General

We had a great weekend in Chicago! Thanks much to DvA Gallery and Billy Shire Fine Arts for hosting. Artists in the show included Shag, Glenn Barr, Tony Fitzpatrick, Liz McGrath, Daniel Martin Diaz, Bob Dob, Nathan Ota, Dave Cooper, Chris Mars, Gary Taxali, Ana Bagayan, Daniel Peacock, Yosuke Ueno, Paul Barnes, Martha Rich, Esther Pearl Watson, Mark Todd, Jason Houchen, Bonnie Reid, Mark Atomos Pilon and myself.

I didn’t get any pics at all but artist Mark Atomos Pilon has a great set up on Flickr. Check em out!

(L-R) Nathan Ota, Jason Houchen, Daniel Martin Diaz, Scott G. Brooks, Elizabeth McGrath and Glenn Barr

(L-R) Mark Atomos Pilon, Nathan Ota, Bob Dob and Dave Cooper.

I’m a big fan of Anna and looking forward to seeing her new work – see you there!

May 2 – May 30, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, May 2nd, 2008, 6pm to 8pm

Anna Davis‘ new works feature a selection of collage-like paintings that demonstrate her ability to confront the power of a woman’s being while exposing her vulnerabilities. These raw images offer insight into the female mind and experience both personal and public, and address them in a very direct way. Davis’ work is provocative, but with a purpose.

Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Court NW | Washington, DC | 20008 | T. 202.338.0680
www.artsandartists.org/artspace.html

Billy Shire Fine Arts and DvA Gallery are teaming up for a show, so I’m off to Chicago in the morning. Quite a few of the artists will be there. See for yourself…here’s the info. It’s going to be a great time. Most of us were at the Rome show (the pics from that show are on Flickr).

Check out the online preview of the show here.

Ask and thy shall receive! Big thanks to my friend Laurie Graham who just sent this pic of Mike and I attacking Kate’s parents. They never knew what hit them.

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Yuri’s night was a blast – congrats to Kate and Jared for pulling everyone together and throwing a great party. It was a really fun crowd, and people milled around until well after 1am. Captain Uranus was a most excellent host for the show, and the performances were all top notch. I didn’t get the name of the guy that did the Grim Reaper number, but that was fun. And of course Bambi Galore and L’il Dutch were wonderful.

It’s tough to take photos with tentacle arms, so I don’t have very many. Here’s a few from the end of the night. Speaking of tentacles – hard to believe we actually won the costume contest. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pics of us with our tentacles, so if anyone out there has any please send me a copy!

Artist Chris Bishop and Yuri’s night organizer and artist Jared Davis.

Escape hatch girl Kirstra, intergalactic cigarette girl Sara, and alien Mike.

Garry Gutter and Li’l Dutch.

L’il Dutch was also the model for my painting “Proliferation.”

L’il Dutch and myself.