celebration of the figure

I have a piece in MoCA's Celebration of the Figure VII show in Georgetown. Here is a write-up of opening night, which was July 10th, with a photograph of my piece called Walk:

artdc.org/forum/index.php?topic=12354.0

MoCA is a non-profit gallery that offers monthly themed shows involving up-and-coming artists. Information on the MoCA Gallery can be found here: mocadc.org

blue bill

artomatic - a great weekend

i had a great time at artomatic. i went opening night (last friday) and saturday. my family came on saturday and we really enjoyed it. so far i have seen floors 6-9, but not in their entirety. there is so much to see and a friend who was there (and has very good taste) said the he thinks the quality of art this year is better than ever.

all i know is that there is so much good art and that one could spend days walking around trying to see everything. in addition to having beer and wine bars, there is also food inside (i don't think they had food inside last year). hello Hard Times veggie chillie!

the show continues until july 5th, so get out there and check it out. hours and performance schedules can be found here: artomatic.org.

artomatic -- tonight is opening night!

Here is a shot of my finished "installation":



I hope you can come by and see it. I will be there tonight and on Meet the Artist night on June 13, as well as various other times.

artomatic artist catalog

Artomatic has put its 2009 artist catalog online. You can view it here (starting with my 6th floor "neighborhood"):

http://artomatic.org/catalog/neighborhood/6


Opening night is Friday, May 29th -- hope to see you there!

branding

Sneak peek:

Artomatic 2009

So I have been thinking about it and pondering it and finally decided to go for it -- I am going to have a space at Artomatic 2009. My little AOM profile is here.

I have been working with plain, unstretched canvas sheets for about the past year, so I decided at will exclusively show some of them at AOM. So, how to hang unstretched, unmounted, unframed canvas? Clothespins! (Well, sort of - but you'll have to come visit to see exactly how it is done.)

In keeping with the clothespin idea, I need to use clothesline. And if I am using clothesline, then I need to have poles. So, with that in mind, the following idea was born...

I looked at the bare wood:


Gave it a base coat:


Enlisted some child labor:


And added some details:


It is now ready for hanging, which I will do this weekend.