Holly Park Robin Visits Lynnly

Often I am surprised by the relationship between the image and the fabric after I've laid down the image. Sometimes it's too busy or two confusing - what is the image and what is the ground? In those cases, I have to scrape the image and put something else down. I originally had telephone poles and bus lines on this ground but it looked terrible. I went for the bird, and now I'm in love with this piece!

Bryant Street in the Mission

Come to ArtSpan's Funky Flash Friday Mixer at 1890 Bryant Street next Friday, September 2, at 6:00 pm. Mr. Rogers will be our resident dj along with his groovy bunnymatic and friends artworks. Trish Tunney and I will also be on exhibition, so if you're up for some art, drinks, music, and snacks - this preview to Open Studios is for you!

Sunny in St. Mary's Park

I've reproduced this transfer on other back grounds but this is my favorite, yet. The fabric absorbs the wax medium in a way that adds depth and richness and makes the colors really pop. Set into one of those groovy black float frames - this one found it's way into a new home last week. Farewell, little bird.

Oak Tree

I'm getting ready for an event at 1890 Bryant Street on September 2nd - ArtSpan is organizing flash mob Friday's and Trish and Mr. Rogers and I will be hosting in Studio 311. Hopefully I'll have enough work completed so that when Open Studios comes around the following month, I'll be ready to go. I'm pretty excited about the new work and I am hoping flash mob Friday is a success.

26th and Mission

Here's another piece from the San Francisco Show at City Art Gallery. This was taken outside my house in the Mission where the pigeons hang out when the peregrine falcon are not chasing them down for dinner. Every now and then one of the falcons will land in our back yard and it is really something to see them up so very close, just the window between us. All the finches and doves scatter and we hear a big thump - the weight of the falcon landing.

Does This Fence Make me Look Fat?

This little lovely found a new home today along with "Heather's Flock." An English woman stopped into City Art and asked if I still had any of the work available from last months show. It was one of those serendipitous moments, because I am not ordinarily at the gallery on Friday at noon. Thank you England!

Float Frames

I ordered some float frames to see if I couldn't bump up my presentation a little. They are having their debut at City Art Gallery for the San Francisco show. I had an idea the frame would look good, but I under estimated just how much it would make the carbon pop. I'm definitely pleased with the effect.