Come See This Show!

Opens this Saturday! Don't miss it!

I have a slightly shameless plug to make: come to this show on Saturday night to support some really talented local artists!! And, come to this show on Saturday to support ME, because it's a show I and my co-workers have spent lots of hours working on for the last couple of months, AND I also happen to be one of the artists included in it!!

Over 130 pieces of art were submitted and our juror, Mary Aslin, accepted close to 80 for exhibition. (She did not know that I had submitted something, she was un-biased.) We now have the gigantic task of arranging and hanging the show before Saturday. Wish us luck.

Here's what you need to know...

Viewpoints Orange County All Media

at Chemers Gallery

17300 17th St, Ste. G, Tustin CA

Opening Reception April 27, 5:30 - 8:00p

Show continues through May 11

See you Saturday!

Artwork, aka Please Don't Steal My Car

I'm usually really bad at letting people know that I have artwork on view while the show is still going on, but hey, I'm slightly better than normal this evening. SO! If you're in southern California, go see the Orange County Fair and find my artwork! It's on until August 12th, so you still have a little time to check this out:



The Writer



Lighter Than Air - I won an honorable mention!

 The photograph is in the Non-Traditional Color prints section, and the fabric collage is in the Professional Graphics (??) section. (I give two "??" because the thought of me doing anything graphics related is somewhat rediculous.) Lighter Than Air was at the Scenes of Tustin exhibition at Chemers Gallery earlier in the year. You'd think I really knew how to quilt, wouldn't you?

In other news, I kitted my car out with a MasterLock (same thing as The Club, except not bright red). My neighbor's car got broken into last night, and since the only thing of value in my car is my car itself, I'd rather it not be stollen, thank you very much. I'll probably forget I've gotten one, get in my car tomorrow to go to work, and go "OMG, what the hell?? Oh yeah..." Seriously though....please don't steal my car.

OC Greatness

The Great Balloon

A couple of Sundays ago James and I journeyed to "The Great Park," an area of land in Irvine that used to be the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and is now being transformed into a sustainable park that will one day be larger than New York's Central Park. In it's heyday, MCAS El Toro was used as a wartime air station and later as a training facility. It was decomissioned in 1999 and was the subject of great debate - what will Orange County use this land for? An international airport? A park? A "Great Park," if you will? (Guess what won in the end...)


Fenced off - do you think anyone would notice if I snuck in? Just kidding...

Today there's only a small area of land that's been redeveloped for use in the park, and the rest of the air base is sadly fenced off. Sadly, because I'm one of those people who's absolutely fascinated by abandoned buildings and I want nothing more than to go wandering through the base with my camera to record what I find there. (Luckily there is a group of artists doing just that, working on the Legacy Project. They even turned an F-18 hanger into a giant camera obscura to make "The Great Picture," the world's largest photograph. How cool is that??)


Looking toward Saddleback

The area that's currently in use today is made up of sports fields, a walkable timeline painted on old tarmac that illustrates the events of the 1940's, art galleries, a carousel, and "The Great Balloon." On Sundays there's a farmer's market. The best part? It's free!


Original Hanger

James



The Great Balloon & The Great Carousel

 

Going up...

 Seriously, if you're in Orange County and feel like gazing through fencing at old derelict military buildings a great distance away, check out "The Great Park." Also, you should go to see some free art and ride up in a large orange balloon to see the views - I haven't gone up yet, but man do I want to! I'm way excited to see all of the plans for this parcel of land come into being. What a great gem!

I don't know why, but I feel the need to capitalize and put quotations around "The Great Park" and "The Great Balloon" etc.