The Big 500

The Big 400 has returned, and my how it has grown! This year there will be 500 Oregon artists creating ten original works each. Every piece is $40, cash'n'carry. The show runs from December 13th to January 11th. There is a big reception Saturday, December 13th from 2 to 9pm, with djs and beer and a rapidly approaching tsunami of art that will jam your senses with its panoply of original ideas and techniques.  A portion of the proceeds go to the Oregon Food Bank. Located at the People's Art of Portland on the top floor of Pioneer Place Mall. Come check it out!

Here are my (9 of) my pieces for this year's show.

88 Strong

It's time again for the 88 Strong Show. 88 Artists, 88 themes, 8 8"x8" wooden panels each. It's a numerologists dream!

Show is at the Goodfoot, April 24th-May 27th. Opening on the 24th. All work is $50, cash'n'carry.

Here are the themes I chose and the attendant art pieces. Come check it out!

The Stork and the Owl

All  I Need is Bread

Bourbon

Bourbon

Black Sheep

Black Sheep

Field Mouse

Lunchbox

Continuations of the fox phase!

After the Big 100 show I got a request for another fox painting. Here are a few representatives of the army of foxes that are slowing taking over my studio.

"Sighted and Unphased"

"All Ears"

"Everything is Better on Black Velvet"

"The Lookout Spot"

"Pouncer"

A belated publication of the first painting from last year, "Woman with a Bird in Her Hair" (in honor of Portland).

Art for the Big 400 (My how it grows!)

Back when I first stumbled into the wonderful world of The Big 100, it was just that... 100 artists displaying their matched panels in a giant warehouse, stacked on each other like the world's most expressive bricks. This year it touted the name "the Big 400" but boasted nearly a hundred more--500 artists of various styles and subject matters, all working the same limited playing field of an 8 x 8 panel. People swarmed inside the double galleries, visiting and revisiting walls that seemed to shift their content even as viewed--one image coming into focus that only moments before had been totally ignored. Needless to say, it takes a couple of passes to see even a fraction of the art displayed. In case you missed it (or were there staring directly at it, but succumbed to the mind witchery that is overstimulation of the optic nerves), here are my pieces from this year's Big 400 (or a few of them, at least).