Art in a series / L’art en série

Creating art in a series makes the art better and, as a bonus, can even help the artist’s career.  Créer l’art en série donne naissance à des œuvres supérieures et peut même aider la carrière de l’artiste.

More American than you

I feel sorry for people without recent immigrant heritage.  They can’t possibly know what it’s like to be American. 

Allegorical portraiture / Le portrait allégorique

Allegorical portraiture is the very best kind of art.  Le portrait allégorique est la meilleure forme d’art.

Art = content + delivery / L’art = le fond + la forme

I know I was just saying a couple of weeks ago that “art = idea + technique + person,” but this equation is important too!  Je sais bien qu’il y quinze jours je disais que «l’art = une idée + une technique + une personne» mais cette équation est utile aussi!

Opening at Anka Gallery

Last night, Transcendent opened at Anka Gallery!

The value of art

I didn’t mean for this video blog to come across as quite so intimidating, but Raha The Riveter’s presence does seem to have that effect.

Art-Beat-ilicious!

Last night, my work was featured on OPB’s Oregon Art Beat.

Oregon Art Beat, me, and everyone I know

When KC contacted me about featuring my work on Oregon Art Beat, I was thrilled, but my exhilaration was followed immediately by an overwhelming sense of terror.  I was convinced I would be boring.  So I did what any portrait artist would do: I put my subjects in the spotlight!

Audience participation

I can’t listen in on every conversation had about my work, so I do the next best thing: I provide an anonymous venue for commentary which asks all the questions I wish I could ask of my viewers.  After all, art isn’t art without feedback from the audience.

Speaking of speaking…

I’m doing a talk tomorrow and I did one last week.  With all this lecturing, I’m thinking a lot about how best to engage an audience…

Erzulie Fitzgerald

This combination of a Haitian-American woman with a jazz singer and a Voodoo goddess is in a lot of ways the ultimate cultural mash-up for Apple Pie.

An oversized pile of letters

My Letter From The American Cousin had to be more than an allegorical portrait to work as a piece.

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