Group Show - George Billis Gallery, LA

Happy New Year!

I'm starting the year participating in a group show at the George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles from January 7 - February 11, 2012.

Antique Books I

30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011

Available through the George Billis Gallery, LA

Antique Books II

30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011

Available through the George Billis Gallery, LA

Find the gallery — click here for a map. If you are in the LA area, please check out the gallery and paintings.

I am showing five new paintings featuring books. The two paintings above depict 17th and 18th century historical essay and natural history texts. Below are primary school texts from the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

Equality, The World of Today

18" x 36"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011

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Brave and Bold, The Early Modern World

18" x 36"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011

Available through the George Billis Gallery, LA

Anything Can Happen, Down The Road

30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011

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Antique Swedish Telephone

This past summer, I received this magnificent early Swedish telephone as a gift from a long time collector in California. It's a fantastic telephone and a great addition to my growing collection. I think it would look great painted along side some other telephones in a larger painting.

Antique Swedish Telephone
24" x 20"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011
• Available through the Elliott Fouts Gallery

Red Dot Fair - Miami

I will have three paintings showing at the Red Dot art fair in Miami from November 30 - December 4, 2011.

The first is with the George Billis Gallery out of Los Angeles:

Anything Can Happen, Down The Road
30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011
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As well as the two Coke paintings that were recently showing at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta:

The Stars Will Always Shine
30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011
• Available through Mason Murer Fine Art

In Perfect Harmony
30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011
• Available through Mason Murer Fine Art

Quint Magazine & Two New Paintings

I recently did a brief interview with quint, a new arts and culture magazine out of Dubai. You can view and read the magazine (issue 9) online and see the 15 images they generously shared.

There are also two new paintings at the Elliott Fouts Gallery — a fan and a study of some new (old) books.

 

Zero
20" x 16" | Oil/Canvas | 2011
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Vintage Book Study - "Here And There"
20" x 20" | Oil/Canvas | 2011
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Vintage Rotary Phones

The annual Still Life Invitational group exhibition is on view at the Elliott Fouts Gallery from October 1 to November 2. Below are two more contributions I have for the show.

Say, have you noticed how many people use the vintage rotary phone ringtone on their smartphones? Remember the patience and concentration required to dial a long distance number?

Yellow Rotary Phone
24" x 24"  | Oil/Canvas  |  2011
Available through the Elliott Fouts Gallery

Red Rotary Phone
24" x 24"  | Oil/Canvas  |  2011
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Two Group Shows

I'm participating in two group shows in the coming weeks. The first I was invited to opens this Friday, September 16th at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, Georgia. The show is called "The Real Thing" and several artists are contributing Coca-Cola themed paintings to commemorate Coke's 125th anniversary.

I took my inspiration for the Coca-Cola paintings from a few classic ads. The first is from the early 1970s, the song is "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". A perfectly naive and optimistic song for the time. The second is from the early 1990s, "Always Coca-Cola", another up-beat pop song that drilled itself into your brain.

In Perfect Harmony
30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011
Available through Mason Murer Fine Art

The Stars Will Always Shine
30" x 30"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011
Available through Mason Murer Fine Art

The second show is at the Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, California, and opens at the beginning of October. I am again humbled and flattered to participate in a group show with several top notch painters.

Anything Can Happen I
18" x 36"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011
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Anything Can Happen II
18" x 36"  |  Oil/Canvas  |  2011

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Over the next few weeks, I'll share some progress photos of paintings I'm working on for yet another group show in Los Angeles in January 2012.