SF Fine Art Fair

San Francisco Fine Art Fair is back! I went there today and I found it to be more interesting than the last one 6 years ago. I liked these pieces:

Gordon Cook: Delta False Front (George Krevsky Gallery), Ted Vasin: Give Light (Gallery Bergelli), Mark Greenwold: Men (DC Moore Gallery), the last piece is cross stitching on canvas and I don’t recall the artist/gallery unfortunately.

SF Weekly

Local magazine SF Weekly used an image of one of my paintings The Seed for the issue Best of San Francisco 2010, out today. There are images of different artists’ work all through the paper, nice idea. Check it here.

Having fun with my new blog

I am going to be blogging in a modest way, filling you in with stuff I discover and is inspired by and also with any news to do with my own art…

Spring Open Studios 2010

We’re gearing up for this year’s Spring Open Studios in the Mission.

I still have my studio here at Workspace Ltd on Folsom Street. Lots of artists all over the Mission will also be opening their doors the same weekend. Here’s a map of where all the studio buildings are.

I will be showing small oil sketches, some new still life pieces and work in progress.

Small paint sketch 3.5 x 5 in.

I’d love to see you here, to catch up with all the people I haven’t seen for some time.

Refreshments will be served. (This time I’ll remember the corkscrew opener. Hi Dan!)

WHEN:
April 23rd 7-10pm & 24-25, 11am-6pm

WHERE:
Workspace Ltd
2150 Folsom Street @18th
Studio 10a
San Francisco, CA 94110

Tel: 415. 203-8782
Street parking.

Power of Self

I was thrilled to be part of the many Honorable Mentions in the competition Power of Self by Artists Wanted, an artists collaborative based in Brooklyn, NY. The judges were actor Steve Buscemi, Chris Weitz, the director of “Twilight: New Moon”, curator at the Guggenheim Museum Helen Hsu and Sascha Lewis, the founder of Flavorpill.

The work is shown online here.

Photos from Show at Cain Schulte Gallery

ID Redux at Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco

From January 15th I will be part of a 4 person exhibition ID Redux, at Cain Schulte Contemporary Art in San Francisco along with Daniel Ochoa, Michael McConnel and Lars Theuerkauff: “Portraiture becomes the unifying theme of the four artists’ inquiry, the research perimeter for their intervention. The physical appearance becomes a symbol for personal identity, condensed and reduced to a single expression, expanded into the viewer’s mind into an imaginary narrative.”

You are all invited to the opening Friday 15th, 6-8.30pm.

Julie No.2, 2009, oil on panel

WHEN: January 15 – February 20
Hours: Wed – Friday 12 – 5pm
Opening: Friday 15th January, 2010, 6-8.30pm.

WHERE: Cain Schulte Contemporary Art

714 Guerrero Street San Francisco CA 94110

Spectrum Art Auction

Last Sunday I went to the yearly Spectrum Art Auction benefiting Access Institute for Psychological Services at the Mezzanine, for which I donated a Limited Edition Print (of which there are still more available should you be interested).

It was a great event for a great cause, as Access supports San Francisco’s low income and uninsured residents in need of urgent mental health services, something that has never been more critical than now under the current economic situation.

We saw a great performance by my student Theo’s band from Bird, a San Francisco music school.

Fall Open Studio at Workspace Ltd in Mission

It’s time for Mission Open Studio again. I am taking part in the event at the Workspace Limited building on Folsom Street along with 40 other artists. Around 300 artists in the Mission district are opening their doors this fall.
I will be showing oil paintings, oil sketches on panel, and work on paper as well as work in progress.

Tami No. 4, 2009, oil on panel

WHEN:
October 10th & 11th, 11am -6pm
Preview Party Friday 7-9pm

WHERE:
Workspace Ltd
2150 Folsom Street
Studio 10a
San Francisco
CA 94110

Tel: 415. 203-8782
Street parking.

Mission Open Studio on Facebook: Mission Open Studio

Catalog for (IN)ANIMATE available for PRE-order

The 68 pages catalog for(IN)ANIMATE as well as the two other shows exhibited at
Manifest Gallery right now, is available for pre-order now.

You can view the catalog as PDF here, and it can be PRE-ordered here.
It’s the one called: “MONOCHROME, (in)animate, and interior”.