Premiere of Trophallacy
My performance art piece, Trophallacy, a critique of the win/lose paradigm, premiered on 5/26/2018 to a packed house. Eugene Contemporary Art presented the event and you can find photos and more here and here. I’m developing a version of Trophallacy to place online. Meanwhile, you can listen to an audio clip. This voiceover is a mock drug […]
The Collaboration of Artists Amanda Marie and X-O
On view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: “The Many Places We Are” is a two-artist exhibition that explores the concept of emotional travel and the bonds that are developed as you move through a physical space. Amanda Marie and X-O, artists who have traveled extensively together, explore the concept by combining their signature […]
I was young when I painted old
This is an oil painting I did decades ago as an art student, and the image seemed to meld with this quote from André Gide. “At times it seems to me that I am living my life backwards, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was […]
In Conversation with Artist Gwenn Seemel
Gwenn Seemel has a lot to say. She Blogs and Vlogs extensively in both English and French. She’s a prolific artist who earns a living by painting commissioned portraits in her signature style. Her videos document her perspective on art-making. Gwenn also wrote a breakthrough graphic book on sexual and gender diversity in the […]
The interview as a writing tool
One of the unexpected turns of finishing Art-Write is that I’m now spending my time doing exactly what my book advises artists to do – I’m talking and writing about my work. In this recent post on The Creative Publisher blog, the interviewer’s questions helped me to express ideas about my writing process that I […]