drawing from memory

this is amazing. if you like drawing, or memory, or even rome this is worth a view.

saw it on lennys now "regional" art news blog.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonain Art Museum

I finally made it to the finally reopened museum. damn it was gorgeous. I hardly noticed the art, but i'll go back many times. The vicotrian styling of the great hall is stunning, and super fun in that elegant/ carnivalesque kinda of way that only the victorians can be. The hall on the east side of the building is a wonderful space for modern american art. Funny that most people in the room at the time i walked through it were SITTING in front of the television installation. I remember the bathrooms from the museum pre-closing were fascinating in that old institutional tiled way. Now, they look like any plain restaurant. i was disappointed by that.



Here is the view from the Portico Cafe, which by the way has a full bar.



here is the row across the street with the inspiring facades.



Penn Quarter/ Gallery Place is really turning into the best neighborhood in DC, in my opinion.


I also swung by the National Building Museum
which has a good exhibit on Green building practices. Check it out. I am a big fan of the green roof. and im a sucker for beautiful buildings.

My Adams Morgan Day experience.

Rania and I each set up to sell our art during the Adams Morgan Day festival yesterday. I have only set up at a few other festivals before... and that was ten years ago. She has never done this before.

Needless to say we were rather nervous.

We have been working tirelessly for the past few weeks getting things ready. I created a series of smaller pieces, and polished up a few of my concrete disks.

Rania created an awe-inspiring workshop in our dining room and living room and studio in order to complete a lot of her very ambitious ideas. Which, our course, she did.


We packed up our car on Saturday and cautiously drove it 30 blocks to our house, parked it in our driveway/patio and covered it with a tarp.


All night i was wary of some alley denizens toying with the stuff on the roof i dreamed of the car disappearing or being stolen with all of our stuff inside. Generally is very bad practice to leave ANYTHING in your car in our hood. Still, there was no way in hell I was going to pack it up in the morning. We had to be there by 7, and we are not morning people.


We woke up at 5:15 ish to get going. I downed about 750 cups of coffee and a sip of water.

We arrived and started to set up. We were met by our friend and assistant for the morning, the fabulous Beth Baldwin. Thank you Beth!

Another friend, Tom helped us out putting up signs and various finishing up stuff. He also did a coffee run to bring my total up to 750 1/2 since I shared it with rania.

It took just over an hour for me to get my walls up and pieces hung.

I met Avner Ofer, the organizer for the artists. He did a bang up job.

People started trickling by as they were walking their dogs or jogging or going to get the Sunday paper.

Rania sold a painting before the event even started!

Thousands of people walked by. Hundreds came into my booth. Scores asked about my work, picked up my card, signed my mailing list, and many bought my work.

I met a number of people I have only know through blogging. Stop, blog and Roll, Rebuilding Place, Alexandra Silverthorne, Scott Brooks, Amanda Hirsh uhh.. Anyone else?
I met a couple that reads my Bloomingdale Blog and live just a couple of blocks from me.


many other bloggers came by, but I already knew them.


A number of friends were set up too.

The wonderful painter Dana Elyn whose work I love, but don't yet own.
The AMAZINGLY prolific Matt Sesow
The Washington Glass Studio guys, whom of course, I think are great.
A former Art Monday chick, and cool silkscreen producing Kristina Bilonick.

I was set up next to a new friend Moira, the Bookish Lady. I quite liked her image transfer pieces.

All in all it was a very energy packed day ( 750.5 cups of coffee not withstanding....) i had tons of fun, it was a freaking beautiful beautiful day. I hope to do more shows like this.

Th reactions to my work were generally very positive. People seemed to enjoy my titles quite a bit and i received some alternative interpretations of my work. In one instance a woman walking by glanced at my work and actually SCOFFED very loudly. Another woman in a very codescending and loud voice said," Well, thats interesting".

Definitely the most amusing negative critics i've had.




Thank to everyone that came out, and special thanks to all of you that bought my work!

stop by my tent durring Adams Morgan Day.

sunday noon til 7:00. come by and say hi.

local furniture maker

check out this guy's stuff

Someday i'll hire him for some built-in's.... but i need to save up some money first....

testing my set up for adams morgan day

slideshow!

here is a slideshow of some of my faux finishing.

Recent job- august.

patternwork1111
Originally uploaded by Scenic Artisan.

This is in a grand salon of a mansion. This is gold patternwork over a burgandy glaze.

Adams Morgan Day 2006

Adams morgan day is coming up on September 10th. I'll be setting up a booth to sell some of my artwork. please come by and say hi.

he'll save children, but not the british children.

a music video about george washington

Pluto

yes, i am a little sad that Pluto is no longer a planet.

My
very
excellent
mother
just
served
us
uh..... nectarines?

see what i mean?
the future is bleek.

flikr photo set test

molding sample

a pattern i'm playing with

currently i'm doing this on a gigantic wall... hopefully the pictures will do it justice.

a recent project

Cafe near my studio

There is now a cafe in Mount Ranier, MD right on Rhode Island Avenue in the Mount Ranier artists loft building. My studio is just a few blocks from there.

i like this idea.

empty storefronts used as arts venues.

International Left-Handers Day.

post article about lefties

Jim Henson plus a good friend of mine

A friend and ex coworker of mine did the sculpture at the bottom right of THIS page.


too cool.


also, my god have i been busy.

this event looks interesting......

Where: Gallery's Terrace, 1115 East-West Highway - SS, Md. 20910
When: Saturday, 8/5, 4 - 10pm

Visuals:
Artists Ross Trimmer (www.josephrosser.com) and Mickael Elliot who will be re-painting Gallery's 30ft. fence. The two will be creating a "total composition" with each artist starting from opposite ends of a 30-foot wall using the same color palette and tools. The final collaborative image will create an atmosphere of unity as well as contrast. After the basic image is created the artists will switch sides to finish off each others compositions, allowing each other to alter and adjust each others work to finally bring the piece to a unified end. This piece will be different than previous work at Gallery as it will feature less of a focus on lettering and more on the general composition of the piece.

Once the lights go out, live video projections for this event will be created by Baltimore artist Metaphreq as he fuses previously generated video clips with a live video feed of the evening's festivities.

Music:
This month will feature a Live PA set by Philadelphia label owner/operatior Sean O'neal aka Someone Else from 7-9pm. Sean will be joined by DC area DJ Milo (4-7).