I'm excited to speak about the incredible artist, Dan May, this evening, Saturday, January 24, at 5:00 pm at the Paulus Lecture Hall, Willamette University College of Law. Opening reception following at the Hallie Ford Museum. It is such an honor to have known this man. (Black and white photo is of Dan in his workroom, Smalls, taken by the lovely Francis Lombardi.),
From January 24 to March 21, 2026, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University presents “D. E. May: Postcards from Islandsalem,” a forty-plus-year retrospective exhibition for this important Salem mixed-media artist who passed away in 2019 just as he was emerging onto the national art scene. Organized by independent curator Linda Tesner, the exhibition will feature a range of objects created over the past four decades, including collages, drawings, paintings, sculptures, templates, “testbeds,” and mail art, among others.
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“D. E. May: Postcards from Islandsalem” has been supported by a gift from Pamela Johnson ’76 through the Roger Hull Memorial Fund; with funds from the HFMA Exhibition Fund and the Maribeth Collins Art Exhibition Fund; by advertising support from The Oregonian/Here Is Oregon; and by general operating support grants from the City of Salem’s Transient Occupancy Tax funds and the Oregon Arts Commission
Remember when Alexis Rockman's painting, Evolution, was installed at the Sauce Box in Portland? Shocking to imagine that masterpiece in a restaurant, yes? I'm excited to tell you that the painting is now on view at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma in an exhibition I curated called Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature. Alexis is going to give a lecture at MOG on Wednesday, April 23, at 7:00 pm on this fantastic painting. Please come! Tickets are $10; students are FREE (YAY!). Alexis is a marvelous speaker–please come!
My dad, Tom Brady, spent more than 35 Christmases transforming himself into "Santa" for places like Alpenrose Dairy and the Sons of Norway lodge, as well as innumerable Christmas Eve visits to friends' homes where grandchildren were present. He took his role so seriously that he had a professional Santa suit, beard, and prescription wire-rimmed glasses. He LOVED doing it! Such a generous thing to do! I used to be sort of embarrassed by this, but now I think it was amazing and I am so proud of him!🎅🏻❤️🎄
Very pleased to share with you a few pics from an exhibition I curated @museumofglass in Tacoma. Exhibition title is Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature. Show is up until June 15, 2025.
I have been having fun this Halloween season by wearing this awesome Frankenstein necklace made by my friend, Thomas Kuntz. Check out his website at . He's on Instagram, too, at haxanthrobo. He's a mad scientist/artist of the highest order!
Still learning how to ride the IG horse...I'm excited to be working on an essay about Mark Ryden's "Animal Secrets." Research is taking me into Jung's artwork, Peewee Herman, and Japanese Yokai. Big fun!!
Hello friends! Those of you who know me well know that I am the latest of the late adopters. I finally have my own website, with the inestimable help of my genius friend, Anne Connell (@pictrixdesign ). Is it too much to hope that a website will lead to a post in Europe??? Now you have a place to send folks if you know someone who needs my services. Now that it's up, I'm excited!! Happy to have my own corner of the World Wide Web (we still call it that, right???). The URL is in the image and the link is in my bio.
