Art for the MASSES Exhibition

I'll be part of a group exhibition at Dahlia Woods Gallery in Dallas titled Art for the MASSES. The reception is Saturday Dec. 5 from 6-8:30 p.m. The show runs until Jan 30. You can find more information here.

Chiron Serenading The Autumn Woods

"Chiron Serenading The Autumn Woods" shows the scholarly centaur Chiron playing a bouzouki guitar in the woods during late autumn after all the trees have lost their leaves.

The trees in this piece are dancing erotically to the music, surrounding Chiron in a circle as he is playing. There is a communal, sexual, and spiritual feeling in the movement of the trees as they respond to the music. The dull winter sun peaks through the branches as an ocean of cold clouds is coming towards the scene, heralding the beginning of a new and colder season. Chiron sits on a path, contemplative, performing a musical celebration, a story of the year that has past, one last dance before the sleep of winter.

I now find myself drawn towards doing art that involves nature and the outdoors. Living in Austin you have a lot of great outdoor locations to hike and be around the natural world, and I believe this environment is making its way into my artwork. I have more ideas for nature centered art in the future.

Facebook

I just created a new facebook account so if you like my art and would like to be friends on facebook send me a request!

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Audition in NYC video

I tried out for a reality artist show this past weekend in NYC. On the video you can see me at 4:00, I'm at the table talking to one of the first screener.

NeighborsGo - Dallas Morning News Article

You can click on the images below to read. NeighborsGo is part of the Dallas Morning News, a neighborhood section. The Irving NeighborsGo did a great article on my North Lake Exhibition.

Female Centaur

This is my artwork for the 2nd of the 3 Body Art Balls in Dallas I participated in. Its titled Female Centaur. I was originally going to paint the model but it tuns out she was allergic to the paints I had, so I improvised and covered her in color plastic wrap and painted parts of that. The back legs of the centaur costume that I created where attached to her front legs and had bendable knees, so when she walked the back legs moved in tandem with hers.

Christmas Queen

In 2000 I took part in The Body Art Ball in Dallas. This was the first Body Art Ball (they continued on for several years afterwards, I took part in the 2 following years as well). This is called The Christmas Queen.

Photos from Dahlia Woods Summer Group Show

Dahlia Woods Gallery Summer Group Show

Dahlia Woods Gallery is having an art reception this Friday, July 10th from 6-8:30pm. It will be me and around 10 other artist showing. The show will run thru August 15th.

Dahlia Woods Gallery is located in Dallas at 600 Cantegral Street

The Young Poet Rumi

The painting "The Young Poet Rumi" shows a young Rumi (sans white beard) composing a poem. The painting is a visual narrative of catharsis. Peacock feather in hand, the flow of ink has veered off the paper and knocked over an ink well as the weight of emotion from what he has just written causes him to collapse in creative exhaustion, his heart pumping blood onto the green table. Two young birds fly in through his open window bringing flowers. These feathered muses also bring him inspiration metaphorically through these gifts of flowers.

When I see this painting I can smell the salty air of the sea just outside Rumi's window. The lines of the poem on the paper are from the poem Heroes:

Does any artist paint for the sake of the picture itself,

without the hope of offering some good?

No, but for the sake of the viewers and the young

who will be drawn by it and freed from cares.

Photos from Northlake Art Reception

WeShotJr Interview

Here is an interview I did for a site called weshotjr.com

Giraffes and Seahorses

I will be having a retrospective of my work spanning back the past 15 years at Northlake College in Irving. The exhibition's is titled "Giraffes and Seahorses" and will display will be over 20 pieces of art ranging from the early 1990s till this year. The show runs from June 11th - July 7th, with an opening reception on Wednesday June 17th, 7:30 - 9:00 pm in the gallery.

For those interested in viewing this exhibit the Northlake College is located in Irving, and the college gallery is in building A.

Amalgamation of minutia

I didn't make it to Houston for the reception for the Hunting Art Prize. I was selected by 3 jurors to get into the show; Kate Green an independent curator and former curator of Artpace in San Antonio; Chiyo Ishikawa, deputy director of art, Seattle Art Museum in Seattle; and Suzanne Folds McCullagh, curator-prints and drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago. I didn't win the prize money, but thats ok, I got into the show which I'm happy about.

Im working on a painting around now about the poet Rumi.  It should be completed here in the next couple of weeks.  Im going to include this piece in one of the two shows I have coming up this summer, a solo show at Northlake College and a group show at Dahlia Woods Gallery, both in Dallas. Im looking forward to both.

Ive included a drawing I did a while back of a Buddhist monk realizing the ways of becoming one with all thats around you, i.e., understanding and accepting your role as part of everything.

Photos from Natura Fragilis

I found some great photos online of the Natura Fragilis exhibition at the Bath House Cultural Center.  The photos were taken by another artist at the show, her name is Julie Zarate and you can see her work here. The curator for the show was Enrique Fernández Cervantes.  He is a really great guy and artist if youd like to check out his work.