Refreshed, refocused, renewed, and re-energized. Works in progress and a clearer outlook.
… new painting finished and the photo finally edited to go up in the gallery shortly, stay tuned!
Started working on a larger piece (30×40) and at the same time a smaller piece (11×14) and I’m enjoying working on more than one piece at once. Hopefully they’ll be up soon as well.
Where have I been? My computer went and broke in early May and it’s taken this long to get it back… it provided me with an interesting lesson on just how much I rely on technology! Now that I’m ‘wired’ again the updates will resume.
A new painting up in the gallery, “Flood.”
The new studio area is excellent, plenty of drawers and cupboards for supplies and a bit more surface space. I’ve got 2 new pieces going at the moment, so stay tuned!
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The need for more space… and specifically more studio space… has finally driven me to move.
New setup should be up and running by next week, so look for pictures of the new studio area (now with hard floors for happier painting!) and some new pieces once I’m all settled.
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5 new pieces will be going up shortly (3 very new paintings and 2 to replace older or sold pieces on the ‘Selected Works’ page) so keep an eye out for them. I’ve been going progressively red, which is hands down my personal favorite color, so the piece I’m working on right now is a LOT of red. I love it, hope you will too!
Meanwhile, Tapino Kitchen and Wine Bar is hosting the next Palette to Palate! Take a peek at their current newsletter for more information on the event and the artist.
Now that the new pieces are up in the gallery, I’ve gone and finished some more. 5 additional pieces are waiting to be photographed and at least 3 of them will make it in to the gallery!
Most of what I’m painting right now is full of reds… obviously I’m wishing it were warmer.
On other fronts, my first ‘mailer’ is almost complete and on its way in to the wide art world. I’m happy with it so far, although there are a few things that need tweaking. After all, there’s nothing harder (in my opinion) for an artist than to have to write about things that they (I) are only able to express in paint. Still, I’m diligently attempting it, so look for an update to the bio/statement page in the near future as well.
Hope everyone had a good 2008; I’m back in the studio and painting away with gusto… working to make 2009 the year of the abstract!
I’ve got a web update all ready to be posted with the pieces that were sold at Palette to Palate and have another 2 brand new pieces from 2009 to photograph that will go up not too long afterwards. The photography setup for snapping pictures of the new work is all sorted out, so updates should be coming more regularly.
Out with the old, and in with the new will be the new motto in the gallery as some pieces get replaced. After a year of eating and breathing art, I think my new work speaks more eloquently than ever and I hope you love it as much as I do.
Working on new pieces with a distinctly ‘fall’ colorscheme lately, I blame the weather.
As promised, pictures from Palette to Palate and a write-up of the event are now available to see on the recently added “Exhibitions and Shows” page. Click the new link on the header to read about it!
Palette to Palate is finished and, if I may say so myself, was a success! The food was amazing and I was so thankful for the wonderful compliments on the art I received. Getting to talk to people about my work was very special and exciting, so thank you very much to everyone who attended.
I’ll be doing a website update soon with pictures of the event and some more information, so stay tuned.
Heading up to 9/28, I’ve been working on several more of the “internal landscape” abstracts: tentatively titled Peel and Veritas II are completed, with the very tentatively titled The Lost currently on the easel. I’m also working on the ‘self-portrait,’ painted for the main course of the event, which is making good progress; I won’t post pictures of that until after the event, since it’s an exclusive!
I have a few more pieces in-the-works for the event and I’m not done with the whole idea of the contradictory, confusing, and often beautiful worlds that we create within ourselves, so there will definitely be more to the internal landscape/emotional abstraction series. “Ambiguous Gestures” is on hold until after the event, but I’ve got a bunch of ideas brimming for this one and am looking forward to painting a few. I’ll likely be starting a third series, which I’m imagining as an amalgamation of the two series but with some unique elements inspired by working on the self-portrait, in the early fall and moving in to the new year.
Stay tuned… I’ll put new work in the gallery both before and after the event and hopefully post some pictures of the whole night once I’ve survived it!
