(group art piece at the Acting On Aids Summit on the Hill, Wash. D.C.)

It’s June everybody.  I hope you’re feeling the summer love. Holla.

Up above is a picture from the Acting On Aids’ Summit On The Hill which happened two weeks ago in Washington DC.  Students from all over the nation came together to lobby on capitol hill for initiatives that help those living in areas being devastated by the AIDS epidemic receive the help they need in the ways of medicine, education, and aid in the larger systemic problems of hunger and poverty.  I was there creating art with the speaker, Aaron Graham of Sojourners, and teaching about creative and artistic ways for advocacy.  I also got to paint with musician Derek Webb during a concert he did, which was a nice little highlight for me, I must say.  

It was a great time and I feel honored to be involved with the passionate folks at Acting On AIDS.  

UPCOMING EVENTS

I’m looking at this summer’s calendar and I don’t have a lot of things scheduled…. which I’m excited about.  I’m hoping to use the summer to work on some new paintings and to do a bit of writing. Oh… and do some filming.  Other than that my other goals are to be in the sun, swim, skateboard, surf, and go to as many friend BBQ’s that I can.  Maybe you share those goals… and hopefully I’ll see you at some of those places.

I do have two concerts coming up that I’m excited about that you should know about.

Round 37 | Tuesday June 10 | 8pm

with Laura Gibson and guests doing music and Matt Gano spittin on the mic

Paul Wright | July 11th 

I don’t have all the info yet, but I will be painting with Paul up in Snohomish.  Paul has a great So-Cal sound and puts on a good show.  More to come….. 

For more info, click here

That’s all for me.  I do have some artwork hanging up at the Mosaic Coffee shop in the Wallingford district of Seattle.  Miscellaneous new and old paintings (that I’m selling for cheap!) along with other paintings from Jen Grabarczyk and Anna-Lisa Notter, my two studio mates.  So stop on by if you get a chance!

Until then… make space for art.

(Seattlites, pray for sunshine!)

I was on the recent episode of the Seattle Channel’s Art Zone .  It’s a local show that highlights the art scene going on around the Puget Sound area.  Usually they just have a painting in the studio that they show.  But Nancy Guppy and I had been talking and I told her that if I was on the show I would like to do a painting in studio.  She loved the idea… and you can see the episode and see how it all went down!

Also, here’s a little follow up endorsement by Nancy…

Well… maybe that sounds a little more dramatic than it is.  I have three local shows here in Seattle this week and then one in Washington DC next week.  But technically that is across the country….

May 14, 15 | w/ Logan Martin in the Seattle area

May 17 | w/ Charlie Peacock @ the Fremont Abbey, Seattle

May 20 | w/ Derek Webb in Washington DC

(click links for more information)

In other news…

* I am being featured on the Seattle Channel’s Art Zone television show.  I go in for taping this week where I will be creating a painting throughout the show, instead of the usual feature of just having a painting displayed in the studio.  The host Nancy Guppy is rad…. and it’s a great show featuring the art scene around Seattle.  I’ll have more info about when the show will be aired….

* I created a little short video about what I hope happens to the art that I create at churches….

(Round 33, Jessica Figueroa and Myself looking good)

Hey everyone.  WELCOME to the new site.  I’m choosing a wordpress based site so that it can be a bit more interactive in the way of communicating the ideas and stories that are happening.  The Transpire Project is based on the interaction with people and their stories… so I hope this new formate will help communicate those connections.

I have some great events coming up, so please click the calendar link on the side to see what’s going on. 

I am currently working on some studio work… and putting together a short video about how art is made.  These activities are taking a lot of my time, so the live stuff will be few in far between in the next few months.  But I hope to bring out some new stuff by the end of summer that will get you excited as I am.