Tag: Notebook
The Exhibition
Sunday, November 28, 2010 | Permalink | Comments [0]
For those of you who have been kind enough to follow my work but were unable to attend my MFA exhibition, I thought I might post some photographs from the show. Unfortunately, I don’t have any shots of the opening reception — after all the hard work that went into getting the show up, I was just happy to be conscious and in attendance that night. The reception was great though — there was a huge turn-out and I had a lot of fun talking to folks about my work.
There was a brief write-up of the show in the campus newspaper.
The work in the show is all from large scale digital files — many of which are over 3GB in size. The largest prints, the candy wrapper series, were printed at 3′x3′ and from files that each contain 234,090,00 pixels (15,300px by 15,300px). I’ve never worked this large before and seeing these pieces at this scale was really gratifying. Months of drawing, painting, layering, masking, and color correction went into each piece but I never really got a good sense about how it was all working until I finally saw the final prints on the gallery walls.
Now that the show is over, I’m looking forward to figuring out what to do next. I’d love to continue working on some of the ideas that developed out of this body of work, but I’m not quite sure how to proceed. Working at such a large scale is very demanding and outputting high quality, archival prints at these sizes is not easy on the pocket book. I would love to do a short run of limited edition prints of some of these pieces.
By the way, this entire album of photos can also be found on my Facebook page. Liking my Facebook page is a great way to keep up-to-date with what I’m doing and to help me spread the word about my work.
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Saturday, November 6, 2010 | Permalink | Comments [0]
On Sunday, November 14, 2010, my MFA thesis exhibition, Make Believe, will be opening in the Dutzi art gallery on the campus of California State University, Long Beach.
A map and directions can be found on the university art department website. Park in lot 7 if you plan to attend the reception.
The reception will be from 5:00pm-7:00pm and coincides with the opening receptions for the MFA exhibitions of three very talented friends of mine, Nancy Chiu, Jennie Cotterill and Harry Diaz.
The exhibit will be on display the week of November 15th-18th. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00pm-5:00pm, and Wednesday from 12:00pm-7:00pm.
I’ll personally be on hand at the gallery to answer questions and talk art both at the reception on Sunday as well as during gallery hours on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, so stop by if you can!
Insights 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008 | Permalink | Comments [0]
This seems to be a busy time for news! I have an illustration in Insights 2008, the CSULB University Art Museum’s annual student art exhibition. The show opens tonight from 6-8 pm and will run through June 1, 2008.
The Robot Show
Thursday, October 25, 2007 | Permalink | Comments [0]
My latest illustration, shown above, will be on display in The Robot Show at California State University, Long Beach. The opening reception will be at 5:00 p.m., Sunday, October 28, 2007.
The Monster Show
Saturday, February 24, 2007 | Permalink | Comments [0]
My latest illustration, a modern take on Count Dracula that I have yet to title, will be on display in The Monster Show in the Merlino Gallery at California State University, Long Beach. The opening reception will be at 5:00 p.m., February 25, 2007. Refreshments will include eyeball cookies and monster cupcakes and I’ve been told that a DJ will be spinning monster-themed music as well. It should be ghoulishly-fun!