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Photographic prints are now available in the shop (more to come soon), and some photos that I've had around for a while, mounted on foam core, are available on the etsy storefront. Doing a little late-summer cleaning...

It's been a while since I've updated here -- but that doesn't mean that I haven't been up to anything! I've been going in a million directions at once lately:

1. For one, I'm done with school now (until I go crawling back, which I'm sure will happen eventually).
2. I've been working on getting my craft/product photography company, Small Wonder, up and running. A new website, contracts, portfolio-building... a long process.
3. I've decided to start screenprinting. I love intaglio printing, but the logistics of needing a printing press just weren't going to work, so I'm going a different route. I plan on making original images, as well as silkscreen interpretation of some of my paintings. And with that will come a "shop" page which will link to my etsy.com site.
4. As of late I've been sleeping almost none and painting a lot again. It's fantastic. I have multiple paintings on the verge of completion, so look forward to new images soon.
5. Oh, and it looks like I'll be having some work up at the Laurelthirst Public House. I'm hanging on Wednesday (the 9th).
   
   

An article worth reading: Making Art, Creating Community, in the Oregonian. The Launchpad Gallery and its founder Ben are featured with two other local galleries that support emerging artists and a sense of community and acceptance among those of us at the bottom of the art ladder in Portland.

The studio is workable. It's not done, and probably won't be for a long while, but it's functional and that in itself is fabulous. I have the space to have 6-10 paintings all up at the same time, opposed to the 1-3 in my last studio space. I've been gessoing like mad, but they're all medium-large to huge in size, so I've started on some small works on paper to get back into the creative rhythm.

I'm looking forward to having new pieces to add to the site.

Demolition has officially begun. Soon, I will have a real studio again instead of trying to paint in an awkward hallway. I got impatient and tore off all the drywall on the 'outside' of the room I've been using as my studio. I'm not ready to tear the whole wall down yet, because I still have to finish up a project on the other side, but I'm that much closer... Pictures will surely follow.

I've been thinking about adding a blog to my page, possibly to replace this business on the front page... but I hardly ever update anyway. Would it be worth it?

Oh, and the piece I had in the Love show at the Launch Pad sold. Yay.

Had (technically still have) a piece in the Love Show at the Launch Pad. It closes on the 29th.

Other than that, I got a gallery page of portrait/fashion/figure photography posted. Enjoy.

October was so busy I hardly got a chance to update anything here...

I've got a show of photography opening tonight in the White Gallery (at Portland State, 1825 SW Broadway [map] on the second floor of the Smith building). This show, "Of Flesh and Fruit," got a full-page article in the Vanguard yesterday -- very exciting. The opening tonight is from 5-7.

I've also had a show of paintings titled "Graven Flesh" up at Vorpal Space (in the Everett Lofts, on the corner of NW Flanders and Broadway [map]). There will be a closing reception for that on this Saturday (the 3rd) at the galleryfrom 7-10 pm. If you're reading this, you're invited to drop by (and bring your friends).

And last but not least, I have a few pieces on consignment around the block at Rake (325 NW 6th Ave [map]). If you don't see them, don't be embarrassed. Their back area has grown quite a bit recently. Just ask Jeremy Tucker to point them out to you.