New Portraits, Mural

Hey Folks, here are my favorite quick portraits from the last month, and a shot of a mid-sized mural I finished at a private residence recently.  Been a while since I made a mural, but this was a pretty simple job and went smoothly.

Will soon be posting some info on an art show I'm helping to curate and participating in. I'm gonna be focusing exclusively on this show for the next two months, and am hoping to create a ton of cool work.

Upcoming Charity Auction, Bather Finish

Have a new piece going up to be auctioned off to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  I'll be at the Artist Reception on Friday Sept 9th from 6-9pm at the Denizen Gallery.  850 NE 81st Ave.  There will also be belly dancers, musicians and henna artists on Saturday and Sunday. Pieces will be bid on at silent auction throughout the weekend. Hope to see you there.

Here is a shot from the piece I'll be auctioning off at the event, and a couple close ups of the process of painting the henna 'head-dress' at the end.

Hospital show

Here are some shots of the portrait show I have hanging at the Providence Medical Center on 48th and Glisan.  So far I've managed to resist pushing people out of windows in order to raise attendance.

Auction Piece, Mayor Visit, New Portraits

You can call off the search parties; I'm back.  First off, here is a selection of some of my favorite 3 hour portraits from the last month:

I'm going to be having a show starting July 17 of 20-25 of these portraits at gallery in the Providence Medical Center on 48th and Glisan...if you're going to take a look at it, hopefully it's of your own accord. I also have an update on the piece I'm working on for the September Auction. Here's my progress so far:

Haven't taken as much time on this one as I would have liked.  Probably will devote more attention to it as soon I put up the portrait show.  Finally, along with several other artists, I met with mayor Sam Adams to talk about my work and the experience of living at Milepost 5 so far.  He seemed nice; busy though, so it wasn't a long chat.  Here's a couple photos of that meeting:

Okay, that's all.  I'll try and update more regularly, but working this keyboard is pretty exhausting.

Last minute show...

Here's a photo of my paintings in Sam Adams' (Mayor of Portland, Sketch Comedy Actor) office.  I'm one of  8 artists from Milepost 5 that have pieces up through July.  As far as I know it isn't open to the public, and there's not going to be a reception...so if you're the mayor or work for him, check it out!

New 3 hr Portraits, Show in Mayor's Office

Have a few new 3 Hr portraits to share.  Getting close to back on track for the year now.

Also, I'm going to be part of a show at the mayor's office here in portland.  It's a last minute thing, so I don't know all the details yet, but I'll update here if there's anything else to know.

Early Swimmer

Working on a new piece for a charity auction in September; I have plenty of time to work on it so I'm planning to take my time to do it right.  It's the largest piece I've worked on in about 6 years; It feels good to really lay out some paint with my larger brushes for a change.  I'll update every now and then with my progress on it as time goes on.

I have a number of shows coming up in the next few months, so it's looking to be a pretty busy summer.  Should be fun.