It’s a new year and it’s time for some new paintings! I cleaned off an old palette, liberally squirted out a bunch of colors and got to it. So far, the results have been encouraging.
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January ’23 Studio Update
It simply feels like I’ve been running uphill for (insert period of time here).
March ’22 Studio Update
‘Busy’ is such a dumb non-descriptive term. It hits the perfect note of bland non-response as a general ‘good’ or ‘fine’ that you pawn off on anybody you’d never like to have an actual conversation with. One thing I try to drill into my students is that when they are looking at their drawing or…
A New Old Way to Show Art
The past couple of years have been a struggle. Making art has been an overwhelming task at times. Showing art has literally been impossible at times. All of that changes in 2022. I’m using a new old way to show art. I’ll be bringing back salon shows in Kansas City.
January ’22 Studio Update
It’s always fun returning to studio after a long layaway. Refreshed, with my mind teeming with infinite possibilities, I’m ready for the new year. So more writing, more painting, and more showing! Of course, there’s a bunch of logistical hurdles to jump first, but here goes…
May ’21 – Studio Update
A decent amount of work, both finished and unfinished, started to stack up in my studio. New empty canvases hung out waiting for their moment to shine. Tubes of unopened paint and a new shipment of pandemic expensive lumber arrived to flesh out my personal supply chain. I was encouraged by the small but enthusiastic…
April ’21 – Studio Update
After lockdown, It’s hard picking up the pieces after taking a year off from writing on this site. As lockdown set in, I spent my last morsels of cash from some last minute stretcher jobs on paint, made a couple grocery store runs with a friend to stock up on month or more of food…
March ’20 Studio Update
A lot can happen in a month, huh?
November ’19 Studio Update
There are some strange vibes in the studio these days. With a big art show that I have spent entirely too many months working to pull off, there’s a strange calm in the air. Usually, the last days before a how are sleepless, anxiety ridden nights of self doubt, private loathing, and a dumb, gleeful…
Solo Painting Show
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.