The big day is coming! The culmination of two and a half years of work will finally debut on November 7, 2019. ‘Don’t You Blow Your Big Top‘ opens at the Foundation Event Space in Kansas City’s West Bottoms.
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A look back at the Blue Genie Danger Derby
The Blue Genie Danger Derby Here’s a look back at one of the crazier art events Ian Shults and I put together for Blue Genie Art in Austin, Texas. The Danger Derby is a no-rules pinewood derby race featuring a 120′ track fraught with dangers the entrants must overcome – a firepit, blowtorches, swinging anvils…
There’s a New Game in Town…
The New Game in Town My latest project is coming to fruition and it’s exciting that after seven years of plotting this event that finally, in the summer of 2016 the group art show of my dreams is happening!
Upcoming Show in Lawrence!
My first show of new work will take place in Lawrence, Kansas at Hank Charcuterie. The show will open on March 1 and run through May, with an opening reception on Friday, March 25.
Through the Years…
Recently, this website shot past its 12th anniversary. What started out as a juvenile joke on a fateful day in late January walking the streets of downtown Austin, Texas with fellow painter Chris Chappell soon became “the reason the internet was invented” (actual quote, 27 year old Michael Schliefke). With no prior knowledge of website design or creation I…
Artist Inc Fellowship
Artist Inc announced its twenty five fellows for the Artist Inc Live Workshop for 2015 in late January, and I was one of the Kansas City artists receiving a fellowship spot in the only program that will be held this year.
Review: The Accidental Gentrifist Looks at the Really White Vigilante
Reprinted from the Austinist, a noble experiment in documenting a city and its social stratas that ended a couple years ago. I met lots of people who sweated and worked hard to make the website interesting, fun and provocative, and Benjamin Reed‘s 2007 review of my satirical comic book started a long friendship: DECEMBER 17, 2007 The Accidental…
My Onion Interview
In 2007, I took some time off from painting to work on a book. Unbeknownst to me, the story I was about to write was a bit more autobiographical than I ever wanted to admit at the time, and the project took on the format of a comic book. In November, shortly after the book’s…
New Art Project Coming Up!!!
A New Art Project That Should Result in a Grand Show in Kansas City While taking a nice Sunday morning walk on 39th Street, the rumblings of my empty stomach were replaced with the rumblings of an idea for a new, exciting art project that will culminate in a large, collaborative group show featuring artists from…
Art in Context: the EAST tour
During the 2013 East Austin Studio Tour, I was interviewed by KLRU for their Art In Context program. I was asked about a variety of subjects during the hour long process, all done while I was working on my large commission of the Last Supper and greeting visitors into my studio during the busy tour. It was…