Blue Monday

Casey Weldon was born in southern California, where he spent the majority of his life up to his graduation from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After a brief time running his own studio in Las Vegas, Nevada, He relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where he now lives and works as an illustrator and fine artist. By using to the iconography of today and yesterday's popular culture, his work aims to awaken a feelings of nostalgia within the viewer, though often along with a sense humor, melancholy, and longing for times lost. Acrylic paint is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become water-resistant when dry. Depending on how much the paint is diluted (with water) or modified with acrylic gels, media, or pastes, the finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolor or an oil painting, or have its own unique characteristics not attainable with other media. A truly unique opportunity, Off the Strip gives a rare glimpse at the usually upright citizens of the comic pages as they leap off of their Sunday strips and land in the type of deplorable situations you’re more likely to find off the Vegas strip. What scandalous acts could Calvin and Hobbes be capable of? What evil lurks in the hearts of Ignatz and Krazy Kat? The only way to find out is to come and see… As an additional treat, featured in WWA gallery’s Project Space will be original art from Charles Schulz, Carl Barks and other legendary comic strip creators, providing a “behind the scenes” look at how their iconic strips were made. Off The Strip features a diverse line-up of artists including: Adam Reker, Casey Weldon, Damian King, Daniel Elson, David Bray, David Sheets, David Sossella, Downtimer, Frank M. Hansen, Jan Avendano, Jason Graham, Jeff T. Owens, Jing Wei, Jon Vermilyea, Keith Noordzy, Ken Garduno, Kyle Kesterson, Mark Bodnar, Matthieu Bessudo, Nate Van Dyke, Ric Stultz, Scott Stulen, Tommii Lim, Trevor Zammit, and Vallery Milovic