Three New Cityscape Paintings + Open Studios
I finished up three new cityscape paintings over the weekend - just in time for Friday night's open studios! These will be hanging in studio #201 on the second floor. Come check them out in person and help us kick off Chicago Artists' Month!
In a Silent Way, oil on canvas, 24x48, 2014
High Line Bend at 30th St., oil on panel, 24x36, 2014
Ravenswood In Bloom, acrylic on panel, 24x30, 2014
Cornelia Arts Building 1800 W. Cornelia Studio #201 Chicago, IL 60657
Art from 30 artists on two floors, live jazz music, and food from a local food truck in the parking lot. Hope you can make it out! All are welcome - invite your friends
Open Studios - October 3, 6-10pm
Mark your calendar for the next Open Studios at the Cornelia Arts Building - Friday, October 3, from 6-10pm. Cornelia Arts Building 1800 W. Cornelia Chicago, IL 60657
I'm in studio #201 at the top of the stairs on the second floor.
Art from 30 artists on two floors, live jazz music, and food from a local food truck in the parking lot!
Click here for a show preview
Cityscapes @ In Fine Spirits
This week I hung a group of new cityscape paintings at In Fine Spirits in Andersonville. They have a great selection of fine wines, craft beer, and artisan spirits with a strong emphasis on local too. I'm excited to be showing my art again in my neighborhood! There will be an Opening Reception and Wine Tasting on Saturday, April 26 from 3-6pm. More details to come. In the meantime, here are a few photos.
Sunday in the studio
It's nice to be working in the studio today with the windows finally open. Soundtrack: 80's new wave mix. Getting ready for hanging art next week at In Fine Spirits in Andersonville. There will be an Opening Reception Wine Tasting on Saturday April 26, 3pm-6pm. More details to come. Here's the new cover photo for my website: Studio View, March 2014
March 21st - Open Studios Preview
Open Studios are tonight! I'm showing a lot of new cityscapes - come on out! Get more info and view a show preview of the artists. http://youtu.be/v-IqmJmQWAw
Cornelia Arts Building STUDIO #201 1800 W. Cornelia Chicago, IL 60657
SoHo Fire Escapes - work in progress
This is a painting I've been working on the last few days. It's based on a photo I took in the SoHo neighborhood of New York in 2006. I'm continuing to work on making these cityscape images more immediate, loose, and painterly. I usually sketch the image onto the surface first with oil bar or acrylic. My goal is to carry that sketch-like quality into the painting style. This will be on display at this Friday's Open Studios at the Cornelia Arts Building.
SoHo Fire Escapes - work in progress, oil on panel
Here's the photo reference:
Moon Over Soho (New York), photograph, 2006
Hyperallergic Review of Outsider show at Degenerate Gallery
From Outside to Inside on Chicago’s North Side
Special thanks to Philip Hartigan, artist and writer for Hyperallergic, for featuring one of my pieces in his review of the Outsider show at Degenerate Art Gallery. Read the full story here.
Intersections, acrylic, spray paint, collage on panel, 24x24, 2013, $400
2014 Open Studios Dates
Save the dates for our 2014 Open Studios:
Friday, March 21, 6 - 10 pm Friday, May 16, 6 - 10 pm Friday, October 3, 6 - 10 pm Friday, November 21, 6 - 10 pm Saturday, November 22, 1 - 5 pm
Art on two floors, live music and food from a local gourmet food truck in the parking lot!
Our open studio events are FREE and open to the public.
Cornelia Arts Building 1800 W. Cornelia, Studio #201 Chicago, IL 60657
Degenerate Art Gallery - Black, White & Grey
Degenerate Art Gallery is having another opening Saturday night. The theme is black, white and grey. For this show, I'll be exhibiting some cityscape paintings. All are 12x12 on record album covers and come framed. Degenerate Art Gallery Black, White & Grey Showing: Cityscape Paintings Opening: December 14, 7-10pm Show Through January 5554 N. Winthrop Chicago, IL 60660
Young Art Collectors + Open Studios
The Cornelia Arts Building Open Studios last weekend was fun and we had a great crowd to see the art and enjoy the live music. Some of my cityscape paintings and mixed media prints found new homes too! Thanks to all who attended. I was also interviewed by Eva Voinigescu, a Medill School of Journalism Master of Science Candidate who has been working on an article about how young people collect art. It was an interesting interview and hopefully she got some good information. One thing I try to do is to price my art so that most anyone can afford it. Typically my work ranges from $100 - $1,500 (sometimes more). Sometimes I'll have a secret sale and you can walk away with something for under $25.
The discussion made me think more about open studios and my goals and expectations. I always enjoy talking to people about my art making process which also helps me better understand art collectors and appreciators. Not everyone comes to buy art at the open studios and when they do it tends to be on the smaller/more affordable side. So, I've come to have lower sales expectations and view open studios as just a fun event/party where I can introduce my art to new people.
But more importantly, having people in my studio helps me better understand my own art and how it affects people. By directly interacting with the public, I have learned to explain my work more clearly. I've also learned that everyone interprets images differently. It's always exciting when someone points out something new or different about one of my own pieces and helps me see it in a new way.