I have just recently had a piece of mine acquired by the ACT Legislative Assembly here in Canberra for their collection!

The piece is called "Drawn Across"  and it is a work from the Slider Series. This piece depicts my transition to Canberra from Portland.

This is an exciting event for me for many reasons, but most of all it gives me a sense of arrival and acceptance.

I had some excellent news today and found out that Craft Arts has used my image on the cover of their latest issue. This is a first for me and very exciting. There is a fantastic article written about my work by Dr. Sharon Peoples inside the magazine. Check it out:

Here is the article within...

This entry is dedicated to Rasit Rejwan Tellioglu. He contacted me from Turkey to ask for a little bit more background info on how works from the Tower Series come together.

The Tower Series pieces are meant to be slivers of an urban environment. These slivers of familiar scenes are usually peripheral or overlooked. Once highlighted, these scenes can develop into landmarks of personal meaning. The idea of these pieces came to me while i was driving around some unknown streets in Portland Oregon. From certain angles, the street could look like another place I knew (sometimes they would look like sections of places I had once lived). Once my particular view of the place changed the sliver of similarity would disappear.

I looked through some old photos and believe that I can detail the process through the creation of the piece called "Destinations of the Day" from the Tower Series that consists of five pieces. See below:

Below are some more process shots from various Towers made over the span of the Series. "Destinations of the Day" was the final piece in this series and led me to begin making the Building Block Series.

Everyone-I hope you find this interesting.

Rasit- Thank you for your interest. I hope this is the information you wanted. I hope all is well in Turkey, because....

...in a totally unrelated turn of events, I am departing for Istanbul in five hours!

It is crazy how things work sometimes.

My new show at Beaver Galleries called "Of Import" was just reviewed by Kerry-Anne Cousins of the Canberra Times! This is fantastic news and the review was quite nice as well...

I posted some pictures of my current exhibition on Facebook here. Here is a little video I made of my recent exhibition to show you all of the work installed...

My work is done and it will finally be installed tomorrow at Beaver Galleries for my solo show called "Of Import". I am anxious and nervous for the opening and to finally have this experience happen. There will be new works from the Pallet Series, the Crate Series and a new series called the Shipment Series. Here is a sneak peak of the my work (shot fantastically by Rob Little) that will be in the show...

Yesterday, I officially enrolled into the Australian National University to pursue a PhD in Sculpture (http://www.creativearts.anu.edu.au/). This will be a three year adventure to develop my current focus. I am excited about this opportunity, but also hesitant since it has been several years since I have been to school.

On another life changing note, Mel (my wife) has been awarded the 2011 Stephen Proctor Fellowship (http://www.glassaustralia.anu.edu.au/SPFAbout.html). This is a huge honor for her and she is as excited as she is deserving.

Happy 2011!

I thought that I would freshen the look of the website and try to make it a cleaner presentation. Please let me know what you think and if there is some other content that you would like me to add.

I personally am looking forward to this year and am anxious to get things moving forward. I only need to wait for Australia to return from it's holiday break...

It has been a hectic month of preparation for my upcoming trip to the States.

At the end of this month I will depart for Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Toledo, Carbondale, and finally St. Louis before returning to the lucky country. I will see friends and family, do some work and eat several tacos. I have also shipped over some work to SOFA Chicago. If you are in the tri-state area, come by and check out the show. Below are a couple shots of some work now in transit to Chicago...