soul of december/evolution

triptych (60" x 108") still in process. bottom image as it is now. top image is flipped upside down. better this way?

i :heart: public libraries

it's in!
initial image from the permanent installation of "it's no travesty to try your luck" (2008) at Marshalltown Public Library. also featured: Moberg Gallery artist Chris Vance with "Cracked."

the soul of december

Vic Chesnutt has died.
he's still singing.
and
i'm still painting.
here: bad iPhone photos of the new, evolving triptych.
more and clearer images coming up.

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i love you. - Yoko Ono

studio process image with Yoko quote 2009-10-11

studio images

painting a new series. inverse of color? stay tuned for more process images.

dreaming in threes

Painting a new triptych, looking to open some space between objects so the winter rains can do their magic. Until then, we'll put on a sweater, pull up the bean plants, and marvel as the sunflowers still reach for the sky.

First Thursday Oct 1

oh why, why not (2009), 60"x 96", mixed media

In Portland for October 1 First Thursday? Begin the evening at 5PM in Portland's South Waterfront in the two story penthouse at the Ardea. Food and wine by Stoller Vineyards. Art installations by Elizabeth Leach Gallery and Heidi McBride Gallery & Art Consultancy. See "oh why, why not" in person through the end of the month.

latest

The crate of commissioned paintings has arrived safe and sound in West Des Moines, IA, for the opening of the brand new Mercy Medical Center-West Lakes. Install pictures by our favorite Iowa ground crew member Dan Ferro next week.

"it matters in that everyone matters" One-of-a-kind portable works commission. Interior, site-specific installation. 2009. Main entrance, patient reception corridor. Triptych on canvas, 48”x162”; 48”x42” to 48”x60” each.

show up

are you living in Iowa or passing through this month? see really good art (and some of my paintings up in lights) at the ever-awesome Moberg Gallery in Des Moines, IA. Show stays up through September 19.

public library install

it's no travesty to try your luck is headed for the permanent collection of the newly renovated Marshalltown Public Library in Marshalltown, Iowa (featured as Iowa's 2009 Best Small Town in "The Official Best Of ..." series). Installation pictures soon.

the heat is on

Painting through the amazing Northwest heat wave. And the amazing stretch of work ahead. Finishing up a series of paintings for a showcase here in Portland and then, work begins on a commission for a hospital in Des Moines, IA. Here, a detail from a new painting. Full images of new work up on the site v soon. Promise.

order in

big supply order day. canvas. stretcher bars. paint. a number of wonderful public and residential projects in the works. and an upcoming event at the Portland Golf Club with Heidi McBride Gallery. details shortly. in the meantime, this image from a series of new paintings soon up on the site.

she left her red shoes on the porch for hope to find. 2009.
triptych, 30"x 24" each. acrylic, colored pencil, crayon on canvas.

summery

magical Portland spring has warmed into magical Portland summer. and like the bees, i'm busy busy. new clients. new projects. new installations. new studio. stories soon. until then, images of the most recent work here and an updated resume with links to recent installations here.

spring quadtych

process images from the completed, but still-to-be-named spring quadtych (48"x36" each). pro images on the website soon with details and info about availability.

growing things

More new paintings on the way. A four-panel, 48" x 36" each. Also, bulb flowers are blooming here in Portland. I may have been anticipating their arrival when the visions came for this series. More process pics soon.

new paintings

Process shots from the new series of paintings. Can't paint on these enough. Feeling something like joy when i do. More soon. Images. And joy.

Moberg Galler Paper Show Opens

The Moberg Gallery Paper Show officially opens tonight in Des Moines, IA. Exhibition runs through early March. See paper work from a group of Moberg artists (including yours truly) if you're in Des Moines; otherwise, online. A full set of my new work on paper here.