Catching Up & Looking Back

Whew! Sorry for the long break - a lot has been going on!

Let's get this out of the way: I am currently in 5 shows and 1 event...

• "Little Things Mean a Lot" at the Swan Coach House Art Gallery until January 7th.

• My wares are with the ICE Pop-Up Shop from Indie Craft Experience taking place at Criminal Records in L5P Atlanta through December 24th.

• "Alchemy" a group show at Beep Beep Gallery through December 17th.

• "Neighbors" a group show at Young Blood Gallery & Boutique through December 30th.

• "In The Nick Of Time" a group show at Kibbee Gallery.

• "6th Annual Postcard Pin-Up Show" at MINT Gallery. One night only - December 10th.

Now that that's out of the way, here's what I've been up to...

1. I got my wisdom teeth out a few weeks ago. It was awful. I couldn't paint. I couldn't do anything, really. I basically lolled my head around on the couch drooling and watched Doctor Who and enjoyed my pain meds while they lasted. I'm still recovering - hurts to open my mouth and stuff. Also, my face was huge. Enjoy.

2. I've been busy preparing for the aforementioned shows. Here are some new works:

4" x 6" pieces for the Postcard Show at MINT 

"Domicile" for YBG's "Neighbors" show. 

In-Progress piece for Beep's "Alchemy" show. Never got a finished image - sorry!

3. Added a few more things to my shop:

"Atonement" and "Ingenue" ltd. edition print set!

"Amaranthine" open edition print, y'all.

"Domicile" open edition print. It's purdy.

Aaaand, I have 4 extra calendars for purchase. Git 'em!

By the way, did I ever post this video preview of the calendar? 

4. I am ending 2011 with 17 shows and 25 completed paintings. Not bad! Here are my personal favorites from this year:

5. I'm looking forward to what 2012 brings! With that, I'm off to bed, since I'm pretty sure I've caught a cold.

Festival Festivities

My craft show frenzy is over! Artlantis and ICE were a blast! I especially enjoyed Artlantis because it's run by my favorite Atlanta boys, James McConnell and Mark Basehore of Beep Beep Gallery. I swear, Atlanta would certainly be less of an interesting place without all of their hard work! I also enjoyed getting to display my wares in a sea of booths of some of my favorite fellow Atlanta artists! But best of all was getting to meet so many people that are collectors of my work, both recent and avid fans of years! It's totally humbling and encouraging to meet those that spend their hard-earned money on a print or, better yet, an original painting of mine. I tried to make a point to thank everyone I met for supporting local artists - seriously! Without you guys, I couldn't continue doing what I love for a living!

And, amazingly, the heat didn't get to me until much later in the day... it wasn't until about 5pm that I started doing goofy, heat-exhaustion inspired things. One of these was giving incorrect change on frequent occasions, or giving change when it wasn't needed. Whew!

The following weekend was Indie Craft Experience. It wasn't the easiest, smoothest, or monetarily successful of events for me... Darick Ritter of Lumi9 Painting(my booth-mate) and I ran into numerous problems over the weekend. And, due to unfortunate events, Darick had to skip out on Sunday, so I was on my own in our booth. However, like the previous weekend at Artlantis, I had the pleasure of meeting many people who already had prints or original paintings of mine.

Now, with the two shows over, I have some leftover items that I normally don't have available for purchase online... Notebooks and paper wallets! Click the images to be taken to the shop.

They're only available in extremely limited quantities, so be sure to grab them while you can!

Meanwhile, I'm still working hard on my upcoming show in July with Marcy Starz at Beep Beep Gallery. Here's an in-progress image of one of the paintings...

I think that's it for now! OH, nope, I lied! I have started an email newsletter, which is the best way to keep up with new, shows, new pieces, and whatnot of mine if you're not an avid facebook-checker. You can sign up below!

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Excuses

Hello hello hello!

Sorry it's been awhile. I totally expected to be bombarding my lovely followers with posts in lieu with my procrastinatory habits. Ah well.

I've been working diligently (or so I'd love to think) on my show this summer with Marcy Starz at Beep Beep. We just settled on a title - "Willful Wiles." I'm very, very excited to see it come together and watch the dynamic our work creates in the space together. I'm also excited to debut my new work. It's been really difficult not to show them off. I actually already let one slip...

"Redemption"

11" x 14"

I've been nearing a financial rut, so I released it to encourage some early print sales. [Click on the image to visit my shop!] Alas, no more teasers until the show, which is July 9th.

I think it is okay to share some progress photos, though! Here are a few:

 

  

 

Otherwise, I've been busying myself with side projects including drinking lots of iced tea, watching Veronica Mars and Doctor Who (um, Matt Smith is my newest crush), and making this paper cut card for my parents-in-law's 32nd wedding anniversary...

I had never made a paper cut anything before (other than on my unwitting fingers), so it's a little jaggedy, but I think it turned out well!

Speaking of in-laws, my mom-in-law, Micki Cavanah of Reed's Gold Leaf Studios, is doing a giveaway on her facebook page for three super cute/creepy gilded cicada shells! Head on over to enter to win one of these cuties.

Lastly, I've also just picked up a fun and exciting album art job. I can't wait to get it underway and show it off!

In other, other news, I'm just about stocked up and ready to go for the upcoming Artlantis Art and Music Festival and the Indie Craft Experience. I'm still looking toborrow a 10' x 10' canopy tent thing for the former, so if anyone has any leads, please let me know!

I think that's it for now!