Review: A Sunday in the Park with George at the 5th Avenue Theatre

A Sunday in the Park with George, a production at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, embodies the inner turmoil that every artist experiences as they struggle to perfect their craft.
As an artist, I identified with this inner-battle to find purity in the creative assemblage of color and form.
This musical depicts two artists with opposite [...]

Artist Spotlight: Xiang Chen paints with his eyeball

What if I told you there was a man who paints with his eyeball… would you believe me? Take a look at this artist’s strange methods.
Xiang Chen is from the Hunan province of China. Xiang Chen attaches a giant paintbrush as big as 4.4 pounds to his eye by inserting the flat metal end under [...]

Event: “Survey: Youth Works” Young Artist’s Reception

Columbia City Gallery Presents
“Survey: Youth Works”
Young Artist’s Reception
Saturday, April 18, 5-8pm
4864 Ranier Ave S | Seattle WA, 98118 | 206-760-9843
The artwork will be on display April 15 – May 24
Featuring works created by youth from:
Seattle Urban Academy in Art with Heart’s “Chill & Spill” Class
Featuring works from East African Art & Cultural Association Youth Group [...]

Painting: Antique chair and mirror on a distressed wall

This is a new painting in a series featuring antique furnature and distressed walls and floor. For the distressed background I used a art technique involving layering paper with acrylic paint. I start with a base layer of thick color. I usually employ some of the older, nearly-dried-up tubes of paint that I have inherited [...]

Twitter sized reviews of 7 great classic books

I recently made a goal to read 100 classic books, so I developed a list – 100 classic books I want to read before I die. Many of the books on the list came from Random House’s Reader List. Thus far the books I’ve read have been very thought provoking and very enjoyable. Here are [...]

Event: “Survey: Youth Works” at Columbia City Gallery

During the fall of 2008  several  students at Seattle Urban Academy took a visual arts class taught by a teacher from the organization Art with Heart. Their work is going to be featured and sold at the Columbia City Gallery.
Columbia City Gallery Presents
“Survey: Youth Works”
When: April 15-May 24
Artist’s Reception, April 18, 5-8 p.m.
Featuring [...]