Work in process
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My paintings and drawings are the result of a wrestling match between me and the canvas. During this process I rework, erase, and even turn everything upside down to correct things, repaint and retry. One of the unexpected things that happens is that the lines and layers of the final image give it a history.…
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I’m excited to announce a new show for 2021! About 40 of my new digital art images will be displayed at the Trueblood Popup Gallery at the Student Union Building on the campus of Boise State University. The show will run from January 10, 2021 to March 14, 2021 and was curated by Fonda Portales.…
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I’m thrilled and honored to be one of the artists selected this spring to design a traffic box skin for the City of Boise. This is my first public art commission. The box is located at the corner of Main and 23rd streets. It’s in a neighborhood that has a kind of mixed zoning, with…
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You might not think of the printmaking process as action-filled or dicey or even as daring. Might I try my hand at persuading you to think differently? Printmaking routinely hits these emotions: Yeah, that last one isn’t really an emotion, but working with sharp instruments while drinking brandy and egg nog is a little nerve…
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This painting, which was originally in a show or two but wasn’t quite right so it ended up on the easel again for a good ol’ fashion total rework — which isn’t that unusual for one of my paintings, truth be told — reminded me of the poem my pappy read to me as a…
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I’m kind of accidentally experimenting with sort of a reverse painting technique where the colors come first and the drawing comes next. If this were done in the proper way, the drawing would definitely come first, then I’d pick up my box of Crayolas and color in between the lines. But this is, of course,…
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After a 2-month break on this painting for a soul-inspiring trip to New Orleans, this painting is now underway. Again. Part of my process is that just when I think I’m finished, I go back in to fix something or make it better. Just a quick little change, I tell myself. Shouldn’t take more than…
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One of my favorite ways to have fun with art is to make a collage. I found the first Princess Feather Hat in my studio under some watercolors and thought it was the perfect image to inspire a new series. So, here’s the second incarnation of the princess. To tell you the God’s Honest Truth,…
Angels on Bikes 