New York Bound

I'm delighted to share that "A Boy and His Chicken" will be in New York City for the 84th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Hudson Valley Art Association. It'll be the second time this year I've had work at Salmagundi Club on Fifth Avenue. Both the boy and his chicken are thrilled.

Salmagundi Club, NYC, April 30th - May 5th 2017

Art Muse Contest

I'm delighted and surprised to share that my painting Catharsis (previously titled, I Tried--but that seemed to lead to confusion and a lot of questions most of which were answered by the word "catharsis," so I swapped) won Art Muse's December contest in the category of Emerging Artist. The piece will also be included in a group exhibition at Jack Meier Gallery in Houston, Texas next month. I'm also finding this a teachable moment, because apparently, in my hurry to make a last minute entry, I misspelled catharsis (cathersis just doesn't have the same ring to it) on my entry, and that's just terribly embarrassing. Proof your entries, children, you'll thank yourself later. 

Playing with light

I think I'm about done with this piece. It was an experiment of sorts, trying to push myself outside of my usual, working with photos (mine) and extrapolating my imagination all over the place. It's painted a lot more loosely than my usual style (you can't quite tell from the photo, because the painting is rather large so it reads more tightly painted than it really is), and I left off a lot of detail work I'd usually get caught up in. It was fun to see how much I could push the color in the moon light--even now, looking at it, I think I could have gotten away with more, but I think it's time to move on. Anyway, more updates soon, most likely involving sharks and foxes (guess which ones Sebbie is playing with?) as those are the current works in progress.  

Root to Bloom, take two

It's such an honor to see my name listed in such good company! If you're in the DC area, don't miss the show!

Open studios

It's about that time again. Open studios is almost upon us, and this year I'm doing two at once. I'm not even remotely ready, but I do have plans to fix that before the 4th of November. Come visit.

American Artists Professional League

I'm delighted to share that my piece, "I Tried," has been accepted into the 88th Grand National Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League at the Salmagundi Club in New York. It's the first time I've ever had work show in New York City, and despite everything they say, these days, about the art world no longer centering around New York, there's a little part of me that's totally disproportionately excited about it.

Root to Bloom

I'm delighted to share that this little painting of my studio sink has been accepted into Principle Gallery's juried exhibition, Root to Bloom: The Places Artists Call Home, opening November 11th. I started doing studies of the studio because I was thinking of moving, and in thinking of moving I suddenly realized how much I loved where I was. My favorite part of my studio, the part that stops me mid-task to just lust with my eyes, has always been the sunlight showing off, making ordinary things beautiful in the passing.