postcard art

I'm proud to participate in the Kennedy Gallery Art Center's "Art With Heart" fundraiser next month with Tree Lovers themed postcard art...

All of these will be available on Saturday Feb 13th at the Kennedy Gallery in Sacramento.

If you're interested in participating, here is the call for art:

Kennedy Gallery Art Center believes in the "pay it forward model" and is proud to sponsor this year's "Art With Heart" fundraiser. We are accepting artwork for the annual "Art With Heart" exhibit on February 13th, 2010. "Art With Heart" is an exhibit that features artwork fitting a postcard size of 4" by 6" inches of any medium and all subject matters with the exception of illicit/graphic subject matter not suitable for children. We accept photography, mixed media, paintings, drawings, etc. as long as it fits within the size parameters. All donated artwork will be of the same size and priced equally. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit C.A.R.E.S., the Center for AIDS Research Education and Support, and the Matthew Sheppard Foundation.

"Art With Heart" is mirrored from the NY annual fundraiser Postcards from the Edge and has been a great success in supporting their local charities. You may submit more than one piece for the exhibit and it's a great way to add something cool to your portfolio. Last submission date is Tuesday, February 9pm at Kennedy Gallery 1114 20th Street, Sacramento, California.

All artists of any level are welcome to submit a piece and we welcome all patrons to join us on February 13th, 5-10pm for the exhibit and we would like to thank the community for their support.


And I'm participating in another postcard art show in New York hosted by Art House called The Space Between, my entry for that competition is titled, "Hope Sings."



(You can click on the image to see it larger.)

more tree stories progress

So I've been constantly working on pieces for the Tree Stories show in April; recently finished another pair which I won't unveil until the show, but I'll show little details. I'm actually enjoying this process, finding pictures in my pictures...

These first two are details from "Beckoning Path." You can see the story at my Tree Stories blog.

And this is from "Remembering," story also on the Tree Stories blog.




And this is the next canvas I'm tackling - you can click to see it bigger - at 3 feet high and 5 feet wide it's nearly as big as I am. (I can completely hide behind it, for sure...) It's about the life cycle of this tree & I hope to have the story for it soon from a writer friend of mine, which I'll share, of course.

tree stories progress

Working on the next two tree story canvases in tandem -

"Remembering" is about my memories of when my children were younger & the park this tree is at was completely undeveloped.

This tree story is still untitled - I'll have to make sure to get the stories & their titles posted to the "Tree Stories" blog soon - I've just been more focused on production -

tree story #17 finished

Just finished another Tree Story for the big show in March - this was last week in progress:

So I finished it up, and I won't unveil the full image until the actual gallery show but I'll give little detail images just to tease you & bring your attention to little things I like about it.

Part of the text in the story - and highlights off wet varnish.

Actual valley oak leaves, also covered in wet varnish - and one of what are becoming my signature birds:

It took me a little time to decide, the title of this is "Reunion" (Tree Story #17) and I'll post more on the story part some time later on my Tree Stories blog - I've got to hit more canvas now!

tree love

I finished up a new little set of of my ongoing "Tree Lovers" series this week. Each title comes from a simple version of the Bible's "love chapter," 1 Corinthians 13.

"Love is Patient"
(8x8 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on canvas)

"Love is Kind"
(8x8 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on canvas)

"Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs"
(8x8 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on canvas)

"Love Always Protects"
(8x8 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on canvas)

"Love Always Trusts"
(already sold - 8x8 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on canvas)

"Love Always Hopes"
(12x12 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on cradled wood panel)

"Love Always Keeps Trying"
(12x12 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on cradled wood panel)

"Love Never Fails"
(12x12 black & white photo & mixed media on canvas)