NEWS
Sittings with Laurie
My friend Laurie has been gracious enough to come to the studio for a series of sittings. I started out with a few sketches in conté and ballpoint, and hope to work on a new series of oils.
An Artist Conjures Real-Life Clouds Inside the Gallery
Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus II, 2012, Lambda print, 75x112 cm, Hotel MariaKapel, Hoorn. Photo by: Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk. So beautiful! From Artlog: To art history buffs, clouds are effectively synonymous with Dutch art (particularly that Golden Age style of...
My work for the “Golden Gate” show
Mounting problems solved! 12.5 feet, up and ready to show! Please join us for the "Golden Gate" Arc Studio Artists Exhibition OPENING RECEPTION on Saturday, June 9th 7-10PM May 27th, 2012 marks 75 years for the Golden Gate Bridge and Arc Studios & Gallery honors...
Two drawings off to the East Coast
This lovely gentleman purchased these two drawings at Arc the night of the Guerrilla show. They're two of my faves, an old self portrait and a drawing of a dear friend's wife. It's hard to let stuff go! But he's getting them for his father on the East Coast, an art...
Outdoor life drawing!
I love my city: an impromptu al fresco life drawing session in the Castro Plaza.
A post in Matthew Felix Sun’s blog
I just came across this posting by Matthew Felix Sun. What a nice guy!
EveryDaySnap
Here's today's shot from the year-long one-photo-a-day blog that I'm doing, along with 3 other friends.
Read moreThe latest addition to my new library is a splendid photograph by my friend William Salit. I was so pleased to purchase the signature image from his last show “Looking Down”. As my scholarly work begins to really take “the visual turn” and I employ more art history, semiotics, visual rhetoric and history of seeing as methods, this image reminds me to LOOK more closely at my sources and at myself. Bravo William and thanks for the reminder. It was a fantastic show!
Magnet “Looking Down” reception
I'll be forever grateful to Magnet SF, especially Steve Gibson and Greg Zhovreboff, for such an excellent mounting of my photo series, "Looking Down". You can see photos of the show here.
Sparc, the first group show at Arc
SOMA Spring Open Studio Preview Exhibition was held at an amazing new SOMA Venue, ARC Studios & Gallery, (formerly Langton Arts) and featured artwork by over 65 Open Studios artists. Jack Androvich Kirk Brooks Mike Kimball Ben Needham...
SF ART NEWS interview
The recent SF ART NEWS features an article about my work. The author, Mike Yochum, writes wonderfully about art and artists. You can read the original article here. The Importance of Place by Michael Yochum (March 19, 2010) On a recent Sunday afternoon, I sat down...
Tour des artistes
I was selected to be on the "Tour des artistes" fundraiser this year, and I was the first studio stop for the group of 25 people. Michael Yochum, ArtSpan's Board Chairman & Therese Martin, ArtSpan's former executive director lead the guided limo tour of 5 local...