Getting Ready for the Halle Show
and
The Lost and Found Project



A shot of my "studio". This is the art created for the Halle Cultural Arts Show starting May 12th. I either need a bigger place to work or I need to start making smaller art!



Box Turtle is from a new collection I'm working on titled Box Beasts.



Gator Box is also one in the Box Beasts collections. Currently, there is a deer, a porcupine, and a cat in the works.



But the project I'm most excited about is titled Lost and Found.

I’m making these little guys out of foam board, about 10” tall. I’m making a bunch of them, 15, 20...or so. They are numbered and come with a little piece of paper that reads:

“Help! I’m lost! Thank goodness you found me. Please return me to the Halle Cultural Arts center in Downtown Apex. I miss my brothers and sisters!”

When I have the show at the Halle, I’m going to set up a lost and found box. Then I’m going to scatter the critters all over town, in public places. It will be interesting to see how many of the critters find their way back.

I’m excited about this because it combines my love of street art with my new found love, interactive art. Did you see the tweenbots site? If not, go here, read the page then watch the video... it was my total inspiration... and i'm hoping not a complete rip off :)

Featured Artist @ Cindys House



This month I'm having a show at Cindys House Cafe in Cary. It's a pretty cool place so check it out.

They have 3 other artists displaying including my soon to be BFF Rose Rosely. Her stuff is pretty niffy.

They also have live music ... but best of all... they serve brunch! Now how cool is that?!

Hierarchy of Artists?
AKA
Ian Sands @ the National Gallery of Art

As it turns out, some of my art was seen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC last week. That same art is now on display right across the street at the Hirshorn Museum. Here are some photos...



Highlighter Fox right next to Pollock.



Highlighter Fox right next to Lichtenstein.



Highlighter Fox in front of Ady Warhol because... it was just easier.



Highlighter Fox next to the guy I'm always trying to get my lines to look more like.. Kline.



Highlighter Fox next to Victorine Meurent as painted by Manet.



And then Highlighter Fox took his place among the other great art of the Hirshorn Sculpture Garden as part of the Wishing Tree.

UNCUT: And Trying to Figure it All Out



Does anyone have any idea where I'm going with all this? If so, please let me know as it would really help me out.

I mean, wouldn't it have been nice if someone had said to Pollock, you know, you should just drip the paint... or if someone had said to Mondrian, why not just break it down into basic shapes and primary colors.. or how about, Monet, you should really consider planting a water garden...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing myself to Pollock, or Monet or any of them.. I'm just saying, as an artist, it would be nice if we could figure out the thing we are trying to figure out...

But then again, maybe then we wouldn't be artists.

POP EXPRESSIONISM: UNCUT Cont...



A little further along... working on a new series for the Halle Exhibit that opens this May. UNCUT will display as original paintings on uncut foam insulation board.





Now this one is really starting to get away from me. Maybe the fact that I know I'm not going to cut them out is freeing me to get a little crazier with the paint.. or maybe I'm just bored with the creatures... (oh, can I say that out-loud?)



Whatever my cheap excuse is, I'm having a lot of fun playing with the paint ;)

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Don't forget...LIGERS, TIGONS AND PIZZLIES: A Pop Expressionist Guide To Newimals is on sale now!



You can purchase your copy today either though Amazon or through the publisher Create Space.

POP EXPRESSIONISM: UNCUT



I'm starting a new series for the Halle Exhibit that opens this May. UNCUT will display as original paintings on uncut foam insulation board.



We had to tie the boards down to the car roof in order to get them home. It was a challenge, especial with all the wind. First step, one coat of white paint.



The idea of UNCUT was attractive to me because of the uncomfortable feeling the pieces give having the creatures frozen in a sort of suspended animation.

If the creatures struggled to stay as art when they were in frames, how much more difficult is it for them to remain in the board?








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Don't forget...LIGERS, TIGONS AND PIZZLIES: A Pop Expressionist Guide To Newimals is on sale now!



You can purchase your copy today either though Amazon or through the publisher Create Space.

LIGERS, TIGONS AND PIZZLIES:
A Pop Expressionist Guide To Newimals

Is on sale now!



You can purchase your copy today either though Amazon or through the publisher Create Space.



Here are pages 18 and 19 from a Guide To Newimals. You can view (and purchase) some of the art from the book live and in person at Common Grounds in Apex, NC.



You can also view (and purchase) some of the art from the book live and in person at Beehive Studios in Raleigh, NC.

New Online Portfolio



My new website is up and running. Please stop by, take a look, comment here whatcha thinks... Go, now, clicky click!

Beehive Studios: Oil-Pop-Light Exhibit.
April 4-28, 2009
107 W Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC



Oil-Pop-Light is a three man.. well, two man, one woman.. exhibit at Beehive Studios. Beehive takes part in Raleigh's First Friday and the opening reception was last night.



I'm the "Pop" in the show's Oil-Pop-Light theme. The other artists are painter Lloyd Skidmore III and photographer Teresa Pigeon. Teresa has a photograph of an old boat that was half sunk in a pond. If you don't go to see my stuff, go to see that one photograph.



The exhibit is on the third floor of Father & Sons Antiques which is another reason to go see the show... old stuff that doesn't smell. You have from now till April 28th.



Also, just update the website. Check it out!

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