Category Archive: Life

On Deck V – Sold My Heart to the Junkman

On Deck V – Sold My Heart to the Junkman

Medium: Distressed love letters, coffee grounds, wheatpaste, copper sheets, copper tacks, inkjet print, reclaimed glass, copper wire. The materials I used on the deck are designed …

 

Living Art of Montana 6th Annual Light Show

Living Art of Montana 6th Annual Light Show

It is in a dim light that we are able to look inside ourselves, ignore the ravages of age and disease and see who we truly are. Physical Patina – Reflections explores this idea, using disparate, re – purposed and found objects. Some are aged and rusted naturally, while others are treated to force patina. They are bound together with new materials to create a cohesive whole.

 

Burning Man – Decompression

Burning Man – Decompression

And the art! There was so much of it. And all of it free to be experienced and viewed by all. It really got m thinking about the directions I want to take my art – both in what I make, and in how it is consumed. Should I sell it? Should I donate it for sale to worthy causes? Should I give it away? Can I approach my art with a combination of these ideas? These are questions that I am still asking myself, and still answering. I, and my art, is in an evolutionary process, one that will never end, and one that excites me like I’ve not been excited about my art for a long time.

 

Graceful Rejection – The Yellowstone Art Museum

Graceful Rejection – The Yellowstone Art Museum

Play, Frolic, Laugh Many artists I respect in Missoula encouraged me this year to submit work for consideration to be included in The Yellowstone Art Museum’s art …

 

Spontaneous Construction – Silent Auction

Spontaneous Construction – Silent Auction

Be With You Every Year, Home Resource Celebrates Art and Community at their Spontaneous Construction Event …and this year was no different.  The pieces created on …

 

Adapt – New Paradigms for New Art

Adapt – New Paradigms for New Art

And now I think that I’m finished with it. I don’t know. I said that if the donated love letters and post breakup emails didn’t come in, the project would die. And the letters and emails aren’t really coming in. I’ve tried a donation center at the show, I’ve tried Craigslist postings, I’ve Facebooked it and Twittered about it trying to solicit letters for the project. All failed.

 

The Leaving and the Left – Teardrop on the Fire – Process

The Leaving and the Left – Teardrop on the Fire – Process

The Leaving and the Left – Teardrop on the Fire Opening Exhibition 08.07.09 • Noteworthy* Paper&Press

 

The Leaving and the Left – Teardrop on the Fire

The Leaving and the Left – Teardrop on the Fire

The Leaving and the Left – Teardrop on the Fire opens August 7th, 2009 at Noteworthy* in Missoula

 

Free! Art in the Alley – June 1st Friday

Free! Art in the Alley – June 1st Friday

The evening was about gifting, about appropriating public space, about making art accessible to everyone, exciting and affordable.