News

June 26, 2008 -- ARTWORKSx6 Encore!
This year sees the return of ARTWORKSx6. I participated in this show a couple of years ago, and we're doing it again. It happens on Sept 27th. More information is available here.

June 24, 2008 -- Stone Sculpture Repair
A new page about a sculpture repair I did has been put up. I hope you find it interesting.

The blog has been updated regularly, but unfortunately most of the updates have been about local fires. I do promise to get some art related content in there as soon as I can. In the meantime, the fire updates will have to take precedence.

May 25, 2008 -- A New Blog
A local wildfire has caused me to create a new blog so I can keep people up to date on events more easily. You can find it here. Please tell me what you think!

Jan 17, 2008 -- Time Continues To Fly
Sorry for the long absence. Life has been crazy with other commitments. Isn't that always the way, though?

Recently I started playing with LinkedIn.com and that may be the cause of some visits to this site. If so, welcome! I'm happy to get back in touch with you. No, I'm not looking for a job. I am, however, keeping my network in shape against the event that I need to look for a job in the future. If you're a user of LinkedIn and know me, please feel free to send me an invitation to join your network.

In other news, the Mountain Art Guild - the organization that ran the only annual summer art show I have done for years - has folded. That means I have no show this summer and will have to figure out some alternative. I don't know what it will be, but I'll work on it.

In the meantime, if you see a piece of art here that you're interested in, please contact me and ask about it. I want it all to go to good homes where people will enjoy it, so don't be shy! Get in touch!

Aug 2, 2007 -- Time Flies
I'm trying, once again, to add new images of completed works to the gallery. It turns out that despite all the time and effort I put into making it easy to maintain and update the gallery, I always have other things to do. I'm trying to get past that and get something done. A new piece went up today, and others should follow relatively soon.

June 11, 2007 -- The art show has come and gone
Thanks so much to everyone who came to the art show this past weekend. A great time was had by all, I hope. I know I enjoyed myself, right up until I whacked my face on a stack of 2x4s hanging off the back of my truck during the post-show tear down.

And now, on to new projects. Stay tuned!

May 17, 2007 -- Art Show June 9 & 10
There haven't been many news updates here. Sorry about that. I've been really, really busy with life. But that doesn't matter. What matters is...

It's once again time for the Mountain Art Guild art show, June 9 & 10, at Radonich Ranch. For those in or near the San Francisco Bay area who want to come to the show: head for highway 17 between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz, and drive to the top. Exit at Summit Road and go East (cross over the freeway if you're going south on 17 when you exit) and continue 6.5 miles to the show. It's that easy. There will be food, wine tasting, music, and art by something like 50 different artists. I always enjoy this show, and I hope to see you there.

September 17, 2006 -- Web site updates are happening
Life has bean insanely busy, and it's not getting any simpler, but I am finally starting to put some of the new pieces up on the web site. The first is titled Small Bowl. It's quite nice and needs to find a home. Please take a look at it!

June 17, 2006 -- The show is over...
I'd like to thank everyone who visited me at the MAG art show. I had a great time there, and I really appreciate everyone coming out and seeing all the art. Much appreciated!

May 25, 2006 -- A new section... writings
Though the art show is bearing down on me like a ton of bricks, I just wrote and posted a bit of humor. It was stuck in my brain and needed to come out, so I did it. You can see what I have written if you are curious.

And now, back to the garage to polish stones!

April 23, 2006 -- The new gallery is up, at last!
It's taken a lot longer than I anticipated, but I finally have the new gallery fully created and uploaded. You can find it here. Please take a look, and let me know if you find any issues that I need to fix.

In addition, here are some important dates too:

April 16, 2006 -- We welcome Danno to our pack
On Thursday, we added a new member to our pack. Very sadly, about a month ago we had to put Nikki down. Her decline was sudden and severe, and her quality of life had suffered a lot lately. We waited a while, and got over the shock and loss to some extent, and then visited our local animal shelter and picked up Danno, a 2 year old Siberian Husky male. He's settling in very well though he's more than a bit stubborn, and will try many times before becoming convinced that what we want is higher in priority than what he wants. A lot of time at obedience school is ahead of us.

For the curious, you can see photos of Danno and Anne and or Leah (our older Australian Cattle Dog mix).

April 10, 2006 -- Sorry for the lack of news...
I've been swamped with many things of late, including extensive training for my volunteer fire fighter role. (One of these days I really need to write up a bit about what I am doing in that regard. Others might find it interesting.) And now, as we head into mid April with no end in sight for the rainy season, I am worried that I will have little new work for the art show this June. I'll have to knuckle down and make it happen.

The new gallery has been taking shape here on my computer at home, but it isn't quite ready for prime time just yet. There are a few newer pieces still to add into it, for example. But now that I am past the mid term in my first aid class, and now that the wild land fire academy is over, I can get back to that ASAP. I hope you see it soon.

January 2, 2006 -- Book reviews now posted online
I finally got all of the book reviews I've written in the last year posted here. They were all posted on a different forum originally, but now they are here too. Enjoy!

Oh, and Happy New Year!

December 27, 2005 -- Web site cleanup in progress
I have been cleaning up the web site today. Revising and correcting all kinds of trivial all over the pages. Next up is a major overhaul of the entire gallery, though I don't yet know the specifics of how I will be doing that. In any event, please drop by from time to time to see what I've changed and added. Thanks!

November 21, 2005 -- Thank you!
ARTWORKS x 6 was a great success. Thanks to everyone who attended. A good time was had by all!

Nov 18, 2005 -- ARTWORKS x 6
This show in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near my home, will feature artwork by 6 local artists. Come join us on a Friday evening to see what your neighbors are doing lately. More data will appear here very soon.

Oct 20, 2005 -- General News
My how time flies when you're busy. I've become involved with my local volunteer fire department, and I've been working on several long delayed house projects, and I've been sculpting, of course. There will be new pieces in the Nov 18 art show!

June 15, 2005 -- Thank You!
A big thank you to everyone who visited the art shows over the past 2 weekends. I had my best show ever on June 11 & 12, and several pieces have now gone to new, good, homes. I greatly appreciate the support that I was given there, and I look forward to doing more shows in the future!

June 11-12, 2005 -- Annual Mountain Art Guild Summer Show
I will once again be participating in this show. It's been a great venue for me and many other artists. I hope you can stop by and see it. A good time is generally had by all. More information should be available somewhere on the MAG web site.

June 4-5, 2005 -- AVA Show at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara
As in years past, I will have a few pieces in the MAG group booth at the Triton Museum this weekend. Stop by and see the show if you can, and say hello. I should be there most of both days.

April 27, 2005 -- new contact form installed
Finally got a new contact form installed. Now all those contact links don't go to just a page saying "here's how to email me." Instead they go to a form that sends the email automagically. Much better.

April 17, 2005 -- the new life begins
As I said below, I am now unemployed, and working to spend a lot more time on my art. It's a slow ramp up, but it should be good for me, and it will definitely give me time to get some things back under control. I hope to have several new pieces for the show in June, and I hope to see you there. Thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement as I go forward with this change!

March 1-31, 2005 -- Pacific Art League Show
I have a piece in this show -- "Teacher and Subject." Anyone wanting to see my work might consider stopping in. It's only one piece - Red Bowl - but it shows something of what I do, and might cause you to decide that taking a stone carving class would be a good thing.

March 6, 2005 -- Major Life Event
I have resigned from my day job, in preparation for trying an entirely new phase of my life. Much of that will involve more time on my art, I hope. I haven't quite stopped working yet, but I hope to get started on a lot of new and important things in April. One of those things will be a major update of this web site. Please stay tuned!

Nov 7, 2004 -- Fencing
Not art related, but I have to put this somewhere. I earned my B rating while fencing epee in a Veterans (40+) tournament in Oakland today. I finished 2nd out of 23, and had to beat an A and another B fencer to get into the final. Very cool.

Oct 27 - Nov 13, 2004 -- Art Show in Ben Lomond
The 2nd annual MAG show at the SCMAC is happening these dates. I'll have at least one piece in there. Reception is Friday, Oct 29, from 6-9pm. I hope to see you there.

Oct 22, 2004 -- Site revamp
I've moved the pages from my old, non-art-related, personal site into this one now. That was forced by an amazingly fast domain name transfer. If you found these pages via a google query or some such, welcome.

Jun 12-13 2004 -- Mountain Art Guild Show
The annual Mountain Art Guild show at Radonich Ranch (about 6.5 miles east of highway 17 on Summit Road). The show is open 10-6 on Saturday and 10-5 on Sunday. I will once again share a booth with Debbie Blessing -- an accomplished photographer. This is a great show. We hope to see you there.

Jun 6-7 2004 -- AVA Art Fest in San Jose
I will have a few pieces in the Mountain Art Guild booth at this show on the grounds of the Triton Museum in San Jose, CA.

April 18 2004 -- Site Update
I've finally managed to get a few things updated on the site. Most importantly, I have uploaded the pages for Gray Curves and Deep Dive. In addition, I've cleaned up quite a few other things, and modified the gallery displays a bit to make the main pages more useful -- I hope.

Feb 1-28, 2004 -- Art Show
Feb 6, 2004 -- Reception 4-8pm
Deep Dive will be in the faculty members show at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto. I intend to attend the reception and should be there after 6pm.

At the same time, one of our students -- David Fisher -- has a piece in the show in the main gallery at the Pacific Art League. The reception for that show is at the same time as the one for the faculty show, and I think the dates are the same as well. Stop in and see what our students can do!

Jan 21, 2004
The other piece I had in the show in November -- Gray Curves, carved from pumice -- has sold. Many thanks to the buyer.

Dec 2003
My co-instructor Sue Toorans has her own web site up and running now. Check her stuff out if you are interested in someone else's stone carving style.

Nov 12, 2003
One of my pieces -- Deep Dive -- in the Mountain Art Center show listed below won an honorable mention award.

Nov 12-22, 2003 -- Art Show
I'll have a piece or two in a show in The Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center, 9341 Mill Street, Ben Lomond, CA 95005. Other artists in the show are also members of the Mountain Art Guild.

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