Off With My Head

Today is National Beheading Day! (Thanks to Underneath The Juniper Tree for the heads up...or down...)

To celebrate, I'll be at the Issaquah Art Walk tonight from 5-9pm. Well...probably not all the way to 9pm because last year by 9pm it was totally dark and people were politely squinting at my art but not able to really see anything so I will likely start packing up when the sun-god gets beheaded and the sun plops below the tree line. Come by and mention this and I will draw you a picture of a beheaded monster.

I should be here:


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If you just want to celebrate the holiday in the peace and quiet of sitting in your underwear in front of the computer, you can do so with the new issue of Underneath The Juniper Tree here:

http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/utjt_sept2011

And by listening to The Offspring song "Beheaded", which is probably not OK for kids depending on how you feel about recreational dismemberment:

Last-Minute Art Walk - Shoofly Pie

Tonight, Shoofly Pie, 6-9 pm.

I was asked at the last minute to fill an art walk vacancy at the West Seattle Art Walk tonight. I'll have a table with prints and trinkets for sale outside and my art (including a few new pieces) will be hanging inside Shoofly Pie for tonight only. Come on by for some art and pie!

http://www.shooflypiecompany.com/

Shoofly Pie Company 4444 California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98116

Everyone Look At Me

I'm not really big on drawing attention to myself, but since I recently starting showing up on film again (mirrors too!) I suppose it's worth sharing when someone takes pictures of me with my art.

Cementing its place as my favorite Seattle art walk, Columbia City was a great time last Thursday. Thank you to all the wonderful people who showed up! I will probably add the Ballard art walk to my roster soon, but it's going to have to try really hard to edge out Columbia City and its intimate atmosphere and delightful live music selection.

Columbia City has also done a great job of documenting the art walks and posting information and photos regularly throughout the month. Here are a few links to pictures they've posted:

Last week's art walk:
http://ccartwalk.blogspot.com/2011/06/jonathan-arras-spirals-in-love-at.html

May's art walk:
http://communityartscreate.org/Community_Arts_Create/My_Albums_2/Pages/May-ArtWalk_2011.html

West Seattle Art Walk, Spirals In Love, Pie

You better get ready, 'cause at six o'clock on Thursday I'm gonna ART you. The West Seattle Art Walk (http://wsartwalk.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/WSArtWalk) didn't have a logo so I made one for them. I assume that the way the Internet works is that now that I've put this out there my art will be universally associated with the words "west", "seattle","art", and "walk". I'm going to be totally famous. Except that I forgot to put my website on the logo. Oh, and I also figured out that they kind of do have a logo. I think mine's better though.

I'll be at the Shoofly Pie Company (http://www.shooflypiecompany.com/) from 6-9 pm on Thursday, June 9. Along with my originals and normal art walk trinkets, I have a slew of new bookmarks and a new series of 8x10 prints that are inexpensive and look great!

Shoofly Pie Company
4444 California Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98116

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=+Shoofly+Pie+Company+4444+California+Ave.+SW,+Seattle,+WA+98116&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.8712,91.669922&ie=UTF8&hq=Shoofly+Pie+Company&hnear=4444+California+Ave+SW,+Seattle,+King,+Washington+98116&ll=47.563395,-122.385056&spn=0.010237,0.01929&z=16

Tiny Teeth And Heart Balloons

Thank you to everyone who turned out for yesterday's Columbia City art walk! Don't tell the other art walks because they'll get jealous, but I think Columbia City's is my new favorite. I think it has the potential to turn into a truly celebratory monthly festival and I definitely recommend turning out for next month's (June 16) and then going to the Mountain Goats show afterward (http://www.showboxonline.com/market/eventdetail.php?id=31805). And also buying an extra ticket for me. Thanks!


These are some doodles I did during the slow times yesterday. The first one was pretty much entirely for my daughter. The others revisit some things I was obsessed with a few years ago - tiny teeth (above) and Felix the Cat-influenced eyes (below). Both of these were more something to occupy my fidgety hands than an attempt at anything substantial, but somewhere in the world is a table with a row of sweaty and uncomfortable creatures similar to the one below dancing and eating.


If you find yourself in the south Seattle area or are into poetry events (or whatever it is you call them), I still have some original pieces hanging at SPLAB for the next few weeks.

http://splab.org/?page_id=7

Super Awesome Best Art Walk Ever

The inaugural Columbia City art walk is tomorrow (Thursday, 5/19) and it looks pretty darn cool. And not just because I will be there (although that's clearly going to be a huge influence on its success) - check out the link below for a list of all the activities and music and even post-art walk events they have planned.

http://communityartscreate.org/Community_Arts_Create/ArtWalk_%26_Street_Fair.html

I'll have a gallery show up at SPLAB and will also be hawking my wares in the alley just like every Thursday night. Except that this time it's sponsored by Community Arts Create.

SPLAB Location:
3651 S. Edmunds
Seattle, WA 98118
in the Columbia Cultural Corner (the former Columbia School). Enter from Edmunds. Off street parking is available and we’re three blocks from the Link Light Rail stop in Columbia City.


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You Can Almost Believe That They're Real

I do my best to avoid letting people actually see my face, but Gabrielle Garrido of mynorthwest.com was very enthusiastic about my work at last week's Issaquah art walk so I agreed to a few pictures. I'm pretty sure it's just because my kids are cute (they were helping promote my location on a very rainy day by handing out business cards), but it's free publicity so I might as well exploit them.

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=643&sid=477995&pid=11

There are three pictures of my setup (the first one has me and my children) and then following those pictures is one of Julie Clegg and her work.

I shared my art walk space with Julie of Bailey & Banjo Pet Photography.

http://baileyandbanjo.com/

She also runs http://www.lickslobberdrool.com/ which is a charity that takes cancer away from dogs and gives it to animals that people like less, like owls and giraffes. So if you hate giraffes (or like dogs) you should check out the site. Especially since I owe her now that I completely misrepresented her charitable organization.



Greeting visitors to our little art barn was Charlie of http://charliespring.com/, also seen and heard outside of http://charliespring.com/ in the real world (his performance schedule is on his website). Charlie was fantastic company and continued playing past the point where we could see his breath in the cold, wet air and only took minimal breaks to warm his numb fingers.

We didn't have very many visitors due to the extremely crummy weather, but thank you to everyone who braved it to come visit us! I'm not sure if I'll be at June's Issaquah art walk, but I will definitely be at August and September's (July is dead to me).

Bohemian Like You

I've been invited to participate in the first-ever Columbia City "Bohemian Backstreets" art walk! I don't know my location yet, but I will post it here when I do.

http://communityartscreate.org/Community_Arts_Create/Art_Walk.html

The walk is Thursday, May 19 from 4-8pm and there should be an associated street fair. Most likely full of mimes having their mime minds blown by the mind-blowing Spirals In Love bookmarks.

Columbia City has hosted a monthly BeatWalk (like an art walk but for music) on the first Friday of each month for 15 years, but is just now taking a stab at the art walk thing. Even if you are not able to attend, if you live in the Seattle area please let anyone who might be interested know about the art walk - as a brand new event it will need all the publicity it can get!

The Boy Who Could Fly

My art is on a flyer! Art walk season is kicking off so in addition to the wonderful people at www.gotgotartart.com putting my name out there on these flyers I am going to actually leave the house sometimes and make appearances at art walks and show openings. Like the one tomorrow night at Happy Delusions!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118565178221108

Time	Friday, April 1 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	happy delusions 924 S. 3rd St. Renton, WA, 98057