Robert Canaga Studio

I went to Robert Canaga's Studio today. He generously walked me and a couple other visitors through the Solar Plate printmaking process. I have been wanting to do solar printing and now I feel confident to finally give it a try.

I took a series of photos of Robert printing a plate from his current Vinyard Series. I was impressed that he is able to produce his prints solvent free. 

inking

wiping

through the press

pulling the print

signing the print

Drawing Class

I will be teaching a class at the Oasis Center in Eugene, Oregon.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor
class # 108
Monday 10/10 - 11/14
1pm -3pm
6 sessions

 I will also be doing a free demo to promote my class the week before. Come Check it out!
Monday 10/3, 1pm - 2pm (class #106)

Avocado

This painting is now available as a print.

On The Easel

Here is a painting of an avocado that I am finishing up.

Scientific illustration

Here is a link to an illustration I did for a scientific article. It shows the spines on neurons of zebra finches as the father is teaching the juvenile the song. Scientists are able to view the spines and how they change while the birds learns songs. They can do this by creating viruses that are engineered so they will attach to the spines and become florescent. The images that they have are remarkable but difficult to understand. The images themselves look like green blobs. A scientist had to explain with diagrams what I was seeing and show me the changes over time. After I gained some insight into what I was seeing I was able to create the image.

Paintings at Confluence Clinic

I am showing my paintings at Confluence Clinic in Portland. My friends Erin and Kjell Moline own the clinic. It is a holistic health care center were practitioners offer acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, massage, and counseling services. Besides showing my work they are welcoming a new massage therapist and celebrating their website redesign launch. I am planing to be there and it is an open event to the public that will be happening during the Portland first Thursday Art Walk.

1st Thursday at Confluence Clinic

Host: Confluence Clinic
Phone: 503-241-6505
When: Thursday, May 05 at 04:30 PM

Where: Confluence 506 southwest sixth, suite 801 Portland, OR 97204

You can check out the event listing on Facebook. You can sign up as a fan and respond if you can come to the event.

New Prints

I have some new prints available.
These paintings are a couple years old. I like them a lot.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor

I will be teaching a drawing class coming up next month.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor
class #108
instructor John Holdway
Mondays, 2/7/2011 - 3/14/2011, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Oasis Center
100 Valley River Center
Eugene, OR 97401
541-987-9178

Rose Hip

Here is a shot of my drawing table. I am doing a watercolor study of a rose hip. I am using a helping hand holder for soldering to hold the rose hip. I have the helping hand because I actually do solder things from time to time but I think I will use it more for drawing small things. It even has a magnifying lens so I can draw super tiny things.

Nice Stem

I just made this painting available as a reproduction. It is called Nice Stem, and it is from 2005. I like to grow a vegetable garden every year and that always includes some interesting heirloom tomato varieties. It can be very frustrating to grow tomatoes in the Pacific NW but maybe someday I will figure it out.