The “Visual Chronicle of Portland” exhibition opens at the Portland Building today and remains up through April 21. My little gouache painting, Polygons No. 5 (Oregon blueberries), is on view along with other recent acquisitions to this Regional Arts & Culture Council public collection. #polygons #hlbirdsong #publicart #visualchroniclepdx #painting #pdxcsa (at Portland Building)

This, my latest painting in gouache (as-yet untitled), is a good example of the kind of things I plan to produce for my @PDXCSA series. I’m responding specifically to Forest Park – what it means, how we use it, the kinds of interactions I and others have shared there – building off of my Polygons series. I’m really excited about being paired with @AlysonProvax too: we’re using #PDXCSA as a stimulus to consciously influence one another throughout this process. To follow along and eventually own work from one or both of us, buy in before April 16 via www.pdx-csa.com

When finished, this little number will go home to a collector who bought in at the proposal stage through @pdxcsa. This is the last glimpse I'll share publicly til they're finished - collectors get all the juicy info about process. #pdxcsa #wip #hlbirdsong #cartoon #ontheeasel

This, which you can read more about on my blog, is the basic process I went through for each work in the Polygons series. How I'll approach works for PDX-CSA will be similar, but the conceptual thrust necessitates a bit of a different approach. To follow along with that process and own the outcome, buy in to the project before April 16 (and thank you, those of you who have - the support warms my heart). You don't need to be local, either - these small works will ship! Visit www.pdx-csa.com for more info and to purchase. #supportartists #pdxcsa #ownoriginalart #hlbirdsong #contemporaryart #startcollecting (at Portland, Oregon)

Detail from a work in progress. It's an experiment - thus far, successful. This is likely the direction my proposed PDX CSA work will go. Buy in now: http://www.pdx-csa.com/2017-pairs-bp #studiotime #forestpark #pdxcsa #gouache #landscape #contemporaryart (at Forest Park (Portland, Oregon))