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Homemade Mardi Gras King Cake

2011-03-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

12th Annual Art in Kayenta Art Festival 2/19

2011-02-21T18:33:00.000-08:00

12th Annual
Art in Kayenta Festival
Sat & Sun, February 19th & 20th, 10am to 5pm
800 N Kayenta Parkway, Ivins, UT 84738

Kolob Canyon Print in Progress (2/3 - 2/10)

2011-02-10T11:38:00.000-08:00

A Few Watercolor Sketches of Zion National Park

2011-01-27T18:18:00.000-08:00

Snow!

2011-01-06T12:39:00.000-08:00

Fire in the Sky

2011-01-03T13:17:00.000-08:00

New Years Eve 2011, St George, Utah

The Full Spectrum

2010-12-22T12:15:00.000-08:00

After 4 days of endless rain, cloudy skies, a leaky roof, flooding and stormy weather we got our break in the clouds. If only for a fleeting moment, then more rain...

Location: St George, Utah

Baking: The deliciously cheap way to heat the house in the winter!

2010-12-11T15:57:00.000-08:00

A Big Thank You from the Fort Mason Printmakers!

2010-12-07T11:51:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everybody that came out the the 36th Annual Holiday Print Exhibition and Sale at Fort Mason. It was a wonderful event, and it could've have happened without the support and enthusiasm of all that participated and attended.

There is now a Fort Mason Printmakers site up at MESART. You can check out many of participating artists and photos from the event. In addition, you can even purchase prints online, in case you were unable to attend this last weekend.

Check out the link:
For Mason Printmakers

Fort Mason Holiday Print Sale

2010-11-26T23:30:00.000-08:00

"Tiny" Exhibition

2010-10-29T13:00:00.000-07:00

Come out to STUDIO Gallery on November 14th for the Grand Opening of "Tiny"! I'll have four paintings in the show. The show will be up for 7 weeks, so if you can't come to the opening you'll still have plenty viewing opportunities. Hope to see you there!

Rising Tides & Crumbling Coastlines

2010-08-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

50-50 II Show @ the Sanchez Art Center
50 works in 50 days!
www.sanchezartcenter.com

Accepted into the 50-50 Show!

2010-05-04T18:01:00.000-07:00

After weeks and weeks of anticipation I have just been accepted into the Sanchez Art Center's Second Annual 50-50 Show. This means that beginning May 17 and ending July 5, 2010, I will be on a mission to create 50 small works over the course of 50 days. This is a special opportunity for me, since I have recently found my creative juices rolling on hyperdrive. I have hundreds of sketches, and literally a hundred more ideas floating around in my head, just waiting for an opportunity to leap into existence. My theme for the these 50 days will be "Rising Tides and Crumbling Coastlines", which we be a continuation into my already deep fascination with natural disasters and the ecological state of the world. Each piece will be 6" x 6", and I intend to post my progress on my deviantART page. So stay tuned!

The grand opening is Friday, July 30, 6-10pm at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, CA.

www.sanchezartcenter.org

New Prints

2010-02-24T23:31:00.001-08:00

A preview of few new prints I've been working on this semester in my relief printmaking class at CCSF. Enjoy!

Big Thanks!!!

2009-10-21T09:29:00.001-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came out and participated in the 2009 Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. I'd especially like to thank those who bought raffle tickets for my original schooner painting. Together we helped raise nearly $600 for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. I couldn't have done it without you. See you next year when the Schooner Race turns 21!

To check out race results and other information about the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race visit www.schoonerrace.org.

P.S. If anyone has a photograph of my schooner painting from this year, let me know!

Cardboard Mountains

2009-08-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

Pen, Paint Pen, Highlighter and Cardboard

Ramona Rouge Wine Label

2009-02-20T00:47:00.000-08:00

Grand Opening @ Gallery 321, Baltimore, MD

2008-11-10T12:09:00.000-08:00

"Beautiful Catastrophes" Opening

2008-03-14T00:15:00.000-07:00

Short Story: 1989

2007-11-10T12:13:00.000-08:00

When I was a kid there was a rumor that in the event of a big earthquake our town world break off from the rest of the California coast and float out into the middle of the ocean. My dad used to tell me it would be okay though, because if it were to happen they'd probably just build a Target out on our small island of a town, and we'd be just fine. Funny thing about it I guess. But sadly this never happened, and looking back now I almost wish it did. I don't know what it was, or why I always secretly wanted our town to float out to sea. Maybe I have a longing desire for isolation, or religious aspirations for disaster. Or maybe I just thought it would be cool to have a Target in our town. But I don't think that's it either.

On October 17, 1989 the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area. It killed 62 people, injured 3,756 others and left more than 12,000 people homeless. The quake lasted all of 15 seconds. I was in preschool at the time, and can still remember it vividly. The walls seemed to gyrate; the clock jumped from position and executed an eloquent face dive to its unwilling death. We lunged under the tables will innocent chuckles, staring as every motionless object in the room suddenly burst into dance. And just like that it was over.

I don't think I had yet gained the understanding of what had just happened. For me it was like being on one of those earthquake exhibits at the science center, but I guess it was a little different than that. Part of a double-decker bridge collapsed upon itself, as well as a 50-foot strip of the Bay Bridge. San Francisco's Marina District basically crumbled under its lousy urban planning of building houses on top of landfill.

The 1989 World Series was also taking place at this time. The Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants were battling it out down at Candlestick Park. In fact there was even a columnist by the name of Kevin Cowherd of the Baltimore Sun who had already predicted the earthquake just that morning. In The San Jose Mercury News he wrote, "… these are two teams for California and God only knows if they'll ever get all the games in. An earthquake could rip through the Bay Area before they sing the anthem for Game 3." And that was precisely when the earthquake struck. I don't know if his column could be construed as irony, or just dumb chance. In any extent there's probably not much use overanalyzing it. The game was postponed for ten days though, so I guess he was right about a lot of things.

The game was also being broadcast live when they noticed the video signal beginning to break up. They promptly switched the broadcast to a backup episode of The Wonder Years, as the earthquake moved through the stadium like a wave. A few minutes later, as if nothing had happened a rumble came from the stadium as everyone began yelling… "Play Ball, Play Ball."
When I got home all but a single glass from the cupboard was out of place. We found the glass in pieces, shattered across the kitchen floor. My mom promptly cleaned up the pieces. When I went to bed I wasn't disturbed. I wasn't scared. I was disappointed! Why doesn't anything exciting ever happen to me? Why isn't our town floating in the middle of the ocean? Why is a single broken glass my only memento?

Perhaps I'm not old enough to understand the value of having everything in its place, the necessity of order and reasoning. I'm enthralled by natural disasters and mass chaos, and still manage to smile when everything goes to shit. I think everything needs to be turned upside down before anything is really gained or realized. What's the use of order and stability if the earth doesn't even abide by them?

In the end though, despite my fascination with destruction, I don't think it's really the disasters that interest me so much, but the manner in which we pick ourselves up in the aftermath.