On February 13th I had my first show open at Fetherston Gallery in Seattle. I shared the spotlight with Melissa Stern, an artist out of NY, who couldn’t be there that night. It was really nice to see some of my old friends and art colleagues. Unfortunately, I have few photos, but I will share the two I have with you. The show comes down tomorrow, March 14th. However, they will keep work from the show for three months in case people are interested in unsold works. Photos of the exhibition can be seen on the Fetherston Gallery web site.
Me with Betsy Fetherston.
Dave Kane (artist and teacher), me, Noah Nakell, Matt Harkleroad (friend and artist) in front of my huge painting “Monet Crosses the River Styx.” I drove it up in a rented Sprinter with my friend Kelly Neidig the Tuesday before the show opened.
Last weekend I took a Silk Screening 101 class at DIY Lounge at collage on Alberta. The class was taught by Nicole Cipriano. I’ve always wanted to take a silk screening class and learn more about printing multiple images, so this was a rewarding experience for me. Below are photos from the class as well as the start of a new painting incorporating two of my final prints. The finished painting will be included in my July show.
It was a small class - only room for four of us students and our teacher, Nicole.
Nicole built our screens for us and prepped them with photo emulsion. This is my screen ready for inking.
One of the students is practicing putting emulsion on a screen.
This was the setup for burning the photo image onto the screen.
This is the painting that I am working on inspired by Ted Kooser’s poem “They Had Torn Off My Face at the Office.” It utilizes two of the prints I made on acetate.
This painting was inspired by Ted Kooser’s poem titled “The Goldfish Floats to the Top of His Life.”
This is the initial sketch. I’m not much of a sketcher. I really just like to get to work on the real painting.
The heart and black sections are done in gouache.
The phone is also done in gouache. The goldfish is done in watercolor so it is a little looser.
This is the final painting. The design is based on the golden spiral.