10/29/2007

Painting Exhibit Opens!

My painting show opened last Saturday night at Ruth Bachofner Gallery which is at the Bergamot Station Art center in Santa Monica, California. Friends, supporters, my teachers and my students all were there. Perhaps the artist is always plagued with doubts and woulda-coulda-shoulda - I know I always am - but nevertheless there were many well wishers and thumbs up, enough to ease my anxieties enough so that I enjoyed the evening and found some peace with the work. The paintings always look much better just hanging in the gallery!
I'm pictured above with Ruth and Hermann Bachofner in front of Rhumba. Visit the reception and view the paintings here.

10/24/2007

California on Fire!



All of California seems to be on fire. Its very frightening for those of us who live in the foothills. The first picture is from today's Los Angeles Times the second is from the hill above the house earlier this summer(just below Echo Mountain). Firefighters put that fire out in an afternoon.

Show Installed



My painting show is installed and ready for the opening this Saturday at Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica. You are invited! For info click here. After installing there was time for a hike!

10/23/2007

Mark Dutcher Painting


I saw Mark Dutcher's opening in chinatown at High Energy Constructs last Saturday night. Large canvases with thick paint and collage. Color on black - tragic and comic at once. Powerful and confident. See more here.