pixels, light and hot wax

Just as a quick update, if you want to see my work in person:

• next weekend, fantasy and science fiction at Norwescon (Sea-Tac); I will also be on a few panels
• 4 of my Lumen prints will be in the Photographic Center Northwest‘s Alumni New Work Show (Seattle) June 3 – July 15, 2011
• Several different bodies of work simultaneously at the Night Kitchen, June-ish

Also, in honor of finding another awesome octopus photograph while going through my older film work, May will be Sealife Appreciation Month, with 15% off anything that lives in the briny deep (it was originally going to be Tentacle Appreciation Month, but the starfish felt left out.) I will also be posting 3 or 4 lovely tidepool-denizen photographs that are not yet online, plus the aforementioned octopus.

(The Aforementioned Octopus would be such an awesome band name.)

Gosh, it’s been a while. So, to sum up:

1. I will be a pro at Norwescon in 4 weeks; my panel discussions are all on Friday, and I will have stuff up in the Art Show. Should you be a con-goer who wishes something delivered, I will deliver to Norwescon.

2. A La Carte Albums is rapidly growing from my sideline into my full-on job. Which is both awesome in general, and slightly sad in that it means that at the end of a work day, the last thing I want to do is Photoshop, so there hasn’t been much/any new work worth showing in several months. (Though I’m hoping to have new traditional media pieces ready for Norwescon)

3. One of my pieces has risen from the depths of the flat file to become the cover for Nancy Fulda’s Backlash (e-book available at Smashwords) Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, this novelette was listed in Tangent Online’s 2010 recommended reading list. It is also *exactly* the kind of story I had in mind when I created the piece, which gives me a very happy feeling. On a similar note, most fitting use of another of my older pieces at AnthologyBuilder is Ruth Nestvold’s anthology “Give that Girl a Sword!”

4. I will be showing a mix of work at The Night Kitchen in May-June

5. I will be attending Encausticamp, so there should be some waxy goodness to see come August.

I will be showing a selection of the large-scale botanical abstract photographs at Balderdash Books and Art this January, starting the 3rd, and including an appearance at the Greenwood-Phinney ArtUp! Art Walk on Friday the 14th, if you want to see the art and my goofy face in the same place.

Queen of the Night Tulip

The next leg of the abstract flower tour will be a stopover this August much closer to my own neighborhood: at the PizzaWorks in Bothell. This will be a subset of the work from the Fremont show, with a few new pieces mixed in.

Pizzaworks is unique, in my experience of local pizzerias, for offering not only vegetarian, but also vegan, wheat-free, and gluten-free options.

(and I thank them not only for the opportunity to show, but also for another reprieve in figuring out where to store all these large framed prints.

I’m hanging today (the 2nd) so stop in between the 3rd and the 31st for a slice or a grinder, eh?

2 new photographs and one old one (and the first not-a-flower) will be making their framed debut tonight, assuming there isn’t some horrible mishap with the drill:

(Edited to add: while there were no power tool mishaps, there was an epic tantrum. So these three did *not* get framed in time, alas.)

Cherry Blossom #98 (from my Lapin cherry tree)

Queen of the Night Tulip

Anemones in Pink and Green

Due to some last-minute serendipity, I will be showing my floral photography at Ombu Salon & Spa in Edmonds for the upcoming Edmonds Art Walk, and (most of) the show will remain up through mid-July. There will be at least two, maybe more, new pieces for people who saw the Fremont show I just took down. And if the Edmonds Art Walk site is to be believed, there will be a wine tasting as well.

I am really excited about this –this will be my first show in my hometown (I’m so from Edmonds I used to dance around at games as “Bonnie Bengal” for the Edmonds High School Tigers. Fear my fierce school spirit!)

A new piece which may, or may not, be in this show:

Tomorrow is the last day my show will be up at Fremont Jewelry Design, so if you want to see it in person, I suggest you have lunch in Fremont tomorrow.

While some of the pieces in the show will also be at the Shoreline Arts Festival in 4 weeks, about half of it will not, and it probably will not be exhibited again in the next 6 months.

June 26th and 27th you can find me, as well as fabulous jeweler Tammy of TM Originals, sharing a booth in the Artist Marketplace at the Shoreline Arts Festival. It will be my first time having a booth at an arts festival, and I am really excited (and a little scared).

I will be bringing pretty much everything — garden photography, science fiction photoillustration, big pieces, little pieces, pieces that I’ve never posted to the website, so come check it out. There will also be music, performances, and food.

I did a shoot last week with Tammy of some of her work and this is my favorite of the shots:

Steampunk-inspired beaded faux watch-fob with found objects, by T.M. Originals

I will also be doing greeting cards for the first time for this festival, though I haven’t been able to narrow it down to anywhere near the 10 designs I’m planning yet. Which means that sometime in the next three weeks, there will be a poll, with a giveaway attached.

Less than a month until the show! So mark your calendars for next months Fremont Art Walk; Friday May 7th, from 6-9 rain or shine. The show will be up pretty much the whole month, though, at Fremont Jewelry Design (and if you missed this month’s art walk (like I did, thanks to a charming little virus), stop in to check out Diana Comstock’s amazing paintings (and the jewelry is worth seeing as well, of course!)

From the “bathtub session” with the yellow cactus dahlia:

Coming up next, I’ve been spending some quality time with white carnations and purple waxflowers, which are full of tiny hidden detail.

I went and met the lovely Lisa who runs Fremont Jewelry Design in person today, so I can now actually announce that I will be showing there in May. I am really excited about the possibilities of the space, and the potential to show some things that are actually BIG. (Spending all these years showing on 4×6 panels at cons has really skewed my sense of scale.) I will be showing the more abtract flower photography; I’m fairly certain at least one, maybe two pieces from the ones I’ve posted this week will be included.

And if you are going to be in Fremont soonish, the December show of acrylics by Aegae Barclay was still up, and stunning; really engrossing in its layering and color. And there are yummy grinders and gelato just around the corner, too.

• 2 new pieces available for sale: Dandelion Squad and  Nigella Nebula (finally! — both of these first showed up on the blog this summer)
• TusCon has been added to my list of shows for the fall; Natural Woman 2050 will have her first “in the flesh” showing there.
• A number of new conventions have been added to the SF Art Show Convention Calendar