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Jun

2017

Fifty Years Ago – June 1967

Yes, it was fifty years ago, if not on this exact day, it was in this month during June 1967 that this picture was taken.

I had just made the lithograph shown in the photo, two states of its progress. It takes its title “Twentieth Century Fox with a Fantastic Plastic Four Speed Box” from a mash-up of music, pop, and car culture, and was the last print I made in California. It was hand drawn on stone, bleed printed with two transparent colors over black, on 15” x 11” Rives BFK in an edition of 20. Continue reading →

Apr

2016

South Lake Union 2014-16

Thomas Street @ 9th Avenue N. 2016
Re-Stack, Lead Pencil Studio 2015

I’ve been in this Seattle neighborhood many times over the years, sometimes just passing through on my way to other places in the city, sometimes exploring, by car and on foot, walking, with camera. For many years it was a quiet out-of-the-way neighborhood Continue reading →

Jan

2016

Vertigo @ Washington State Arts Commission

Vertigo, a simulataneous color intaglio, is featured in the exhibition Washington’s State Art Collection, co-organized by the Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) and the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia. The exhibition is on view at the Washington Center through February 29, 2016.

The exhibition highlights 40 years of the State Art Collection and includes artworks that demonstrate the quality and diversity of the Collection.

The exhibition is open to the public by appointment from noon to 4 pm, Monday-Friday and to ticket holders during performances hosted by the Washington Center. Call ahead to ensure access: 360-753-8585. Should you not have a chance to visit, but are interested in seeing more artworks in the State Art Collection, check out My Public Art Portal (arts.wa.gov) to view artwork acquisitions from the past decade.

Dec

2015

Moving Water…or…water, water, everywhere…

Last winter we fired up the old e420 for another road trip heading south on I-5, negotiating torrential rains and pounding winds all through Washington and Oregon. Wind advisories in Northern California had reduced traffic while the constant rains kept the wipers going full-time. At the time I posted a couple of short videos to share Continue reading →

Jun

2015

MoNA – “From The Artist’s Eye”

An exhibition of contemporary prints, From The Artist’s Eye, co-curated by Kathleen Rabel and Museum of Northwest Art Exhibitions Director, Lisa Young, will be on view this summer, July 4th through September 23, 2015 in La Conner, Washington. Preview the exhibition here MoNA or if possible, visit the actual museum.

Published by Editions Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris

Interieur du château, aquatint (spit-bite) 24″ x 34″ on Arches paper

In Interieur du château, as in other artworks of that period, I used abstraction to explore a sense of mystery, emotion, and embedded history in architectural spaces. In response to a specific space – a seemingly empty room Continue reading →

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Fifty Years Ago – June 1967

South Lake Union 2014-16

Vertigo @ Washington State Arts Commission

Moving Water…or…water, water, everywhere…

MoNA – “From The Artist’s Eye”

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