It's Fairtastic (yes, that is really the slogan for the state fair this year)

It's thirty-four days, eleven hours and ten minutes until the Ohio State Fair swings open its gates!  

I'm glad to say that Dayton artists will be represented in the pavilion including: Francis Schanberger, Amy Kollar-Anderson,  Rick Jurus, and Lloyd Greene.  Go Gem City! I'll be showing "Fun in the Sun" and "Twelve Little Mistakes."

Fun in the Sun, 2012, water-soluble oil on canvas, 22" x 28"

Delicious!

It should come as a surprise to no one that I'm in this show!  Since cake frosting is a major inspiration for the majority of my paintings (and my life), it seems fitting.  I was glad to note that dessert was highly represented in the work I saw when I dropped my drawings off at Rua.

Hope to see folks at the opening on March 24th!

My melty ice cream friends will be on view.

Ice Cream series, gouache, colored pencil, gesso on paper, 2010

POT LUCK

I feel incredibly fortunate to have crossed paths with Jessica Roller and Michelle Blades - two amazing artist friends in the Dayton / Cincinnati area.  Jessica harbors a love of Modernism that I share, and Michelle and I clicked immediately while installing our two-person show Cavort (which Jessica coordinated) in Yellow Springs last spring.  

So, it is with great excitement that I announce our upcoming group exhibition called Pot Luck - a title coined by Michelle to help convey the post-holiday free-for-all this experience is sure to become.

The reception which will be held at 48 High Street, will have a pot luck theme.  I'm bringing pigs-in-a-blanket.  Any intrepid viewers out there that want to bring something to share are more than welcome.