PDX Open Studios October 9, 10, 16 & 17

My studio is open to the public during PDX Open Studios weekends, October 9-10 and 16-17 from 10am until 5pm. Visitors welcome with masks.

Many new works on display. Several in progress. Plus deep discounts on most framed and unframed watercolors. It’s time to make space for new work.

If you’re worried about crowds, contact me to visit another time.

Visit my exhibit at Art in the Pearl this Labor Day Weekend

For the past several years, I attended Art in the Pearl as a demo artist with Pacific Northwest Sculptors.

This year, I’ve been invited to exhibit my work in my own booth. I’ll be in booth # S19A near the corner of SW Park and Davis.

Festival hours are Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 4th and 5th from 10-5 and Monday Sept. 6th from 10-4.

Festival organizers are taking special precautions to protect visitors and artists. Masks are required to enter the area. Exhibits are designed to allow appropriate distancing.

I hope to see you there.

If crowds are too much for you, I do studio visits by appointment after the festival. Contact me to arrange a visit.

Sketch to Sculpture: Talk and Demo at OSA

I can talk about my thought process when creating sculptures. But it’s more fun and more informative to actually demonstrate the process with my hands on the materials. That’s the plan for Friday Fun at Oregon Society of Artists on July 30, 2021 from 6:00-8:00pm. It’s part of their Friday Fun series. It’s outdoors in their parking lot. Drinks and snacks provided. Plan to get there early. Space is limited.

I’ll explain my constant transition between 2- to 3-dimension as I create and solve problems in the process of building a sculpture. I will have multiple examples of materials and works in progress. I’ll have things everyone can touch, explore and manipulate. I’ll be showing how I get from simple 4x6” sketches to full size patterns, then to a steel wire armature and finally a sculpture.

The 2-hour talk/demo will be interactive, fun and hopefully enlightening. The techniques I share are the same that I include in my upcoming sculpture classes at OSA in the fall. It will be a 7-week series of 2-hour sessions. I’ll post more info when the fall class catalog is published.

New Paintings and Sculpture at Columbia Center for the Arts

The Collector

It was an interesting challenge to create 30 pieces in 30 days. I realized most would have to be paintings. In the end, I created 27 acrylic paintings on 8x8” panels, two masks and one sculpture. Please join us for the Opening Reception, Friday, June 4 from 5-7pm at Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, Oregon. It’s open to the public.

Other artists participating in this show include: Rebecca Bashara, George Winn, Scott MacDonald, Chloe Hight, Mark Nilsson, Molly Holmlund.