New York City, Jon Planas shows his new collection of hand painted bottles and works on canvas at the International Art Expo and parties the night away at NYC's exclusive and fashionable nightspot, Spa
(Jon wants to thank Megan Gaver of Spa, Daniel Carlsson for his beautiful photos and Nick Scalera for producing a wonderful event.)
During The International Art Expo , artist Peter Max, who is the king of the commercial Pop Art world, was asked to throw the spot light by the popular NY1 television channel on his taste for the most original art form at the fair. The popular Max pointed to Jon Planas' original bottle art. So the camera crew filmed Planas at his booth where he dedicated and gave one of his Cosmic Dog bottle to George Wipple, the on air correspondent for NY1. Whipple receiving the gift was ecstatic by the resemblance of his own pet pooch! The segment aired all through the weekend and attracted many new collectors to the Planas booth seeking the desirable celebrity collected bottles
Planas throws a celebration of his new collection of paintings at the popular nightspot Spa
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It was a standing room only party with lavish sushi
buffet and open bar in the most exclusive White Room at Spa.
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Benihana creator and world famous personality,
Rocky Aoki invites Planas to his famous Park Ave. restaurant, Haru,
where he asks Planas to decorate a set of Japanese Sake bottles.
Mr. Aoki, who has been a Planas fan and collector over the last
5 years, was surprised when Planas created his portrait on the Sake
glass bottle
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Rocky Aoki gets his sake bottle signed by Planas
Planas also decorated a bamboo Sake set, Mr. Aoki who is to launch a book and a sake brand under his own famous Benihana trademark, is so in love Planas's bottles that he has offered Planas a way into the Japanese art market by commissioning Planas to create his original designs on the Sake bottles. As part of the introduction Planas will travel to Japan with Mr. Aoki to showcase his unique art form in Tokyo.
Westbury, Long Island
American Royal Arts is a company which distributed popular animation art from Disney, and Warner Bros. The CEO was enamored by Planas's colorful renditions of his animals on the bottles, he asked Planas to create a collection of the famous Warner Bros. characters, Bugs Bunny, Tasmanian devil, Tweety Bird and all the other characters in Planas's unique way. American Royal Arts is worldwide distributor of fine art prints which will also be handling the limited edition production of original Planas artworks!
San Francisco, CA Jefferson Starship singer and song writer Marty Balin also well known for his paintings congratulates Planas on a job well done during the international San Francisco Art Expo
Marty posed with a Planas bottle and became a Planas collector. MTV agrees to showcase the original paintings by Planas paintings at MTV headquarters in Times Square NYC. During the month of Sept 2002 through DEC 2002 MTV will show the Planas 'paintings trough their Eye Candy, program.
Well it was a great time for Planas in NYC and he wants thank all his fans and friends for continuing to support and enlarge his artistic vision! Keep coming back to Planet Planas website for new stories and information on the summer of Love Planas art tour to begin in Philadelphia at the I. Brewster Gallery till then have safe and fabulous time!
Jon
Planas is the big draw at the NYC Art Expo
2001!
The Planas booth at the NYC, Javitz Center,
for the Art Expo 2001, 
was
packed with admirers of the artist. On display
was colorful hand-painted bottle art, paintings
on canvas and a new collection of original hand-painted ceramic
plates. Everything sold out. Two of the happy, new Planas Bottle
art collectors are pictured here to the left.
Due to the success at the Expo there are now three more galleries which are currently carrying the sought after Planas bottle art. The new galleries are: Vintage 429 @429 Royal Street in New Orleans, I. Brewster Gallery in Philadelphia and Helen Glickenstein Contemporary in Ben Salem, PA! Make sure that if you are in these cities you stop by and see the new Planas artworks! Jon wishes to thank the Ripa di Monti Gallery at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas for the continued sales and promotion of his bottle art!
Spa nightclub NYC hosted a Planas performance art body-painting extravaganza during the art expo. The party was well attended with Kevin Aoki, Neil Loeb, NYC Sports Commissioner Kenneth Podziba, Swatch artist Marco and other celebrities who partied the night away. Pictured below on the left is Planas with actress Sally Field, and on the right with Kevin Aoki, Marketing VP of the famous Benihana Restaurant. Both these and other celebrities continue to support the Planas creative vision.
The crowd at Spa was entertained by the PLanas Cosmic Cat and Zonie Dog performance art piece. The crowd cheered as the artist body painted a cat face on the chest of a model while dancer Delma gyrated her body to a primitive bongo beat by Parisian clubber Benji.
Planas then finished with a quick speech to remind his audience the importance of protecting the animals of our world, hence the cat/dog motif! Animal Fair Magazine one of the hosts of the party was thrilled to be part of such a fresh and avant garde experience!
Spa is by far the hottest club in NYC and Planas will be showcasing his talents there again sometime in June. For more info contact the artist for guest list info and dates!
A
long list of celebrities have joined the ranks of the Planas art collectors.
The list includes such people as Leonardo Di Caprio, Cher, Madonna and
Bill Clinton. These and many other celebrities are continuing to support
the Planas vision. Not long ago at the San Francisco Art Expo the infamous
Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco became a Planas
bottle art collector and the event was recorded in the photo seen here
to the left.
Miami
Beach, welcomes Jon Planas!
The paintings and bottles of Jon Planas are to be featured
soon in sunny Miami beach! South Beach and Coral Gables will soon
be splashed with Planas's colorful art! "I am in
my studio working non stop! Between the bottles and new plates I go from
canvas to bottles to plates and back again. Wow! I am so full of energy
these days and glad to be able to express myself through my creativity."
says the artist, who can be contacted at his West Hollywood studio.
Introducing
Planas Pet Art!
Immortalize your pet dog or cat. Jon Planas can render the likeness of
your loyal companion in his own inimitable style while
creating a valuable and enjoyable piece of collector art for you.
Contact the artist for a quote.
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"A Red, White and Blue Story" an original painting on canvas.!
"There was a wind that carried me up into a blue sky with puffy clouds. My spirit soared when I recognized the shape of a familiar place, two towers made of clouds that stood with pride and made me cry. As tears flowed, a snow capped mountain top created rivers of innocent voices who whispered into the wind, "You will be all right - I only came to say good-bye, just look up at the sky and as the towers pass your way, smile for they are your long gone friends whose love will never end" Jon Planas © 2001
Jon
Planas wants to dedicate his painting
" A Red, White and Blue Story"
to his hometown, of New York City.