My friend Cynthia is taking part in the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk in San Francisco to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and raise awareness and funding for suicide/depression research. She’s lost three immediate family members to the disease and battled it herself. I, too, have grappled with the black dog. I'd love to help her raise money for her walk :)
http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=5049

Just finished up four new pieces for a sweet little online show at Swoon Gallery I'm calling, 'I'm Not Hungry'. May I present:

"Moostash", 5" x 7" acrylic on wood

"Effelant", 5" x 7" acrylic on wood (SOLD)

"Skwoil", 5" x 7" acrylic on wood (SOLD)

and finally, "Boid", 5" x 7" acrylic on wood 

The show will be 'live' in a week but if you email Ally at Swoon Gallery you can get a preview and purchase information right now. Contact hello@swoongallery.com

My spindly legged friend will be available for purchase on Friday, May 4th at 3pm EDT in my shop. Feel free to click through for more information and closeups. Thank you!

"This summer Chashama and the Times Square Alliance is working with Artists Wanted to present artists from around the world in brilliant lights on a massive scale in one of the most iconic locations in the world. You are invited to participate in: Art Takes Times Square."

Seems like a neat idea, so I put together a little profile and now it's up to you, my dear readers, to help me out. If you like my work and would like to see it shown on one of the Times Square billboards (holy cow!), then please take a second and click "Collect Me" at the top of my profile here to help me win a show in the most immense exhibition of art in New York City.

Thank you!

...actually painting now.

"Dogwood" is now available as an 8 inch round mounted print.

along with "Citruside",

and I decided that some of my older images needed a rest. After April 23rd I will retire 5 of my prints and they are only $12 each. There's also lots of other prints and plaques that are $10 off!

So why not treat yourself to some new artwork - you deserve it :D

Enjoy!

I went out to feed my fish and walk my dog the other day and this tiny bat swooped in, hovered over the water, then plopped in face down! He stayed motionless for a bit, then swam to the edge where he preened himself for about 20 minutes and then flew away.

"Daffadown Dilly" and "It's a Trap" are $25 each and measure 4.5" x 24". A very affordable pair!

"Thank You, Thank You!" measures 8.5" x 11" and is only $20.

Visit Gallery Nucleus and go shopping!

My fourth and final show for this month is opening tomorrow (March 30th). It was a lovely surprise when I got the email to participate, but when it came down to it, I had about a week to come up with an idea and execute a work about food.

I went back to my childhood and my love of canned fruit cocktail (yes, I still love canned fruit cocktail) in Jell-o. My mom never used lime Jell-o but I'm a sucker for green!

"There's Always Room" is acrylic on pine and measures 9.5" x 14" and will be at the Food For Thought exhibition at Summit Medical Group in Berkeley Heights , NJ. It's a beautiful space and I suppose I'll be the comic relief as the other artists are doing wonderful, more traditional paintings and photography. 10% of the sale of each piece will go to the NJ  Food Bank.       

So I'll keep you updated and if he doesn't get snatched up at the opening, I'll post him just like any of my originals. But you will have to be patient.

The exhibit will run for 6 months so if anyone purchases these guys, they will have to wait until September to get them. I suppose if you get a doctor's note I might be able to swing it, but I don't think so ;)

I've got some extra space here, so how about a bit of trivia? Did you know that to be considered fruit cocktail, it has to contain pears, peaches, grapes, cherries and pineapple? I didn't either, but now we all know and can pass along this knowledge to others.

Thanks for sticking with me. Here's some more closeups: