for the love of Kettle

This is the piece I donated to Kettle Art in Deep Ellum for their annual fundraiser "For the Love of Kettle." Kettle Art is a gallery, currently located in Deep Ellum that supports emerging artists. I have only recently had the good fortune to participate in their forum and cannot express enough my appreciation for what they do for the art community.

"For the Love of Kettle" is a ONE NIGHT show in which pieces of donated artwork by local emerging artists are sold for $50.00 a piece...This is an excellent event to grow your collection and support a gallery that does so much for artists....

Artists, such as, Diana Almand, Brian Hamm, Patricia Rodriguez, Monica Moody, Tom C. Carlton, and Sarah Zamora are just a few of the amazing DFW area talent who have contributed to this event. ( I for one would like to collect work from all of these!)

"for the love of Kettle" is this Saturday, February 9th. 7-10 

at

Kettle Art

2714 Elm, Dallas, Texas 75226

"Flood of emotion" artists healing Japan

so these are the two paintings i just dropped off for the "FLOOD OF EMOTION" benefit for Japan.


In this picture i scotched them together...but they are two separate paintings.
5x7's
acrylic on canvas
one is named Re-Chair #2 and the other is REACH-AIR #2.....


i have this "thing" about chairs...but this particular style of chair for some reason...i dunno, maybe some therapist can tell me why...but, Recently i have referred to it as the "lonely chair"....seems fitting...


It was actually kind of difficult to give these two small paintings up....


I mean, i am happy to give to a good cause any day....


but these chairs sort of hit me in the gut...and it felt like i was giving away my children....which is EXACTLY WHY I HAD TO GIVE THEM AWAY.....especially for this particular cause....


" you have to let go of the past to welcome the future"


" out with the old, in with the new"


" you must let go, to receive"


yes, those were the thoughts in my head as i bagged these babies up and filled out the paperwork for their adoptions....


Like all work, i hope it goes to a good home....and i hope that it helps others by raising money....

Flood of Emotion

I am very pleased to be participating in this event.