FebruaryTwo-fer

February's First Friday will be a double feature; I'll be showing in the Morbid Valentines show at Stones n Stuff, and I'll be hanging the Four Horsemen back up as well, at Sanctuary Tattoo on Forest Ave in Portland, for their Heavy Metal show. Come on out, February 5th, openings will be held at both venues.

Preview for the Next Show

A detail from The Venus Trap, one of the pieces I've done for the February show at Stones 'n Stuff. Colored pencil on paper.

Drawing Group

At USM there's a figure drawing group that meets Wednesday nights, I try to get there once every few weeks. Lately I've been playing around with positive/negative reversals; drawing in the light space instead of shadows - this was a particularly successful piece.

February Show

Next planned showing will be at Stones 'n Stuff, for the month of February, 2010. It's a show with a dark Valentines Day theme, another group show. Something to liven up the darkest winter month.

Plant, Pot

A little something I did over the weekend. I had forgotten just how much I love colored pencil.

The pot itself is from a very good friend who does wonderful things with clay, Cat Dubosky, who also lives and works here in Portland.

Well-Hung

So, the hanging of the show went well. Working with other artists can get tricky sometimes; even the most laid-back artist has an ego, and different ideas about how something should look. But after getting over the initial feeling of being overwhelmed by trying to fit everything into a relatively small space, it wound up being a fairly painless experience. Looks good, even.

Even with the unfortunate rendering of gillette stadium smack in the middle of things.