The studio is full of new works in progress as I get ready for three December shows, all of them in my neighborhood, for once. I’ll have several pieces in Linda Hodges Gallery’s What’s the Story, a collection of oblique and unresolvable narratives, where I’ll be keeping company with the likes of Gaylen Hansen, Jed Dunkerley, Ryan Weatherly, Polina Tereshina, Morgan Walker, among others.

The opening will be held on First Thursday, December 1st, as will the annual ’57 Biscayne Holiday Open Studio Shindig. My studio will be open and tended by the ever-fabulous Amanda James Parker, while I run back and forth like a maniac between Pioneer Square venues.

But wait there’s more! Zinc Contemporary, just a few blocks away, will also be having a just-in-time-for-the-holidays small works show, and I’m in that, too.

Big paintings, small paintings, drawings, watercolors, and even a few screenprints of mine will be scattered about the Square. It’ll be like a treasure hunt.

 

With so much attention focused on my studio and building in the last few years, I was feeling the need to turn the attention back to the art. While I’m happy that so many people are excited to see artists like myself keep their places in Seattle during this period of rapid growth, I wanted to take a look at what it meant to the actual art that we make while we are here. So I gathered up a smattering of artists whose work I like, and chose work that speaks to their sense of place. The result is Placiness. It opens Thursday and runs through August 28, with a reception on August 6 from 5-8 PM, and extended hours through this weekend, coinciding with the Seattle Art Fair.

Hours through August (or contact me)