Monthly Archives: December 2009

Three Little Printmakers

While in Los Angeles I visited my old place of employment, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall park- they had a really nice printmaking show up with a diverse number of works and artists. There were three that … Continue reading

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I Spy With My Little Eye….

Art… lots of it here in the City of Angels and I have been aiming to see as much as possible.  Here are some of the highlights: Best use of day-laborers:  John Sonsini at ACME. A portraitist with an airy … Continue reading

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The other end of an art exchange

On August 20th  there is a post about my dear mentor and friend Dan Callis coming to Newberg and working with me for a week or so while I taught him how to work in kiln-worked glass.  This was a … Continue reading

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“This Little Light of Mine”

Ah- and here is yet another one of the oil paintings on wood/mosaic/assemblage piece that has been seven years in the making!  Since I photographed this on an orange wall, and the piece is orange with a very dark frame, … Continue reading

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A Completed “Whole Night Sky”

Well- “The Whole Night Sky” has been put together at last.  Here are some completed shots of it (see December 2 and November 12th for earlier blogs about this piece). In my home, only the studio has white walls.  The … Continue reading

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Ancestor, Memory, and a happy accident.

I realized as of late that I neglected to share with you two of the monotype/gouache/collage pieces I did in September when working with the Atelier Meridian.  These two works were actually the first images that I pulled in the … Continue reading

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Look! I’m a book cover.

Clella Jaffe is a delightful fellow faculty member at George Fox who teaches communications and speech classes.  Several years back, she asked me if she could possibly use some of my work for a revised version of a book she … Continue reading

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Anatomy of an Assemblage

The piece “The Whole Night Sky” is close to completion.  I spent this morning finishing up the two assemblage sentinels that stand gaurd on either side of the painting.  I found it quite humours when I began to write down … Continue reading

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The Cedar Tree

I was in the Sellwood neighborhood in Portland about a month ago after dropping a friend off at the airport and decided to stop in my favorite coffee shop there, “The Ugly Mug.”  I noticed a cardboard box full of … Continue reading

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