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.)

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)

love grows

Found time in between 6x6" panels to get another piece done, using the image I called "Tree Lovers" before - this one is called "Love Grows."

tree lovers

Found the evidence of true love at Central Park (in Davis) today...

second saturday reception

Yes, this was last week and it is the digital age, so I should have posted this at least six days ago but I can be old school slow sometimes.

I took some shots at the "For the Love of Trees" opening reception at the Artisan Gallery last week. Unfortunately, looking at these photos now, I realize I missed shots of some great art by people I love dearly, so please forgive me...

Great sculptural works in metal by Angela Ridgway.

One of my "Open Oak Woods" handpainted photos and metal sculpture by Wayne Kern.

A great centerpiece for the show: metal sculpture by Robin Wellwood.

Joseph Finkleman's hand colored black & white photographs. I've known Joe for over twenty years now; we've worked together on occasion (I was his assistant once upon a time) and have influenced each other's work just a bit.


My favorite fire tree sculpture by my close friend, Kristen Hoard; the two of us coordinated this show - she says it's all my "fault" so I guess I'll take the credit!

I took a little walk down the street - it is called an art walk - and couldn't help but catch this plein air painter at work.

Joe with "Portrait of a Tree on Her Day Off" which was also at one point known as "Tree All Dressed Up for Saturday Night," so there they are together on a Saturday night.

Another one of my closest friends, Michelle MacKenzie, painted these great acrylic works. And if you look real close, you can see work by Jared Konopitski back through the doorway - sorry I didn't do better by you, Jared!

On the left a photograph by my soon to be studio mate, Wendell Minshew, and on the right a metal tree sculpture by Wayne Kern.

Another Minshew and Kern pairing; I really like how the tree sculptures echo the two dimensional pieces. And as a photographer, I love the shadows on the wall, too.

In another photo/sculpture pairing, my photo based work on the left and a fire tree on the right by Kristen Hoard.

Here are the Oakleaf sisters - no lie! - Susan and Sarah, (not sure who is who.) They have other siblings, too, who weren't at the reception, but I was tickled to meet them and they were tickled by my oak themed work.

Full view of my "Quercus Woodland" panels flanking "Spring Oak #6".

for the love of trees

Been working on a couple of different tree projects lately -

First a gallery showing titled "For the Love of Trees" at the Artisan Gallery here in Sac. It's a group show with about a dozen artists all together, including some of my closest & dearest friends. If you're in the area, join us this Saturday night from 6 to 10 p.m. for our reception - always a good time at the Artisan.

Today I got everything ready to deliver tomorrow morning, including my multi-panel work, "Quercus Woodland."


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I'm taking thirty-six of the panels to the Artisan for this show. you can see them on my studio table. The spare two on the left are going to be with another artist friend in support of another tree project I'm working on.

The Legacy Trees Project acquires large old trees that have to be taken down and puts the wood into willing artists' hands to create an artistic legacy for these gentle giants. Being a tree lover, my artwork is a natural for helping to promote this project, so I've been working on a limited edition giclee portfolio available through SEEART to benefit the Legacy Trees Project.

This image, "Reaching" is one of the images included in the "Tree Lovers" portfolio of giclees and will be available for sale and to order on May 3rd, at another event coincidentally titled "For the Love of Trees."

The originals of "Reaching" and all of the other images in the "Tree Lovers" portfolio will also be available for sale at the May 3rd event to benefit the Legacy Trees Project - more details on that event later.