Three For Spring

                                            Future Lenny                         
                                                 Acrylic, ink and flashe on panel
                                                 18x18
                                                 (based on a photo of Lenny Kravitz in a ridiculous outfit)
 

                                          An Old Fashioned Student Protest
                                              Acrylic, ink and flashe on panel
                                              18x18

 

                                          Untitled (maybe something about a bearded jewel)
                                              Acrylic, ink, flashe and goauche on panel
                                              18x18

New Mixed Media Varied Edition Print

This is a series of six.

Screen - print collage, relief, acrylic and ink.

(The other three I'll post when later.)

                                          3/6

                                                       2/6

                                                       1/6

@ Green Line Cafe through March 1st

From Green Line Cafes' blog.

News, paintings and prints

The Static Hold Event.
Acrylic, ink, flashe on panel
18x18, 2010




I have two exhibitions up right now, an expanded group exhibition of a previous print portfolio exchange at Delaware County Community College, and new prints and paintings at the Green Line Cafe on Baltimore Ave.

Here is some new stuff...

Surrogates
Acrylic, ink, flashe on panel
2010




Under The Mountain
Relief and mixed media
Varied edition of 5, 2010

Under The Mountain
Relief and mixed media
Varied edition of 5, 2010

Under The Mountain
Relief and mixed media
Varied edition of 5, 2010


Under The Mountain
Relief and mixed media
Varied edition of 5, 2010



Under The Mountain
Relief and mixed media
Varied edition of 5, 2010

New Work

"Piano Keys" 2010 16x16 Acrylic, ink, flashe on panel

"Frequential" 2010 16x16 Acrylic, ink. flashe on panel

"Mountain Big-Top" 2010 16x16 Acrylic, ink, flashe on panel

See. I still find time to work, even while taking care of a very active toddler all day.

Before And After

A lot of my work is about the process, the journey from beginning to end. What I begin with usually has no discernible voice at the end of a painting although, there are traces of the initial idea and brush strokes under all the layers.

This series of paintings began about 18 months ago - before Oscar was born! - and hung around the studio being neglected (for obvious reasons) then rediscovered in new ways several times. Spinning them sideways and upside-down I constantly discovered new possibilities. I now feel they have reached a level of completeness that I am happy with (although I am never entirely sure.)

So, here are some before and afters.

2008

"Tweet and Alice"
2010. 24x24. Acrylic, ink, flashe on canvas

2008

"Flight of the Shelter Melter"
2010. 30x32 Acrylic, ink, flashe, spray paint on canvas.

2009

"Crash of the Tetons"
2010. 30x30 Acrylic, ink, flashe on canvas

Two New Exhibits

Sorry for the hiatus. Busy raising a 1+ year old.

Last spring I was invited to participate in two print exchange portfolios that will be exhibited as part the Southern Graphics Counsel annual printmaking conference. This year it is in Philadelphia which is also hosting the city-wide printmaking event Philagrafika2010.

Aquatint, line etching and screenprint.

For Mark/Remarque exchange
curated by Rochelle Toner.
Exhibited at the Free Library of Philadelphia (will be part of their permanent collection)
Opening tonight March 19th thru June.
Also at Crane Arts building during Southern Graphics Conference March 24th - 27th.



Screenprint with hand painted additions in goauche and ink.
For Particular and Peculiar exchange
curated by Bobbie Adams.
Exhibited at the University of the Arts
during the SGC conference.

111th Annual Exhibition

The PAFA Fellowship has an annual exhibition for alumni. Prizes are awarded and I am the recipient of The Mary Butler Trust Purchase Award. I am now part of the permanent collection of the PAFA Fellowship!

First in Flight
Acrylic, ink and Flashe on panel
18x18 inches

It's the little things.

Here's a review of the Print Center Show on Artblog! http://theartblog.org/2009/06/hot-off-the-presses-the-print-center-finds-its-inner-kid/#more-8234 I happen to be in it. Please read all the way to the bottom.

More Oscar

I did a rough sketch then worked it up in the studio. I still want to keep these loose tho'.

Moleskine and a drawing

pencil, colored pencil, marker.

what I do with Oscar.

Moleskine sketches

I still find time to work...

Since Oscar's birth the amount and time I spend doing art has diminished. I now find myself working smaller and with "faster" media. Since I am taking care of Oscar during the day I have been relegated to working during his naps, not knowing how long they will last. Because of this, none of these feel complete.

Watercolor, ink and colored pencil on paper.

Water base media on polypropelene "paper" brand name Yupo.

Colored pencil on colored paper.

83rd Annual International Competition: Printmaking

These prints were selected for exhibition at the Print Center in Philadelphia.

May 30 - August 1, 2009
Juried by Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett, co-publishers of Art on Paper magazine.
Opening reception May 30th 3-5 pm
Gallery talk at 3:30

The Print Center 1614 Latimer Street Philadelphia, PA

It's been a long Time...

I have been busy with my baby boy Oscar lately - just over 3 months old. Needless to say I have neglected the blog. Here are a few updates. The Magnificent Egress is a group show at new gallery The Toothless Cat in the new Liberties Plaza on N. 2nd street in Northern Liberties just south of Girard.
The show is part of the grand opening festivities for the Liberties Plaza. Live music, galleries, shops and cafes all open this Saturday, May 16th from 11 am to 11pm.

At the end of this month I will be in a juried exhibition at the Print Center, more on that later.