Canvas Show reviewed in OK Gazette
The Canvas show, which opens this Friday 06.06.2008, is featured in the current Oklahoma Gazette. Snip:
"It's a bunch of local artists who we've given a pair of Vans old-school slides to customize," said Dylan Bradway, who does design and organization work for "Canvas" and also contributed a pair of painted shoes to this year's show.
Faye: Now Showing for Paseo Fest
Faye (Runs Hot And Cold), acrylic on canvas, 2008.
Faye is one of the paintings in my current solo show Idiolect, now showing at AKA Gallery in Oklahoma City's Paseo District. This weekend is the annual Paseo Arts Festival. The hours are as follows:
Saturday 05.24 10 am to 9 pm Sunday 05.25 10 am to 9 pm Monday 05.26 10 am to 6 pm
Hope to see you there!
Faye, detail view
Faye, another detail view.
Elia Woods and Whitney Forsyth at IAO
A show of mixed-meda works by Oklahoma fiber artists Elia Woods and Whitney Fosyth is currently showing at IAO Gallery at 811 N Broadway in Oklahoma City.
Walking Home, mixed media work by Elia Woods.
Elia is a versatile artist and thinker, whose work spans many media and disciplines. She employs an evocative mix of alternative photographic processeses and fabric to describe the complicated relationship between people and the natural world. Plus, she's a lovely person, to boot.
"What we eat has profound implications for our own health and the health of the planet. With this body of work, I invite the viewer to consider the nature and quality of our food, where it comes from, and our relationship to it."
Elia also cultivates a community garden at 31st and Shartel.
This show's reception is this Friday 05.16.2008 from 6 to 9 pm.
Hey, Pal: Custom Vans for Canvas 2008
Hey, Pal. Custom painted Vans, 2008.
These custom painted Vans will be in the Canvas 2008 show, which opens 06.06.2008 in downtown Oklahoma City. Visit the Canvas site for more details.
Hey Pal, detail view, acrylic on canvas shoes, 2008.
In Soviet Russia, Vans customize you!
Here is my Canvas entry from last year:
Vans on Vans, ink and mixed media on canvas shoes, 2007.
Left shoe view.
Left shoe detail.
Vans on Vans was done by collaging Kleenex Viva towels on the blank shoes using Golden extra heavy matte gel, then drawing with Sakura Pigma Micron pens (I prefer sizes 01 and 02). The hands are tinted with acrylic wash. This piece is an homage to my old Vans Sk8 Hi-Tops. (Vans on Vans sold last year and won't be in the upcoming show.)