WV Wesleyan College Collagraph Workshop

Recently I got the chance to go to West Virginia Wesleyan College to do a three day collagraph workshop with their printmaking students.  We had a lot of fun and made some really interesting art!  Here are some photos of our time:   

   the printmaking studio

    workshop table

   student work

   student work

   Carol's print (printmaking instructor)

   my plate on the press bed

   
   finished product

Escape at the American Contemporary Gallery

Here is the postcard for the group exhibition, Escape, that I am a part of at the American Contemporary Gallery.  Other artists exhibiting are:  Anna Foer, Gerald Ferstman, Bart O'Reilly, Christiane Pape, and Kristina Zallinger.  It opens March 6th from 7:00 - 10:00.   I have seven pieces in the exhibition, four that have never been shown before.  All are works on paper, with various types of media, all built around monoprints.  I'm pretty excited about the exhibition because it is my first exhibition since graduate school, from works that are made since graduating from graduate school.  

Some new work

   Fantastical, monoprint, graphite, ink, colored pencil on paper, 30" x 22"

      Figuring It All Out, monoprint, ink, intaglio on paper, 30" x 22"

       Cowboy Take Me Away, monoprint, ink, colored pencil on paper, 22" x 30"

Spontaneity, Randomness, and Gesture Images

As promised, here are some images of the exhibition in Sleeth Gallery at West Virginia Wesleyan College that I curated. 

   right side of the gallery

   far wall

   left side of the gallery

   Lauren Peterson and Leslie Shellow's work

   Lauren Peterson's small monoprint/collagraphs and Ellen Durkan's drawing

   Leslie Shellow and myself

   Tiffany Jordan's mammoth drawing and Leslie Shellow's small paintings

   one of Leslie's small groupings

Systematic Disorder Images

Here are some images from the Systematic Disorder installation at Rogue Community College.  It's always interesting to see how someone else interprets your work, especially something like an installation piece.  The images aren't the greatest, but you can get the idea. 

Spontaneity, Randomness, and Gesture at West Virginia Wesleyan College Postcard

This is the postcard for the exhibition at West Virginia Wesleyan College, that I curated. The exhibition is based on the Abstract Expressionist movement and how artists today are embracing the ideas behind the movement and making adding their own spin on it. All of the artists are women. While there were many women who painted in the expressionist style, especially after the 1950's, the art created was largely seen by the critics of the time as male dominated in its scale and spirit. All of the artists in this exhibition were born after the Women's Movement and do not see Abstract Expressionism as a male dominated territory. They do not feel the weight of Picasso or DeKooning on their shoulders and are unconcerned with the critical history of the movement. Rather, they look to art from the past that seems to answer formal issues and that presents a structure through which they can explore their own interior visions.

Installation images to come later!

Maggie Gourlay's Patterns of Dislocation Opening February 20th 6:00 - 9:00 @ School 33