Community Paint In....

This week I had the pleasure of working with Sarah Scott coordinating a community painting project, "Lift Up Lift."

Residents, supporters and neighbors are invited to paint one (or a few) of the 150 wooden birds that will be intalled into the lobby at Verne Barry Place. The first of three opporunities to participate we had a great turn out with close to 30 participants. Kids, adults volunteers and visiting Art Prize Artist Dan stopped in to say hi!

Here are a few great pictures from the event on our Avenue for the Arts Flickr page.

Portrait Her- Winter 2007

I am always making stuff.... I like to rumpelstiltskin out a hat or two when i watch movies or sewing a hundred bird ornaments for holiday presents. Occasionally i will attack objects with paint and have had a great time painting murals on the walls of my friends walls ....

However this summer i have started a series of prints...well two distinct bodies of work to be exact. One for fun and whimsy; the other for creative juicing.

It has been over 2 years since i have completed an entire body of prints so the undertaking has been fantastic... good to spiff up the old drawing skills. The vision of what i want to the work to look like is super strong and i am excited to get to the part when i am cutting the plates...(my favorite part!)

Since i know i am going to be showing the work sometime in the next year i have started to put out feelers for potential show spaces and opportunities....I opened a profile on ArtPeers, started thinking about regional exhibitions such as Festival,West Michigan Regional Competition and Muskegon Art Museum and i am considering trying to find a gallery that might let me show sometime in late winter.... Most importantly the work itself is at the forefront of my evening time and i have been enjoying every minute of it...

As soon as the work is printed i will post a few sneak peeks! To check out older work click here.