Spring Art Walk

My studio is on this year's South Bend Spring Art Walk trail.
Stop by Saturday May 2nd @ 107 Monroe Street and check out some art.
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Milwaukee Public TV piece

Here's a heads up for those of you in the greater Milwaukee area.

Milwaukee Public Television will air the segment they taped of my work/show at Latino Arts, Inc. next Tuesday (March 31) at 6:30 pm on channel 10. It will also repeat April 1st on channel 36 at 12:30am and again April 5th at 5:30pm on channel 36.

I haven't seen it yet but it may be good for a laugh.

Working it

I spent the weekend working in the studio on the NCFH poster image.

I'm working in oils on an 18 x 24" canvas.

The image has already deviated from the proposed sketch. Sometimes bodies just can't physically contort themselves into what a sketch body will do.

Hopping Towards Spring...

Things have been hopping around here.

At the end of January my family was able to visit the gallery in Milwaukee. About 20 of us had a private showing on a Saturday when the gallery is normally closed. It was good to be able to have my family see the installation.

February 9th I took down, packed up and drove the works back to Indiana. All the boxes and wrapped paintings are now clogging up my studio space.

I was invited to show with a group at Goshen College. The exhibit was entitled “The Dream”. I have also been invited to show at a small gallery in New Carlisle, Indiana – RJ Clark Studio/Gallery. That show runs through March 29th.

I’ve started some new black and white wood block prints. These images relate to some of the new paintings and others are companions to the same themes of family and parenthood.

I have been selected and commissioned to create an image to be used by the National Center for Farmworker Health. The painting will be reproduced as a giclee and offset posters which will be sold to raise money for scholarships.

What's Up, Doc?

A few things that are happening:

I've been introducing my boys to the comical stylings of Looney Toons cartoons (hey, it can't be Fellini films all the time!)

I’m coordinating a group visit to Milwaukee for my family members to see my exhibit.

“The Dream” group show that my wife and I are part of opened last Sunday in Goshen, Indiana and runs through February 18th. I was also asked to exhibit, solo, next fall in the same space.

I’ll be part of a group show at a local gallery in New Carlisle, Indiana next month.

I’m working on sketches and blocks for new paintings and prints.

"The Dream" exhibit

The Goshen College Multicultural Affairs Office,

Good Library, and the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning

bring to you:


"The Dream"

Art Exhibit at the Good Library Gallery

January 25-Febuary 18

Opening reception: Sunday, Jan. 25 from 2-4 p.m.

 




Featured Artists:

Richard Allen, painter

Margaret Bryant, fiber

Joe Casey, painter (self taught)

Javaughn Renee, painter

Laurie Rousseau, light boxes, photography

Ramiro Rodriguez, print maker

Kay Westhues, photographer

Jake Webster, sculptor



Opening reception: Sunday, Jan. 25 from 2-4 p.m.

This a FREE event!

Ring, Rang, Rung...

Happy 2009 to everyone.

It was good to see friends and family over the past few weeks. I look forward to meeting up with those of you I didn't get a chance to meet up with in all the hustle and bustle.

My wife and I were invited by our friend, Jake Webster, to participate in a small group show. The exhibit is entitled "The Dream" and will take place at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana January 24 - February 18, 2009. The opening reception is January 24th from 2-4 p.m.

I'm exhibiting a couple of new prints and my wife will exhibit some of her botanical light box assemblages.

February 6th is also the last day to view my exhibit, "Herencia" at Latino Arts Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

If you are a curator or know of an exhibit space that is looking for a print and painting exhibit to show please contact me and maybe we can schedule something for this coming year.