Exhibition News!

In all the excitement of my Woodson Art Museum residency and just-completed camping trip to Mesa Verde National Park (more on this later), I have neglected to announce the equally exciting news of my acceptance in three significant juried exhibitions.

I'll have two pieces, "Lurking" and "Falling" at the National Small Print Show in Creede, Colorado. Show opens May 25 at the Creede Repertory Theatre. "Falling" will also be included in the traveling exhbition, which heads to the Evergreen Center for the Arts, Evergreen, Colorado, on July 15.

The Society of Animal Artists' 53rd Annual Exhibition, Art and the Animal, will run August 31-October 31 at The Bennington Center for the Arts in Vermont, and my linocut "Wave Runners" will be among the accepted pieces.

Last, but most certainly not least, I am delighted to share that "Coot du Jour" was juried into the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum's prestigious Birds in Art exhibition. Birds in Art opens in Wausau, Wisconsin September 7 and runs through November 10.

We Have a Winner!

It's been uncharacteristically quiet here at ol' Brush and Baren. Writing and painting(!), not printing, projects have taken over the studio. The printing bench stands dark and the inking slab actually has dust on it. Not my favorite state of affairs.

But who-ee! I must still be a printmaker, because the jury card was returned today from the National Small Print Show in Creede, with all three of my entries accepted for the exhibition. But here's the big surprise: I won first place! No. Kidding. It says so. Right here on the jury card.

Wow.

"Autumn Reach," reduction linocut, awarded first place at
the National Small Print Show in Creede, Colorado.

I've had work accepted to this show several times over the last few years, but other commitments have kept me from attending the opening reception. The one time we did try to attend we were turned back by snow. (It was, as usual, the last weekend in May. Who expects a blizzard?)  I was delighted to realize that I'll be home (about 36 hours) from the Netherlands in time to make the journey this year so, baring another blizzard, look for us on May 26 at the Creede Repertory Theatre. Show opens at 5:30pm, print sale begins at 6:30. Show runs through June 25th and then travels to the Evergreen Arts Center, Evergreen, Colorado, with a second opening there on June 29th. Details at the Creede Arts Council website.