Chateau Orquevaux Residency, 2017

The month of May was spent entirely in Champagne-Ardenne, the northeastern region of France where I had a studio at the Chateau Orquevaux artist residency.  The experience was transformative for my painting, as well as for writing music and my life.  The effects of the time spent there I still see to this day, to the point where I have to admit that the opportunity of being selected for the residency and meeting the other artists and working in France was career and life-altering, an experience I will never forget. 

Prelude, April 2017

In April, just before leaving for France for a residency at Chateau Orquevaux, I was fortunate to be able to present my most recent work for a second time at Circle of Hope artist gallery in Fishtown.  Thank you to everyone who came out to see the work, I could not have asked for a better send-off for the residency.

Jon Wilkening - Creative Bar podcast, Episode 9

Jon Wilkening is a photographer, coworker and friend who came by the studio earlier this month where we recorded an excellent conversation which is now his ninth episode of his Creative Bar podcast series. It's a real pleasure to stretch out with a friend who operates in a similar creative sphere as you and share thoughts. I hope it's the first of many - check it out, and check out his work @jonwilkening . Our mediums may be different but our goals as artists made this a chat to remember.

Eric Van Nielsen is an abstract painter I have the pleasure of working with at Trader Joe's. We just set up a mic in his studio and hit record capturing a long version of our break room conversations. Check out his work at http://www.ericvannielsen.com/. Music for the episode: Stormy Blues by Arne Bang Huseby via CC

 

Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency 2017

With much gratitude, I'm excited to share that I've received early acceptance to Chateau Orquevaux's 2017 Artist Residency! I cannot wait to meet the other artists and share the work I will be doing there here. Thank you, @chateau.orquevaux 2017 cannot come fast enough!

The Resource Exchange and artistic sustainability @ WHYY, August 2016

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Thanks again to the summer interns at WHYY for the opportunity to speak about The Resource Exchange and sustainable art-making in Philadelphia. The work they do @theresourceexchange is so incredibly important and I was honored to speak on their behalf!

@mediacommons @philadelphia #artisfun#reusereducerecycle #oilpainting#sustainableart

Circle of Hope Gallery, February 2016

Thank you to everyone who came out to the opening or closing this past February, and a special thanks to everyone at Circle of Hope.  It was the ideal space for the pieces - I could not have asked for better!

 

The Resource Exchange reCreate Gallery, April 2015