Uncommon Goods in Holyoke

"The utilitarian device known as a “String Holder” has been around since the invention of string, yarn and hemp dating back centuries. 

Over time, string holders evolved into bizarre folk art objects that abandoned the principle of “form follows function” in favor of novel caricatures and strange contraptions that have no practical purpose – i.e. art.”

I am going to have a couple of my sculptures in this show curated by Dean Nimmer & Bruce Fowler.

The exhibit promises to be inventive, surreal, and FUN, so you know the opening is going to be a great party!

Brush Gallery Massachusetts Artists Biennial

Untitled
2013
18x12
mixed media on paper















This Saturday, March 16th, is the opening for Massachusetts Artists 2013 Biennial at the Brush Gallery in Lowell, MA.

All three of my submissions were accepted by juror Dina Deitsch, curator of contemporary art at DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.  She chose only 34 pieces from the nearly 200 submitted.

I am honored and excited!

As for the piece above:  hot off the presses!  Well, actually no presses involved, although there were some printmaking techniques used.

This came out of a terrific workshop I attended last weekend in Holyoke.  Taught by Dean Nimmer (of Art from Intuition fame), we explored monotype printmaking, printing over painted surfaces and drawing into prints.

I came away energized and with a mess of prints that I am looking forward to working with.