FIRST THURSDAY refresh

I can not tell you how many time when chatting with a fellow artist that I hear "Oh, First Thursday, I haven't been to that in years..."  

Well, I go out. I find it important to know what is going on outside of the studio in my own city, even if it is uncomfortable or disappointing, and sometime it is a disappointment. I am pleased to say that February's events brought artistic delights!

A refreshing range, variety and the new. Here are the highlight for those of you that missed out on the sights: 

PDX Contemporary Art: Night & Day  Jeffry Mitchell January 12, 2016 to February 27

Museum of Contemporary Craft: Work Time by  Rowland Ricketts January 29, 2016 – April 23

Immerse yourself fully in the world of indigo! These huge swaths of cloth hang on the celling overhead, obscuring the spotlights at night one was enveloping in blue.  

Pond Gallery: Wild Apple Girl by  Rebecca Artemisa 

NEW gallery UNION KNOTT: Wages of Fear by Sean Croghan

So new fresh and tiny that there is not a web page yet but this is a hip and authenintic space @ 2726 mlk jr blvd portland, oregon


Peony Violence Blossom in Portland

Glorious Guardino Gallery is hosting the Peony Violence series this month in an artist pairing with talented ceramic artist Anne Goodrich.  

This has been a wonderful process, from the burst of creativity needed to create this body of work, to the meeting of the Alberta Arts community. All of my focused energy was rewarded the night of the February's "Last Thursday" with a big turn out and great support.

If you missed that fun night not to worry. This coming Saturday at 2 pm at Guardino Gallery I, along with my fellow artists, will be giving a talk about this body of work. wish me luck. see you there!

A special thank you to Donna (for bring us all together) Meg (for getting it on the wall), Anne (for being gracious and talented) and Bark & Bless (my first virtual to live artist friend).

This new series is about the convergence between nature’s graceful softness and nature’s violent destruction.

These peonies are about the romance of a bouquet given while the heart bleeds.

A firework exploding as pedals fall.

Traditionally, I am an oil painter. However, I produced this series in colored pencils and gouache, both light materials in order to emphasize the delicate quality of these flowers.