Sketch of new piece in the "Modern Theology Series". I'm still thinking about a primary title...

watercolor, prismacolor and polychromos pencils, pencil and ink on paper. 8 X 14 inches. Copyright 2008 MJAndrade

created by request from the gallery...

Current Show!





I've been remiss. The new show at the Glass Garage Gallery went up on the 6th. (Click on the invitation for a larger version)

If you are in the Greater LA area, take a gander. They carry a number of incredible artists, as well as myself.

Below are the two pieces I sent out for the show.





"Charon"

acrylic on canvas 16 X 20 inches, copyright 2007 MJAndrade All rights reserved





"Crossing the Jordan"

acrylic on canvas 16 X 20 inches, copyright 2007 MJAndrade All rights reserved

I've been focused on getting paintings out to the gallery

(well, that and the last Harry Potter book) so posting has been light. The show is now up at the Glass Garage Gallery. "Ionas" is also on the LA City Beats page (scroll down to the "seven days" section and click the link).

Cool....

Henk van Rensbergen is one of my favorite photographers.

He is a commercial airline pilot and has been posting his urban explorations into broken and forgotten places from all over the world, in locations like the Dominican Republic, Recife Brazil, Europe, and even such exotic locals as Hoboken. Go and browse through his website Abandoned-Places.com, it is well worth the time. His images are evocative and haunting.

As I try to check regularly for updates, I was pleased to see that he has finally gotten a gallery show. The info, which he has posted on his site;

October 2006 : abandoned-places photo exhibition November 27th - january 31st in Leuven, Belgium


Saturday November 25th is the opening of my first major photo exhibition.
The exhibition will be open to the public from November 27th until January 31st at the "Corso Galerie" in Leuven.
The Corso gallery is located in the famous 1960's dancehall "Corso", which has been renovated and now houses the succesful photoshop "Bert Verlinden" and on the first floor a huge exhibition space.


If you are going to be in Belgium, take the time to go and see his work. More info can be found on his website in the "Updates" section. If you do go, then tell me all about it.

I promise to be only a little bit insanely jealous.

An Embarrasment of Riches

I spend a lot of time doing research on the internet. I probably fall into one of these two catagories. One of the by-products of doing so much of my research online is that I end up with hundreds upon hundreds of bookmarks. These need to be reorganized at least once a year. This morning I spent at least ninety minutes creating new folders, sorting and shifting links around, et cetera.



On the off-chance that I've found some information useful to others, here's a brief (but by-no-means complete) account.

New Master Catagory "Art Info and Art Blogs" which contains folders with the following titles;

"Art Best Blogs", which includes BibliOdyssey, lines and colors, Thinking About Art, and David Byrne Journal (the former lead singer for the Talking Heads), amongst others

"Art Blogs"

"Art Business Opportunities and Information"

"Art Galleries Boston", which includes Gallery NAGA, Arden Gallery (Boston home to Fred Wessel [warning, some nudity]), and Pucker Gallery (Boston home to Samuel Bak, amongst others

"Art Galleries, Other", including Glass Garage Gallery

"Art Local", with HubArts.com, Universal Hub and more

and "Art Research" which has subfolders on artist's websites, Museum links, Architectural research sites, and online image libraries, enough info for several posts all on its own.


A reorganized Master Category "News & Blogs" with the following sub-folders;

"My Blogs and Websites and Related" with this Blog, my professional website, and my Flickr Photo Site

A new folder, "A-List" with A-List bloggers like Instapundit and All Things Beautiful

Another new folder, "Cartoonists" with The Dilbert Blog, Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons, Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index, Day By Day by Chris Muir, Sluggy Freelance, and ::iLL WiLL PreSS (warning, some salacious content and strong language on that last one)

Another new folder, "New England Bloggers" with Neo-Neocon, Sissy Willis (or Sisu), Kobayashi Maru, and Assistant Village Idiot

"Daily Reads" a folder with the likes of Dinocrat, Eteraz, and IMAO and more

Yet another new folder for "Psyc Bloggers (non NE)" with Dr. Helen, Dr. Sanity, ShrinkWrapped, and Sigmund, Carl and Alfred

Another new folder for "Cultural Magazines and Morals Blogging" with The Anchoress, La Shawn Barber's Corner, Gagdad Bob (One Cosmos), In Character - A Journal of Everyday Virtues (highly recommended), The Wilson Quarterly (also highly recommended) and more

"Bi-Daily" a folder for more blogs

"Big Media", which is just what it sounds like, with OpinionJournal, TCS: Tech Central Station, and others

"Science Fiction Author Blogs" with Chris Dolley and Jerry Pournelle

A new folder "Pure Writers" with Lileks and Roger L. Simon

"Medieval Blogging" which is something of a misnomer, as many of the blogs in this folder (like Glaukôpidos: An Anachronism in Modernity and Fascinating History cover more than just the medieval era

Another new folder "Straight Middle East Commentary" with Michael J. Totten, Iraq the Model and Daniel Pipes, this is a folder that deserves being filled out, as there more good information out there, in spite of negative spin of the Main Stream Media

and finally, "Games and General Information" with things like Maps, Weather and Airports for Malmo, Sweden (and you can search from there for similar info on other locations) and the IRIS Seismic Monitor. If you want to waste time in online games (like mahjong, one of my guilty pleasures) you can do a web-search on your own.


My hope in all of this is that I can find info more easily. In the future, I will do a post on the Art and Art Research side of things, as there are some truely wonderful resources on the net.

Neglected in April

I know I have been neglecting the blog for the last month. It has probably lead to the loss of all my readership, all three of them. I will have to email everyone to let them know I'm posting again, when I actually post something.

I have been able to lurk around some of my favorite blogs though. Dr. Helen was even gracious enough to reply to one of my comments. Wow, I'm grown up enough to wear long pants! (and if you are old enough to understand that reference, you've been a grown up for quite some time)

Most of the creative juices have been poured into the current painting (I'll post an 'in progress' photo soon) and in getting ready for the upcoming show at Avant Garde in Peekskill.

Other things happening in the area, a good friend of our family, Ose Manheim has an show at the Mayor's gallery in Malden Massachusetts openning this Thurday May 4th.

Nature as Designer
An exhibit of photography
by Ose Manheim

Mayor Richard C. Howard’s Office
Government Center, 6th Floor
200 Pleasant Street
Malden, Massachusetts

And Annie Newbold has teamed up with Rick Berry for a show at her gallery,

Paintings by Rick Berry and Annie Newbold
Gallery263 -- 263 Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Reception Sunday June 11, 2006 from 2-6pm
free and open to the public

visit www.gallery263.com for directions

If you are in the Boston area, please take the time to see these folk's work. They are wonderfully creative, and if you are into SF and fantasy fiction, you already know Mr. Berry's work. This is a rare and precious opportunity to see some amazing art. Go and enjoy the work of these three.

Upcoming Show!

I will be participating in the inaugural show at Avant-Garde Gallery, 925 South Street, Peekskill New York, which begins May 6th.

Being shown are:


Ascension, copyright 2005 MJAndrade



Modern Theology, copyright 2005 MJAndrade



Lazarus, Come Out, copyright 2004 MJAndrade

Rick Berry at Gallery 263

I just heard from a good friend, Anna Newbold, that Rick Berry has some paintings hanging in Anna's place, "Gallery 263", at 263 Pearl Street in Cambridge Massachusetts. If any of you reading this are within striking distance I would highly recomend that you go see his stuff, his work is excellent.

UPDATE:

Anna reminded me that the gallery's phone number is 781-393-0000. Since Gallery 263 is both a show gallery and a working artist studio, it's best to call her for times and availability if you want to see Rick Berry's work.