ok, i havent posted on here in a while. i am inviting artists i have known and met to forward their links to me so i can post them on this website. i havent updated that section in a while, and today i removed some links that no longer needed to be up there. im living in memphis now, and im focusing on a large series of bird figure transformations, and im pretty happy with the paintings, but being back in memphis is strange, and i forgotten the power of religion out here and how it shapes the landscape ofthe city and its people. so im feeling attracted to working with them, churches, not something ive tackled before, but id like to do something with all that teeth gnashing. i posted a group of paintings i did in april, and some recent panel drawings done in october. more to come kids.

be well

hey kids, as i noted on my blog i found my lost software and i will be trying to update the website with all the work from the last five months...before the year is out, that is my goal anyway. you should alos note on my blog that the postcards for my january show will be in soon, so if you have an address and want to get an invite, drop me a line with your address so the gallery knows where to send em. and hey, someone's throwing rocks in my playground! shame on you rock thrower.

well, good news folks, i got my computer back and its up and running so i will be able to continue again to post more work on this website. yay! went to pagosa springs this past weekend for the opening of "dialogues" which was an awesome show, and hey i was in it too. stay tuned...

so the building program for my official web colosseum has been put on hold until my computer gets fixed. it just...died, and while it would make an excellent paper weight, it needs to do a little more work for me before i retire it. did the all you can art fair this weekend, had a great time, thanks to all the good people who stopped and took things away with them. its a little weird for me, having been so isolated for four years in hawaii and then moving back to the states and meeting all these excellent people. most humbling

my next show opens in october at shy rabbit contemporary in pagosa springs in colorado
www.shyrabbit.com

that show is a group show, and its called "dialogues"

thank you meg, i didn't mean to make you cry though.

Put up the work from the sick folks series, also put up my ink animals in suits, started putting up the artist statements that i wrote for some of the big series...

weather is definitely getting cooler, and i've been watching the bats flitting around our house at twilight, me all excited and devin standing in his bath towel, dripping wet from the shower because i was so excited for him to see them, one buzzed his head...

Steadman wrote that art and fatigue don't mix, man was he ever spot on with that. I feel like I'm going to collapse...well, kids, i've posted 10 images from a folio i gave to David over at Sagefarm Contemporary, theres 48 total, which i plan to post on here, funny though, how selection creates truth, theres about 600 drawings that that group was taken from, no biggie, we dont need ALL the truth, just the essentials.

here's a shout out to all the cocteau twins fans in the house, awwww yeah boy! i swear, i crank that up on the stereo in this building and its like being in a cathedral, gorgeous stuff.

Havent posted any new work on the site, but I hope to be able to sit down next week and devote some time to it, theres a slew of portraits I want to put up. Had the serendipitous good fortune to meet David Hinske, who runs Sagefarm Contemporary Art gallery here in Taos. Here's to a good and lasting relationship with a fellow Memphian. Great space, great painter, I'll post the link to his site on my links page, so ya'll check it out, ya here?

Sad news, the painter and film critic Manny Farber died, he was 91. just an awesome painter, someone i've admired for awhile. Thanks Manny.

24 august 2008
finished putting up the drawings from the cloudeaters, it would be nice if i could put up every drawing and painting in these groups, but i wont have any room for future stuff if i do that, i think when i did the big hand blues series i did over 500 crayon and graphite drawings, they arent all good, but alot of them are strong. weather today in taos was stormy and moody, greys and curds in the clouds, lightning all around, but cool, the kitty got a good soaking this afternoon though.

23 august
added folder for images from the everyone rules the world series, added more drawings from the cloudeater series, the american boys are going to take a while, theres a buttload of those paintings, weather in taos today was fair and cool with a spectacular brooding sunset.

august 22 2008

not really, but i made a trip to pagosa springs this week and met the good folks who run shy rabbit contemporary art. i was very lucky to find such good people in the mountains. Denise and Michael Coffee are wonderful people, and everyone should run, not walk and check out their space. at least check out their website. im showing some paintings in october for an exhibition there, ya'll check it out. i'll have more details as the opening gets closer.

the website is new, and i'm in the process of updating it. for those of you who have followed my blog, i will likely be abandoning that and focusing my internet energies here. i think this service provides my lazy butt with everything it needs.

www.shyrabbit.com