Frida's Front — New Painting for a Frida Kahlo Show in Taos

Frida's Front, Oil on canvas

Earlier this year, Andrea Watson invited me to participate in a group show in Taos, New Mexico. The show is centered on anything Frida Kahlo. Instead of recreating standard images, this show has aims to illuminate tiny details related to her life. For this show, I chose to paint a detail of the Frida Kahlo Museum facace in Coyoacán, Mexico. Orange, blue, green, yellow — lots of color! Fun!

I titled this one Frida's Front.

The show opens this Friday at the J Fine Art Gallery in Taos. Here are the details:

Date:

Friday & Saturday, October 29 & 30, 2010

Time:

6:00 pm — 9:00 pm

Place:

J Fine Art Gallery

221 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte

Taos, New Mexico 87571

Exhibition of New Paintings: Looking Up

I've been working on a number of projects since returning to Berkeley after my extended trip to Ireland. One of them is a series of new paintings for a show on a theme of Looking Up. These pieces are a reflection on what is there when I look up.

Please join me for this engaging exhibition of theLooking Up show October 9, 2010 from 5 to 7 pm, with a conversation with the artist at 6pm.
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Looking Up Exhibition

Date:

Saturday, October 9 2010

Time:

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Artist talk at 6:00pm

Place:

Berkeley Fine Art Studio

Studio 40, 933 Parker Street

Berkeley, California 94710 [map]

More Info:

510.984.1850

A Berkeley Daily: Full Moon II

36" x 36", Oil on canvas

Always something special about a full moon. I wanted to celebrate the new year with a new painting and a new format and decided to do so with this first painting in a series of medium scale works.

It has been a while since my last posting. The last quarter was a busy one for me with portrait commissions, workshops in Taos and Berkeley and art events. I have a lot planned for the new year.

As you probably noticed, I've moved away from the daily paintings as I want to explore new ideas in varying sizes, like this Full Moon II painting, which is based on one of the smaller daily paintings. I will continue to post more work and notes about it in future emails.

For the new year, I've updated the web site to make it easier to let you know about upcoming events and workshops as well as available paintings and prints as well as new videos. I welcome your comments on the new site.

Wishing you the best in the new year.

If you are interested in acquiring this painting, send me a note.

A Berkeley Daily: Shadowy Bridge, Guatemala

10" x 8", Oil on canvas on board, Inquire.

A few wires, a couple of boards, a lot of air and the long shadow of the

legs.

If you are interested in acquiring this painting, send me a note.

A Berkeley Daily: Across the Street, Guatemala

6.25" x 4.25", Oil on canvas on board, Inquire.

Geometric abstract? Just across the street looking out my front door in San Antonio Huista, Guatemala.

The first two weekends of June - 2, 3 and 9, 10 - I'll be exhibiting new work at my studio, along with invited artists Sarah Berkeley, Heather Chou and Johanna Atkinson as part of East Bay Open Studios. If you are in the area, please come, see the art, meet the artists and tour the Sawtooth Building where another twenty-five artists will also be open.

If you are interested in acquiring this painting, send me a note.

A Berkeley Daily: Soar, Studio, Berkeley

8" x 4", Oil on canvas on board, Sold

Some times it is necessary to just let loose.

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A Berkeley Daily: Colors, Huay Xai, Laos

5" x 4", Oil on canvas on board, Inquire

A little bit of color. From a trip to Louang Prabang, Laos. To find out more about this painting, read this....

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A Berkeley Daily: Gift, Berkeley, California

7" x 5", Oil on canvas on board, Sold

An early morning gift. If you would like to know more about this painting, please read this....

A Berkeley Daily: Light Blue, Ballinskelligs, Ireland

4" x 5", Oil on canvas on board, Sold

I like to paint what I see. During the process of looking intently, the world opens in new ways: that which is ordinary and everyday becomes a fascination with no real need to invent the abstract - it's already here!