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A Painting and "The Birds" Poems in Entropy

Aug 20, 2020
3 min

A Painting and "The Birds" Poems in Entropy

I'm excited to share that I have four poems and a painting in Entropy! The poems are all part of Entropy’s “The Birds” series and they're accompanied by an abstract black-and-white painting of mine: “#58.” It would be swell if you could take some time to check out all the art. I wrote “The Seagull” a few years after graduating with my MFA. It was a relief to write. I’d been completely tapped out creatively for months and months and then one random afternoon, “The Seagull” cam

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Painting in Blue Mesa Review

Painting in Entropy

Aug 1, 2016
1 min

Painting in Entropy

I'm super excited to have a painting featured as part of Entropy's wonderful "Where to Submit" series of posts. "Where to Submit: August + September 2016" has my painting "#87" right at the top of the post. It's still an abstract work, but unlike a lot of my paintings—which are just entirely abstract—this one is an abstract rendering of a real scene. So you might take a look and see a sunset. Maybe. If you look hard. It's one of my least obtuse pieces. That much I can say for

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Paintings in Fog Machine

Jul 8, 2016
1 min

Paintings in Fog Machine

Zachary Cosby was kind enough to reach out a few weeks ago about whether I'd be interested in submitting some paintings to Fog Machine. I was thrilled to send him a few pieces, and even more excited when he decided to feature them on the website. The paintings went live today, so head on over to Fog Machine for a look at the four pieces. #paintings #publication

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Paintings in Dirty Chai Magazine

Paintings in littletell

Jun 1, 2016
1 min

Paintings in littletell

I have three paintings in issue four of littetell—take a look! I painted all three of these in Corvallis, Oregon within the last year. And, in case you're interested, I actually have a sort of timelapse video showing the painting process for "#102" available on my Instagram account. #publication #paintings

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Paintings in Crab Fat Magazine

May 22, 2016
1 min

Paintings in Crab Fat Magazine

Check out my two paintings in the latest issue of Crab Fat Magazine! One is rather morbidly titled "Mrs. Thorwald" while the other is a part of a series of black and white paintings I've been working on for a few years now. Both paintings were created back in my Ann Arbor days. I know for a fact that I painted "Mrs. Thorwald" soon after watching Rear Window for the first time. To jog your memory, the woman murdered at the beginning of the movie is named Mrs. Thorwald. Yes, I

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Painting in Hot Metal Bridge

Apr 21, 2016
1 min

Painting in Hot Metal Bridge

I have an abstract painting—created back in my Ann Arbor days—in the latest issue of Hot Metal Bridge! Check out the artist gallery and keep scrolling until you see four colors of paint spattered on a bright white canvas. In case that's not clear enough, the painting's titled "Drip #2" and has the title and my name beneath it. Take a look! #publication #paintings

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Corvallis Advocate Art Garage Sale

Dec 10, 2015
1 min

Corvallis Advocate Art Garage Sale

After being a part of the Corvallis Arts Walk last month, I’ve been lucky enough to get invited back to the Corvallis Advocate loft space to participate in their Art Garage Sale. The sale is this Saturday from 4pm–7pm at 425 SW Madison Avenue, and ten local artists are going to display and sell their work there. I’ll have a few of my painting and—for the very first time—some iPhone cases available for purchase. Consider stopping by and taking a look—particularly if you’re int

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I’m Showing Paintings in the November Corvallis Arts Walk

Nov 5, 2015
2 min

I’m Showing Paintings in the November Corvallis Arts Walk

I’m very excited to be able to say that I’ll be participating in the Corvallis Arts Walk this November! In case you’re feeling too lazy to click on the link, the Corvallis Arts Walk is “a grass-roots organized art walk that takes place on the 3rd Thursday of each month in Downtown Corvallis. Galleries, studios, arts/crafts stores, and the occasional pop-up keep their doors open late to host an art-related event or demonstration.” I’ll be showing at the Corvallis Advocate Loft

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Paintings in Chronopolis

Jul 7, 2015
1 min

Paintings in Chronopolis

I have three paintings featured in the thought_screaming issue of Chronopolis, an experimental online magazine of art and literature. Two of the paintings have been paired with specific poems written by other writers, which is a first for me. It's been interesting to think about how the paintings and poems work in tandem. You can take a look at "Heart Stream" above Carlos Lara's "Two Excerpts from THE GREEN RECORD" while "#62" is above Mary Marie Dixon's "The First Consumnati

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Paintings in The Critical Pass Review

Dec 29, 2014
1 min

Paintings in The Critical Pass Review

I have some art in the Fall 2014 Issue of The Critical Pass Review! It would be just loverly if you gave the two paintings a gander. You can find “Black/White #2” on page 21 while “#67” is on page 28. I'd direct you right to those pages but, alas, that's not possible. If you want to get right to my work, I recommend scrolling through the lit mag's thumbnails—that seems to be the quickest way to navigate. #publication #paintings

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