Mitchell Point

Commissioned work for Evan

oh today, how nice

I did my homework. Yay for me, now I can haz blog pleaz? Yes indeed.
My lovely roommate Moira and I went on a walk in the rain today. She showed me my favorite new shop, just a walk from home Bella Flora Studio on NE Fremont and 44th. So so super sweet. Here's what sparked my fancy.

found

It's always interesting looking through images from the past, kept inside things made of plastic and metal. To come across this photo in my phone was like finding a lost sock, stuck within the folds of the blanket.

old piece, new beat.

it's been a bit, but i started working on art again. here's a piece from a while ago, but i've added to it. hope you like.

is there calm after the storm? (revisited title)

i have been doing drawings with cheap ballpoint pens on lined paper. here are the first three

kerosene rose took these!

thanks to rose for taking some beautiful photos of my installation. only up for a short time longer. go see it if you haven't yet.

weee!!!

leah here: writing from the bus out in estacada. ya, 7 days later unpacking boxes, moving in for reals. here's what you missed

moving time

as it comes down to crunch time i find myself in panic mode. the smallest of tasks seems unbearable to perform, but i find myself moving forward with the breeze of time none the less. donny has been crashing at my place for the last week and it's made the space tight, but cozy. the work is progressing with what seems like little help from me. it is culminating as each box is packed, layers of scarves and jewelry and bags and bags and clothes. the art supplies are still scattered around the room, waiting desperately to be picked up and used.

this show is about progress. i moved to portland with a hiking backpack and three months later moved into this house in the back of a subaru. I had very little when i first moved, and as i make the next move out of the space, i am finding i have so much. This house has provided for me. i will miss it when i am gone from it. there will always be a part of me that longs for this room, for this kind of comfort.

personal narrative. that's what my work is. it shows my growth as an individual, as an artist. the 2-dimensional work is comprised of mainly self portraits, where as the 3-dimensional work is more about the growth. They feed off one another, as the 3-dimensional work gets built, the self-portraits get a little bit brighter and more dynamic and as that happens the trees start to grow and the waterfall starts to flow. the fractals split and break and create more patterns.

i am not fully sure what changes have occurred in me over the last two years. it's hard to point at something that is different and explain how it has changed, but i do know that i am changing whether i like it or not. things around me are changing too. this work catalogues my progress artistically. this blog chronologically categorizes the progressions made over the time that i have been working on this series of pieces.

in the next few days i am going to try to put up as many progress documentation... that's definitely been an important part of the process. so here's some shots for you!

show time

still not satisfied...?

things are moving along, as they tend to. i am looking forward, seeing around corners and displaying, a representation. total distraction, enjoy the photo show. see you in august.

cell phone pics.

trying to gear up for show. chapter 134 coming to a close. hope it's good reading. here's to more stuff.

installation, 1 month and counting...

this is the new thing.

hanging at beulah land...

i have been working on a series of prints for about 4 months now, and i have two finished up at beulah land. enjoy

tatataday junior

not all from today, but even so, spectacular... i love the dinosaur drinking beer shot from lunch with me and donny, obviously.