FRIDAY THE 13th, Static in the Snow

New paintings for Holiday Gifts!!  Michael Mitchell Gallery hosts Static in the Snow holiday show, with art priced to go as gifts (for loved ones and/or yourself).
The reception this Friday (the 13th) is 5-8 pm, music, libations and art will abound so come join in the festivities.
These lil' paintings are new originals priced to go to a new home.

Okra Halo

I was very flattered to be commissioned to create the image for next year's Wine + Food Festival.( The poster is now on sale here)  Also letterpress cards were created using bits of my painting, check them out on the Wine + Food website.  

Tonight at Blue Heron!

Tonight at Blue Heron Acupuncture & Apothecary they are hosting an artist reception with me and my art created in the theme of aquatic ventures....This is the Facebook event link.  Please come to 680a King Street, first floor, tonight 6-9pm and join in the festivities!

TONIGHT TREEHOUSE STUDIOS!

My painting Cardinal Halo Tree (20" x 24", acrylic on canvas) is up for auction to benefit Media Reform South Carolina at tonight's event at Treehouse Studios. Its going to be a great shindig with music, food, spirits and art. Here's the details: 

The October 17th installment of Rock ‘N’ Roots will feature some of the best in the Charleston music scene. We will be featuring the Paul Quattlebaum Trio (also known as the New Fresh with a slightly different lineup), and Post- Cobra, exploring the overlapping boundaries of jazz, surf, and lo-fi Cuban music.
Local Chef and farmer Chris Miller will be creating the most amazing Lowcountry Cuban Sandwiches, using ingredients from Brownscourt Bakery, Fresh Pickle Works, and others.
We will be offering craft beer from Palmetto Brewery.
Also this month we will be hosting a fundraiser for Media Reform South Carolina. MRSC is an organization that Treehouse recently joined to help create a true local radio station, informing the public of real news and offering educational content encompassing farms, food, art and music.
Local Artist Lisa Shimko will be providing a dedicated piece to this event and a silent auction will be held, with proceeds going towards MRSC for an engineers survey, which is the process required to obtain an operating frequency.
Tickets will be on sale Monday September 30th online via Treehouse Productions’ Ticketleap storefront. Presale tickets are $15. Limited tickets may still be available DOS, in which case they will be $20 cash only.
Any information regarding the event can be found on the event page for Rock ‘N’ Roots on Facebook. 
Here's the Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/672827706063236/
To bid on this painting early go to this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1425194791026321/

Autumn and Blue Heron

A local friend who is infinitely talented has just opened Blue Heron Acupuncture & Apothecary Studio.   For some time now I have been a big proponent of eastern ways over western medical practices so I am very excited to have Blue Heron Acupuncture and Apothecary nearby.

I was honored to be approached to create a logo for Blue Heron and now I am even more honored that they requested me to adorn their walls with some of my art.  A few newer abstracts are hanging, with Water Halos the most recent creation.

Here's a few fragments of thoughts about the ongoing series:
"This series is a continual digestion of the aquatic biomes of near and far. Mediations via memory–sensations encompassing tactile, visual, and intellectual of the waterways and terra. Thoughts of the connections of waterways from high terrain down to the low

country.

Feeding this body of work are many excursions out on a boat and ongoing gathering of information ranging from pollution problems to overfishing; our impact in this natural world. Simply I am trying to find a way to express the beauty that is so elusive in its

usual descriptions."

Stay posted for information about a November 9th Open House!

Water Halos IV, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"

Cloud Connection, acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24"

More Summer Goofing Off....

Have projects in the works but can't help but fool around with other painting endeavours....Messing around with paper.

Summer Paintings

Enjoying a wonderful summer painting.....

Water Halo, 24" x 36", acrylic on canvas

Sunbird, 7" x 10", acrylic on wood

Water Halos II, 8" x 36", acrylic on canvas

Halo Canopy, 12" x 12", acrylic on wood

Summer Canopy III, 12" x12", acrylic on wood

Tomorrow Blooms

Tomorrow is the Barsa Art Tent Event, weather permitting (ugh), 4-8pm.
Some of the lil' "Bloom" pieces painted for the shindig:

All of these Blooms are 4" x 4", acrylic on wood.
Come out and check out my stuff and 9 other artists!

More Lil' Paintings

 More "up-cycled" postcards, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", acrylic, created for the Barsa Art Tent Event, Wednesday June 26th, 4-8pm.  Haven't done a series of birds in a while, kind of nice to get back to.

Lil' Paintings for Art Tent Event

Some of the lil' paintings I'm working on for the upcoming Barsa Art Tent Event Wednesday June 26th, 4-8pm.

Barsa Art Tent Event

One Night Only! Wednesday June 26th, 4-8 pm.  
Local Original Art!  I'll have some of my paintings on display, Angela Hall will have handmade jewelry also: Pretty Little Ditties, Shannon Di, Michelle Meek Jones, Chuck Keppler and more to me announced!  This is the third art tent event, the others were a blast! 

Shwooo!

Paintings delivered to Michael Mitchell Gallery. Cleaning up the mess I made in my abode, aka studio.
Excited for the opening tomorrow with Hirona Matsuda. Hope to see some smiling faces there. 

Vagal Branch I,  18" x 24", acrylic on canvas

Vagus Real Estate, 24" x 36", acrylic on canvas

Branches, 24" x 48", acrylic on canvas

Vagal Canopy III, 18" x 24", acrylic on canvas

Vagal Tone Opening Friday

Canvases are wired ready to hang, photos taken, price list done. Delivery tomorrow and hanging at Michael Mitchell Gallery. Friday is the opening reception for Vagal Tone, my collaboration with Hirona Matsuda, 6-9pm.  Please come by....the show's up till June 7th.

Vagal Canopy III, 18" x 24", acrylic on canvas

Vagal Tone III, 12" x 36" (Triptych), acrylic on canvas