After Hours window

I found a great bundle of pictures from the After Hours show in October on Vera's Flickr. Here is a photo of the window I designed for the After Hours show back in October 08. You can see the projection of the connected planets! If you look closely at the "after hours" font, you'll see I designed the font out of tongues! Thank you for posting these pictures, Vera :) Happy Holidays, everyone!

If you have a second, check out this Shift Magazine article about the show! xoxo

gourds

Here is a new mini show I just put up called "Gourds". It tells a small tale about a girl who travels in her gourd vessel and arrives in a new land of odd and mysterious men. They adore her and make her into their land's Goddess... and then she eats them.

It will be up until the second week of January!

Chapter Four
4705 N Albina Ave
Portland, OR 97217

after hours (continued)

here are some pictures from the after hours art show. the top two are from my "above and beyond" installation that was in the front window of the show. there is a projection that goes above this that i will post pictures of soon. :) the third picture down is from the window decal i designed that went on the front doors. the fourth picture is of "crater lake". the last picture is of my "crater lake" and "cloud ride" wooden pieces from my "head in the cloud show". i put these two up for the laika art show.

drawn to vote

Wieden + Kennedy 12 invited me to participate in their "Drawn to Vote" art show. We were asked to use our election ballot envelope as a canvas and illustrate why we are voting. here's my submission! If you're in the area on election night, come by the opening of the show!


Drawn to Vote Art Show
Nov 4TH, 2008
at Backspace Gallery
114 NW 5th Ave.
Portland

after hours

Night Shade Credits

My friends Sarah, Ovi, Alain, Liz and Jason premiered their New York born shadow puppet show in Portland this weekend. This incredible show is called Night Shade and it is sponsored and funded by Jim Henson Studios. They invited me to design the credits and here they are!

night time journey

10 x 14, pastel and paint on paper
at the Lunar Boy Gallery

summer wedding

11x14 cell-vinyl and ink on paper

collaboration with tony candelaria for ken and callie lyon

tony painted the abstract background and i painted /inked the foreground.

Spring Catch at Gallery Nucleus

Let's take a Cloudride!

7 x 10 inches
gouache and styrine on wood. LED lighting by Matt Deleu!

Rainbow Waterfalls

10 x 7 inches
gouache and styrine on wood

Snail Trail

15 x 7 inches
pastel, gouache, ink on paper and wood

Crater Lake

Here is "Crater Lake"! This show "Head in the Clouds" was inspired by my trip to Crater Lake in the spring. I loved the drive down from Portland- the sun was shining the entire time, the clouds were huge and fluffy and there was 10 feet of fresh snow all around us. it was truly magical! here is the big centerpiece to my show. It is 2 feet by 2 1/2 feet wide and made of styrine, beautiful carved wood (by tony and me!) and goauche. The LED lighting was done by Matt Deleu. more pictures soon to come. I included pictures of the piece with the exterior lights on and off, a picture of my initial sketch, and a picture of Crater Lake itself. :D

cloud 1: the whaleboy

I made three cloud shaped "night lights". It's hard to tell in these pictures, but the pieces are made up of two or three layers of cloud shaped wood pieces (i cut them out myself!) The amazing Matt Deleu installed the LED lighting behind each wooden cloud layer and i painted on the top layer with gouache. on this piece i added styrine layers for the waves! I will post pictures from other views soon! you can see the huge difference in the way the piece looks when the room lights are on and off! perfect for any of you that miss night-lights :)

cloud 2: sheep bed

cloud 3: two kids

Undersea Journey

this little guy was shown at the "Flip the Bird- Strange Forest" show from March. It is gouache and color pencil. :) thanks for lookin'!

crow cyn this saturday!

this is the flyer i made for Tony's band "Crow Canyon." Go support Margaret, Tony and Paul this Saturday! xoxo

Head in the Clouds!

hi! I am having my first solo show this month! The opening reception is on Thursday, April 10th, 7-9 pm after the mississippi ballroom fashion show! please stop by! Tony is DJing and the wonderful and talented Matt Deleu did some fabulous lighting on some of my art pieces. It will be a fun night! "Head in the Clouds" will be up for the month of April at BLUE (3753 Mississippi Ave in NE Portland). XOXO

tres trumpets

happy spring! in our spring fever, tony and i created a new and exciting wood sculpture. this cutie is now being shown at Lunar boy Gallery in astoria. we have been kicking to do a wood sculpture and are thrilled to have our first wood piece out and in Deborah's gorgeous gallery. thank you ben adams for inviting us into your bird show among such talented artists. xoxo




above is an "in progress picture". you can see my original design and the wooden sculpture after we sanded and carved them. i was heavily inspired by mid-century danish furniture when i designed and painted this piece. tony figured out how to turn my drawing into the wooden sculpture. he made the fantastic trumpets and put this little guy together! he stands at about 8 inches high. xoxo!

new york whales!

The Whales have hit new york!

here come the whales!

happy new year! 2008 is already a very lucky year! tony and i proudly present our holiday whale cuties! we made a series of these whaleriders for our holiday ornament art party. thank you to all who attended the party and purchased a whale!

love, stef