Wayward Pareidoliac

Thanks to everyone who visited me at Gowanus Open Studios back in October! As I announced then, it was my final appearance in Gowanus (barring some cataclysmic rearrangement of the universe); all of my art and art-making apparatus have been successfully relocated to my new home in Kingston, New York. The artist’s new habitat, and also a final woodcut for the year. In this season of reflection,…

Manomayakaya #3 (Let it pervade everywhere), oil on canvas, 30×30″, 2013 Hello everyone, it is that time of year once again: summer draws to and end and leaves fall. Old lives depart and new beginnings approach. Once again, as a culmination of the 2024-25 art year, Gowanus Open Studios is happening October 18-19, 12-6pm.   This year’s Open Studios is special for me, as it will be my…

During Gowanus Open Studios next weekend (October 19-20), I’ll have on display my growing body of 4×6″ watercolor pieces. These are all part of a series and project I started in about 2018, and then worked on sporadically up to the present. The project continues, indefinitely (or until I have exhausted the subject matter). Very recently, my thinking on this series has coalesced around the…

Visit me at Gowanus Open Studios this weekend - October 21-22!

Good evening everyone. I’m busy getting ready for Gowanus Open Studios, which is happening this weekend! This year for Open Studios I’m doing something a little different — delving into the archives and pulling out some works from previous years to put on display in the studio. I will plant companionship thick as trees (Calamus I), acrylic on canvas, 30×20″, 2010 The feature archive treasure…

We’re all very busy here in Brooklyn getting ready for Gowanus Open Studios, which is happening Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22! But first … You may have heard about the heavy rains and flooding we had in the neighborhood on September 29. While I was very fortunate that my studio was spared any damage, many other artists were not so lucky. Arts Gowanus has started a fundraising effort to…

Now that Fall is arriving, we’re starting to get ready for Gowanus Open Studios, October 21-22. I’ve completed my artist’s profile for the event, which will also serve as a permanent directory listing for the upcoming year. More news about Open Studios coming soon, but in the meantime — Check out my new Arts Gowanus Artist’s Directory profile here!

It’s interesting how often events and project don’t quite roll out as I imagine they will. These past nine months have been a perfect example of that. I always begin the year plotting a course, imagining what projects I’d like to finish, continue or start, what new creative possibilities I should pursue. Back in January, I had several irons in the fire, but mainly I expected to spend the bulk of…

I’m pleased to announce that I have contributed a painting to this year’s Arts Gowanus Patterns Gala! Patterns Gala 2023 happens on May 12! What is the Patterns Gala, you may ask? From the folks at Arts Gowanus: Arts Gowanus is excited to present our second annual Patterns Gala! This event will be held outdoors at The Old Stone House on Friday, May 12, 2023 from 6:00 – 9:30pm. All attendees…

An update on my recent 'moku hanga' efforts.

Last spring I mentioned that I was rekindling a relief printmaking practice — specifically, Japanese woodblock (“Moku hanga“), and I have indeed been spending a lot of time on this over the past year or so. Printmaking is very process-oriented, and it can take a long time (at least for me) to get finished results. It had been perhaps 10 years or so since I had been working in this medium, and…