More Split + Growing Work

Big thanks to all who made it out to this past weekend's reception 

at the Bureau.  We had a great turnout and your presence was 

so appreciated.  For everyone who was not able to attend, I will keep

posting a few pieces throughout the week to share this new show.

Split + Growing will be up at BGSQD until May 25th, so get over there! 

My Gay Banjo Art

This is the original graphic that I produced for My Gay Banjo’s newest album.  

We tweaked it and then their designer took it from there, 

I was happy with it all of the different ways it went.   

The original pictured here is mostly in gouache with a little bit of watercolor 

on a nice, cold-pressed Arches paper. 

You can find out info on their new record and tour here!

Selection of Work from Emblems of Things to Come

This is a collection of images of half of the work currently on exhibit

at the window gallery of the Leslie-Lohman Museum.

  

The reception was a great success, and I owe a great deal of gratitude

to the team at the Museum and to the people in my life who made so much of this possible,

particularly my partner, my family, and my longtime friends.

 This show took a lot of time and research.
It seems like I have just begun down a path where

I challenge myself to do much more than I have accomplished before.

Whenever I make a new show, it's difficult to avoid that fear
that your concept and actual work are in conflict,
and this is a show where put in a lot of time to

challenge my own expectations and not to get too comfortable.  

I'm very proud of this collection of paintings and intend to just
keep going on from here, collecting stories and histories for a long time.

Anne Bonney (1700 – 1722?) “The most famous of all women pirates, 

of Anne’s various activities… reporters are loathe to tell about her lesbianism.   

Anne is reported to have quipped during her final fray, 

“Dogs! In insteady of these weaklings I only had some women with me!” 

(The Encyclopedia of Amazons, Jessica A. Salmonson)

­Boudica (d. c. AD 61) “Derived from the Celtic word for ‘Victorious.’ 

Warrior-queen of the Iceni of Norfolk.  She led a rebellion in A.D. 61, 

sacking numerous [occupying] Roman settlements… [and] temporarily liberated her people

 from the Roman yoke.  The Roman army was urged on with the observation

 that the Celtic queen’s forces included “more women than warriors.” 

(The Encyclopedia of Amazons, Jessica A. Salmonson) 

Hypatia  (c. AD 350–370; d 415) “was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer – 

at the time of her death, she was the foremost in her field in the West, 

and probably in the entire world.  

…Religious and secular tensions in Alexandria led to her murder.” 

(“Missed in History: Hypatia,” Tracey V. Wilson)

Sarojini Naidu from Emblems of Things to Come

Sarojini Naidu (1879 – 1949) 

“The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, 

Indian independence activist and poet. 

Naidu was one of the formers of the Indian Constitution.  

Naidu was the first Indian woman to become 

the President of the Indian National Congress… 

Her birthday is celebrated as women's day all over India.”  (Wikipedia)

Above is another sneak peek at the show, which opens tonight!

Emblems of Things to Come Coundown

It is just shy of 36 hours until the reception for Emblems of Things to Come.

Big thanks to the team at the Leslie Lohman Museum for such a warm welcome

and promotional help. 

 Here are a few snapshot sneak previews of the mirror paintings

and a wood portrait detail.