Alyson Stanfield

Alyson Stanfield came to the Translations Gallery opening last week, and included a picture of us together is her weekly newsletter.

If you're not familiar with Alyson, she's an art coach, and has recently written and published a book about art marketing titled I'd Rather Be in the Studio. She offers workshops and online classes, and is also available for individual consultations.

More on Translations Gallery Opening

Here's one more picture of the Translations Gallery opening that I . . . ahem . . . borrowed from Christina's blog. OK, I stole it. Sorry, Christina. Your pictures look better than mine! This is me and Christina Yocca in the gallery in front of our work, before the opening.



To see more pictures of the opening from Christina's point of view, check out her blog.

Absolute Arts Article

There's an article about my Translations Gallery show on the Absolute Arts website today, and also in their newsletter. It features my painting titled Shazaam:



Shazaam is 24" x 30", acrylic latex on canvas.

Translations Gallery Show

I just got back from Denver and the opening reception of my "Ordinary Alchemy" show with Christina Yocca at Translations Gallery. Here are some pictures of my work in the show and the reception:


















I'd never been to Denver before, and it was lovely. It snowed the week before, but we got lucky, and the weather was perfect. We had a drum circle playing live music outside, and the catered food was fabulous.



Many thanks to Judy Hagler and Kate Merkel of Translations Gallery for all their hard work in putting this show together. Everything looked beautiful, and I had a great time meeting everyone at the reception.

Ordinary Alchemy Show

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I got the invitations today for my show at Translations Gallery, and they look good! If you're in the Denver area, drop by the reception on May 9th, 5-8pm. I'll be there, along with my paintings.

Small Wonders at Pharmaka

Magma, 24" x 24", acrylic on canvas

One of my paintings will be in the "Small Wonders" show at Pharmaka Gallery December 8 - 22, 2007. The paintings in the show will be raffled off at an event on December 15th. For more details see the Pharmaka website.

Wet Paint Show

We had gorgeous summer weather for the Wet Paint show today. Roxbury Park was beautiful, and the artwork looked great there.









This was my setup, under a lovely elm tree. You can see several of my new pieces on the black display panels.



Thank you to everyone who came to see me, said nice things about my work, and kept me company for the duration of the show! It was great to see all of you.

Wet Paint Show

Mark your calendar! I'll be part of the "Wet Paint" show sponsored by the LACMA Art Museum Council, on Sunday, October 22nd, from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, at Roxbury Park in Beverly Hills. All of the participating artists will be working on their art in the park, thus the name, "Wet Paint." I think I'm going to bring work from my new "Decomposition" series to work on. I might do some stitching and stretching, or maybe some detail painting.

It should be fun! Hope to see you there.

LA Art Exchange Auction

I helped out today at the LA Art Exchange Auction. It was quite an experience. I had never been to a live auction before, and the pace of it was both exhilarating and exhausting. I was one of three "runners" collecting payment from buyers, and we were kept very busy. A lot of work sold, including one of my paintings, pictured above, and collectors went home happy with their new purchases. The auction was webcast through eBay's Live Auctions website, and there were even online bidders. Jonathan Holiday was the auctioneer, and he did an incredible job of keeping everyone's energy and enthusiasm up for four hours non-stop. The entire event was fascinating, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity be a part of it.

The Dot

Here are some pictures from "The Dot" show at The Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. These were taken by Charles Gniech, the gallery director. "The Dot" features the paintings of three artists who use dots in their work, and one of them is me! I'd like to see this in person, but I don't know about going to Chicago in the middle of winter!

Primarily Red

Lyn Southworth and I staffed the I-5 Gallery today, as part of being in their "Primarily Red" show. The show looks really good, and I took a couple of pics for you to see. This first one shows one of my paintings, "Redscape," installed -- second from the left:



This is a better photo of "Redscape:"



Below is the piece that Lyn has in the show, titled "Red Lady." It's ink and bleach on cotton, meaning that the piece started out red and she worked backwards by bleaching away the light areas.



The show will be up through January 29th with a closing event on Sunday, January 29th from 3:30 - 6:00 pm. The I-5 Gallery is at The Brewery, in downtown Los Angeles.

Thank you, Mat Gleason, for showing us the hidden light switch!

Upcoming Shows

I've been getting work ready for two shows in Melbourne, Florida and Scottsdale, Arizona. These are the pieces going to LoPressionism Gallery in Melbourne for a three-person show titled "Explosion of Color:"





And eight pieces are going to LKG Contemporary in Scottsdale:









If you're in these cities, be sure to check out my work!