The Abnormal Image

Art Lovers, I have two show announcements to relate to you. You will want to check these exhibitions out to see my work in all its printed and framed glory. The High Dive , 1406 SE 12th Ave, Portland OR. Show dates July 1st to August 31st with an artist's reception on First Friday August 4th from 6:00 to 9:00pm. This is my first exhibition since quitting my day job! It is up and hanging right now. The High Dive is a bar just north of Hawthorne Blvd. Come on down and see my work and say hi to me at the reception.  Bare Bones Bar , 2900 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR. Show dates September 1st to October 1st. Artist's reception September 1st, 6:00 to 9:00pm. Just confirmed yesterday, I will be hanging work at Bare Bones Bar, a delightfully divey watering hole, for the month of September. I will be around to chat and greet folks on the evening of September 1st for First Friday. I am looking forward to seeing all of you there.  Hooray! I am excited to already have two shows sc

This is the first post in my new blog dedicated to my art career. Or should I say my revived art career.  As an artist I am back in the saddle. Let me tell you a brief story... Art has always been a part of my life. When I went to college my major was photography and specifically, classic wet darkroom black and white photo. It was great and I loved it. I graduated with a BFA in photography in 2005. For several reasons, which I'm sure I'll expand upon as this blog continues, I was never able to make a living as an artist. I was forced to get a job to support my art habit. Thankfully the job I got was at a retail art gallery connected to the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. I worked there for a few years and learned quite a lot about the business of art. I still made work at this time but I hadn't quite grokked the idea of "artist" as profession. I made art but I basically didn't get it out into the world and didn't try very hard to sell it. In