I just got back from setting up my Crooked River in Mountain View California. It can be visited at the Mohr Gallery until July 27th. Cassidy and Stella are having a close look at the critters and I'm posing with Raquel's animation students. I wonder where this river will flow next. Let me know if your state needs a new river!
Herman would like to meet you at Guardino Gallery next Thursday.
This is why I've been hiding in the basement all year: there are two big shows opening this month and I worked and worked and worked. The first one, Crooked River, is the rebirth of our Portland show River Without End from last October, this time solo without Sarah Hall. I am going to install a new river on the walls of the Mohr Gallery in Mountain View California and bring a car full of critters with me that will reside on the banks of that river for a while. Here's the what: Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View, CA Friday, June 13, 2014 through Sunday, July 27, 2014 Opening reception is Friday, June 13 from 6pm – 8pm.
The second show will be at Guardino Gallery in Portland, opening on the last Thursday in June. It has all new work, including my recent adventures in clay. It's been great working in a new medium and the results are a bunch of larger than usual animals that will all look at you irresistibly with their googly eyes. Details for that show:
Guardino Gallery, 2939 NE Alberta, Portland, OR Thursday, June 26, 2014 through Sunday, July 27, 2014 Opening reception is Thursday, June 26 from 6pm – 9pm.
And then, when everything is up on the walls, I will be free to interact with humans again! Won't that be nice? Buy me a beer.
Pedalpalooza, Portland's annual bike mayhem, is about to start. And guess who designed this years poster? Me, that's who.
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Must be springtime!
Our pal Jon David had a massive heart attack last year and we're having an art show to raise some funds to help him with his bills. This Wild Ride is my contribution (JD loves cars).
The opening will be at The Peculiarium - 2234 NW Thurman. Saturday, Feb. 15 from 6-9pm. There will be food, drinks, anatomical heart-shaped cookies for sale, and music from Martinibomb in addition to all the great art. The Peculiarium is a really fun place where you can see everything from a 10 foot tall Bigfoot to an alien autopsy!
There's a great list of artists, mostly from Portland's animation community, that are contributing some fantastic art.
Gesundheit!
When an ox and a rat love each other very much… you get this sculpture! A recent commission based on the chinese zodiac animals.
This new species will be available at Guardino Gallery on Friday November 29th. The Heehoos are wall hanging sculptures and part of the illustrious Little Things show. Come and meet them!
For the Little Things show at the Guardino Gallery I made all kinds of creatures wearing tiny sweaters. This show of excellent art of 7 inches or less will open at Guardino Gallery, 2939 NE Alberta this Friday, November 29th 6 to 9 pm and run through December. Many of my favorite artists have pieces in this. The really cool thing is that you can buy art and take it home immediately, which is a plus if you are looking for presents!
Seems that I can't stop knitting tiny sweaters this month, so it's only fitting that I made turtlenecks for Jean-Claude and François the existentialist giraffes. You will be able to visit them and a bunch of other fine giraffes at the Good Gallery in December. Opening night for The Art Of Giraffe is on December 6th 7 to 9 pm at 4325 N Mississippi Ave. Always a good time!
I made some fridge magnets for the upcoming Trillium Holiday Show on December 7th and 8th. These are all cut out from my business cards and adorned with different hair, beards, glasses etc. They will sell to support a great school!
I am working on some sculptures for the December Little Things show at Guardino gallery. They are all different kinds of critters that have little hand knitted sweaters to keep them warm. As I often do, I started painting them with a black base layer. They looked so cool in silhouette in front of the window on my work table that I just had to share this little work-in -progress snapshot.
What an epic show! Sarah and I rolled out the river all around the room at the Albina Press. There are boats and animals, bridges and water animals, mermaids and dragon flies.
This week we cut the rough shapes for the river that will go all the way around the room in our upcoming art show River Without End. Sarah Hall is measuring the pieces and Catherine, our australian trailer guest is helping out too. For now the pieces are labeled and going back into the rafters of the garage. The whole layout is planned in Sketchup and Photoshop. I really hope that everything will fit together as planned and that I did my math right.
