What we do

Jon and me in Oregon hard at work on images for our upcoming two person show at Artzone.  Stay tuned for more details.

The Big Painting

A few progress shots.  Can you tell the difference?  The bottom image gives a sense of the scale of this thing.

Something Different

Monoprints from my press.  I love how the images change with the different colors and infinite ways of inking the plate.

Work in progress

Some work in progress.  The bottom painting is brand new.  Just started it this afternoon.  It's 63"x79" on linen.  Very exciting.  I painted the top seascape over an old refinery painting.  The next one below, the plants, used to be a seascape.

My Studio

Here's a photo of my studio looking mostly like it does when I'm working.  I usually work on one or two paintings (one on each easel) at a time and up to four or five in one day.  All those other paintings stay on the walls - I am quickly and sadly running out of space.  My process is a little scattered.  Most of the time, I'll plan to work on a particular painting and end up mixing a color that's exactly right for another one.  The first painting is quickly forgotten.  Only very rarely do I spend an entire day on one painting, but that does occasionally happen when I'm in the mood to revisit a particular place.  I don't necessarily work in series, though something that happens in one painting will inspire further exploration, and before I know it, I have three seascapes or a bunch of oil tanks.  Lately the paintings have been getting bigger and bigger.  It's hard to switch back and forth between small and large, but I'm happy to say that canvases that seemed immense earlier on now feel very manageable.

 I am in the studio working from 8:30 or 9AM until 6PM weekdays. The studio space itself is about 15'x20' in a larger space which I share with five other wonderfully talented artists.  It's housed in a former Best Foods mayonnaise bottling factory in the Mission district and is full of other dedicated artists.

Photography Interview

Jon has a really nice interview on the Dickerman Prints Photo Lab Blog in which he talks about process and future projects.  I shoot most of my images while he's driving between the places he where he shoots, so some of it may look familiar.  Here he is in action:

Lots of new work in progress

Varying stages of progress from just started to pretty much done.  I'm having lots of fun experimenting with the houses and industrial stuff.

Spring Open Studios

Please join me this weekend for Spring Open Studios in the Mission.  I will be showing new paintings and prints alongside the beautiful photography of Jon McNeal.  Details below.

1890 Bryant (btwn 17th and Mariposa), Studio 212

Friday, April 13 6-9PM

Saturday, April 14 noon-6PM

Sunday, April 15 noon-6PM

Hope to see you there!

Finished

Some new, some older...

A new post at long last!

It's not that I haven't been working...  Here are several paintings in various states of progress (forgive some of the glare - lighting in the studio is difficult).
Top to bottom:
A house in Brentwood just after Christmas.  Not sure if you can see the icicle lights in this photo.  40"x50"
Some power plants in the east bay.  Shot the same day as the house.  34"x56"
A tank in the east bay.  28"x50"
Black Crater update.  This is from Lava Beds National Monument.  A crazy place.  50"x40"
Orchard update.  This one's almost done.  34x50"
A refinery in the east bay.  Lots of work to do on this one. 34"x50"
A seascape.  We were at North Beach at Point Reyes on a very foggy day.  This combined with some messed up printer settings made for an atmospheric reference image.  Approx. 30"x40"