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April 7, 2012#

April Update

Swarm Gallery + Studios has joined Oakland Art Murmur’s First Friday Art Walk. Last night was the inaugural event, as well as a celebration of Swarm’s 6th year in operation. Thank you so much to everyone who made it out! Please stop by next month if you missed it–the gallery will have a new show up every month and the studios in the back will be open for perusing. The studio artists will also have a rotation of events, installations, and collaborations in the studio common space. Really looking forward to meeting new folks and sharing new work with everyone.

Here are some things in progress:

December 4, 2011#

Postcards

New studio postcards just arrived. If you’d like one, send me an address and I’ll drop one in the mail to you.

Here are some photos from the past few days. I’ve picked up again on a large piece that I had started earlier this year and then set aside while I tackled a few other projects.

December 21, 2010#

On Location…

December 5, 2010#

The Trappist

This is from a bar in Oakland that I like to frequent. They serve only Belgian and specialty beers. It’s very crowded on weekends, but weeknights after work it’s a really nice place to just sit at the bar while drawing and making small-talk (and of course enjoy a delicious brew).

October 11, 2010#

Entrails

October 3, 2010#

iPhone Noodling

I recently bought a sketching app for my iPhone and have been messing around. I like it a lot. The very nature of it prohibits too much fussing over details. Just color, light, shapes. Quick and dirty.

September 27, 2010#

New Studio + Sketchbooking

I recently moved into a new studio space in Jack London Square. So much better than the garage! Better light, better neighbors, fewer spiders. And dangerously close to Blue Bottle Coffee. You can see some new work in progress in the photo.

Because of our schedules this year, Chris and I have decided not to exhibit at APE. I was planning to compile some recent sketchbook images and mini-comics in a book for the show, but I’ll share some of them here instead.

August 6, 2010#

More Plein Air

I painted a drab, crooked building on a very cold, gray and misty morning by Lake Merritt. And then afterwards I got breakfast at a diner and everything was fine.

July 29, 2010#

Plein Air Paintings

I’ve been painting en plein air the last few weeks with Dice Tsutsumi, Robert Kondo, and Shelly Wan, who have been kind enough to let me tag along on their weekly outings. It has been, at the same time, both horrifying and wonderful. I sweat the entire time. My hands tremble. I develop a stutter.

…this is the stuff of inspiration!

It’s been terribly foggy and overcast in the mornings, so the lighting hasn’t been very exciting. But at least it’s been consistent. More to come…

January 22, 2010#

New Ink

Chris got the outlines of his new tattoo started yesterday: a circus themed sleeve of epic proportions, done by the talented and prolific Jason Kundell at Artwork Rebels in Portland. I brought my sketchbook along.

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