Last moments in Seattle

Today I smushed Spaceghost into a cardboard box, packed up my art, said goodbye to my beloved nanny-family, and thought very hard about maybe packing up my worldly possessions to bring back to the east coast with me.

(Spaceghost is my bike, by the way.)

On Friday morning I will leave Seattle, and 140 megawatts and 5 hours later land in sunny Philadelphia.

Hey-- the internet just told me that the energy my flight will consume is equivalent to the energy a typical home will consume during the next 61 years. Pretty cool that I didn't need all that fuel to get here in the first place! ...But yeah, a bummer about all that carbon. I find it hard to believe that the $11 I spent on carbon offsets offered by Studentuniverse.com can actually tackle all that.

It is definitely a little bittersweet leaving this temporary home, but I am very ready to be with my families back east. Thanks for everything Seattle, I have felt very lucky, and it has been super real.

P.S. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Get this card in the card shop!

Saturday Night

Making more art, more art! Planning on adding several new pieces to Maps for Some of Us for another reception on First Thursday, November 7 at Revolution Books :)

Maps for Some of Us

Thanks so much to everyone who came to the opening for Maps for Some of Us! Lots of fun and the show will be up through October AND November, so stop by Revolution Books to check it out.

Check out images of the new work on the website.

"We are the ones"

 

First moments in Seattle

INSANITY: I have been living in Seattle for a little more than a month now.  The weather so far has actually been gorgeous so I'm preparing to be very disappointed.

I have two shows coming up and I am excited about both of them; 

The first is called Pancakes & Booze-- which is a raging underground art show that started in L.A. but now takes place in major cities across the country. All you can eat pancakes and rad art? Yes please. I will have three pieces showing there next weekend, 9/28.

Rochester friends: I have the feeling it will be something like ArtAwake. ...I intend to post pictures but am sorely missing my camera! Please forgive me for phone pics.

The second is a solo show at Revolution Books in Pioneer Square, with an opening reception on First Thursday as part of the Art Walk. It's called MAPS FOR SOME US and will be featuring some classic map creature action.

And you're right-- I didn't haul any artwork with me on my bike this summer (except my sketchbook) so I am making ALL NEW WORK for these ! Which is awesome. I just hope it doesn't all get wet. Seattle joke! (It rains here.)

Peace.

Summer Review

…So to sum up:

• Biked across the continent with 2 friends
• It took 2 months
• I drew something for every day (U.S and We Sketchbook Project)
• I decided to stay in Seattle
• HERE I AM, IN SEATTLE

This is us, getting to the Pacific:

..and by Pacific I mean Puget Sound, but we biked 3,000+ miles so I don’t want to hear it, it’s salt water OK.

More updates soon on living in the Emerald City.  So far it’s pretty rad.