Fort lauderdale day 3

Today was a good day I managed to resolve one area of the installation and begin work on the next section. I should get the works on paper back from the framer by tuesday or wednesday and begin installing those. I have now spent enough time in the space that I have an idea of the layout I want for the show. At this rate the work should resolve itself by wednesday or thursday.

Fort lauderdale day 2

day 2 was this day.

Fort lauderdale day 1

the end of day one. next stop day two.



being on more of a tight schedule also necessitates what will be the first of many pb and j artist treats consumed over the week.


after an easy drive down 95 I arrived at the gallery yesterday and started by unloading and un-packing the truck and setting up for the first day of work. I of course wove the first section before taking off for a lovely dinner of cuban food.

Ft Lauderdale day -1. or This is how it starts.

I returned from arkadelphia saturday night and am now prepped and ready for my trek down to ft lauderdale. This stop of the tour will be at The 18Rabbit Gallery in Ft Lauderdale, a brand spankin new exhibition venue run by a woman I met a few years ago at an installation residency. I managed to make a few woven panels to take down with me along with a couple framed prints and the sticks to build the "fort. Lauderdale piece". I am sort of excited and anxious about this one. I am excited about getting a little road trip in down there. The drive down will be especially helpful for letting my mind wander and devise a strategy for this piece and ease some of my anxiety. With my wounds barely healed from the arkadelphia piece at obu and the ink barely dry on the prints I made at Henderson State I am stepping off into this one already in work mode. I plan to hang several of the finished prints from Henderson with this installation and am kind of curious to see what a show with just the woven structure in the center and walls lined with prints will feel like. I usually enjoy the walls blank so as to draw attention to the space and the physical work within, but since I made all of the arkadelphia prints while working on a woven installation it only seems fitting to install them with similar work. Now to rest up and hit the highway early, good thing i have the npr station locator map for my drive

arkadelphia, day eight, a day no prints would die

With the sculpture out of the way today was earmarked for a printmaking bonanza.



per david warrens input, rather than let lighter litho proofs go to waste I did a little monotyping on top of the proofs, It was actually pretty nice and made me wish we had the time and the plates to do a multi-color lithograph, oh well maybe next time.




Tomorrow at 11am I will be giving my artist talk to the faculty and students of obu and henderson state, and anyone else who is in the area, then later that evening at 530pm we will have a reception in the gallery. At the reception we will have a table set up showing some of the finished prints, along with my rapidly dwindling inventory of glow-in-the-dark t shirts. After tomorrow the rest of the prints are being shipped home so I can take them to Ft Lauderdale for my show at 18Rabbit Gallery that opens on March 26.

arkadelphia, day seven, "No Tape, No Glue, Just Sticks"

i reworked the litho drawing adding a couple more elements and now tomorrow we will blow through the edition, I still can't believe I got this whole stone all to myself I feel like I should have shared it with someone at some point.
this is the coffee cup lid printing plate and some of the prints pulled, I intend to use these for an installation later this month.


Today was a marathon day. I finally resolved the form of the sculpture, I did a video segment for the NBC affiliate in Little Rock, and I worked on some more prints at Henderson. The quote in the title is from the correspondent who came out to do the interview, I think it might find it's way into future work. here is the link to the full news segment

No tape, No Glue, just sticks.

arkadelphia, day six

I am hoping to resolve the sculpture today and leave tomorrow for cleanup and prep for the opening. I will also be churning out some more prints over at The annex printshop at henderson state too.

the bench in it's current spot where it will remain until the end of the show.



arkadelphia day six was another day with half weaving and half printing.

the first etch and proof of the lithograph came off nicely. I will probably add a little bit more to the drawing then master printmaker david warren will begin editioning.

the five color screenprint printed in a corporate pallete inspired by coffee shop packaging also came out well. today i will work on some unique screenprint works and another collage relief print as well in the printshop after resolving the sculpture in the morning.

arkadelphia, day five

Day Five comes to a close. I am about two work days away from resolving the sculpture, I think. I still need to secure one precarious section. Tomorrow I will resume printing at Henderson State. After a pizza party with the art faculty I am taking the night shift off site to sleep off the effects of too much pizza hut.