I’m excited to announce the first artist workshop at The Changing Room! Sign up to learn about linocut printmaking with our resident artist @allyderusso_ !!
I’m very happy to announce the launch of The Changing Room! A studio residency and exhibition space located at The Stillwater Art Center in Mechanicville, NY. We are thrilled to have Ally DeRusso as our Summer 2026 resident. She’ll be offering several workshops this Summer and her residency will conclude with an exhibition of her work. Stay tuned for dates and details. @thechangingroomny@allyderusso_
It was a terrific evening at the Pierogi Flatfiles at Mana Contemporary last night! I’m thrilled to have my work in such excellent company. The show is packed with outstanding works, each inviting long-looking and rewarding with unexpected visual invention and subtle material language. A seriously rich array.
BIG thanks to Joe @pierogigalleryreal and @manacontemporary for putting together such a meaningful exhibition.
I’m Super excited to have work on view with the Pierogi Flatfiles at Mana Contemporary! On view through September, but if you’re near Jersey City come by and say hello at the opening.
Saturday April 18
5-7
888 Newark Ave
Jersey City. Thank You! @pierogigalleryreal & @manacontemporary
This painting is nearly done. It’s been on a long journey over recent months. These images go back in time to the beginning of this piece in 10 pictures. Many more strange stages lived for weeks on end as the required time and material were spent sifting through possibilities and following inquiries.
I’m always drawn to the layers of material that accumulate out of necessity in the studio. Rags and old pallets seem to have an exceptional energy. I’ve often hung my rags up as inspiration but I haven’t painted into them until now.
This painting has been on a journey. Not finished yet. But closer. Some weeks away helped clarify the need for changes to the figure in the yellow shirt. More important than feeling right, it’s gaining momentum which is always a good sign. Photo 1 is current. The images go back in time over several weeks.
This is the first of 4 paintings, started in the Summer in a new studio space, to find its way to being finished. The experience of memory interacting with the unfamiliar nudged the imagery and compositional order into place.
This painting is inching in on finished as the last studio day before school does the same. I haven’t posted about this one, so this series of pictures goes all the way back. The first three pictures are from its present state. The rest recede back in time.
This painting has gone through fewer dramatic revisions than the others currently in the studio. But time has been crucial in its slow development. All of the big pieces are here. Now to fuss with the smaller transitions. The first 3 pictures are its current state then 4 more stepping back in time. If you’re curious you can go ALL the way back with this one in a previous post.
This head has been on a real journey this week. The previous figure was fine, but not contributing enough to the painting. Feeling more inanimate than I wanted. Now the face creates a more complex space on the canvas with its shadowy depths and visual rhyming with the seated figure. It seems to express a more complex inner world for the character as well. The first picture is a detail of its current state. 2-8 go through the stages of change this week ending back in the present.
