“Acrylic On Flesh.” Photograph. My first and forever love is finger painting, where the canvas is limitless, and expression runs free.
Can you feel the color? Grab your paint. Release the beast within.
Second Street Gallery Opening
Overview of Second Street Galley’s TTT5 show. So much to love!
Sold!
All three studies from “A Snarl is Like a Smile” were SOLD in the first few hours of the TTT5 show opening at Second Street Gallery.
Join Me for Three Gallery Openings Tomorrow!
I am featured in THREE DIFFERENT GROUP SHOWS this Friday. Come join me for the fun!
SHOW ONE
McGuffey Associates Show
New work from McGuffey Associate Members are featured in this exciting and diverse group show.
BOLD AND DYNAMIC
“Won’t Back Down.” 12” x 12.” Acrylic on canvas. Framed. $750.00. Featured in the Associates Show at McGuffey Art Center.
SHOW TWO
McGuffey Reflections Show
This intriguing group show explores reflections: mirrors, water, the world around us, and inner journeys.
EXCLUSIVE WORK FROM THE PHOENIX SERIES
“The Audience Takes the Stage.” 36” x 36.” Acrylic on canvas. $5,000. Featured in the Reflections Show at McGuffey Art Center.
SHOW THREE
Second Street Gallery Trifecta 5
The fifth annual group exhibition and fundraiser at Second Street Gallery. This is a great opportunity for collectors of all budgets to own a work of art.
SPECIAL BENEFIT SALE
Three studies from “A Snarl is a Sort of Smile.” Each study is 8” x 8.” Acrylic on canvas and just $100 at Second Street Gallery, or Shop Online!
The work is up through September. Come join me for the openings. I’d love to see you!
Can You Spot the Opposites?
Below is an overview of the opposites studies so far. Can you spot the opposites within each piece? Think about differences in color, shape, texture, composition, and so on. Zoom in and take a look!
Opposites Distract
Here are some further digital studies exploring how opposites might benefit each other. The two studies below consider solid, soft, geometric, and biomorphic shapes.
Digital study.
Digital study.
Bite the Hand that Feeds You
Finished the main painting from my current series: A Snarl is a Sort of Smile.
STATEMENT Who are we? How do others see us? In this painting, a totem implies the possibility of personal transformation. The figure seems entangled in its environment. Or is it happily becoming a whole being?
“Snarl.” 36” x 36” acrylic on canvas. $5,000. Email me if you just have to have it!
Above: The drawing on canvas before it was painted.
Email me today to add this one-of-a-kind original painting to your collection.
Celebrate the TTT5 Opening at Second Street Gallery
Second Street Gallery is an exciting non-profit that brings the best of contemporary art to Central Virginia and beyond. This year’s Teeny Tiny Trifecta show supports the gallery along with 146 Virginia-based artists.
The three paintings I am showing at the TTT5. They are each 8 inches X 8 inches, acrylic on canvas. Just $100 each! Shop online or in person. If you can, join me in Charlottesville for the opening!
Feel Good Fun!
Here’s a design (below left) for a coloring page commission from Second Street Gallery. It is an extension of the upcoming group show featuring my series: “A Snarl is a Sort of Smile.”
The coloring book will include work from ten artists, and the gallery will donate the finished books to area youth organizations.
Left: Digital design. Right: Example colored with pencil.
Opposites Emerge
Two approaches for showing the relationship of opposites emerged this week in the Studio. The first pairs expression with hard-edge shapes.
The second approach, shown below, is conceptual. A black vertical crosses a white horizontal. Two orange diagonals cross. As you know, orange is the opposite of blue on the color wheel.
Taking the idea further:
What do you see? This pattern makes me think of quilts and individual threads woven into a universal whole. More to come as I explore the relationship of opposites for the 2022 series of paintings!