pedalpalooza
Pedalpalooza, Portland's annual bike mayhem, is about to start. And guess who designed this years poster? Me, that's who.
new birds
Tweet!
squirrels
Must be springtime!
wild ride
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.
ah-chooo
Gesundheit!
ox and rat
When an ox and a rat love each other very much… you get this sculpture! A recent commission based on the chinese zodiac animals.
heehoos
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!
time for warm sweaters
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!
existentialist giraffes
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!
fridge magnets
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!
sweater guys
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.
around the river bend
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.
so much river
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.
only one month to go
This will be our official postcard/invitation for the October show at Albina Press Hawthorne. Still a lot to do, but feeling really good about all the art we have made already. It's going to be huge!
enormous kraken
A sneak preview for the River Without End art show in October. SarahHall and I have been working on this for quite a while now and I have a feeling that it's going to be spectacular. We painted 300 feet of river last week. The Enormous Kraken was shot at the one and only Mocohut. Thank you Mocohut!
Liver Pirates
My contribution to the anatomy-themed group show Pieces And Parts at my favorite little gallery: Liver Pirates, matey. Join us for the opening at Good Gallery this Friday, July 5th from 7 to 10 pm, there's bound to be some good, some strange and some beautiful.
painting Lemmy and Zoot
Lemmy and Zoot get color! I usually start with a couple of coats of black as a foundation. Then I dry-brush the color on top. Painting the eyes comes last. And I never forget to varnish the eyes to give them that extra little spark of life. Lemmy and Zoot's mum was overjoyed when I delivered the pair. Lemmy and Zoot the actual cats didn't seem to care.