April 2010: Featured artist, Flux Gallery, Tucson, AZ
May 2010 - July 2010: Group Show of 3 Tucson artists, Blue Raven Gallery, Tucson, AZ
January 2011: Solo exhibition, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, AZ
What I'm Up To!
I'm facing a difficult decision, one that I presume every artist faces at one time or another. Is the series finished? Have I said all there is to say? NOW WHAT?
Eighteen months ago, I began the series "Ancient Lands in Abstraction". My original inspiration was a week-long visit to Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona. As I explored deeper and deeper, however, the series expanded to include the subtitle "A Personal Meditation on the Holiness of Place". At that time I thought the series would never end. It could include any ancient land - Mexico, Egypt, Peru, Greece, Italy.
But for a month, now, I have started and restarted a number of paintings, seeking an emotional spark. Perhaps it's the holidays, perhaps it's the all-too-frequent creative void that most artists confront.
I still don't know. I'm still searching. Stay tuned!