upcoming events

Autumn vignette, encaustic & digital, 4" x 4", framed 5.5" x 5.5"

Here are a group of new paintings, all destined for my featured artist show at Artistica Gallery in Dexter. The opening will be Dec 3 from 6-8pm. This work features a number of very tiny paintings as well as some larger work.

Zion - cliff clinging tree, encaustic & digital, 6" x 6", framed 9" x 9"

Storm/shore, encaustic & digital, 6" x 6", framed 9" x 9"

coastal abstract, encaustic & digital, 4" x 4", framed 5.5" x 5.5"

Prairie sky, encaustic & digital, 7" x 23", framed 12" x 28"

Fisherman's Island Dusk, encaustic & digital, 7" x 23", framed 12" x 28"

New Mexico Skyline, encaustic & digital, 4" x 4", framed 5.5" x 5.5"

Some of these pieces came out of the summer's trip out west, some are Michigan based. All reflect an emotional connection to the landscape and to particular times of day - generally late afternoon when the light is at its most lyrical.

One other upcoming event of interest - the Milan Art Center is having a holiday extravaganza on December 4thWhat is that? We'll have an exhibition of gift friendly art by local artists including Kim Trail Rhoney, Marne Evans, and myself. We'll have a craft project fundraiser that will produce a cool gift and we'll have hot chocolate after the annual Milan Holiday Parade. More information on our Facebook page.

Sustainable Centerpieces project

I've been working with the Ecology Center on their upcoming 40th Anniversary Fundraiser. They invited me to coordinate a different sort of art fundraiser than the usual "donate your work and write off just the materials because you like our cause." Instead, we're doing something much more interesting: artists were invited to create Sustainable Centerpieces - small sculptures which reference one of the themes the Ecology Center focuses on like wind power, recycling, water use, etc. The pieces will be sold by silent auction at the upcoming Nov 17th dinner featuring Van Jones and dinner at the Michigan League- you can buy tickets here. What's unique about this? The artists will take home most of the proceeds of the sale of their work, sharing a cut with the Ecology Center. We're excited about this as a more collaborative way of raising funds and supporting both a terrific organization and the artists working with them. There are 21 artists contributing a total of 35 pieces to the project - below is a small sampling - I'll post more in the coming days.

Barbara Melnik Carson Recycling Outside a Small Circle of Friends

Candace Compton Pappas - house

Sobel - resevoir

Sobel - coil tree

Sobel - cable tree



Rick Lieder Capturing the Last Joyride

Mike Sivak Reliquary

Laila Kujala

Rick De Troyer

Barbara Brown

Jill Love & Mary Bowe - Earth