Solo Show at Launch Pad Gallery

In November, I will be showing my current project, Local Victory at Launch Pad Gallery here in Portland. I have been working on a lot of new approaches for the show: plywood cutouts, resin, colored pencil, and poster printing. Some of the processes have been difficult, but it has been great pushing some limits for myself.
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Second Year MFA Show

For the month of September, the second year MFA students have installed work that represents what we have been working on this past year. I decided to hang the first of four seed order paintings and create an installation of my "Local Victory" projects. This summer, I spent a lot of time in my yard. Being able to watch the growth of your food can be really satisfying. I wanted to include these plants in the show because they are also part of my work this summer.
Since I plan on having lots of plants in my thesis show, this was great to see how the plants do in this space. I put a sign on the tomato plants saying that people can eat them and it is rare that a red one sticks around. I think that people like the opportunity to interact with work in a gallery space because so often they are not allowed to.
Currently, I am working on connecting with some other organizations to see if some of these posters can be useful. On my "Local Victory" blog, there are many links to websites that are pushing the idea of contemporary Victory Gardening. This project has really been thought provoking for me and I hope an influence with others as well.

New Poster

I have been having fun reworking my drawings. I came up with this image.

New Drawing

I have enjoyed working on my current paintings, but I somewhat miss being more abstract. I like the combo of recognizable with abstract. So, I did a little drawing from a glass, paper cutout collage that I had created. This is a 6"x6" watercolor pencil drawing on paper.

Seed Orders 1997

I finished the first of four seed paintings.

The Round

Last sunday, I was part of an event called the "Round." Here, three musicians, a poet and two artists were on stage together. There was a good crowd of people and the atmosphere was really interesting. I have never drawn in front of people before, but I found it fun. The musicians were Nick Jaina, Michael Apinyakul from Shoeshine Blue and Sean Flinn from Invisible City Rockets. Poetry was from Trvino Brings Plenty. The other artist was Hillary Berry.

Drawing on the cover of the "Portland Review"

My drawing called, "Repression" is on the cover of the Portland Review. It can be found at Powell's Books. The image is reversed on the other side so that it mirrors itself when you open it.