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BDAC Annual Statewide Competition

4/27/2022

 
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Such good news! ​​I just received confirmation that 2 of my paintings have been selected to participate in the ANNUAL STATEWIDE COMPETITION at the Bountiful Davis Art Center on May 13th - July 16th, 2022. 

​Opening Reception will be held on Friday, May 13th at 6 PM. A special thank you to Nancy Rivera  & Chauncey Secrist.
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Pleasure Seeking

4/26/2022

 
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Red attracts the most attention and is associated with strong emotions, such as: love, passion, and anger. It's the universal color to signify strength, power, courage, and danger. Red is vibrant, stimulating and exciting with a strong link to sexuality and increased appetites.

It's All About The Yes
acrylic & mixed media on canvas
36 x 60 in.

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Studio Textures

4/22/2022

 
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Iron-rich Utah dirt, salt from the Great Salt Lake, foraged sawdust, plaster, repurposed paint, metallic pigments and local newspaper to create ethereal, textured abstracts.

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Hair Play

4/22/2022

 
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Currently, I am working on 6 commission paintings - None of which involve the use of hair. But when I recently got my haircut, I collected some of my own hair to infuse into a self-portrait. Curiosity fuels my creative process. 

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ARTFORUM

4/19/2022

 
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 Just for fun, I designed my own cover of Artforum Magazine. 
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Wide Awake

4/19/2022

 
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I want to be the kind of artist I revere. In order to make that happen, I know the kind of person I have to be and the kind of artwork I want to create. That means I am going to have to change some things. I hope you'll join me for the ride. I promise it won't be boring.

Wide Awake, 2022
acrylic & mixed media on canvas
​36 x 48 in.
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Fearless Abstract Painting w/ Metallics

4/11/2022

 
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2-days of (SOLD OUT) Fearless Abstract Painting w/Metallics is complete! Most of the time, I feel like I am treading water. These workshops feel like entering a deep, vast ocean to float. I feel supported by something much bigger than myself. 

I used to teach these workshops from an ego place: “I hope everyone will like me!”. Now I know this is a limited point of view. Rather than fixating on being careful to say the "right thing" & not the "wrong thing", I align myself with Source Creativity & become an instrument to elevate & inspire others without allowing my insecurities to get in the way. 

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Semple Brown X Urban Hill

4/4/2022

 
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My obsession for working with unusual materials reaches farther & wider. My latest large-scale commission paintings will be infused with 2 Los Angeles Clippers jerseys. 

​The paintings have been commissioned for a new upscale restaurant in the Post District west of downtown SLC called Urban Hill. 

​Salt Lake City is growing at breakneck speed, and I feel so much gratitude to be part of the roster of creatives to contribute to the dynamic beauty of our burgeoning city.

Thanks to Hearth & Hill, Hill's Kitchen & Semple Brown
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