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Very excited to announce that June 8th & 9th, at Collage on Alberta I will be teaching a two day seminar in using sea shells, rock and found objects to build a small grotto shrine. Details to come, but here are some shots to get you thinking!

Enrollment is now open!
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This measures about 14″ high and about 12″ wide.

Some shots of what we’ll be doing in our class. The first day will be getting the grotto built and shells, found object and other bits & bobs glued and grouted. Day two will be spent painting and learning some techniques that will make the shrine appear to have been brought up out of the ocean – a sort of an Atlantisian relic… !

A longtime friend and client of mine agreed to shoot the show last week and he and his assistant did an great job!

This piece has a hand crank that makes the monk’s mouths open and close…

My friend Tabor bought this one!

And me at the opening…

Sacred Scraps – An exhibit at Willamette University Feb. 1, 2013

• Ever wonder how some of this artistic magic happens?
• Or how the heck we can get pieces to look so…weird~?
• What kinds of glue, wood, paint and random bits & bobs do we Assemblage artists use?
• How do we start a piece?

Well – Now you need wonder no more~!

You are invited to witness creative chaos, depraved wickedness, unharnessed artistic exuberance and all around bad ass artistic expression during an evening of naked honesty and shared resources. We’ll have samples of our completed work as well as some mid-step, in the process of becoming — something else…

On Friday February 1st, a group of experienced assemblage artists are going to show off their mad skills and divulge some secrets! Come ask questions,

Come visit and meet the artists!

More Details Here >>

About three years ago I made a silent pledge to myself that I would someday have a show at Guardino – I’d seen the type and quality of art they showed and something inside me said – this is it… this is where I should show my work.

I’ve been lucky enough to have been involved in two group shows at Guardino this year, and am pleased to announce that I’ve been given a solo show there starting December 29th. The show will be up all of January in the Feature Area of the gallery (which is to say the western most side of the gallery).

I hope you can join me for the opening. We’ll have a little food, a little laughter, some art and you can help me celebrate reaching a goal and honoring my pledge.

I hope you can all stop by the 6th annual Day of the Dead show at Guardino Gallery on Alberta this coming week. The opening is on Thursday from 6 to 9 pm. It’s going to be a total blast – I will have several pieces in the show. AND… I will be wearing a Top Hat for the opening. Very excited.

I’m very pleased to be invited to participate in this year’s Day of the Dead show at Guardino’s Gallery on Alberta!

Please join us on October 29th at the Opening! More info can be found here.

Here are a couple pieces that are in the works for the show.

Here are some of the shots I took of my booth mockup (in the rain – hence the blue tarps!). These will act as a sort of guide for Diana and I to built the real-deal… Will take lots of photos of how it looks at the event!

It’s been almost two months now that my display has been up at Monticello Antique Mall, and we’re sooooo excited at our reception there.  Our assortment of found objects, rusted flotsam and crafty weirdness seems to have found an audience – and one we really didn’t know was out there.  I mean – this wasn’t Art & Soul – where a self selected group of fellow enthusiasts were guaranteed. But alas, we are not alone! No siree bob, it’s heart warming just knowing that there are others out there that appreciate the typically over-looked magical junk Pickwick & Plum prides itself on.

If you haven’t had a chance to visit our display yet, please go by. The whole mall is full of great stuff – there really isn’t a bad booth in the whole lot. If I can’t offer you that certain special thing then someone else surely will.

I’ve included a little diagram of where my display is set up but feel free to ask anyone of the wonderful people that work there where Pickwick & Plum is located. They’ll know. Monticello is open from 10 – 6 everyday except Sunday’s when they are only open until 5pm. They are located at 86th and SE Stark, between Mount Tabor and Mall 205. Take the Washington Street exit if you are traveling I-205 and go west.

Here are some shots of the display: