Fresco Trip

The summer Fresco Trip has begun. We are posting pictures and information about Frescoes on the blog linked above.

ART ON THE BLOCK

H&R Block, UMKC, Leopold Gallery and the KC Rep are pleased to announce the world premiere screening of ART ON THE BLOCK. Art on the Block documents the ambitious collaboration between H&R Block and the ten regional artists creating site-specific art for Block’s new headquarters. I am honored to be one of the ten featured artists in this documentary.

Monday, May 21, 6-8p.m.
Copaken Stage, One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO.

Program starts at 6:00p.m. – reception to follow.
RSVP by May 14, 2007 816/854-5678 or artprogram@hrblock.com.

To purchase a DVD copy send $15 tax-deductible donation to:
UMKC Comm Studies,
5100 Rockhill Rd, Haag 202
Kansas City MO 64110
attn: AOTB
All proceeds go to the Student Filmmaker Grant Program in the Communication Studies Dept. at the University Missouri Kansas City. For more info contact Daven Gee, 816/305-4738 or geed@umkc.edu.

Our Lady of Lourdes School Visit

I had a lovely visit with Mrs Joann Schell's 7th and 8th graders at Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary. They were incredibly attentive and asked very intellegent questions. These pictures show their artist experiments using rubber stamps to make self portraits.

New Pieces

It is spring time, which is a great time to start new work. This is the first drawing of a new body of work using my friends as models. It is a sketch of Isabel using the word puzzle.

National Drawing Annual

Two of my drawings were selected for inclusion in the 2006 National Drawing Annual publication. Produced by Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, the NDA publication was conceived as an extension of Manifest's Drawing Center mission. Its goal is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing in the United States and beyond.

Manifest’s call for entries received over 350 entries from 121 artists in 27 states and six countries! The final artwork selection for the full-color publication includes 68 works by 33 artists in 16 states and four countries, including England, Scotland, Russia, and the U.S.

Due to be published in the summer of 2007.

www.manifestgallery.org

On the Tube

Jennifer Blome interviewed me live on the noon show of KSDK News Channel 5 in St Louis on Wednesday January 15. We talked about my experiences as a young artist in St Louis and my current projects.
Thanks to everyone who responded to the show.

www.ksdk.com

Leopold Gallery

Leopold Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri is now representing my work. If you are in the area please visit. You can also visit their website to view images by artists they represent.

324 West 63th Street
Kansas City, MO 64113
816.333.3111
www.leopoldgallery.com

"Players I" and "Players II"

"Players I" and "Players II" are original works commissioned by H&R Block, Kansas City, MO. Thanks are in order to many working on the project. Thanks to Paul Dorrell, art consultant from Leopold Gallery in Kansas City, for being inspired by my art, leopoldgallery.com, to Sharon Leger Gottula for the photos shown above, gottula.com, to Peter Altman, William Prenevost and Laura Muir from the Kansas City Repertory Theatre for being so helpful in the creation of the paintings, missourirepertorytheatre.org, to St Louis artist William Lobdell for driving so safely, williamlobdellartsite.com, to Bill Rose for being a great host while I visited Kansas City for the opening, to Mark Buckheit in St Louis for his impeccable framing and generous spirit and last but definitely not least H&R Block for supporting regional artists and commissioning these pieces, www.hrblock.com.

KC Rep Commissions Installed

"Players I" and "Players II" have been installed!! The H&R Block Center which includes Kansas City Repertory Theatre's new downtown Copaken Stage had its Grand Opening Saturday October 21. Great party with 2000 people seeing the art. This is a shot of young lady at the opening with "Players I" answering questions about art in the new collection. I will post images of both pieces when I get the final shots.

Documentary shoot

University of Missouri Kansas City film crew: Jeremiah Wedding, Cathy Woolsey, Daven Gee and Abozar Ardavani. These fine folks came to my studio for an interview and to take footage of my work. They are working on a short piece documenting artists commissioned for H&R Block's new world headquarters in downtown Kansas City. I will be excited to see their finished product. They are a very professional crew, thanks.