Category Archives: art show

metropolitan moderne – solo show 8/08/09

you’d never think that an offer for a solo show would come from a stranger who just happened to find you on the internet.  however, that’s how this show came about, and i’m very happy how it all turned out. i created 3 new paintings for this show (one of them even sold at the opening).  [...]
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glashaus open studios – 7/18/09

some highlights for larger versions and many more photos from that night, click here to go to my flickr
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post show sneek

arrow deco club chair nestled in the curved glass facade of objct gallery. it’s late. i’ve got to go to the airport in about 4 hours. NYC, the frank lloyd wright show at the guggenheim, and the francis bacon show at the met await my arrival. as soon as i return i’ll share [...]
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OBJCT Gallery in Pomona

NEW SHOW THIS SATURDAY THE 8th AT OBJCT GALLERY IN POMONA! yes, pomona. i’d never been their either, but it’s quite a nice little city about 30 minutes east of LA. if you live near, or if you’re down to make the trek, this is going to be a good show. i’m going [...]
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Huge crowd shows up to Quint Gallery

when you have an art show displaying 50 artists from the same town, you get a shitload of people at the opening. outside: streaming in: looking in: looking out: and when you’re the only artist out of fifty, who’s pieces were at eye level, to hang your piece 8 feet off the ground, nobody thinks to look up and see [...]
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Homing In – 50 San Diego artists!

it’s really going to be quite an odd experience for me to show a piece of my art in the very gallery i work for. but that’s what’s going to happen on friday the 29th. i’m a little worried people might think i’m being shown favoritism. i assure you that’s not the [...]
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glashaus grand opening (group show)

you may remember that i just recently moved into a new studio. in that very space, this saturday, will be the first art show of many to come. this time around will be an open studios/group show in conjunction with device gallery. in addition to my most recent work on display in my studio, [...]
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Divide and Contour

it’s coming ad in the new art ltd. sneek-a-peek-a-loo at the 2 new pieces for this show: half finished but lookin good. see you there.
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thread show, san diego – august 17th

artists and fashion designers pair up and create. and oh yeah, me and trista’s piece is badass.
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3 drawings and a new show

first, i did this mirrored subway car drawing (based on the R36 ) a few weeks ago for a painting i’ve yet to start: then i photocopied it a couple times, cut it out, and taped it together to make a neat little subway car skyscraper that sits perched on a shelf in between some art [...]
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