Surface Studio

Love One

2012-02-10T12:56:00.001-08:00

The General

2010-10-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

chair with glare

2010-01-23T00:05:00.001-08:00

Undressed

2010-01-22T23:45:00.001-08:00

Cloud Couch

2010-01-20T18:32:00.001-08:00

Exquisite Garden

2009-12-07T19:27:00.000-08:00

Last weekend bay area artist Joe Brubaker and 12 visiting artists and designers collaborated together on an installation piece constructed in the Ablin Gallley at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. For 3 days these artists and designers used a collection of found objects, discarded materials, and scrap metal to transform the space into a sculptural island. Surrounding the island are figurative sculptures by Joe Brubaker. This “Exquisite Garden” opens this Thursday, Dec 10th at 6pm along side 4 other amazing exhibits at the Bakersfield Museum of Art.

Via Arte 2009

2009-12-07T19:10:00.001-08:00

The finished piece! We took first place this year at the Via Arte Italian Street painting festival. A huge thanks to my wonderful partner Brent Eviston, the beautiful women who posed for the shots, and all the folks that made it out to the marketplace this year to support this event.

2009-09-21T17:55:00.001-07:00

This banana peel painting was recently painted for the "One" exhibit at surface gallery. I have been busy in the wood shop making stretcher bars which allows me to play with various sizes. It has been a while since I have painted something this large (2x4ft), but I loved the challenge and hope to paint more this size or larger in the future.

Prep for the "One" exhibit

2009-08-23T12:03:00.001-07:00

It's hard to believe that it has been a year already, but on Sept 5th of 2008 Yvonne Cavanagh and I opened the doors to Surface Gallery. In that year we have had 6 successful exhibit openings, workshops, private parties, and first Friday events. It has been quite an amazing ride and I look forward to the upcoming year. To celebrate the one year anniversary of the gallery, the four artist that opened the gallery (Yvonne, Brent, Liz, and myself) will be exhibiting new works interpreting the word "one." I am back in the studio working away nightly and trying to get everything ready by show time. I have been working on a few larger paintings which have been challenging because I haven't worked this large since college. Although it has allowed me to loosen up in the my painting style, I think I prefer my little 10x10 paintings. I will post the new works after the Sept 4th opening. Until then, I will be frantically painting in the studio, but loving every minute of it. The one year anniversary exhibit entitled "ONE, " will open Sept. 4th at 5 pm.

Visual Arts Festival 2009

2009-05-15T21:57:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to my dear friend Liz Sherwyn who took home "Best in show" at this years Visual Arts Festival held at the BMOA. Her figurative paper cut-outs of women and children from the Dustbowl were beautifully executed and her concept was heartfelt. It was an award well deserved. My little painting of a turnip took home an honorable mention. It was a very celebratory night at the museum.

Back in the studio

2009-04-23T01:07:00.000-07:00

It's Visual Arts Festival time again at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. This year the theme is "Roots" with the size of each entered piece not to exceed 8x8inch. Every year I try to submit the maximum of 3 pieces with the hopes that one will make it in the show. I risked the odds this year and only had time to submit one piece. I like food....and eating.... and painting food I am about to eat. For this years festival, I went with the very literal edible root. This photo is of the work in progress. I turned in the finished piece last Monday, and in fear that I would miss the deadline, had no time to snap the final finished shot. The opening for this show will be held at the BMOA on May 14th at 6pm.

Valentines

2009-02-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

Lately I have been working on my Valentines. I personally make about 40 of them for friends and family, a tradition that started with Lcat about 10 years ago. I still have quite a few to make, but am hopeful that they will all be completed and sent out before Vday.
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Making my dot

2009-02-03T20:50:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I worked with encaustics for the first time. I had no idea what I was doing and it was a little intimidating at first, but lots of fun once I got started. I noticed that the second I put on the first layer of wax, i immediately scraped it off. It was hard to just let go and make a mess. I started a little painting of an iron, it was awful, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to make my first dot.

I was once a pair

2009-02-03T19:46:00.001-08:00

This painting was painted for the "layers" exhibit at Surface Gallery. The show will be up till the 27th of Feb.

The ghost of eggs on toast

2009-02-03T19:44:00.000-08:00

Think I'll go a walk now

2009-02-03T19:42:00.000-08:00

Don't sit me down

2009-02-03T19:35:00.001-08:00

This painting was part of a series I did for the "Layers" exhibit at Surface Gallery. This little painting sold at the opening to my very first art teacher.

Sliced Avocado

2008-12-02T23:53:00.000-08:00

I taught a painting workshop at the Bakersfield Museum of Art a few weeks ago. This painting started out as a demo for the class. I ended up taking the painting home and finished it up last weekend in the studio with liz.

bulbs

2008-11-14T06:35:00.000-08:00

Peel

2008-11-14T00:49:00.000-08:00

Lately I have been into painting on paper with gouache and watercolors. These are easy to transport and take on the go. I have to multi task these days, teaching and running the gallery has left me with little time for my own work. This was painted early this week in my sketchbook while subbing for a ceramics class. While the class kept busy with "Hand building Slab Construction," I kept myself entertained with a little painting of my breakfast.

Laptop Hour

2008-11-14T00:30:00.000-08:00

After opening the gallery and moving into a new house, I took a little break from painting. This little guy was my first attempt to get back into oil painting again. Our house is never void of edamame, I eat them daily.

Brown Paper Bag

2008-11-12T18:42:00.001-08:00

Bad Idea

2008-11-12T18:37:00.000-08:00

I sold this piece at the opening night of "Paper." It was a tiny 5x5 inch painting and I enjoyed the strokes of the little teeny brushes I got to use while painting it.

To Go Box

2008-11-12T18:33:00.000-08:00

Tonight...We Ride

2008-07-17T16:56:00.000-07:00

Once again the Bakersfield Californian has teamed up with the Bakersfield Museum of Art for this years Eye Gallery. During the month of August and September, the Californian will feature 3 artist every Thursday in the Eye Street section of the paper. The 19 artist selected to participate were given the loose theme of "Kern County" for their art work to be centered around. Each work produced will then be on display at the Bakersfield Museum of Art for their September 11th opening. Inspired by my nightly bike rides, solo or with friends, I decided to render a bicycle. Bakersfield seems to look different when you are on a bike so, "tonight... we ride."

EGG I

2008-05-14T15:52:00.000-07:00

For this years visual arts festival I decided to use cracked eggs as my subject matter. The restrictions were a little more challenging this year, limiting its participants to a 5x5x5 inch surface area. Two out of three of my entries were accepted.The Visual Arts Small Works Juried Art Festival 2008: Fragments, opens May 22nd 6-8pm at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, hope to see you all there.

New Studio!

2008-01-12T21:37:00.000-08:00

Studio Seven has moved!! After the holiday craziness Liz and I have finally found a new studio. We are actually in the same building just two doors down from our old place. We are now Studio Seven at #5. We are currently in the process of getting settled in and already have lots in the works.

Jonathan

2007-12-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

Stina

2007-12-02T21:24:00.000-08:00

Andrew

2007-12-02T21:18:00.000-08:00

2007-10-30T13:23:00.000-07:00

Just getting ready for the show, hope everyone can make it this Friday November 2nd 5pm-9pm. If not, I will be posting pics of my new paintings after the opening.

Cheesecake II

2007-09-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

Two Chews

2007-07-31T20:31:00.000-07:00

This painting was painted for the Bakersfield Californian’s Eye Street section for the Eye Gallery. A project in efforts to expose the work of local artists to a broader audience.
I was 1 out of 10 artist selected by the Californian to submit original artwork for the paper under the loose theme of “Kern County.” Since I have been working on a candy series, I thought a painting of a product from one of Bakersfield's landmarks was appropriate. We were given about a month to complete the project. Five of the works will be featured on the Eye Street cover every Thursday in August, with a mini-profile inside the paper.
On Sept. 13, the Bakersfield Museum of Art will host a reception for the Eye Gallery, in conjunction with the opening of the Museum’s fall exhibit, it starts at 6 pm, hope to see you all there.

Feet

2007-05-01T18:03:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 10am

2007-05-01T17:55:00.000-07:00

Blood Orange

2007-05-01T12:03:00.000-07:00

Avocado

2007-05-01T12:02:00.000-07:00

This piece received a 3rd place award in the state wide Visual Arts Festival last year. This painting was one of my studio chairs and those who know me know that I was obviously drawn to it because of the color. I painted this piece rather quickly and have never been more excited over a finished painting. I reluctantly sold this one, but fortunately I know the collector and am happy it went to a good home.