• A pair of crows warm themselves around a campfire of burning dollar bills.
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    D.B. Cooper

    Just a little crosspost here about my other project: Fancy Mammal. You probably already know this, but I work with Brent Wear to make these pieces where he paints and I draw in ink to make some of our unique ideas come to life. I love how this piece came out and wanted to share it with you. Now you know I have a secret other art life in addition to sewing all the things and illustrating all the things. Who knew that we’d be releasing a piece about D.B. Cooper right around the anniversary of the hijacking. The crows know what’s up. Brent and I wrote about this piece…

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    Light Fuse and Fly Away: Crows Playing With Fire June/July Show at Redux

    Brent and I have pretty much constantly been in the studio for our latest show. As you can see from just this one piece, it has a LOT of detail in it, and took forever. But so worth it. When you can step back and look at something in wonder, and say to yourself, wow, I made that. Our style is really meshing together. One thing you may or may not know about me is that I hate HATE painting. All of this began with a year long oil painting class in college. I don’t need to elaborate. Don’t get me wrong, about 98% of the paint is Brent. The…

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    Holiday 2015 – Part Four Hummingbird Pieces for Sale

    If you have been following me on Instagram you will know that Brent Wear and I have been working hard on finishing a crap ton of smaller pieces in an affordable range to hang up at Johnny Sole 815 SW Alder in downtown Portland for the holidays. The show will be up until at least January with pieces rotating in and out as they sell and we make more things. In the interest of being equitable to out of town fans and me not completely losing my mind, I am not listing any of the originals in my shop. Instead I am going to post photos here and on Instagram, and if you see something you…

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    Holiday 2015 – Part Three Raven Pieces for Sale

    If you have been following me on Instagram you will know that Brent Wear and I have been working hard on finishing a crap ton of smaller pieces in an affordable range to hang up at Johnny Sole 815 SW Alder in downtown Portland for the holidays. The show will be up until at least January with pieces rotating in and out as they sell and we make more things. In the interest of being equitable to out of town fans and me not completely losing my mind, I am not listing any of the originals in my shop. Instead I am going to post photos here and on Instagram, and if you see something you…

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    Conversations – Art Show November – December 2015

    As I alluded to in previous posts, Brent Wear and I have an art show up at Johnny Sole now through the end of the year. Some of the works featured are in previous posts. All of the work is for sale right off the wall. We are continuing to make new pieces that will be added as pieces sell. We also have a selection of prints and limited edition postcard sets for sale as well. Our opening reception is First Thursday 3, December 2015 from 4 – 8 p which will also feature a collection of abstract paintings that Brent has been working on for the last two years. If…

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    Holiday 2015 – Part Two Crow Pieces for Sale

    If you have been following me on Instagram you will know that Brent Wear and I have been working hard on finishing a crap ton of smaller pieces in an affordable range to hang up at Johnny Sole 815 SW Alder in downtown Portland for the holidays. The show will be up until at least January with pieces rotating in and out as they sell and we make more things. In the interest of being equitable to out of town fans and me not completely losing my mind, I am not listing any of the originals in my shop. Instead I am going to post photos here and on Instagram, and if you see…

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    Holiday 2015 – Part One Owl pieces for Sale

    If you have been following me on Instagram you will know that Brent Wear and I have been working hard on finishing a crap ton of smaller pieces in an affordable range to hang up at Johnny Sole 815 SW Alder in downtown Portland for the holidays. The show will be up until at least January with pieces rotating in and out as they sell and we make more things. In the interest of being equitable to out of town fans and me not completely losing my mind, I am not listing any of the originals in my shop. Instead I am going to post photos here and on Instagram, and if…

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    Postcards

    As Brent Wear and I are getting ready for our big holiday show (more on that soon), I couldn’t resist having some postcards made out of some of the collection of small pieces we are making. There is a corvid set and a burrowing owl set available while supplies last.  

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    Collaborations 14 and 15 and a Some Crows

    So my friend Brent Wear and I have been working away on new pieces, and I am excited that some are finally finished. These most recent pieces have taken a bit of a turn of the surreal, but that is just our personalities bleeding into our work. As you may have guessed, we both have odd senses of humour. Someday I will have to post some of our really bad sketches that we draw to make each other laugh. We are both pretty pleased with how these last two works have come out. So pleased in fact that the Swallow with a House on its Back has become our business…