Hi, I just sent out my monthly-ish art newsletter. You can view it here. If you’d like to be added to the list for next time, email me. I don’t sell and give your email to anyone else, bla bla bla, it’s just a newsletter about shows and other exciting things in my arty life.

These puppies will be on display next weekend at the Live Worms Gallery. Group show of France inspired art Eight artists from two years of France painting workshops will be showing work created during or inspired by the workshop. I’ll be showing the paintings you see in this newsletter. I will be there for the…

What kind of sauce or spice do you eat with aduki beans and rice?

Amazon has added a new author communication tool called Amazon Connect. It allows authors to post messages to their customers when they visit Amazon. Follow the instructions below to add me to your “plog”. To add me to your Amazon “plog”, do this: Click this link. Once on my author page, you’ll find a box…

I have much less energy than I should. I think this semester I’ve been battling with germies from lots of colds and viruses. I haven’t been that sick, but I do feel worn and weary. I don’t feel healthy, that’s for sure. There is no glow in my cheeks. I thought about taking a walk…

That’s right folks! My book is in stock and ready for you. You can now order my Photooshop book from Amazon.com and get it in a couple days time. Not sure when local bookstores will start carrying it. probably in a week or two. It is real! Time to celebrate!

I had an interesting Astronomy class today. First let me give you a quick background on my experience of this class. The teacher is great, his lectures are entertaining and informative. I really like him, but the class is hard to get a decent grade in, so very hard. I will work my tail off…

I got a Faculty Honors Award from CCA yesterday in the mail. It is a nice sized scholarship that is repeatable every year for three years. It slices a nice hunk off my tuition, even before tackling financial aid. The letter came with a Certificate of Excellence. There weren’t any clapping seal graphics on it…

Today I set aside my other obligations and spent the day in the studio. I got very far on a new painting for the machines series and did a little art supply shopping. The next week is going to be packed with school and work (as usual) so I won’t get to finish it til…

Snake and bird rises again! Originally uploaded by angrypirate. A painting I started in france last june. I’ll be showing it at live worms gallery in north beach sf on april 1st.

I got an email from someone at poison.org. They want to use an image of one of my paintings in their next e-newsletter. Neat! It’s like the series has come full circle. Inspired by poison hazzard labels, used on a poison prevention website.

Well, it’s just a stressful, crazy semester. The homework and papers and tests don’t slow down. I have a show on April first that I need to finish a couple paintings for. I have an article due next week, a website that needs to get finished up soon, another site I’m waiting on content for,…

Hi, I have an annoying cold, I’m cranky, I’m tired, and I have been suffering from mild anxiety attacks. Other than that, life is peaches. How are you?

I was forced to interrupt my french homework and draw this picture. Pen drawing colorized in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

“art is a result. it is the record left by those who have truly lived their lives. those who have genuinely lived their lives will leave behind the stuff that is incontestably art.” ~ Jane Urquhart