As Spring begins and the weather warms in sunny Denver, CO, I am thrilled to be back in my studio with the door to my backyard wide open and the music at full blast!
I have been very busy during the first few months of 2015 and am so grateful for all of the opportunities I have had to share my work this year. One such opportunity arose during my exhibition Full Circle at Lone Tree Recreation Center in Lone Tree, CO in February.
I have been very busy during the first few months of 2015 and am so grateful for all of the opportunities I have had to share my work this year. One such opportunity arose during my exhibition Full Circle at Lone Tree Recreation Center in Lone Tree, CO in February.
During the exhibition, I was contacted by Richard Keys, one of the owners of Food and Drink Resources (FDR), a Denver-based product sourcing, development, and management company. He told me he loved the wooden assemblage pieces in the show and wondered if I would consider doing a series of commissioned works for FDR's new offices. After discussing details and checking out the space, I gladly accepted my first commission and got to work making three original works of art for FDR.
I worked on these for about a month, delivering works as I finished them. During my final delivery, Richard even picked out a few additional pieces to add to the halls of Food and Drink Resources!
I really enjoyed making work for this cool company and hope to work with them again as they continue to expand their offices!
Now that I'm back to making my own work, I'm doing a lot of experimental painting on wooden boards. My friend and neighbor Bob Dragoo brought me a truckload of old, weathered wood--my favorite!--from his home in Marble, CO. He seemed just as excited to lend the wood to my work as I was to receive it!
As of today, I am playing with nine different new pieces (seen in above photo and photo gallery below). I am working with house paint samples, spray paint, gel pens--my favorite new discovery, acrylic paint, pencil, and oil pastels. I truly believe I have put more creative energy into the work I have going on in the studio today than ever before.
Please be sure to check the site and the new blog often. I post new work as soon as I have it (see 2015) and plan to write at least a few blog entries a month. Future blog posts will include photo tours of my two studios, more works in progress, exhibition photos and information on future shows. I also look forward to sharing some of my inspirations, the story of one of the first pieces of art I ever made (still hangs in my studio today), and photographs I have captured as I travel between my Denver and Santa Fe studios. I would also be happy to answer any questions you might have, so feel free to leave them in the comments below, or you can always contact me directly!