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when i was asked to participate in the new show for Quint Contemporary Art (Homing In), a show which required a piece with size limitations (no larger than 2 feet wide), i didn’t have anything ready to go. i usually try and have a new piece for every show, but i didn’t get much notice for this one. i was already working on a huge piece for a commission job, and i wasn’t sure i’d have enough time to complete even a small piece.

after about a week of contemplating what to do, an idea came to me like a flash. all at once i knew what i was going to create, what it would be made of, and even where i wanted to hang it in the gallery. what you see here is the result of that flash – an ArrowDeco form made of steel and frosted acrylic. the only modification to the idea was that i used frosted acrylic for the arrow instead of frosted glass – the glass was going to take too long to get. as it happened, i didn’t have the piece finished until the night before the show…as usual. (at least i finished it!)

thanks to a great guy named elliot hathaway, a fine welder (and also a photographer), i got the steel welded just in time for a very reasonable price. thanks elliot!

ah, the perfect spot. just above your head, in the doorway, as you walk from the front to the back gallery.

there are more, better quality photos HERE

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 it.

even my friends, who all came to the gallery specifically looking for my piece, didn’t notice it their first time around and had to ask me where it was.

c’est la vie. i thought it looked great in the spot i chose, and i wouldn’t have changed it even if i knew know one was going to notice it.

here’s what a few others had to say about the show:

Dylan Ousley

Kevin and Richard from Art As Authority – Review #1 and Review #2

Katherine Sweetman from San Diego Visual Arts

and of course Robert Pincus

if you attended, what did you think?

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 case. i’ve been working there for almost 2 years and this is the first time they’ve shown any interest in showing my work. in fact, i’m a bit baffled by the whole thing. not enough to question it though, i suppose.

i’m also excited to be in the same show with my friend and former co-worker claudia cano. she makes very well crafted woven photographs, and her piece for the show is very cool.

i’m doing a new piece for the show (i try to always do a new piece for every show i’m in), a sculpture made of steel and acrylic. due to life kicking a few clouds of dirt into my face the last couple weeks, i’ve yet to finish it. however, i think i’ll be able to get it done by thursday…the day before the show opens. i hope. if not, i have a backup piece i can hang – but i’m really hoping this new piece gets finished in time, i’m really excited about it.

this show should be huge. i’m estimating at least 500 – 600 people will show up throughout the night. i’d suggest getting their early so you have a chance to actually see the art before too many people start crowding in.

hope to see you there.