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    art,  collaboration projects

    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…

  • art,  collaboration projects

    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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    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.  

  • personal projects

    leaving my ‘pet’ crow

    back in the beginning of may i had to stop eating wheat. we had to break up because it just wasn’t working for me anymore. in a fit of housecleaning, i pulled all of my open containers of wheat based products: crackers, granola, pretzels, cookies, cereal and emptied them into a brown paper grocery bag with the intention of dumping it in the compost bin. but then i felt a pang of guilt. while a good portion of this food was completely inedible (stale and old) i felt a pang of guilt about throwing it away. the bag was filled 6 inches deep. i went back and forth with myself…