Assemblage Shadow Box Created For ' Dance For The Cure' Breast Cancer Awarness

i love life more than i hate it. i believe in destiny. i love spring. the smell of the earth mother waking up. and a warm rain. i despise cold. and snow.

i (feel) i live incognito. i like to daydream. because i am afraid of nightmares.

death scares me. and so do spiders. and being broke.

i have been called lots of names. some good. and some not. my heart has been broken along with my spirit. more than once and not less than a hundred times.

i had lost my color vision. it was given back to me.

i have been operated on. sent here and there. and operated on some more.

i love my parents. i tire of hearing about dysfunctional families. neurotic parents. bull-shit. everyone is dysfunctional and neurotic.

i am spiritual. that is not a religion.

people fascinate me. i love to watch.

i have a good soul. and i love to laugh.

my husband makes me laugh. and makes me cry. mostly we laugh together.

i am a mom. i have the best daughter anyone could ask for. she time-traveled on her star until she was ready for me. and i her.

my cat loves me. i love my cat.

when i am alone. i'm not.

i treasure my friends. although i have few. they are true-blue. and brutally honest.

i listen to my heart. and this gets me in trouble.

i listen to bob dylan.  green day. hair bands. metallica. elvis. to mention a few. they haven't gotten me in to trouble. at least not yet.

my favorite color is black. and red is second.

i have survived many personal disasters. and have not survived a few.

burps amuse me. i can be immature.

i miss my grandparents. john & ella. and walter & lola. i wish i would have listened more.

i have quite a bit of hungarian blood flowing through my veins. i want to know more.

i have thought i was gay. and i'm still not sure that i'm not.

i could live on fresh fruit. except for guava.

my eyes are green. i have laugh lines.

i drink ice cold oberon from the bottle. and i save the caps.

my family calls me kik. so do the georgeau's.

i was born in el paso, texas. almost in juarez, mexico.

i have lived in california's bay area. and now in michigan.

 i hope you enjoy my art.... it is what it is.

~Crystal Overhuel~

**NEW!**

Beginning March 2008, I will have several pieces on display at the most excellent Mexican Resturant in Michigan:

SU CASA

Located on Main Street in dowtown

FENNVILLE, MICHIGAN!

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The HOUSE*WEAR art hop was a success!

Lots of folks came through on the last art hop of 2007!

Thank you all who made it a huge success!

SHOWS & GALLERIES:

WHAT THE HECK HAS inkognitoban BEEN UP TO?

• featured artist 11/03 KILLER KITSCH SHOW, SMARTSHOP in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• continuing artist at HOUSE*WEARS in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• featured artist 8/03 at LUNA CHICKS in Kalamazoo & South Haven, Michigan.
• featured artist at INCOGNITO in Plainwell, Michigan. UNDERGROUND SHOW 6/03 through 12/03.
• showing at ARTFUL ATTIC in Plainwell, Michigan 4/06-7/06.

COMMENTS FROM SOME CUSTOMERS:

"...hey! wow!! holy jesus, my wig is on fire! a piece i will treasure forever!" Raine B.

..."awesome show & fab elvis creations!" justin w.

..."woweeee-zoweeee! what colors! what imagination! keep digging deep in to that underground soul of yours! thank you for waking up my... EVERYTHING..." paul g.

..."i see you are giving "pieces" a chance in your groovy work! it is as colorful as you are. i will hang 'forever again' with much love!" myrna .

"...i love you. your work is spell binding...! the lesbians want more!" janice - reno, nv. 

"superb! i like mind-boggling..." carol .

..."come back to wilno, ontario" pat m.

..."whatever you want to call it. raw or brut art. outsider art, underground or reincarnated art, crystal overhuel's creations will have your mind thinking and your head pounding!" christopher b - berkeley, ca. art-o-rama.

"what attitude!" holly f.

"...i think the phrase, 'trash to mind blast' was invented just for you! and you kept your elvis crush a secret from us all! i will treasure my velvet elvis in red converse shoes forever!" sue p.

"...crystal's work is like a DYLAN song. you don't have to understand it to LOVE it!" shuvanti of shuvanti's creations.

"political. sometimes. dark. sometimes. attitude. always." james, new york

~My art has been sold throughout the United States & Canada.~