The Clouds Open Up At "The Sky Show"

"The Sky Show" marks my first exhibition in New Mexico since relocating here last year. The show opened April 1 and runs through May 4 at one of Santa Fe's most popular establishments, Counter Culture Cafe. The show features 27 cloudscapes, skyscapes, and aerial views of all colors and sizes in a variety of media.

Huge thanks to Counter Culture owner, Jason Aufrichtig, for the opportunity to get my feet wet in the Santa Fe art scene and to all the friends and new collectors who supported the show. Special thanks to my wife, Rachel, for her tireless belief in me and my work. Scenes from Opening Night (including 8 red dots!) are here for your viewing pleasure.

This place is bustling pretty much every day and it happens to be my favorite restaurant in Santa Fe!

The feature walls of "The Sky Show"

Me with Counter Culture owner, Jason, and the latest addition to his art collection, Aero No. 13

Olivia and Vicki checking out the skies!

Rachel and me. :)

An Aerial View Painting Inspired by Spain

My latest painting began live at a special event at Will Leather Goods in Venice on Nov. 22, 2014 (see that story HERE). Since then, this piece has evolved dramatically and my progress and the final painting are presented below. This one has been a wild ride and way more challenging than I anticipated. Sometimes it goes that way, but the education en route is well worth it!

It was inspired by my window seat view of the Spanish countryside moments before landing at Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas. Beginning with Madrid, the places I visited and the things I saw on that trip opened the door to a change in painting style and sharpened my focus on subjects important to me.

10 Stages of Aero No. 14

Aero No. 14 (Miami -> Madrid) | Acrylic on birch panel | 46 x 23" (Complete painting to the Left, plus extreme closeups to the Right)

Actual scale of Aero No. 14

On the easel: Aero No. 14 (Miami -> Madrid) | Acrylic on birch panel | 46 x 23"

Scenes from Art Night in Venice

I joined forces with Will Leather Goods at their flagship Venice store for their inaugural "Art Night" on November 22. Special thanks to Tim Chan and the Will staff for hosting me, and to all the friends who made it a fun and special evening of art and fashion.

The exhibition included over a dozen cloudscape and aerial view paintings from my Aero Series PLUS a live, in-store demo of me painting the latest in the series. Enjoy scenes from "Art Night" @ Will Leather Goods here:

Something exciting is happening in there! The view of Will from world famous Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Aero No. 33 (Mountainscape) greeted visitors to Art Night.

It was a lot of fun integrating my paintings throughout the store. Here's Aero No. 6 hanging out behind the counter.

Live painting about to go down!

The beginning stage of my newest, Aero No. 14 (Miami -> Madrid)

Aero No. 25 (Barcelona Sky) and Aero No. 39 (Powerlines)

Making progress...

Aero 2014.3 (LA Sky)

Spreading it on thick! I made the switch from painting with brushes to exclusively using palette knives about 1 1/2 years ago and haven't looked back since.

Getting extra encouragement from my fiancé, Rachel.

The base colors are all there. Will have to finish this one up in private in the studio. Stay tuned! Aero No. 14 (Miami -> Madrid) | Acrylic on birch panel | 46" x 23"