Want to find my work in the Seattle area? Unless it is Bellevue Arts Museum Artsfair weekend, up to now that would have been difficult. Not anymore.

Cole Gallery in Edmonds now represents my work year-round, and I am very excited to be working with them. If you are in the Seattle area and haven’t been to Cole Gallery, it is worth the short trip. The cozy and inviting gallery represents many top-notch, nationally-known artists.

Cole Gallery will introduce me this month with their Third Thursday event, making me December’s “First Glance” artist. So long as I am able to drive over the pass, I will be there with new work. I hope many of you can come down!

Here are the specifics:

Cole Gallery
107 5th Ave S
Edmonds, WA 98020
425.697.2787
3rd Thursday, December 15th, 5-8 p.m.

First Friday is upon us once again! This time it brings the Tinman Gallery‘s traditional Best Of show, with a collection of small works from several of the gallery’s regular artists.

I’ll have six pieces in the show, all pastels, including Heat Lightning Study, left. Want to see more of my pieces from the Best Of 2011? Click here.

If you can make it up to the Garland District this Friday night, please stop by, we’d love to see you!

Here are the particulars:

Best of 2011
(Small Works Show)
Tinman Gallery
811 West Garland Avenue
Spokane, Washington
Opens Friday, December 2, 2011, 5 – 9 p.m.

I’m jealous.

Two more of my pastels are traveling without me. No sooner did two pieces return from their working vacation in France, than two more are packing for California. Costa Mesa, to be exact. Half an hour from my birthplace and my friend Vicky‘s college town, Long Beach.

This is all Vicky’s doing, in fact. She suggested that I enter some of my little pastel sketches in the Randy Higbee Gallery 6 Inch Squared show coming up in December. There were only a few days left before the jury deadline, but I jumped at the chance. This would be my first opportunity to get some feedback on my new landscape work, jury style. And, without the risk of applying with untested work to a bread-and-butter art fair.

I didn’t have to wait long. This jury had the fastest turnaround ever—results posted a day and a half after the entry deadline. I wish all shows could do that! Today I found out that Foggy Walk Study (above) and Canoe Trail Study will be in the show. A nice bit of validation for my new little project.

If you are lucky enough to be in So Cal during December, and you happen to be in the Costa Mesa area, here are the show details:

6 Inch Squared Show
Gala Aritsts’ Reception: December 3rd From 5:00 to 9:00pm
Exhibition and Sale: December 3rd-December 23rd
Randy Higbee Gallery
102 Kalmus, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714.546.2156
Hours: Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 to 5:00 pm

This First Friday night you can find me, a selection of my paintings—some brand new—and Sue Bradley from the Tinman Gallery all hanging out at the Roberts Mansion in Browne’s Addition.

If you are familiar with Browne’s Addition, the mansion is located one block directly north of The Elk, and just over two blocks east of the MAC. If not, here is a map. It is an impressively restored Victorian house, definitely worth a visit in its own right.

I’m bringing new oil paintings, including Bellaluna, above, as a preview for my upcoming solo show at the Tinman this March.

If you are out and about this First Friday, be sure to stop by. We’d love to see you!

First Friday
Roberts Mansion
1923 West 1st Avenue
Spokane, Washington
November 4, 2011, 5–8 p.m.

At last, October finds me back in the studio, getting ready for the next round of events.

First on the agenda: oil painting! I’ve had little time to paint in oil this year, and I’ve missed it. But with my solo show coming up at the Tinman in March, and a First Friday preview at the Roberts Mansion (just down the street from the MAC) next month, I desperately need some new oils. The Birth of Fire, left, is the first to be completed.

Next up: landscapes! My recent series of tiny landscapes proved to be quite popular, selling out in two shows. The six-by-six-inch pastels were the first step in a larger landscape project I have planned for this fall and winter.

Followed by: everything else! I’ll continue to develop my body of work in pastel and oil for the Tinman show, my galleries, and next season’s festivals. And hopefully somewhere along the way I’ll get a chance to paint the walls in my studio… the addition of a new, soon-to-be-open brewery in my building has given me the studio-improvement bug!

Be sure to check back here or on my Facebook page for updates on my upcoming shows. Happy Studio Season—a.k.a. Fall!

The Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour is Saturday, September 24th, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

This year I decided to do something a little different… I’ve created a limited number of 6″ x 6″ landscape and tree pastels especially for the Tour. Most are framed in wide, silver plein-aire frames, but I will mat a handful to offer at a special price for the event. Framed pieces range from $175 to $195, and matted pieces will be $95. Come early for the best selection!

The landscapes are the beginning of a new project, and some will become the basis for larger works. It’s been years since I’ve painted these subjects, so this is a fun and fresh diversion. You can preview the pieces in the gallery below.

Of course, I’ll have several pieces of my more familiar work on hand as well—some at special prices for the Tour.

I’m at Studio #1 again this year, but not in the gazebo—find me in the yard. See you on the 24th!

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Art in the Pearl starts this Saturday!

This is my first show in Portland in six years, and I’m looking forward to being back. I’ve heard glowing reports about this show from so many artists; they can’t seem to find enough good things to say about it. Sounds like the perfect last show of the season. And since Portland seems to be the microbrewery capitol of the Northwest, there will be plenty for Paul to do, too (when he’s not helping me sell art, of course). Nice!

The scoop:

Art in the Pearl
When: September 3 – 5, 2011 – Labor Day Weekend
Where: The Northwest Park blocks of Portland, Oregon, between W Burnside and NW Glisan at NW 8th Avenue.
Hours: Saturday – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m, Monday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
What I’m bringing: Pastels and Oils
Booth #104