Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek at part of the art project I'm making for the "Tool at Hand: Milwaukee Challenge" put on by the Chipstone Foundation. Finished piece will be on view for the public to see on Saturday, March 17th from 1-5pm at Sweet Water Organics, 2151 S. Robinson Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207 (Bay View neighborhood).

One Week Painting - Feb 12, 2012

Here's a recap of my first "One Week Painting" I completed at the Art*Bar in Riverwest.

Last week's painting, done by someone else:


Start of my painting:


Finished painting:


View from the floor:

Drinks for You, Paint for Me

Here's the deal. So the Art*Bar has this canvas that gets painted on by someone different every week for the entire year. The painting morphs, changes completely, and in the end, is probably about an inch thick with paint by the end of it all.

I have been invited to paint on this canvas on Sunday, February 12.

If you'd like to come hang out, have a drink, watch me paint or even distract me so the picture turns into something completely wild, I'd be more than happy to see your smiling faces. I'll be there at 4pm and stay until I'm finished (perhaps by 8pm, maybe later). Stop in whenever you can, stay for as little or as long as you want. If you ask nicely, I'll keep the paint on the canvas and out of your hair.

Hope to see you there!

ArtBar is located in Riverwest, 722 E. Burleigh, Milwaukee, WI 53212

Getting Ready

Top priority on my list of things to do this weekend: finish up the 6 mini paintings I started a few weeks ago. It's strange how excited and enthusiastic one can be at the beginning of a project, and then work gets in the way and all the things you really want to do get pushed off til another day. Yesterday was that "other day". The best part is I have most of my creative energy in the morning, so when I got up, I got right to the painting. Ivory insisted on helping.


A few hours later and a walk down to the lake in between, the end result is 6 similar, yet different, small paintings that will be heading over to Shorewood in March to be sold at a new shop opening up called Waxwing. I was excited when the owner approached me at an art fair asking if I'd like to show/sell some of my art in her shop. Accompanying these mini paintings to the shop will be a few pieces of my jewelry. More details later about the grand opening party/reception for the shop, but pencil in Friday March 16th if you'd like to check it out!