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Southwest Art - "The Human Experience"

2011-12-30T09:16:00.000-08:00

I am part of a figurative feature in the January 2012 issue of Southwest Art titled, "The Human Experience" which includes Michael Mao, Vincent Giarrano (cover), Cynthia Feustel, Ryan S. Brown, and Ignat Ignatov. Overall a pretty nice issue, there's a preview of The Coors Western Art Show, and a great feature with several prints of Carolyn Anderson's work (always amazing).

Dang!

2011-11-30T11:36:00.001-08:00

Chelsea James...nice.

Her link: chelseabjames.blogspot.com

The Artist's Magazine - 3rd place

2011-11-08T09:10:00.001-08:00

My painting "In The Weeds" placed 3rd in the portrait/figure category for The Artist's Magazine 28th Annual Art Competition. Many thanks to the magazine for putting on a great competition, and to artist/juror Robert Liberace for selecting my work. Check out all of the winner's paintings and interviews in the Dec. 2011 issue. The Artist's Magazine

I love Charleston

2011-11-08T09:02:00.000-08:00

Definitely in my top 3 favorite places, probably top 2...closing in on the top spot. Just got back from a GREAT trip down there...here are a couple paintings Charleston specific, both at Wells Gallery right now.

CFADA Fine Art Annual

2011-10-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

I will be heading to Charleston to take part in the Charleston Fine Arts Dealers' Association (CFADA) Fine Art Annual weekend coming up November 2-5. Here are a couple links with info to pique your interest if you are in the Charleston area that weekend...

CFADA Site
More info on StyleePR.com

If you don't want to click the links, here is a basic schedule of events...

Wednesday, November 2, 6-8 p.m. – “Women in Art” Lecture at the Gibbes Museum of Art

Friday, November 4, 5:30-8:30 p.m. – CFADA Gallery Receptions & Historic Downtown Charleston Art Stroll

Saturday morning, November 5, 9 a.m. – noon – “Painting in the Park” in Washington Park

Saturday evening, November 5, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – “Silent Auction & Patrons’ Reception”

Hope to see you there!

3...

2011-09-22T16:43:00.001-07:00

Hope you all had a great summer. Here are a few newbies, top one going to Dean Day Gallery, bottom two heading to Water Street Gallery.

In The Weeds - Honorable Mention

2011-09-12T13:53:00.000-07:00

My painting "In The Weeds" got an Honorable Mention in the Oil Painters of America Online Showcase. Thank you to judge Ken Spencer for the recognition! Click here to check out the winners.

Uribe - On Originality

2011-08-11T14:24:00.000-07:00

Good post, a struggle I have to imagine any artist (visual or not) deals with, especially in "formative years", starting out, and/or trying to find a voice.
http://uribeartnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-originality.html

New Site

2011-07-26T15:12:00.000-07:00

After a few years with my old website I have decided to move on...it's hard to do! However it was time, and I have my issues with the old one. I am still working out what I want the new one to be, have paintings to add, and may change a few things here and there...but it immediately alleviates some of the issues I had with the previous one, and gives me a lot more freedom to customize it as I please. Check it out when you get a chance, the same url "MarkAndrewBailey.com" will get you there, or a newer, more search engine friendly one will as well, "BaileyPaintings.com".

Silent Witness (Experimental Series)

2011-06-27T15:05:00.000-07:00

I did these little portraits a couple months ago, experimenting with some different approaches and techniques. I painted all of them simultaneously so that they would have some cohesion, and if something was going right I could carry that to the next one, if something was going wrong I did not have a lot of time and energy invested in any one as an individual. Each one is done on a little 8" x 8" board, I wanted to work pretty small and fairly quick to keep things fresh and spontaneous. Some are better than others, and a few effects came out kind of cool, others not so much...but I wanted to display all 15 in all their separate failure and success instead of editing down to the ones I like. It is really nice to step back and try something a bit different, it may not end up being your best or favorite piece, but what is learned in the process is so incredibly valuable.

They are currently at Gallery 903 in Portland.

Light & Leaf

2011-05-26T09:41:00.000-07:00

I am really enjoying this guy's stuff recently, Brad Reuben Kunkle. Obviously the figures are very well painted, but beyond that the composition and design is amazing and he implements gold and silver leaf which I imagine in person is very stunning...also some great narrative happening which appeals to the illustrator in me. Definitely sensing some Gustav Klimt here. The examples here are pretty small, but if you visit his site you can zoom in and see them in detail.

"In The Weeds"

2011-04-25T15:44:00.001-07:00

One of the latest...just showed up at Wells Gallery in Charleston. Been a pretty busy year thus far, have about 3-4 other paintings I still need to post to the main site.

Houston Bound - Dean Day Gallery

2011-03-08T10:33:00.000-08:00

As of this month I will now be showing at Dean Day Gallery in Houston, Texas. I am pretty excited about this, Houston being the 4th largest city in the US, and a lively art scene. Here is the gallery's little blurb from their site...

DEAN DAY GALLERY has provided art expertise & resources in assisting private collectors & design professionals in the acquisition of fine art since 1980. The gallery features contemporary, abstract & realist artwork that appeals to both the beginning & serious collector. Dean Day Gallery is centrally located on "Gallery Row" in the Upper Kirby District and is a member of the Houston Art Dealers Association.

Dean Day Gallery
2639 Colquitt
Houston, Texas 77098
713.520.1021
www.DeanDayGallery.com

SO, if you are in that area, stop by and say hello, my first work (3 paintings) will be in the gallery for their opening on March 26th.

Charleston Style & Design

2011-01-26T08:34:00.000-08:00

There's a nice little article about the Wells Gallery in the most recent copy of Charleston Style & Design Magazine (Winter 2011). It features my painting "Flight" alongside paintings by Glen Harrington, Karen Larson Turner, and a photograph by John Michiels.

Twas the Season...

2011-01-04T11:54:00.000-08:00

I had a couple of commissions to do for Christmas, this one was my favorite. A friend of mine asked me to paint a portrait of his 2 year old little girl to give as a gift. I could not help but smile the entire time I was painting, it brought me a lot of joy...and simultaneously a lot of stress. With any portrait I put a lot of pressure on myself to get the likeness, it is terrifying thinking that you are painting an image of an individual, in some cases someone you have never met, FOR someone who obviously knows them very well!

From what I have heard it was very well received, what a relief!

Brandt-Roberts Galleries

2010-10-29T11:34:00.000-07:00

I am excited to announce that I will now be showing at Brandt-Roberts Galleries in the Short North Arts District of Columbus, Ohio. This is a brand new gallery, they are having their grand opening tonight (Friday Oct. 29th) and will be open and rolling-right-along next week for the first Saturday Gallery Hop (Nov. 6th).

If you are in that area, stop by and have a look. I am told thousands of people converge on the Short North District for first Saturdays, evidently it is the place to be, lots of galleries, boutiques, and restaurants doing it up right.

I have two pcs. at the gallery right now, and a few smaller paintings headed there for a small works show next month.

Brandt-Roberts Galleries
642 N High St
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614.223.1655
www.brandtrobertsgalleries.com
info@brandtrobertsgalleries.com

Pike Takes 2nd

2010-10-19T09:22:00.000-07:00

Pike was awarded 2nd place this month in the Bold Brush Painting Competition. I am humbled to place at all, each month a lot of amazing artists turn out. A big thanks to Daniel Keyes, the judge, for choosing my work!

Duveneck, Twachtman, Ohio

2010-10-14T13:12:00.000-07:00

I have always been a fan of William Merritt Chase, but a couple others from the same time and group definitely worth admiring are Frank Duveneck, and John Henry Twachtman. These guys kind of blew the doors off American art at the time, bringing impressionism and/or loose brushwork into play. They all inspire me, and although it may or may not be apparent, they likely have, and will have, some influence on my work...you never know what slips in.

On a side-note, subtly related...in that they were a major part of art in the midwest...and to a degree Ohio...I will soon be showing in Ohio...Columbus...the Short North District...more on that to come. (I know that was a stretch)

Charleston Art Auction

2010-10-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

My painting, "Masu", will be included in the Charleston Art Auction Saturday, November 6th, 2010. This is a huge honor, and I am extremely humbled to be alongside some amazing talent and ridiculously famous artists. A big thanks goes to Wells Gallery and Morris Whiteside Galleries for making it possible.

If you like art, like auctions, like Charleston, I would recommend registering and attending!

Red Star and Gallery 903

2010-09-08T12:28:00.000-07:00

These are a couple new paintings, Red Star and Red Star 2, both 24"x 24", 28"x 28" framed.

I am very excited to say that I am showing again in Portland. I will be represented by a brand new gallery in the Pearl District, Gallery 903. The gallery just had their "soft opening" this past Thursday. Both paintings from this post are hanging there now. The newly remodeled space looks great, and it was awesome to see a LOT of traffic there at the opening which coincided nicely with Portland's "First Thursday" event.

Here is the link to Gallery 903

Diebenkorn, Westmark, Evans

2010-08-27T11:02:00.000-07:00

I really liked this past statement I came across by John Westmark.

(John is featured on ArtistADay today)

"Since 1999, my work has been predominately influenced by Diebenkorn, and to a lesser extent, Matisse. I agree with their approach of moving beyond the initial architecture of a painting by concealing and correcting previous marks, with the goal of maintaining a stance of unself-consciousness and rightness. I believe that the relationship between the unconscious, spontaneous reaction and the premeditated, intentional mark is the key to a successful painting. Developing the intuition to know when, and when not to rework, is paramount. Ultimately it is this dichotomy that creates the painting - a collection of brush strokes and marks that reflects the energy and spirit of the artist at the time of its creation.

My subject matter is derived from collected experiences and memories. Each painting becomes a struggle to create a unique visual language - an abstraction of color and form - and not to adhere to a literal translation of a scene or object. This lack of dependency on the literal translation is usually a liberating aspect of the work."

This statement coincided with a Diebenkorn kick I have been on lately. I have never been a huge fan of his actual paintings, but I have found that I agree a lot with aspects of what he has to say about painting. Both Diebenkorn and the statement above say it in a bit more philosophical and elegant way than I would have written, but the concepts are there.

The painting attached to the post is actually by a totally different artist John Evans, which I came across on this recent Diebenkorn voyage. He has done a series of paintings that feature what seem to be a pretty extreme overhead view, something I had started to look into, and first attempted with my painting "Farewell". His are much more successful in my opinion, and certainly more "Diebenkorn-esque", but I continue to attempt these ideas in my own way as they come along.

Southwest Art - 21 Under 31

2010-08-25T11:16:00.001-07:00

I had the honor of being included in Southwest Art's "21 Under 31" feature this year. The article is in the September issue, which should be on shelves now, so go check it out if you get a chance!
www.SouthwestArt.com

Flight

2010-08-03T14:26:00.001-07:00

Wells Gallery posted this one on their blog, one more painting for the upcoming show, "Flight" 24" x 30". Only a few days now, looking forward to heading down to Charleston for the opening.

Artist A Day

2010-08-03T14:10:00.000-07:00

I made an appearance on Artist A Day (artistaday.com) for July 31st. If you have not checked out their site it is pretty cool, as the name makes apparent, they feature a new artist every single day. It is overwhelming and inspiring when something, like this site, makes you realize just how many talented artists are out there creating right now!

Thanks for the post!

CFADA

2010-07-23T11:37:00.000-07:00

CFADA (Charleston Fine Art Dealers' Association) has a quick blurb on the upcoming show. It gives another sneak peak for the show, my painting "Pike" and Evan's painting "Dry Dock". Wells Gallery is going to post all the work to their site a few days before the show, you can also contact them if you would like see the work before then.

Juxtapose

2010-07-07T17:03:00.000-07:00

I like these Cy Twombly paintings, and to juxtapose with a TOTALLY different artist, also came across this great J.M.W. Turner piece this week.

June Update

2010-06-30T12:27:00.000-07:00

Man, time flies, half of the year gone already! Quite a lot has happened over the past month, here is the latest.

I am still working towards my August show at Wells Gallery in Charleston with Philadelphia artist Evan Harrington. I have now settled on 10 pieces for the show, 8 are done, and 2 are in process. This show is meant to be work that is a bit different than what people are used to seeing from Evan and I. I will still have some of the interiors people tend to gravitate towards, but I will also have a touch of landscape work, still life, and some rather experimental stuff...but do not be afraid, it will not be TOO far removed from my previous work. I am pretty excited for this one, and the buzz is just now starting to grow as the Aug. 6th opening approaches. The painting on this post will be 1 of the 10, it has been titled "Everett" and measures 30" x 24".

In a bit of bad(?) news I have officially removed my work from the Lawrence Gallery here in Oregon. I won't go into it here, but I will say that I am sleeping just a bit better now. I am currently looking at new representation in the area, as I believe it is important to have a presence in your local art community. I will post more on that when I have figured out where to land.

Lastly, I have received word that I am one of the young artists chosen to be in the 2010 Southwest Art Magazine "21 Under 31" feature. I am not yet sure which painting will be featured, nor if I placed, but we will all know when the Sept. issue lands.

Stuart Shils

2010-05-18T15:17:00.000-07:00

My favorite artist for the past couple weeks (which changes frequently), Stuart Shils. Within a fairly simple statement there is a wonderful energy and sense of immediacy, incredible atmosphere, emotion, and mood, great palette...nice. Here is Stuart Shils' website.

May Show Changes

2010-04-07T16:47:00.001-07:00

So there have been some changes to the show in May, most notably the location. Lawrence Gallery Portland has been closed, temporarily or permanently is yet to be decided from my understanding. SO, the show has been moved to Lawrence Gallery Sheridan, which is their Oregon wine country location. The Sheridan location is a great gallery, just a bit of a different feel than the Portland Pearl District. Since it is not in Portland the opening reception does not coincide with "First Thursday". The opening reception will now be on Sunday, May 2nd from 2-4pm. It has been crazy, I have felt a bit tossed around in gallery politics, but I will be glad to have the show still go off, and I am sure it will be great! All of the paintings for the show are now posted to my website.
As the Blue Print 3 declares, "on to the next one". I am now painting towards my show in Charleston SC at Wells Gallery this August with Evan Harrington. This should be a fun show, I am looking to do a whole variety of pieces, I will keep some updates coming.

Portland Preview

2010-02-10T11:23:00.000-08:00

Here are a handful of the interior paintings that will be a part of my Portland show in May. If you are interested in this show, you may want to contact Lawrence Gallery Portland and let them know you want to be notified as the work arrives. I believe they will be doing pre-sales, and possibly a private viewing before the opening.

All Ten Plagues

2010-02-04T16:41:00.000-08:00

Although this is mostly a blog of painting work, I also do illustration and design. I appreciate all three very much, and am continually inspired by artists in all these fields. In my work the three have remained very different and separate, and over the past few years I have tried to come up with ways to meld them all, but have kind of let them remain separated. I guess they all show up in one another in subtle ways. I was cleaning up some computer files and came across these illustrations. A year or two ago I had a job to illustrate the ten plagues of Egypt. At one point I had posted a few on here. Since then I have had a few people ask me to see them in their entirety, so here they are. As a whole I am pretty happy with them given the constraints of the project, one of which was a ridiculously short timeline. Coming up with fresh and individual ideas quickly for ten very dramatic scenes is tough, especially differentiating between flies, gnats, and locusts. I took a lot of shortcuts, and definitely like a few better than others. They were intended to be in a storybook style, almost children's book illustration, with a simplified "cutout" feel.

Leyendecker Book

2010-02-03T10:31:00.000-08:00

I wish I had more money to spend on art books, there are a lot that I pass up that I wish I could buy. This is a Leyendecker book I bought a few weeks back, really nice, great prints, high quality, some of the best reproductions of his work I have seen. If you have an extra $40 it is worth the purchase.

Painting update: I have 13 of about 20 paintings done for my May show in Portland. I sent 2 paintings down to Wells Gallery in Charleston this week. Looks like I may be having another show at Wells Gallery with Evan Harrington in Charleston late this summer, which will be awesome. Our show together last year was a lot of fun, he is a really young guy, still finishing up school, doing amazing traditional work. Also, on another front, I am trying to figure out what to paint for an invitational in Tulsa this summer called "Masters of Influence" put on by the Lovetts Gallery. They pick a famous artist each year and ask artists to create a piece based on, or inspired by, the chosen artist. This year they chose Frank Lloyd Wright, which will be fun because he is an interesting character himself, I am a fan of his architectural work, his sketches are great...there are a lot of ideas to pull from!

Mid-Struggle

2009-12-10T19:49:00.001-08:00

This is a painting I am currently working on for my show in May. I am sure I will regret posting it, but that is the beauty of the delete button. At this point I think it is about 50% of the way there. Part of me wishes I had the guts to take a painting about this far, or a bit more, and leave it. It is still fun and abstract and it is more about the paint, marks, and mood than about "what it's supposed to be". Painting is fun, but at the same time it is PURE AGONY, on so many levels. Robert Henri said, "A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle." That is the truth, that guy knew what he was talking about.

Stephen Hayes = Awesome

2009-12-09T15:32:00.000-08:00

I am hammering away at about a painting a week right now to get ready for a one-man show this May/June in Portland Oregon. I hope to have 25 paintings at the show with a few trickling into the galleries leading up to that. I have not decided yet when to start posting the work here or on my site, but when I get time I will try and get some up. I am looking at doing a mix of urban interior stuff, cityscape stuff, and some portrait work. I feel like the paint has been a bit more expressive and confident in the pieces thus far, I am excited to get them out there.

In the meantime, here is another guy that I like to keep an eye on, Stephen Hayes. I fell in love with his work in 2003 when I first saw it in Portland at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery. A lot of his stuff is pretty large, 5'+, this one I think is 40"x40". If I ever break some of my barriers and get past some artistic and mental blocks I hope to approach my work this fresh one day.

Banditos (2006)

2009-11-14T16:23:00.000-08:00

I ran across these a couple weeks back as I was going through a bunch of my old stuff. I was pleasantly surprised, it is rare I like my work, especially OLD work. I did these back in 2006 when I was experimenting with some different supplies and approaches. These are oil and charcoal on vellum. They are at the framers right now and they may show up at one of the galleries in a couple weeks if I don't hang them on my own walls.

Green Apples

2009-10-15T11:28:00.000-07:00

I guess I am bored, and in the mood to share today. I thought these were two great variations on the same subject by two of my favorite artists, two of the best, Alex Kanevsky and Quang Ho (Image from Gallery1261). Quite a bit more abstract than what I am used to seeing from Quang Ho, but still VERY nice.

Waxing Frida

2009-10-15T11:04:00.000-07:00

While surfing for Ann Gale paintings I found this blog post. The elephant in the room has now been addressed.

Concorde

2009-09-05T15:22:00.001-07:00

This is a painting I finished this week for some very dear friends of mine. I titled it "Concorde" and It measures 30" x 30". I like painting for friends, family, or people I know, but it is FAR more stressful than painting for myself or galleries. I guess I just want to make sure they really like it, and that it meets all their expectations. Plus I know I will see them and the painting again, so I have to try my best. This way I don't hate it in a couple years when I see it, rip it off their wall, and attempt to re-work it. I am sure most artists would understand that feeling or urge. I had a string of commissions and paintings for friends to get done, that was the last one scheduled, back to painting for the galleries.

A bit of news...it sounds like I may have a one-man show scheduled for mid 2010. I will post more on that later when I have final word.

Two and WP

2009-08-20T21:31:00.001-07:00

Here is a clear shot of the painting "Two" from the previous post. I also added "WP" which is basically a redo of a boxcar painting I did earlier this year. Intrinsic Design wanted the original boxcar painting for their vendor space on the Street of Dreams, but it was unavailable so I painted a new one. I do not like painting the same painting twice, and have only done that one other time. This is pretty similar to the first, but I changed the graffiti, the train logo, and the birds.

Blog Resuscitation

2009-08-18T11:08:00.000-07:00

So, I am hoping to bring this thing back to life a bit. I am not sure anyone is even looking at this anymore. But if you are, awesome, thanks! I am not really sure what it will become, mostly painting work I would guess, since that is what I am working on the most. However, some drawing, design, process work, illustration, or other artist's work I appreciate, may appear now and again.

I must have an image for a post, so here is a shot of a painting I did for Intrinsic Design to display in their 937 Condo space for Portland's 2009 Street of Dreams. It may have been the most fun I have had painting in awhile. It allowed me to work larger than I have in the last couple years, and loosen up on some slightly different subject matter than most are used to seeing from me.

This painting will be hanging at the 937 Condos for the next year. If no one buys it directly from me it will make its way to one of the galleries I suppose.

I Was...

2008-06-06T11:15:00.001-07:00

These are the first 3 of a series of 6 photographic illustrations I am working on. They illustrate the book of Matthew chapter 25:35, "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in..."

Graf Paper

2007-08-15T17:02:00.001-07:00

Kyogen Cover

2007-04-30T11:21:00.000-07:00

Here's the cover for Kyogen that Joe and I have been working on, hopefully we can revisit this when we are both less busy with other grand projects.

Seeds Parable

2007-04-16T11:42:00.000-07:00

David Johansen

2007-03-06T21:49:00.000-08:00

Here's where I'm at on that David Johansen piece I started awhile back.

Takashi

2007-01-23T20:01:00.000-08:00

Here is a possible panel idea for the samurai project Joseph Cross and I are working on. I have not been posting much of the material we have put together, we plan on posting the pages and art once we have some stuff finalized. Things seem to be coming along nicely...

Monks

2006-12-26T00:07:00.000-08:00

A quick painting of some monks, I still need to refine it, but I like the direction it is heading.

Japanese Peasant Sketch

2006-12-23T02:08:00.000-08:00

I Can't sleep, so I decided to do some painting. Some count sheep, I count Japanese peasants.