First Steps 0 comments exhibition name plate tag in vinyl exhibition name plate tag in vinyl Debut at Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory NC, 2005 project origins display project origins display -- drawing in the margins of larger projects. reception vittles include 50 dozen doughnuts and one case of beer reception vittles include 50 dozen doughnuts and one case of beer One of the best reception memories: a suit eating a doughnut that rested on the neck of his PBR. it took about a year to create the inventory it took about a year to create the inventory -- on exhibit in the HMA's second story mezzanine gallery. link to Carolina Arts Article link to Carolina Arts Article People figuring it out. artist posing with install section artist posing with install section The brand with three stripes is fitting. Who get's this pose reference? Who get's this pose reference? Electric shadowbox taught me. music informed many of the sketches music informed many of the sketches -- and it resonated with the patrons too. Thank you for the support. Wanted, Unbelievable Growth, & Clear Wanted, Unbelievable Growth, & Clear -- picked up paper wherever I ventured (center: grocery list). "Wanted" detail "Wanted" detail Thank you for the atmosphere, water stain. detail with gesso whitewash detail with gesso whitewash -- worked on many church bulletins too -- whatever came to me in the mail. Hickory Daily Record Review of First Steps Hickory Daily Record Review of First Steps Newsprint holding images of recycled paper holding sketches. install sample install sample The 350+ works were mounted with thumb tacks, tape or both. First Steps install at Collapseable Studios, Asheville NC, 2007 First Steps install at Collapseable Studios, Asheville NC, 2007 Greensboro, NC installation Greensboro, NC installation -- part of "Trash" at the Center for Visual Artists, 2010 stretching the definition of paper stretching the definition of paper got burned "A Tutu, Oysters and PBR" "A Tutu, Oysters and PBR" Patron's Studio, Winston-Salem NC