Category Archives: Exhibitions

Painting My Art Out

A while back I was invited to participate in Siren Nation’s event, Paint Your Art Out. I’ll have three pieces in the show that will be up through October AND I’m doing a live demo tonight at the opening reception! Did I mention it’s TONIGHT? There’s a high-pitched sound in the back of my head that sounds like a squeeeee of excitement and nerves.

I’m not so nervous about painting with an audience, but what’s extra challenging is that the painting needs to be finished tonight and will be auctioned off during the event. I’m taking a painting that’s already in progress, otherwise it would be hard to reach the finish line tonight. If you’re in the area, stop by and say hi and lend a little moral support!

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My first live painting

Yesterday I met with three of my friends from the Green Cab group to paint outside Insomnia Coffee. This was my first time painting in front of other people and it was a lot of fun. Several people stopped by to see what we were up to and stayed to chat. I enjoyed talking about my art and hearing about everyone else’s process. Bad Influence Bunny is one of the paintings I was working on. People thought he looked like a grumpy grampa bunny who just quit smoking. I can see that!

Bad Influence Bunny, acrylic, oil pastel, colored pencil and ink on 20x16x3/4" canvas. $200.

Bad Influence Bunny, acrylic, oil pastel, colored pencil and ink on 20x16x3/4″ canvas. $200.

Curious Creatures

I recently found out that I’ll be the Featured Artist at the Village Gallery of Arts in Portland in October. I plan to exhibit all new work so I’ve been busy busy busy in the studio getting ready. Banjo is one of the paintings for the show and is also going to be the image on the postcard. I’m excited about the challenge of producing around 15 new paintings in this timespan.

Since I needed to submit a statement for the show, I revised mine and did a few other tweaks on this site. All of this is a work in progress that’s constantly getting fine-tuned.

Banjo. Acrylic, ink, colored pencil and oil pastel on 12x12x1.5" canvas.

Banjo. Acrylic, ink, colored pencil and oil pastel on 12x12x1.5″ canvas.

At Insomnia

This is one of the paintings that’s hanging at Insomnia Coffee in Hillsboro this month as part of the Green Cab group show. It’s a cool place to be on a hot day! Lots of people have been hanging out on the funky mismatched furniture drinking iced coffees. I’m not a connoisseur since I don’t drink coffee, but they look delicious.

Inner Demons, mixed media on canvas, 16x20 inches. $200.

Inner Demons, mixed media on canvas, 16×20 inches. $200.

Inner Demons is a painting from early in 2013 and still one of my favorites. The main figure tweaks my mind in just the right way.

Koala girl

Here’s a painting I finished yesterday.

Kaleidoscope Koala, mixed media on 11x14" board. $90.

Kaleidoscope Koala, mixed media on 11×14″ board. $90.

I’m very happy with the swirl of colors in her body and the way her little koala face emerged.

Two of my paintings are hanging at Insomnia Coffee in Hillsboro as part of the Green Cab group show there. And this is the last chance to see my solo show at New Morning Bakery in Corvallis. I’m heading down there on Sunday to take it down and spend the day enjoying the area. Corvallis is a great town and I’m looking forward to exploring more.

Summer is already flying by!

This is the last week to see my solo show at New Morning Bakery in Corvallis. It’s coming down on July 6. I’ve enjoyed having my art there and I’ve gotten some great feedback from their customers.

Hints of Spring, mixed media on three 12x24 inch canvases. $540 for the set.

Hints of Spring, mixed media on three 12×24 inch canvases. $540 for the set.

The three paintings that make up Hints of Spring are among the pieces I have at New Morning.

The Green Cab group just hung a show at the newly opened Waltz Brewery in Forest Grove. Two of my paintings are in the show.

This is also the last week to see Facing the Blues, my painting that’s in the Free Fall show at Village Gallery of Arts in Portland.

Facing the Blues, mixed media on stretched canvas, 24x20 inches. $350 framed.

Facing the Blues, mixed media on stretched canvas, 24×20 inches. $350 framed.

Perdido

Perdido, mixed media on 24x18" canvas with 1.5" profile. $200.

Perdido, mixed media on 24×18″ canvas with 1.5″ profile. $200.

My painting is at the Olympic Mills building and all ready for tomorrow’s opening of the Recycled Rain Project! The reception goes from 6 to 10 pm this Saturday, May 10. There will be a lot of wonderful work there as well as information about conservation issues.

It was an interesting experience to paint with rainwater that I collected. It made me more aware of the weather–I wished for rain so I could fill my jar! Then I had to keep track of how much I was using and make sure it would last through the whole process.

Some artists actually used rain to create their art by leaving it outside. I’m going to try something like that in the future.

Recycling Rain

For some reason I thought this was going to be a quiet season but I’ve managed to sign myself up for three shows in the same month. I was already planning to do 88 Strong at Goodfoot Art and the 5th Annual Art Challenge at Village Gallery of Arts. I’ve just found out that I’ve been juried into the Recycled Rain Project! I’m very pleased to be involved, not only because it’s a juried show but because the purpose of the project is “to raise awareness of water issues.” Each artist who’s been selected will be creating art using captured rainwater.

New challenges are good! Deadlines are good! Must go paint now.

88 Strong

I’ve been invited to do the 88 Strong show at the Goodfoot and last night I picked up my wood panels. Can’t wait to get started. This is a show of 88 artists, a good cross-section of Portland art, working on 8×8 panels from a list of 88 strange, amusing, evocative ideas. The opening is April 24th.