New Show up at Popcorn Noir

Hello all! Drawings from my circle series are now up at Popcorn Noir, in Easthampton, MA!  The official opening is on Saturday, December 14th 2013, which coincides with Easthampton's monthly Art Walk.  So why don't you go out, see some art, and then finish with dinner and a movie?

If you've never been to Popcorn Noir before, seriously, go.  You can even go after my show's down, it won't hurt my feelings.  Delicious food, incredible cocktails, and a fun screening room for a really unforgettable experience.  Oh yeah, and brunch!

Popcorn Noir
30-32 Cottage St
Easthampton, MA
01027

February Show

Hey folks, long time no post.

I'm going to be one of the featured artists at Wall Talk Art & Design for the February show, on view February 11, 12, and 13.  Apparently I'll be there on Friday the 11th for Northampton's Arts Night Out, looking absurdly suave.  I'll have some of the same old stuff and hopefully a few newer things on view, so if you are in Western Massachusetts, come on down.

Fun with Transparencies

Fooling around with layering some of my looser ink doodles with the tight ink circles.  Still need to work out some technical and artistic kinks, but here's where I'm starting.

Williamsburg Fair, October 24th

I am pleased to announce that my work will be showing at the Williamsburg fair in Western Massachusetts.  The arts event will be held at the Brewmasters Tavern, located on 4 Main St., Williamsburg, MA.  The fair will take place on October 24th.  Here are some new works that I've completed in preparation.  I've had some fun playing around with color and revisiting and revising some older ideas.

Clouds 6

2010

14" x 17"

Ink on Paper

Cambodia

2010

19" x 24"

Ink on Paper

Pacific

2010

5 1/2" x 14"

Ink on Paper

Art Cards

Art Card 4"x 6" Ink on Paper

Art Card 4"x 6" Ink on Paper

Art Card 4"x 6" Ink on Paper

Art Cards

I've been making a few 4"x6" ink drawings to sell as original mini art cards.  Here are a few:

Wall Talk, Northampton Arts Night Out

I am very excited to announce that I will be joining the artists at Wall Talk Art & Design and will have a few pieces up for this upcoming Northampton Arts Night Out on Friday the 10th.  I will be showing four pieces from my circle series.  Arts Night Out occurs the second Friday of every month, and the gallery will be open in the evening.  I hear rumors of wine and cheese.

Wall Talk Art & Design is located on 7 Pleasant Street, Suite 2, and is upstairs between Sweeties and Northampton Wools.

Circle Series

Clouds III, 2010

Ink on paper

14" x 17"

Clouds IV

Ink on paper

14" x 17"

Clouds II

Ink on paper

19" x 24"

Clouds I

Ink on paper

22" x 28"

The big move

Buying a home, packing, and coming down with a really debilitating case of the flu has left very little time for my art.  Still slowly plunking away at my circle series, although I must confess that I've barely worked on it.  I had been listening to an audiobook of the Odyssey while working on one of the pieces, and now that it's over I feel oddly unmotivated.  Something about the ancient adventure epic poem thing was very fitting during the process.  Maybe I'll just have to get the Iliad now.

The place that I'm moving into has an office space that will work wonderfully as a studio, and I greatly look forward to building some big canvases and getting my oil painting on.  I'm a little concerned about fumes, as the room is basically attached to my bedroom, but hopefully i'll figure something out.  Maybe I'll use the second bedroom in the meantime until I find a renter.

After I get somewhat settled and begin working more or less full time again, I'm going to investigate local galleries.  I'll certainly update on that front should anything good happen.

On a final note, I had been taking a life drawing and ceramics class for fun while I've been in LA, and am incredibly sad to end that.  I would very much like to continue working with clay, and will certainly investigate my options on the east coast.  I have always loved ceramics, although I think I tend to treat it more as a craft than art, which is fine by me.  Just because something isn't based on lofty ideals doesn't mean that it's not beautiful, useful, or worthwhile.  God, I love the feel of clay.

Sea Foam

My first circle drawing (aka "OCD drawings") is still unfinished, but constantly transforming.  Because it is ball point pen, not inky Micron like my Clouds, i've been able to play around with pressure.  I've come to another bit of an impasse with it, although hopefully i can work through it.  I've found that in the process of doing this first drawing, i've discovered ideas for variations to do in the future.  The inspiration for this was sea foam, which has subsequently been its working title, but while working on it i have since become excited about doing a mountains series.  I'd like to evoke a misty landscape and give a sense of depth by using two colors and varying the pen pressure or circle size to create atmospheric perspective.

Maybe the real value of Sea Foam is that it will never be finished or "good," but rather a window into future projects.

Series past, present, and future.

At this time I do not have any large studio space, so my large abstract oil paintings have been put on hold for a few months.  Here is an example of that series that I am looking forward to continuing to explore after my move in several months.

Oil on Canvas

3'x5'

2009

Currently I am working on a number of ink drawings based on the repetition of tiny circles.  This circular theme has recently captivated me, and I find myself searching for patterns everywhere.  Bubbles around the rim of my coffee cup, moon craters, riverbeds, stomata.  Clouds I is most representative of my current series of which it is one variation.  As my photography skills improve, I hope to include some nice crisp photographs from that upcoming body of work.

Moon Craters (Unfinished)

Charcoal, Colored Pencil on Mulberry Paper

23"x 23"

Detail -Clouds 1

Ink on Paper

18" x 24"