a little further along...

the large canvas is moving along decently well:

































the small paintings on paper are slower:


















i recently received an order of that 20 x 32 inch drawing paper i love, so there will be more "josephine" drawings soon
here are some from the earlier lot:
http://www.mattpulford.com/josephine_1.html
http://www.mattpulford.com/josephine_3.html
i've already started working on one, and it's a lot more dense, and kind of "wind-blown."

solo show next spring

i recently received word that i will be having a solo show next spring, probably spanning the months of april and may. the gallery is the midcoast space a bucktown — the nice raw-ish, exposed brick gallery on the second floor. i haven't had a solo show in my hometown since my moves around the midwest started back in the late 90s, so this should be very fun. the space is large, and i have decided the show will consist of the pieces from Amelia and Josephine, along with several floor pieces from a few years back, and whatever new work i make between now and then.

and speaking of that, here are some new pieces that i've just barely begun...

Grant App

i've had a nice break from things during the last month and a half, while Amelia and Josephine has been up on view at the MCAC. but now i think it's time to get back to work, and i figure i'll do something i haven't done yet - apply for individual artist grant funding. i used to work on arts programming grants back in the day, for a former employer. that process was more involved than this, so i'm crossing my fingers that i score well and receive funding. i'm expecting the worst and hoping for the best. i should be starting the application within the next month or so.

some other things going on lately...

- i was asked to do some printmaking programming/demonstrations at the Figge Art Museum's Family Day this past weekend. it went very well, and was a ton of fun.
- i was laid off the day before the opening of Amelia and Josephine. it is not going well, and is not a ton of fun.

opening reception at MCAC

last weekend we travelled to bloomington, IL for the opening reception of my show. we were pleasantly surprised at how packed it was. we knew that a combo of my work and Gary Justis' show in the adjacent gallery would bring out the ISU peeps, but there were also an awful lot of visitors who didn't have ties to the university. and to top it all off, the Rev Horton Heat had an outdoor concert right across the street from the arts center, so there was a lot of spillover foot traffic from that too.

here are some images from my show:














































































































































and some images of Gary Justis' installation, Head On: ReDux

studio sale

i recently put up a hidden page on my web site, and it contains old work i have for sale for cheap. there is a lot of studio storage downstairs that is being taken up with old paintings, old framed drawings, and boxes of old works on paper, and i have to make room for new work. if anyone is interested in some inexpensive purchases of work from about 8 to 12 years ago, go here:

http://www.mattpulford.com/studio_sale.html

i'll sign off by placing a random assortment of images from the page...