Vintage pin-up girl images served as the inspiration for the group exhibit "Peep Show" at 
Colin Christian
Vintage pin-up girl images served as the inspiration for the group exhibit “Peep Show” at Stranger Factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The show pays homage to the classic, playfully sexy images with a series of works by Ryan Heshka, Sas Christian, Colin Christian, Jim Mahfood, Brian Ewing, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Aunia Kahn, Tokyo Jesus, and Brandt Peters. The show comes down on March 1, so take a look at some of the works below or see it in person if you’re in the area.
Ryan Heshka
Ryan Heshka
Sas Christian
Tokyo Jesus
Aunia Kahn
Aunia Kahn
Illustrator/comic artist 
"Their world was soft like melancholy. The conversation was silent. Their faces were small and round, incapable of invoking fear. Once the door was open, nothing could be unseen." This is how 
As if the imminent shopping season weren't already scary enough, a new exhibition at the Stranger Factory in Albuquerque is spreading a little holiday cheer with a dash of nightmares. The gallery's annual "Winter Salon" exhibition, now in its fifth installment, has gathered the Circus Posterus collective around the Christmas tree to present a selection of smaller paintings and drawings, and several hand-painted figures that take us back to the Island of Misfit Toys. The exhibit has plenty toy-sized offerings by artists like Max Lehman, Keely Reichman, Chris Ryniak, Carisa Swenson, HF Vol. 32 cover artist Travis Louie, while Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas have collaborated on several scary-cute pieces.