Sublime Monotony

My work is included in this upcoming show:

Sublime Monotony
May 2-June 2, 2013
Opening Friday May 3, 5-8pm

Ãarhus Gallery
50 Main Street
Belfast, ME 04915
207-338-0001
aarhusgallery.com


With the monotonous winter having continued on, and on, the piles of snow and frozen ground having withered down to mud and then igniting into spring, Åarhus Gallery thought it would be appropriate to have some fun with what is at times a monotonous if not paradoxical condition, this human condition with it’s contradictions of the mundane: everyday we eat, drink, sleep… our hearts beat continuously all day, everyday; the near definition of monotony being the lifeblood of our very existence. The tides ebb and flow tirelessly, apparently from an infinite horizon. Everyday the sun goes down and then, lo and behold, everyday the sun comes up. And if we listen, we may find our noble oxymoron, an altogether separate, deafening silence becomes our virtual reality. That which at first seems extinguished, wearisome, routine, repetitive, becomes singularly new, becomes beauty, becomes the flame. In a paradoxical world, our world, neither is either, without each other… and together they reveal a divine truth: The Sublime Monotony.

The show will feature the works of Marcie Jan Bronstein, Gabriella D’Italia, Clint Fulkerson, J. T. Gibson, Stew Henderson, Kevin Johnson, Mark Kelly, Marc Leavitt, Karen MacDonald, Richard Mann, Wesley Reddick, Willy Reddick and Kate Russo.

Intimate Abstraction at Rose Contemporary

Featuring work by Judy Allen, James Chute, Clint Fulkerson, Jessica Gandolf, Penelope Jones, Tanja Kunz, Greg Murr, Bridget Spaeth, Ling-wen Tsai, and Henry Wolyniec.

Opening Reception Friday September 2nd 5-8pm

Show runs through October

Rose Contemporary

492 Congress St

Portland, Maine 04101

207-780-0700

Open Wed through Saturday 1-6

www.rosecontemporary.com

Day one- drawing on Space's wall

Things are moving along quicker than I expected on this wall drawing. I'm almost done with the first layer, if I work another 12 hours tomorrow I might be done.

Choosing to use markers instead of india ink and a brush was a good call, probably makes me twice as fast. I'm using Permapaque markers, which are water based double ended felt markers that work really well, the line width on the chisel end is about 6mm, and I'm using that exclusively. I've gone through 5 markers so far, I don't quite use them until they're dead, but they get "different" and I set them aside.
This drawing is part of a group exhibit entitled Polyhedra at Space Gallery, and will be open for viewing December 22, through January. Other artists participating in the show are Katrine Hildebrandt, Peter Jackson Huffey, Irina Skornyakova, Kyle Downs, and perhaps others, curated by Jenny McGee Dougherty.

Last week at Susan Maasch Fine Art

If you're in Portland please stop by Susan Maasch Fine Art at 567 Congress Street to see 3 of my white pencil drawings and 4 etchings. There are unframed pieces in the back room that you can also see, if you ask!

Also, I just finished this drawing:

Patterns of Nature

I have several drawings in a group exhibit entitled "Patterns of Nature" at Åarhus Gallery, 50 Main Street, Belfast Maine, 04915

The exhibit runs May 6-30, 2010, open Thursday-Sunday 12pm-6pm

Opening reception Friday May 7, 5-8pm

Exhibiting artists are: Mary Barnes, Kimberly Callis, Ingrid Ellison, Annadeene Fowler, Clint Fulkerson, Kevin Johnson, Lynn Karlin, Mark Kelly, Richard Mann, Andrea Martens, Jonathan Mess, Ed Moffitt, Ben Potter, Abbie Read, Wesley Reddick, Willy Reddick, Rebecca Rivers, and Patricia Wheeler

Postcard image: Clint Fulkerson Entrance, 2007, ink and colored pencil on vellum, 6"x 5"

Exquisite What? Process

My collaborator Ian Henderson has laid out the casting process used in the creation of our new sculptures quite nicely on his blog:

http://ianart.tumblr.com/

"Exquisite What?" now on exhibit

"Exquisite What?"

Ian Henderson and Clint Fulkerson

Fort Port Arts Community Gallery

300 Summer ST Boston, MA

March 12-April 16, 2010

Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:30-8pm

Artists' Presentation:
Friday, March 26, 2010 7:00pm

"Exquisite What?" brings the spirit of blind collaboration into sculptural process, as the Surrealists did for writing and drawing with their famous game, Exquisite Corpse.

The Art is viewed under magnification in enclosed containers, which resemble the handling boxes used by scientists and medical researchers. Visitors reach through openings in the cases to handle the work and examine it from all sides. These boxes allow for an intimate connection with the work while still protecting the objects.

By touching and inspecting the work, viewers will explore their surfaces in a playful, inquisitive manner that reflects the spirit of their creation.

Here are some images of the sculptures. I'm very pleased with the results of our hard work, and I encourage everyone to come out to the opening reception and our presentation or at least to see the show.

All twelve pieces exhibited are sterling silver and are at most 3"-4" long

Pleonasm:

Chiliasm [detail]:
Dysphemism [detail]:
Chiast:
Bifurcation:

Exquisite What? March exhibit

Ian Henderson and I are exhibiting our collaborative sculptures at Boston's Fort Point Community Gallery in March. Contact me with your address if you want a postcard. More e-info to come as the show nears.

December at Whitney Art Works

This show represents a cornucopia of tantalizing attitudes and approaches. Conceptual, hilarious, funny, honest, whimsical, quirky, smart, passionate are only some the adjectives we've got to flaunt. Come see for yourself!

The December 2009 show will be on view from December 2 - 23 with additional hours (noon- 6pm) on Monday, December 21 and Tuesday, December 22.

Whitney Art Works is open Wednesday - Saturday from noon - 6pm

Draw Your Face Off 2

This is a 6.5" x 6.5" drawing done in preparation for the Draw Your Face Off Event at Space last night. I wanted to know in advance what kind of drawings I would do during the event, so this test helped me decide. I don't have any images of the drawings I made during the event, but they all had this general look. I made ten drawings in four hours, and they all sold!

There was a huge turnout, as usual for Space on a First Friday. There was a funk of competition in the air. It felt odd and satisfying to be displayed like a dancing monkey. It was all very exciting and I would love to be a part of something like this again. Thanks to the Pine Haven Collective for inviting me to participate.

Draw Your Face Off

Upcoming Shows

I will be showing some drawings in a few upcoming group shows. 

PACA Show

Tonight is the opening for my show at the Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance, at 549 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. The show will be up until the end of October, so please do stop in if you're in Portland. 

I am showing eight drawings, six of them are pen and ink and two are white pencil on black paper. Each piece features many simple components like triangles and ovals that accumulate as if they were cells into incredibly complex organic forms. Here are a few of the pieces in the show:

Infiltrate, 2007

Growth, 2008

Zygote, 2008

New show at Four Walls Gallery

I'm in the 99 Dollar group show at Four Walls Gallery, opening tomorrow as part of Portland's First Friday Art Walk, 5pm-8pm. In the show I will have 7 graphite drawings that I made in the last few weeks, three of which are the converging, diverging pieces, titled Vergence I, II, & III. Here are the other pieces in the show:
^Osmotists, 12" X 10"
^Torus I, 12" X 12"
^Torus II, 12" X 12"
^Metaphase, 12" X 10"