Protean Flux

Protean Flux. oil on canvas. 36 x 48 inches. 2008

Protean Flow Series (part 1)

Protean Flow 1. ink, graphite, mylar, on paper. 22 x 30 inches. 2008.

Protean Flow 2. ink, graphite, mylar, wrapping paper, on paper. 22 x 30 inches. 2008.

Orange Jungle, redux

acrylic on canvas. 48 x 72 inches

Winter Shift

acrylic, ink on paper. 38 x 50 inches.

String Theory 1

ink and graphite on paper. 22 x 30 inches.

Plexiglass paintings

Here are some new pieces that I've been working on. They each consist of eight layers of 1/4 inch plexiglass, with acrylic paint on the separate layers. These are the first of many more to come. As you can see, they are a challenge to photograph, and I realized that trapped dust becomes a big problem. But I'm looking forward to working these issues out and creating some larger ones. These are all 12 x 12 inches.

Strange Place for Snow

Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches.

Older drawings

I've been doing a lot of music recently, and new work has been a bit slow, but I wanted to post some older drawings that were neither here nor there, and that's why i like them. New work soon...

New Drawings

New Work, New Shows

Here are some new paintings that I've been working on for an upcoming show at the Seattle Art Museum Gallery. I will have 3-4 new paintings in their Introductions 2008 group exhibition. The show runs from March 13 - April 12, 2008. Opening reception is March 13, 5 - 7 PM.

I also currently have paintings and drawings up at Fresh Flours, one of my favorite local cafes in the Phinney Ridge area of Seattle. The work will be up for February and March. Anyone who hasn't had one of their lemon ginger muffins is seriously missing out.

New Painting

Ok, new painting... finally. More new babies to come. 26 x 26 inches. oil.

New Post

Wow. I've been a terrible blogger. The ironic thing is that I currently have work in two different galleries as part of "The Blogger Show." 2 pieces are at the Agni Gallery in NYC , and 2 pieces are at Digging Pitt, in Pittsburgh. So, I guess I'm not really much of a blogger. Or at least I haven't been recently. As the name of the shows suggest, they consist of work by artists that blog. A majority of the blogs I've visited by the participating artists, really WRITE. I don't really write all that much at all. My blog was really only started in order to have an online space to show my work. I guess blogs can take many different forms and purposes. I have to admit that I have felt rather low on the art blogging ladder, as I haven't updated very often, and I only write about myself. But, that's what this blog remains.... It's about my work. So, I wanted to post a new image, though it's not a new painting. It's actually a piece that's in the Blogger Show at Agni Gallery. I've got some cool new paintings in the works, and hopefully, they'll be finished within the next month. I'll be happy to finally post some new work then. A lot has been going on recently, and it's been a bit of a struggle to back back into production mode.... but things are finally clicking again. More to come...

Work on Paper

Not much I'd like to say, but I just wanted to post some new images. More to come....
























SOLD

SOLD

Accretion

I learned a new word today, thanks to Elizabeth Perry who commented on the 'Katamari' series. That word is, 'accretion'. It may be only a new word to me, as many are, but it's nice to have a new word that describes something that one does so often. According to Wikipedia, accretion is , "a process in which the size of something gradually increases by steady addition of smaller parts." That certainly could describe most of my paintings, but especially "Painthing." I posted the painting earlier, but could not stop working on it. I still really love the original state of the painting that I will now call "Panthing I". The new one is "Painthing II".

















I'm renaming this version because I still think that the previous version was good enough to be complete as it was. So, it's just a lost painting that exists in photo form. Obviously, the new version has a significantly greater amount of accretion. I guess it could be said that I ruined the previous painting. Actually, I destroyed it. But I like the new one too, though it has a very different feel. The feeling of mass is much more intense.

Group Show at Pratt Gallery

I will be showing some new work at the Pratt Fine Arts Center's new gallery space in Pioneer Square, Seattle. The show features work by Pratt Instructors from the 2-D department, including Kiki Mackinnis, Erik Peterson, and myself. The opening is Thursday, June 7th from 5-8pm in the Tashiro Kaplan Building at 3rd and Washington, Suite 102.


Vertical Shear. oil and acrylic on canvas. 55 x 55 inches.