This’ll be my last post until I get back from England at the end of the month. I’m going to be in the group show at the Grass Hut Gallery in July. This is a preliminary gouache sketch for one of the three pieces I’m doing for the show, so I thought I’d show it. I’ll post the finished pieces in July.

See you in a few weeks!

I finally got my new studio space in order, but I think I need some more people’s art represented on my walls, so here’s the news and my request:

I want to trade art with you!

I’m about to leave on a two-week trip to England for a wedding. I won’t be posting anything during that time, but while I’m gone, I’m going to make some little postcard art pieces while on trains and the like; mostly ink drawings, maybe some collage too. I think it would be awesome to come back from England to a bunch of cool art. So, send me some sort of small, cool, original piece of art during the next two weeks, and when I get back I’ll mail you one of the pieces I made while on my trip. Sounds good, right?! (Don’t forget to include your return address somewhere)

BT Livermore
2315 SE Stark St.
Portland, OR 97214
USA

Friday night was the opening reception for Connected at Skeleton Key Tattoo (1729 SE Hawthorne, in case you’re in Portland and want to stop by, up all month!). I couldn’t nail into the walls, so I built these big panels to hang everything easily. I forgot to take pictures during the opening, but a bunch of people showed up, a few of them bought things, and the DJ was playing some AMAZING tunes; all in all a very fun night.

Close up of my prints and other miscellany.

Close up of Connected.

Then on Saturday, two other members of the RCC and I headed north for the Olympia Comics Festival.

It was held in a small club called The Vault, and there was a band, Google Maps, and they played early on during the show.

And then some people showed up.

And some of them were slightly blurry.

And there’s Blue at the Portland Zine Symposium table!

And hey, there’s Jeffry Brown, talking about stuff!

Here’s the second new screenprint that I’ll be debuting tomorrow at the opening of Connected. Each two-color print in the limited edition of 26 was hand-pulled onto a 8.75″ by 18″ piece of 120 lb. paper. These will be available for purchase after my show.

As a last reminder for those of you in the Portland area: the opening reception for Connected is tomorrow night, Friday, June 6th at Skeleton Key Tattoo (1729 SE Hawthorne). The show kicks off at 7pm, and I’d love to see you there.

Along with the 34 pieces that make up Connected (see previous post), I’ve printed two new screenprints based on two of my favorite pieces from the show. Each two-color print in the limited edition of 50 was hand-pulled onto a 6″ by 18″ piece of 120 lb. paper. These will be available for purchase after my show. Check back tomorrow for the second print.