Boundary at SOIL April 4-27

Black Pattern Watercolor 2013 watercolor, ink, permanent marker on paper 10.5x7.5"

Boundary opens tonight at SOIL 5-8pm. I will be showing 17 new watercolors and a new installation.

Infinity Nest at Onn/Of

Please join me in celebrating a long list of diverse artists and performances this weekend at Onn/Of. Last year The Bran Flakes performed and this year I've contributed a new site-specific installation called Infinity Nest. The line-up of workshops and happenings is not to be missed - plus it's just a really great party!

Tableau Vivant at Gallery 4Culture

Folding Screen (detail) 2012 liquid acrylics, house paint, duct tape, wrapping paper, and marker on maple 13 feet x 6 feet 

 Folding Screen (detail) 2012 liquid acrylics, house paint, duct tape, wrapping paper, and marker on maple 13 feet x 6 feet 

4 Spot Floor Lamp 2012 watercolor on paper 6.5" x 7.5"

A few examples of the work you can see at my November Gallery 4Culture solo show, Tableau Vivant. Opening reception First Thursday, Nov 1st 6-8pm with special opening night performance from 6:30-7:30. See hand-painted and sewn constructions, installations, and watercolors I've been working on over the last year.

More HERE

Kaleidoscope Dressing Room

Join me at the City Arts Fest Culture Club opening reception Weds, Oct 17th 6-8pm at 411 Union Street (between 4th and 5th). There will be other visual art installations, performance, a DJ set, bar, and snacks. Kaleidoscope Dressing Room is part of a hand-painted pattern series I've been working on this year. Other works in this series can be seen in my Nov 1st Gallery 4Culture show, Tableau Vivant.

CityArts Fest 2012

I will be participating in CityArts Fest this year. Look for my work at Culture Club where a group of selected artists take over what looks to me like an abandoned jewelry store (with all the display cases, mirrors, and shelving). Location details announced soon!

SAM Sketches, Olympic Sculpture Park

On Saturday, July 28th, I led a public drop-in sketching workshop at the Olympic Sculpture Park sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum.

I selected Roy McMakin's "Untitled" 2007 sculpture (a cement bench, metal bankers box, and bronze deck chair) as the subject from which participants drew. The exercise was to make 3 twenty-minute sketches of the sculpture and its environment from 3 different positions. We worked with ink pens, brushes, and water to create a watercolor effect.

I began with a handful of sketchers.

And as the session went on the group grew out of passers by.

Here's a quick sketch I made as a demo. Puget Sound and West Seattle are in the background.

New Watercolors + LxWxH

I have been busy in the studio with my new watercolor series Negative Positive Pattern Paintings.

If you're new to collecting or want to add to your already fabulous collection I recommend the LxWxH project, a bi-monthly art subscription program. For $130 you will be mailed 2 original pieces of art and 1 original piece of writing. Here are the pieces I created for July's issue. Pre-orders are in effect!