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August 21, 2025

new art. in Scottsville. [visual artist with writer’s block]

I’m not a writer. I do write, but no one else has to read my sporadic journal entries. I’ve created new art that needed titles. And this post needs verbiage and a succinct title, preferably referencing my visual art below. But I got nothing.

I’ve had difficulty naming the new art, had internal resistance to doing promotion, as I’ve felt tongue-tied and a-stammering.

Yet I persist. I like my art. I do actually want to get images out there, giving details on my current gallery show, and beckoning people to come to the gallery. Thus, here are place-holder words and titles, until my writing mojo returns.

“Everyone is clever nowadays.” And everyone can get tongue-tied. So be it.

This solo gallery show in the Town of Scottsville came together in a couple of very short weeks. And with several works nearly completed, I chose to concentrate on finishing and framing over promotion.

The fine folks at SCAN and Gallery on Valley hosted an opening reception. It went really well. I made my way through the artist talk, took some goofy pix with friends and PHEW, that initial thrust was over.

This show continues ’til Sept. 7th, stop by some time, please and thank you!
I will be gallery sitting on Sat Aug. 23rd from 10am – 4pm and on Sun. Sept. 7th from 12 – 4pm.

Gallery At Valley SCAN / Scottsville Center for Arts and Nature
460 Valley Street, Scottsville, VA 24590
Gallery Hours: Thursday, Friday and Sunday 12 – 4pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm
And by Appointment: getcurious@svilleartsandnature.org

January 17, 2024

Coming in clear, good reception

January weather conceded a little for our 5 to 7pm Opening Reception for Cut Up and Put Together, Jan 12th at Staunton Augusta Art Center.

No snow or ice, temps well above freezing, but plenty of rain. And the Staunton & Valley folks were not deterred. They showed up strong, engaged, smiling and ready to see new art. Speaking for myself, but perhaps the 4 other artists too, I’m beholden to all for the community support. Gush. It was really great. Really.

After the reception, the umbrellas were back out, we enjoyed a great dinner with Charlottesville friends and DC family. Barry and I came back to gallery on Saturday to catch some images in the natural light.

Images of my collage, assemblage, sculptural works at SAAC gallery can be viewed here, Cut Up and Put Together.

January 10, 2024

And then there were Circles

As 2019 was ending, I worked at a hydroponic greenhouse. I noticed several boxes of these cardboard discs, that arrived in some shipment as packing filler. I diverted some discs from recycling and hefted them to our empty, new old home.

Use what you got, right?! When materials were scarce during the quiet, at-home times of 2020, I realized that what I had in abundance, were circles. Little brown cardboard discs, in a huge plastic bag, in a closet, awaiting a purpose.

By now, I had acquired replacement scissors and piles of colorful printed catalogs arriving by snail mail.

And so I started again, playing, making art, playing mostly. I traced the cardboard discs, cutting up everything of interest I could find. I positioned myself in a comfy chair by the window, sorted the stacks on my new lap desk. I traced and cut, traced and cut with an antique metal Holly Hobby trashcan filling at my feet.

In 2022, I counted over 6100 circles that I had traced and cut, now sorted into old blueberry, pumpkin seed or microgreens style plastic containers. By 2023, I had probably cut about 3500 more.

In 2022 and 2023, a few circles made it onto collages shown and sold at the vast and varied Teeny Tiny Trifecta group shows at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville.

In early January 2024, 3 days ago, I delivered plenty of multi-circle collages, rustic assemblages and sculptures for the just-about-to-open show at Staunton Augusta Art Center. Come see Cut Up and Put Together, January 12 – February 17, 2024.

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