Visual journal June 23-26, 2010

Garden flower painting

Not the best pic... 30x48 inches

Visual journal June 19-22, 2010

Working on small flower studies and sime collages...

Hope series

Here are two more -- again bad pictures (darker than they appear in person). Let me know your thoughts.

New piece for Hope series

Again, I took a horrible picture of one of my new paintings, but I think you can get the general feel for the piece. The lower left hand corner is not darker than the rest of the piece--that is just my shadow from taking a picture with my iphone. Any way, let me know what you think.

Visual journal 15-18, 2010

Work-in-progress; background for Hope series

Kelly, I finished (?) the background for one of my "Hope" paintings. This is the large panel piece (58.5" x 47"). The picture is not great, but just let me know your thoughts.

Visual journal June 11-14, 2010

Visual journal June 10, 2010

Visual journal June 9, 2010

Visual journal June 8, 2010

I'm enjoying these simple compositions

Visual journal June 7, 2010

Visual journal June 6, 2010

Visual journal June 5, 2010

Congrats to the graduates

Visual journal June 4, 2010

This is number 365 in my daily visual journal! This has been a great experience for me, sometimes fun and sometimes very difficult to complete, but I stuck with it and finished the whole year. I'm excited to be done and already plan to do this again - this time with writing
involved. I will post nicer pictures of the entire set soon.

Good News!

congratulations to Colin for having his piece, Hope Against All Odds, juried into the 18th annual competition at the Bowery Gallery in New York. The competition was juried by Rackstraw Downes, 2009 MacArthur Fellow

also, our series, Sibling Revelry, will be a part of this years ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids! ArtPrize is an amazing competition that runs from September 22 - October 10, 2010 with a top prize of $250,000! The public votes for the winners and the whole community gets involved with neighborhood parties, artwalks, and concerts. This is a major international event and we are extremely excited to be a part of it! Come out and vote for us - our Sibling Revelry work will be hosted by LaFontsee Gallery 820 Monroe NW
Grand Rapids MI
49503 - 616.451.9820

Visual journal June 3, 2010

Visual journal June 1-2, 2010

Visual journal may 25-30, 2010

New Hope

Bad photo of a work-in-progress -- let me know your thoughts. This is inspired by the American collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts; specifically, Martin Johnson Heade's oil painting, Hummingbirds and Orchids (http://www.dia.org/object-info/e82453ad-0fbc-4946-95f4-7145aff9a839.aspx). My piece is done with gouache paint trying to look like oil paint. Like my other pieces, I am going to add pen & ink elements to this. Stay tuned.