Last Art Walk for Opus6ix

I am sure a lot of people don't know that Opus6ix is closing. They will be open through the end of June. This will be their last First Friday Art Walk. I am planning on being there tonight with Michelle and Henry. I have really enjoyed being part of Opus6ix. I am sad to see them close.

Mina Dresden Gallery

I will have a block print in a show of the Artists of Zyzzyva at Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco. The show is to honor Howard Junker who will be celebrating 25 years as editor. I wish I could go to the opening but I won't be able to be there. If any readers get to visit, I would love to hear about it.

Broadley Vinyards Art Show

This is my first show like this. I will have a selection of paintings and some original prints.

WHAT: Broadley Vineyards Tasting and Art Show Event

WHERE: Broadley Winery - 265 S. 5th Street (HWY 99W), Monroe, OR 97456

WHEN: Sat., May 23 and Sun. May 24, 11 am - 5 pm

On Saturday & Sunday; May 23rd and 24th from 11-5pm the Broadley Winery will be open to the public for this tasting and art show event. The tasting will consist of wines available from the 2007 vintage. While at the Open House, meet and enjoy the work of featured artists:
Suma Elan, Nonie Fish, Jenny Gray, John Holdway and Jerry Ross. Entry is free, but there will be a $10 tasting fee.

Broadley Winery - 265 S. 5th Street (HWY 99W), Monroe, OR 97456
Phone: 541-847-5934 www.broadleyvineyards.com

Bella Perla to Brian Marki

My solo show at Bella Perla is over. Since the owner of Bella Perla, Julie Martin, is going to sell the gallery as soon as she finds a buyer, I decided to look for another gallery. I am happy to announce that I found a new home in Portland. I contacted Brian Marki to tell him about my impending transition to a new gallery and see if he was interested in my work for his gallery. He is! I already dropped off a couple pieces. There is a group show planned for May.

Upcoming class

Basic Drawing taught by John Holdway
At Maude Kerns Art Center
Class ID #1575
Embark on a journey of drawing discovery! In this Basic Drawing class, you will learn and review drawing skills in a series of lessons and exercises designed to introduce you to the concepts of line, shading, perspective, and composition. Each week, you will build upon the techniques you’ve learned to create sketches and finished drawings. With practice, patience, and a positive attitude, your efforts will be rewarded as you watch your drawings improve from week to week. Be sure to sign up early for this popular class.
Thursdays, April 9-June 4, 6:00pm-8:00pm*
*There will be no class Thursday, May 7th.

Bella Perla Gallery

I will be having a show at the Bella Perla Gallery in Portland, Oregon in March. There will be an artist reception Thursday March 5, 7-8:30.

Last Friday Art Walk

Its time for Last Friday Art Walk again. Teague and I will be open. Come by the studio 6-9.

Other People's Shoes

This painting of Garth Marriott's Hosoi Vans is part of a series of other peoples shoes. In a way I started this project over 22 years ago.

When I was a freshman at MICA in Jim Hennessey's Foundation Drawing class in 1986, we were to chose a series to work through in our homework. For some reason I chose shoes. I was board with the idea pretty quick so I started borrowing other peoples shoes. Since I started a new series of shoes. I started thinking about those old drawings. My mother found a pack of the drawings in her barn and sent them to me. Not a moment too soon. Some had been gnawed by mice to make bedding. Here are a couple that I liked.

I borrowed Council Nedd's Creepers. He had quite a few pairs of nice and very cool shoes. I was already friends with Council when I got to MICA because he was the only other freshman from my high school. Council left MICA but went on to become a Bishop in the Anglican Church.

Spoon Popkin used to wear those shoes that you could buy at the Chinese grocery for $3. They were black cloth with a hard red plastic sole. I borrowed a pair of her old beat up shoes for this drawing. I used heavy rough watercolor paper and painted a lot of it in my bathtub with ink and water.

Actually Jim Hennessey talked me out of quite a few of my drawings from that class. I wonder what became of them.

Andrew Wyeth Dies

I just read that Andrew Wyeth died. I went with my father to see Andrew Wyeth's Helga paintings at the National Gallery in 1987. As I look back that experience was formative. The quiet mood and visible dedicated work ethic apparent in the images has always stirred me. When I started art school in the fall of '86, realism wasn't hot. MICA always put an emphasis on the "foundation." At the time I think that it was thought that it was important for artists to follow a period of development such as masters of Modernism. Picasso developed strong observational working skills before developing his mature styles. The photographers complained that they we required to take life drawing. I loved then and love still the "foundation". I came to base my work on what what was called fundamental.

My Name in Lights

Here is a pic of my name on the reader board in front of the Hult Center.