Pearl of Great Price

Pearl of Great Price, 2014, acrylic on panel, 36 x 36 inches

Art Silicon Valley

I will have new paintings on display in the Bridgette Mayer Gallery booth at Art Silicon Valley, San Francisco, from October 9-12, 2014.

Art Silicon Valley San Francisco

Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Booth #61

San Mateo County Event Center

Expo Hall

1346 Saratoga Drive

San Mateo, CA 94403

Red Bull Canvas Cooler

I’m excited and honored to be one of 20 artists chosen to participate in the 2014 Red Bull Philly Canvas Cooler competition. The event takes place next Thursday, Sept. 25th from 8-11pm at Arch Enemy Arts, 109 Arch Street. If you like my cooler, use #TIMPAINTSPHL to vote for it. Once the event is over, my cooler will be displayed at Tango, 1021 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA.

The Red Bull Curates Facebook event page is here:https://www.facebook.com/events/565370946922211/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar

Black Boned Angel

Black Boned Angel, 2014, acryilc on panel, 30 x 24 in. 

2014 Benefit Exhibition for Ballet X

2014 Benefit Exhibition for BalletX   On view: September 5 - October 4, 2014   Bridgette Mayer Gallery presents: 2014 Benefit Exhibition for BalletX  On view: September 5 - October 4, 2014 Opening Reception: September 5, 2014 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.  The exhibition will feature work by over 250 artists!    For more information click   For a preview of available works, please contact:  rsvp@bridgettemayergallery.com Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m & by appointment.    For pricing, images or additional exhibition information please contact   t: 215 413 8893 e: bmayer@bridgettemayergallery.com      Thank you to our 2014 Benefit Exhibition Sponsors                   __________________________________________________________________________

Well, this is late because I had the post in "Draft" mode and had forgotten about it. Anyway, I have two new paintings in this show and will be at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery for the reception. 

Embracing the obvious

Sometimes, what I think of as the easy or obvious solution is actually the best solution. Earlier tonight, I reached a point with a work on paper where I was just shy of a resolution. I took a break, went back to it and still couldn't satisfy myself with the results. Walked away again, came back to it and started tinkering with it more. I needed a decisive mark or series of marks to finish the piece off. The image making techniques that I'd used for the majority of the piece were not going to work for the final layer. I finally stopped avoiding the "obvious" and got on with finishing the piece with the "easy" solution...and it worked.

It was a relief because I'd spent so much time trying to find a way around the obvious solution that I think that I gave myself a dull, throbbing headache in the process.