Solo show @ Seminole State College

A few select images from my recent solo show, "Watch the Left Hand Closely", @ Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida. The first image is a wall installation that I proposed and completed specifically for this exhibit.

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A few in-process and detailed pictures of the installation for this exhibit. The installation piece is entitled "Watch the Left Hand Closely". Dimensions are variable, but the entire piece spans approximately 8 feet x 20 feet.

USA - Helsinki, Finland Traveling Print Exhibition

Eva G. Farris Art Gallery
Thomas More College
January: Friday 15th- Feb. 6th
Opening Reception: Friday, January 15, 2010 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Thomas More College’s Eva G. Farris Art Gallery and Helsinki Galleries in cooperation with the upcoming film, 'And White Was The Night'

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About the film:

The theme in the film “And White Was The Night” is the evil created by social systems (in this case various crime organizations) and their power over individuals. The film touches a number of important topics, including drug and human trafficking and child soldiers. The story is set in the forests and suburbs of Helsinki (Finland), but it periodically takes you back to the jungles and towns of Colombia. This I think creates an interesting contrast. Even more of a contrast is the white night of Finland and the pitch black darkness of the jungle.

An important aspect of this film was to break the traditional genre boundaries. So the film has many elements that could be identified either as drama, action or even horror. To some it might even be experimental at times. I hope this shows in the art as well.”

-Mika Rantonen / Director

For more information on the film, please visit:

http://www.andwhitewasthenight.com/

http://www.andwhitewasthenight.com/trailers.html

"Pomp and Circumstance"
9 inches x 12 inches
Collage, graphite, and mixed media on paper

"Over and Into, Inside"
12 inches x 9 inches
Collage, cut paper, wood block, and graphite on paper

"Letters" Exhibit @ The LoDi Project

The "Letters" show is a juried, themed exhibit in Raleigh, NC that investigates the role of typography as addressed in a multiplicity of approaches, from video to photography to digital design to graffiti to traditional painting. The exhibit seeks to simultaneously recognize and explore the important relationship of the signal to the signified.

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"Face Value # 1"
48 inches x 42 inches
Oil on canvas

"After-dinner Mint"
45 inches x 35 inches
Oil on canvas

"Variety Show" @ Space 237

"Variety Show" is a juried show showcased at Space 237 Galleries and Clayspace in Toledo, Ohio. The exhibit included 14 artists displayed on the sprawling 4th floor of the building, but each artist had multiple pieces juried into the show.

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This one of the most recent pieces included in the exhibit.

Distance

Oil on canvas
35 inches x 45 inches

"Exposed 2009" at the ArtWorks Gallery

"Exposed: Top Secret Artists from 2008" (June 26 - July 31, 2009) is an invitational exhibit, featuring the work of top juried artists from the 2008 Secret ArtWorks event. I was honored to be among those chosen.

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"Blood-letting"
Collage and Mixed Media on Paper
12 inches x 15 inches

PINNACLE: National Juried Exhibition

Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery
Florida A & M University
Tallahassee, Florida

(Juror: Grace R. Maloy, Director of Gadsden Arts Center)

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Reserve 2
Oil on Canvas
70 inches x 50 inches

2-Person Exhibit @ 1708 Gallery

A Two Person Exhibit @ the 1708 Gallery

Matthew Litteken from his series The Fabric of Folly
Paho Mann from his series Junk Drawer


March 25—April 18, 2009

Images from the Artist Talk @ the opening reception on March 25th.

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Invitational Show in Manhattan

I was privileged to be invited to participate in a themed exhibit dealing with the notion of currency in art at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City (December 3 - January 22, 2008). During the run of the exhibit, the gallery director had indicated that my work was the impetus for the thematic content of the show.

Click on the title of this post to visit the website for the Hewitt Gallery at Marymount Manhattan College .

Improving Home Improvement 2
36 inches x 48 inches
Oil on Canvas

The Difference Between One and One
42 inches x 50 inches
Oil on canvas

SECRET Artworks Exhibit 2008

Four small works included in the invitational exhibit and fundraiser for ArtWorks Gallery in Cincinnati (November 2007). All works included in the exhibit were unsigned, and priced at $75 each. The artist's name was only revealed after the work had been purchased. The non-profit ArtWorks Gallery raised over $40,000 for various programming in the up-coming year.

"Innocent When you Dream"
7 inches x 5 inches
Wood block print, mixed media and graphite on paper

"Solace 1"
7 inches x 5 inches
Wood block print and graphite on paper



"Solace 2"
7 inches x 5 inches
Wood block print and collage on paper

"Between Here and There"
5 inches x 7 inches
Wood block print and mixed media on paper

New Work (2008)

Some new work from this year. None have titles as of yet, as I am still working/tweaking them all.

"The Fabric of Folly" at the Art Mission Gallery (2008)

My solo exhibit, "The Fabric of Folly", opened this past weekend (March 8, 2008) at the Art Mission Gallery in Binghamton, New York. I was present for the opening, but the drive home was grueling, particularly since Ohio got so much snow along the I-71 corridor. It took me over four and a half hours to drive home to Cincinnati once I hit Columbus. Well worth it, though.

Click on the title of this post to visit the Art Mission Gallery website.

SECRET Artworks Exhibit 2007

Four small works included in the invitational exhibit and fundraiser for ArtWorks Gallery in Cincinnati (November 2007). All works included in the exhibit were unsigned, and priced at $75 each. The artist's name was only revealed after the work had been purchased. The non-profit ArtWorks Gallery raised over $30,000 for various programming in the up-coming year.

"Staid and Stoic"
7 inches x 5 inches
Monotype (wood block and cut rubber stamps) on Paper

"Listless and Restless"
7 inches x 5 inches
Monotype (wood block and cut rubber stamps) on Paper

"Found and Found Out"
5 inches x 7 inches
Monotype (wood block and cut rubber stamps) on Paper

"Time and Again"
5 inches x 7 inches
Monotype (wood block and cut rubber stamps) on Paper

"Trappings" at the Parkland Art Gallery

"Trappings" is a three-person show at the Parkland Art Gallery at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois.

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New Work at Amy Baber Fine Art (Summer 2007)

Epheme 2007
oil on panel
7 inches x 7 inches

Against a Kantian Sky 2 2007
oil on panel
7 inches x 7 inches

Ambigue 2007
oil on panel
7 inches x 7 inches

Collective Pinings 2007
oil on panel
30 inches x 40 inches