The dust is settling.















How I Felt After You.

Almost finished with this new large scale painting...45" x 65", oil on linen.
Few more glazes to unify the surface and it should be complete.

Art Chicago.

Art Chicago is this weekend, Friday - Sunday.

I have two new paintings in the Zolla/Lieberman
booth (12th floor).

www.artchicago.com

Tanken.

Check out my collaborative project on this new
blog: www.wearetanken.blogspot.com


Its a growing project with my
new friend from Vienna, Austria,
Sonja Bendel.

NEW NEWs

Links
I've updated the links section
to reflect my newly formed artist
affiliations- from my Feb. stay
at the Vermont Studio Center.

Facebook
I've also been doing my photo style
updates on Facebook.com so head over
there if you are looking for work in
progress and new painting images.

Website updates
Rob has added a new portfolio (my Wake series)
and a few other minor tweaks here and
there - all around the site.

Etsy
I'm starting an etsy site - for smaller
paintings and drawings, tshirts and more.
There is a link on the "sales" page...


-Happy almost spring to everyone !

VERMONT STUDIO CENTER (FEB. 1 - FEB 27)













**

You know you are at an artist residency
when you hear this kind of dinner discussion.

" I cut words out of books ... "


"abstract paintings using landscape means"

" cutting circles out of fabric"


" ..I draw lines"

"a life size paper doll cutout"

" bird collages from national geographic cut outs"

and so on.



**photo credit: Kristen from NYC

ready to explode.


here is some new, in progress work from the last 3 weeks...

Newest Paintings, December 2008.

Trying some subtle new techniques and
some not so subtle additions to the
ice scape. Feedback is encouraged!

( click to enlarge )


Tumbling into the void. Oil on Linen, 18" x 24", 2008







Deluge. Oil on Linen, 18" x 24", 2008

Upcoming Exhibition


I will have 5 paintings in the upcoming exhibition, titled,
"Under the Influence", at the Lubeznik Center for the
Arts.

Here is a link for more details.

The show runs November 14th (opening reception, 7-9pm -Central time!)
to January 3rd. So head on up to the Michigan City
lake front, see some art, do some outlet shopping,
climb the dunes and observe that ominous cooling tower!

Chicago / Studio.

I'm back from the summer/ early autumn hiatus. I've moved
to Chicago and traveled Spain (go. to. the. Prado!). Now
I've got an in-house studio set up and it's time to get
back to work.

Here's a few pics...

Summer Silence...

It's been a few months and I've been bad at blogging
as a west coast friend pointed out.

Well, I graduated from the University of Notre Dame
in May. Thought I was heading out of town but then
a couple of opportunities arose.

I was asked to take an Assistant Curator position
at the South Bend Museum of Art and then Notre Dame asked
me to teach a summer drawing class. So I've been teaching
in the mornings and then hoppin' on the bike down to the
Museum in the afternoons. After six weeks of this I'm
done with teaching and should be able to get back to painting
(and blogging!).

Some other quick notes: Solo show at Zolla/Lieberman in Chicago
went well. Had a week off in Texas for a family reunion and I'm
working on a commission for some Antarctica bound South Benders.

It's been a busy, fun summer so far, stay tuned.

WAKE: installation images

(images from my recent exhibition at the
Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, Indiana)

ART CHICAGO

Next week is Art Chicago, April 25-28 to be
exact. Art Chicago is one of the many, many,
many, many Art Fairs around the country and the
globe. It's a big collection of international
galleries that come together under one roof
for a long weekend and do what galleries do-
show art and sell art.

It's also a great way to see a ton of different
artwork in one place and this year I'll have
a few pieces up in the Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
booth. I will be attending the opening preview
night and will try to wrangle up some images to
be added to this post later...

Want more info? Check it out: ART CHICAGO link