Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A couple things:
Also, the show at Ogle will include a
performance on Saturday, April 19, at 1 pm.
The title of that is Waiting in line.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Happy New Year.
Launched a new project today: 
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Braille Graffiti on Current TV. Check it out, here.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Finished my piece for the Portland Art Center's panel fundraiser.
First, I painted my panel and then cut it up to pieces. Then I glued it back together. Then I cut it up again into about 48 blocks. Sanded them all. Then I played with the blocks for quite awhile. Then I searched the internet for an image I could use for inspiration. I settled on the dark background figure in the famous painting Las Meninas, by Diego Velazquez. This figure was an actual person by the name of Don Jose Nieto Velazquez. After I made my piece, I was frustrated by it. So, I started tinkering and decided to make an animation. An aquaintance (who wishes to remain anonymous, but goes by Hal Keyes) showed me how to make simple animations, so I tinkered with my new skills. That resulted in this. The PAC is too overwhelmed to be able to show the animation with the piece, so Don Jose will be on the wall alone this week. Go pay him a visit if you have a moment. (I also noticed this animation on YouTube which I thought was cool. And, there's a lot of stuff about Las Meninas all over the web. Dali's painting, here. The wiki, here. Picasso's version of Las Meninas, here. And, Foucoult wrote about it too, summary here.) So, that's what became of my panel for the PAC this year.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Current things:
1) The Coloring Book launch went well, and pics (and other things) are amassing in the Coloring Book Fork. Books are still available. They are 20 bucks each. Send me an email and I'll deliver one to you. Symplvision@gmail.com
2) Andrea Zittel posted an update of the Geo Chain on her site. After my trip down and addition to the project, it's somewhat disheartening hearing that the chain I added is already gone, but with a rewritten statement, and new thoughts about the overall project, I'm fairly content with the whole thing as it stands.
3) TJ and Quality Pictures are taking the M_US__EUM piece to Miami. Cool. Wish I could go.
4) Speaking of TJ, he interviewed me (google chat style) about LA and stuff for his blog. He added pics too. Check it out here.
5) Portland Art Center's panel fundraiser, OCT. 6. Info here.
6) Harvest's shows for November are about to wrap and all went really well. We had a great trip down to L.A. and life rolls on.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
A few things:
1) November 1, Harvest opens at Ogle.
2) November 7, 6 pm, Harvest is in a group show at Linfield call Usufruct
3) November 10, Harvest and I open at Little Bird. See the card
4) Also, I launched a new project: the Portland Art Coloring Book. If you want a copy, email me. Keep it as it is, or do what you will with the pages, and if you want, email them to me for exhbition in the "COLORING BOOK" fork. (Already two submissions as of today.)
5) Also proud to announce that my piece in the Construct/Re-Construct show sold. Images and info of the piece here.
Sunday, September 22, 2007
Construct/Re-Construct
curated by Rhoda London
A group show of work by Portland artists expressing the building blocks that bring an idea to fruition and showing the artists in dialogue with their materials.
September 29-October 27, 2007
Cathedral Park Place
6635 N. Baltimore Ave, Portland, OR
(the former Columbia Sportswear/Modern Zoo building)
Opening Reception Saturday, September 29, 5-8 PM
Gallery hours Friday and Saturday only 12-5 PM
Artists: Josh Arseneau, Francesca Berrini, John Brodie, Tiffany Lee Brown, Clare Carpenter, Cathy Cleaver, Nancy Cushwa, Kristina DiTullo, Tore Djupedal, David Hacker, Helen Heibert, Harrison Higgs, Scott Wayne Indiana,James Jack, Horatio Law, Todd Leninger, Seth Nehil,Liz Obert, Kelly Rauer, Anya Shapiro, Benjamin Stagl,Andy Stout, Robert Wilhelm, Karen Willey, Linda Wysong.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
In the spirit of the M_US__EUM piece (which got a nice write up, here) by TJ Norris and I (next entry down), check out my new project that went up today, Braille Graffiti.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The "Collaborations" show opened today at the Museum of Contemporary Craft as part of Art in the Pearl. Stop in and check out the piece by TJ Norris and I.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Calendar of upcoming art events:
1. September 1-3 - collaborative piece with TJ Norris will be shown at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in the Pearl. More info/pics/video forthcoming.
2. September 29 to October 27 - Construct/Re-Construct, a group show curated by Rhoda London at Cathedral Park Place next to the St. John's Bridge in North Portland.
3. November - Joint show with Harvest at Little Bird Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. (Piece above will be one of five in the show.) (Harvest concurrently shows during the month of November at OGLE Gallery in Portland.)
4. April, 2008 - Solo show at OGLE Gallery.
5. A few other projects are in the works for completion this fall. More info is just around the corner.
After April, I will be taking a break. I hope anyway.
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