Abstract Show at Post Road Art Center, and Second Friday Studio Stroll, October 9, 2009

Fornax
2009
30″H x 22″W
India ink, watercolor & powderd pigments in acrylic medium

My mixed media painting Fornax has been awarded First Place in the Abstract Show at Post Road Art Center, juried by Bob Collins.
The opening reception will be Thursday, October 9, 5:30 – 8:30pm.

www.postroadartcenter.com

And coming this Friday, our second “art walk” at Fountain Street Studios, from 6 – 9pm. Stop by for a casual stroll through artist’s studios, see new work and work in progress, and enjoy some food, drink and conversation.
My studio is on the 3rd Floor East, no.9
59 Fountain Street, Framingham, MA

www.FountainStreetStudios.com

SOWA Open Studios

My piece Mindbug 1.1 will be at Galatea Fine Art at 460 Harrison Ave, Boston,  for the SOWA Open Studios, September 19 & 20, 12-6pm

Mindbug 1.1
2008
36 x 30
India Ink, watercolor & powdered pigments in acrylic medium

studio heat 09

Painting in the studio in August is a challenge, especially when it’s around 90 degrees outside, and lots higher in the studio with no AC.  I’ve got a fan, but really, it’s not big enough for the heat some days. So my favorite thing to paint on a hot day is something cool and blue and waterlike…here’s some new abstract work that’s been coming together this summer,  oil paints with powdered pigments in medium, very experimental for me, and I’m not really sure if they’re done, or not?

                             Don’t be the bunny #1
                             2009

                            Don’t be the bunny #2
                            2009

                           Don’t be the bunny #3
                           2009

                            Don’t be the bunny #4
                            2009

Open studios

The artists at Fountain Street Studios are continuing our First Friday Studio Strolls through May. In April, the 13th Annual Fountain Street Open Studios weekend will be April 3-5. Friday from 5:30-8:30 will be the preview party, and Saturday and Sunday we’ll be open 11am-5pm. Please stop by my studio, 3rd floor east, no. 9, to see me and my work. Drop me an email if you’d like to be added to my mailing list (email and/or snail mail.) check out the list of artists at: www.fountainstreetstudios.com

Here’s a new piece I finished last month, and started on the day the stock market plunged. I decided to call it Pooring down, that’s what the day was like, that’s what the markets were doing, and the piece turned out very dark, unlike others in my Mindbug series.

Pooring down
2008
30″(H) x 22″(W)
India ink and powdered pigments in acrylic medium on paper

Happy New Year!

Hello to 2009, beginnings are always exciting and we definitely need something fresh here in New England in the dead of winter.

Here’s a piece I finished last month, influenced by Miro’s Constellations.

Fornax
2008
30′ x 22.5″
India ink, watercolor and powdered pigments in acrylic medium

studio freeze

Mind(e)scape
2008
18″(H) x 24″(W)
mixed media

so now we have 20 degree weather here in NE and my studio was so cold that I wanted some of those fingerless gloves. oh well, I started a new ink series that is really interesting and  had me excited to keep working.  I’ll post my mind(e)scape, but I’m psyched to show the new stuff at my Friday Stroll at my studio December 5??

hope to see you there.

so…also let me tell you that mindescape was a long intensive drawing to finish and not only is it a scape from mind but it was especially an escape to my mind.

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mindbug 1.1

hi to zack and jan and thanks for visiting so much 🙂

Here’s mindbug1.1

finished last week….

next week n truro and a whole new influence for a couple weeks. it will be so nice to be at the beach