin' for my dearest friend and model Lavender May from Montreal

She's a true pin-up, a fresh and pure sweetheart, the kind everybody want to meet !

Love ya little sister ! xxx

Demoiselle blonde en lingerie- Take 2

(clik to enlarge)

Hello ! A little preview of the colored version of this "demoiselle blonde en lingerie"

Now let's work on some BAD GIRL for a change ;)...see you next post !

- Good night boys & girls ! -

...with this kitschy-but-nice What Katie Did faux vintage lingerie video i've just found on youtube, it's a cool match with my artwork's topic: blonde + lingerie = lovely ! ...

Let's ROck !!

... at the next one and only Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Festival in MONTREAL! www.rockabillyjam.com

Hi folks! Here's the logo i've done for this year's festival in september :)

The soundtrack when i done it, one of my favorite songs of the moment: J.D McPherson's "North Side Gal"

Keep on rockin' boys and girls! ;)

Demoiselle blonde en lingerie...

Voici un petit aperçu de la demoiselle que je suis actuellement en train de coloriser à l'aquarelle, gouache et huile.

Little preview on the one i'm coloring with watercolor, gouache and oil right now... ;)

Yours truly,

Maly

Happy New Year 2012 !!!

...with a hot chocolate cup indeed!

Stay intense in following your dreams, stay connected to your values, always be a better person and take care of the ones you love and who love you.

Sincerely yours,

M. Siri

(and here's the before-watercolor-wash version!)

It is still not snowing on my drawing table

...actually it is snowing in Canada, but on my board, the ice melts! ;)

This the current work, my tribute to Dorothy Lamour, one of my favorite actresses of the 40s. She's that mix between class and humor, absolutely lovely, she wears her name perfectly!

A video to discover her (i know i've been posting this already

but you don't count when you love!):

...isn't she fascinating?

This artwork will end in my artbook :)

C H A M P A G N E !!!

Bien-aimés lecteurs,
j'ai le Bonheur (et c'est peu dire!) de vous annoncer aujourd'hui, qu'enfin nous y sommes, le contrat pour mon livre "Maly Siri's Pin Up Art: Good Girls & Bad Girls" est officiellement signé avec les Editions Soleil, au sein de la fameuse collection de Barbara Canepa et Clotilde Vu, "Métamorphose" !!!!!

Un artbook de 128 pages dédiées à mon univers glamour retro et aux pin-ups, 128 pages de pur plaisir à dessiner ! Et j'espère de tout coeur qu'il fera le vôtre aussi ...

La sortie est annoncée pour l'Hiver 2013 ! de quoi se réchauffer ou faire un cadeau de noël (ou les deux!)...

Oh! et puis tant que je vous tiens, vous savez qu'en plus de mes illustrations, il y aura même des histoires! Eh oui, pour se plonger encore plus à corps perdu dans cet univers de vamps, de housewives dévouées, de girl-next-door et de veuves noires...Elles seront écrites par le talentueux scénariste Jean-Christophe Deveney! Et ce n'est pas tout! il y aura....Non non, chut, il ne faut pas que j'en dise pas trop, je préfère vous réserver plein de surprises alors... à bientôt pour de petits aperçus des illustrations! ;)

Beloved followers,

i have the pleasure and delight to officially announce that my contract with the french editor Soleil Publication (in Barbara Canepa and Clotilde Vu's Metamorphose Collect) is now *drumroll*............ SIGNED!!!! Hurray!!!!!!!

This artbook will be called "Maly Siri's Pin-Up Art: Good Girls & Bad Girls", 128 pages of retro glamour , 128 pages of pure pleasure for me, and ...hopefully for you too ! ;)

Coming out for winter 2013, to warm up the homes...!!!

Oh and, did you know there will be stories? To dive furthermore into this glamourous universe of vamps, saucy girls-next-door, devoted housewives...These will be written by Jean-Christophe Deveney, talentuous scenarist! Oh and, and...No, i mustn't tell you more, i have to keep surprises for you! ;) So see you soon for some new glimpse... of the book !

Montreal Comiccon!!!

Je serai en dédicace apdemain au Montreal Comiccon de 11h à 12h et de 14h à 18h ! Stan Lee ne sera pas très loin! On se voit là-bas? ;)

DE PLUS (et ce n'est pas le moindre des "plus") vous pourrez voir un "échantillon" des oeuvres qui seront exposées pour la Pin-Up Exposition qui sera présentée dans sa totalité dès le 23 septembre au soir prochain à La Gallery Montreal, 3881 rue St Denis! (vernissage le 23 septembre dès 18h)

I'll be signing sketchbooks the day after tomorrow 11h-12h and 14h-18h at the Montreal Comiccon!!! Stan Lee won't be far from there ;) See you there folks?

PLUS, you will see some of the fabulous pin-up artworks from the Pin-Up Exhibition that will be shown in Montreal since next september 23rd at La Gallery Montreal, 3881 rue St Denis! (vernissage on 23rd september, 18 PM)

Drawing Live among burlesque women...what else!

Last week-end at The Montreal Burlesque Festival (produced by Scarlett James) i was sketching live with my lovely sexy model and friend Lavender May. Three such great nights!!!!

Very inspiring pose, isn't it?

Maly Siri, Scarlett James, Lavender May

Lavender May had kind of a ...success!

Myself trying to focus !

Applying some watercolor...

And here's the finished version!

The artwork will be for sale, contact me if interested: maly.pinupart@gmail.com

Many thanks to Frank Lam, Dan Lannegrace and Cyril Meynier for the great pictures!

And for those who missed it, here's a little video for you!

Three great nights i tell you!!! with Scarlett James, Michelle L'amour, Mitsy Cream, Amber Ray, Ruby Joule, Bonbon Bombay, Miss Sugarpuss, Cherie Black Diamond, Seska Lee, Loulou la Duchesse De Rières etc etc etc Plus, i met burlesque legends Satan's Angel and April March...What an honor!!Good night Boys and girls!
Tonight: Vernissage at 17 PM at Marina Vintage Style (1331 rue Ontario E) for the Red Hot and Blue Rockabilly Festival in Montreal ! Some original artworks of mine will be exhibited and I will draw live again!

click to book your evenings at Red Hot and Blue Festival, rockers!!