WHITE WINTER HYMNAL

FIRST EVER CHINATOWN ID ARTWALK

Tonight! Canoe Social Club is serving as the home base for this artwalk. Canoe is exhibiting my B-Sides along-side work by Ellen Forney and Ryan Ketchum.

Determination, 2008, acrylic, zircon, glitter, 5 x 5"

Click here to read what the Seattle Times has to say. Thank you Marian Liu, Seattle Times Staff Reporter, for the recommendation!

Sat July 18 (and the 3rd Saturdays: Aug 15 and Sept 19)
5 - 8 p.m. Free!
Visit www.SCIDpda.org for more details

It's going to be sunny this weekend, so come down to the Chinatown ID and enjoy the art walk! This free event features 25 venues, over 30 local artists and great food specials!

Click here for a list of featured artists & for a walking map

Restaurants featuring Art Walk Specials for $5 and under!
Fortuna Café - Chicken or BBQ Pork Boxes
Gourmet Noodle Bowl - Braised Pork w/ Spring Roll
Henry's Bento - Pork Chop, Tofu/Chicken Bento, Taiwanese Lunch Box, Beef Noodle Soup
J Sushi - All Appetizers!
Kaname - Art Walk Happy Hour, 5 - 6:30pm
Kau Kau BBQ - BBQ Pork, Chicken Wing, Veg. Rice
Pacific Café - Hong Kong Kitchen - Salted Pepper Chicken Wings, Veg. Pork Dumplings

Phnom Penh - Battambang's Favorite Noodle, Beef Noodle Soup

Unicorn Crepes - Banana Custard Choco Whip, Strawberry Custard Whip

NEW WORK

The Flesh is Very Delicate and Easily Bruised, 2009, acrylic, ink, glitter, 16 x 32"

Brand spanking new pieces from my Two Sides to Every Story series.
visit www.counsellangley.com for details.

Meeting by the Pond, 2009, acrylic, ink, glitter, 12 x 24"

SUMMERTIME

I am loving summertime and the theme of this show. I take it as validation of my desire to sit back, straw cowboy hat squarely on head, gin-and-tonic firmly in hand--a desire I am not thwarting. Juan Thorp was kind enough to ask me to send this piece down to Bunny Gunner located in Pomona, CA to be included:

Cityscape 27 (At the Park), 2007, acrylic, ink, glitter, 12 x 12"

Check out this preview of Summertime --lots of great stuff!

SUMMERTIME
Bunny Gunner's 2nd Birthday!

June 11th - August 4th
Opening Reception: July 11th, 6pm - 11pm
Last Saturday Reception: July 25th 6pm - 10pm

Bunny Gunner
266 W. Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766

SAGE

My fantastic photographer friend, Joshua Sage (who happens to be father to 50% of Nanda), is making his annual return to the Northwest and will be doing portraits while he is here. We make it a habit to do a shoot with him. The photos we get are gorgeous, unique and capture much more than physical presence.


Contact him now to schedule a shoot with him--Don't be slow, you don't want to miss out on this!

Here's a note from Joshua:

"Hello to you all,

Kirsten and I will be spending some time in the Northwest this summer and I will be available to shoot photographic portraits.

Sitting for portraits is something we often don't take the time to do, even though well done portraits are appreciated for years and years. They can illicit feelings and memories with every viewing. Family pictures are those things we think of taking with us if we only had one suitcase to take to our desert isle.

I only use natural light and generally shoot in black and white or duotone. Color is possible.... let's talk. Price for a sitting starts at $85.

If this is something you would truly like to consider, click on the link and take a look at the slideshow of portraits I have taken. Don't hesitate......... "

PORTRAIT SLIDESHOW

CONTACT JOSHUA: sageland@olypen.com


IMAGES: A few of last year's portraits by Sage of my two daughters, Emerald & I (top), Dare (middle) and Emerald (bottom).

LOVE.

Love, 2009, acrylic, ink, glitter, 60" x 36"

I just returned from the most moving and artful wedding I've ever been to. A friend of twenty years has found the woman of dreams he didn't even know he had. I made them a painting. This was their wedding gift from me and thinking about these amazing individuals and their commitment to each other freed me up to do something I've not done for years: place actual, specific humanity in a painting. Last time that happened was 2002 in The Wait.

The Wait, 2002, acrylic, ink, glitter, 20 x 48"The Wait DETAIL

Here's some details from Love (the profiles are theirs and the word "Love" is copied directly from their invitations):