Watch Your Friends Melt

This page is a temporary page to give collectors a preview of the upcoming exhibit.

Kevin Herdeman

Preview (collector's advance viewing)

This preview gives you the opportunity to view and purchase the pieces in the exhibit before it opens to the public.
Purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.

Opening Reception May 21st, 2022 4pm-6pm

Exhibit runs from -
May 21st, 2022 - June 25th, 2022

This preview highlights all of the pieces that will be on display in the exhibit as well as reserve pieces that will replace sold pieces as those paintings go home with collectors. As a member of our Collector's Preview list, you have the unique opportunity to see all of these pieces and have a first opportunity to purchase.

Additional images, or a video, to see the work from alternate angles are available upon request.

To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 2pm-6pm

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A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.

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Adventure Squatch
18", Faux Fur, soft plastic, doll eyes - 2022
$200

Alive
18"x24"x6", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes, velvet, enamel, wood, paper, 2020
$400

Bluetus
16", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2021
$200

Bourbon Soaked Boy
18", faux fur, soft plastic, cuban link chain, bourbon bottle, doll eyes - 2022
$200 🔴 SOLD

Freeze!
15", faux fur , soft plastic, fabric - 2022
$180

Here Piggy Piggy!
18", faux fur, soft plastic, opal gemstones, fabric onesie - 2022
$200

Hold Tight!
37"x14"x4", faux fur, soft plastic, wood, moss, canvas - 2022
$330 🔴 SOLD

I Wrote a Song About It
22", faux fur, scale model telecaster, cardboard, fabric, found metal - 2022
$225

I'm Gonna Get Cha
18", faux fur, soft plastic, doll eyes - 2022
$200 🔴 SOLD

King Dingaling
16", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2021
$200 🔴 SOLD

KrampusSquatch (brown)
19", faux fur, soft plastic, chains, bells, burlap, small plastic doll - 2020
$200

KrampusSquatch (grey)
19", faux fur, soft plastic, chains, bells, burlap, small plastic doll - 2020
$200

Lil Franklin
16", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2022
$200

Mondays
18", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2021
$200

NASAsquatch
24", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2022
$225

New Bangs, Who Dis?
18", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2021
$200

Ol Long Arms
18", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2022
$200

Peek-A-Boo
14", faux fur, soft fabric, trench coat - 2022
$170 🔴 SOLD

Sasquatch Sam
18", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes - 2021
$180

Snow Dan
30", faux fur, soft plastic, glass eyes, 2020
$250

The Ship is Sinking
19", faux fur, soft NASA suit, cardboard plastic dome, 2021
$225

Uncle Koolaid
18", faux fur, soft, plastic, glass eyes, cuban link chain, 2021
$200

Artist - Kevin Herdeman

Statement

For this exhibit I tried to get as many pieces together that would, in some way, make whoever sees them laugh or just feel a little joy. My whole point in making art is to have an end product that displays well and hopefully brings some kind of joy to the viewer. I generally try to keep some kind of deep “meaning” out of my art. I’ve found that most collectors don’t like my approach in that aspect, but I want the viewer to feel however the work makes them feel. It’s open for their own meaning. I really put this collection together in hopes that even if you’re not into BigFoot, you’d still smile or enjoy what you see. Maybe even enough to have one on your shelf or wall. I like making these figures and I want people to like them as well. Sometimes I feel if I put too much meaning into them, it may not be something that the viewer would agree with and in turn it ends up putting limitations on the piece. I tried to keep these simple and fun, that’s basically the bottom line. I just make what I want to see and hope the viewer digs it as much as I do.

Biography

Website - https://kevinherdeman.com/home.html
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kevin.herdeman
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/staticfromspace/

Kevin Herdeman (b. 1981 ) is a father of 2 who makes weird “MeltMonsters” in between his day job working as a pipe fitter, making and releasing music (currently - Ancient Radiations and an “internet band” named UglyHuman) and being a dad and husband. Kevin is a self taught artist and has been creating since he was a boy. He is a painter and has also created artwork with glass but when he and his wife had their first child in 2010, he move from glass to plastic to keep a safer home studio. This is where the MeltMonsters were born. Originally these “sculptures” consisting of strategically melted soft plastic started without fur. They would just be layers of soft plastic resembling aliens and monsters and just about anything colorful and fun. Always being a fan of “BigFoot”, he decided to take a stab at making a ”melted” version of the elusive cryptid and fur started being added. They came out just as envisioned so he just stuck with making “SasquatchMelts” for the past handful of years. Kevin has made “melted” versions of real life people, like himself, friends, the guys in DEVO and The AquaBats, Frank Reynolds, Frankenstein, The ElephantMan and the list goes on. He has also recently created the coveted BizarroLand Film Festival award for the 72 Hour Film Debacle. He has shown his work across the nation from bars, festivals, and shops and has collectors across the globe. Gallery Blue Door is thrilled to be one of his few solo exhibits in a gallery.

Kevin Herdeman