impulse art: Portland

Friday, October 7, 2011

And Home Again

   Brobi-Wan Kenobi                                                                                                                     Zachary Etzel
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Opening night is over, and the show looked great. The best thing about Splendorporium is the shear size of the area. There was a TON of work up for this show, so that's great. I wish I could have gotten to the gallery earlier. That was the one thing that kind of sucked the life out of me tonight. On the way to Portland, I got stuck in stop and go traffic on the highway for about 30 minutes. I finally got to the restaurant to meet up with friends and have dinner before hitting up the gallery. Nice place, not too loud, not very busy. Cool, right? Wrong. It took the four of us an hour to get our food. There were only about 20 people in this restaurant, and it was a little less than half full. The opening of the show was from 7-9, and we got done at dinner at 8:30. Not so much fun. Luckily, it was fairly close to the gallery, and we got their with enough time to not feel rushed to look at everything. I even got to talk to a few people asking about my work, which was a nice hit of validation for me.

I strongly suggest making the trek up there and seeing the show, not just to see my stuff, but all the other work too. My cousin Sarah has some really great pieces in this one as well, so it's a must see.========================>>>

Katy, chillin' with Grizz. Fun times had by all.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Shows and upcoming events....

So far I'm surviving my first week back in college. I'm absolutely LOVING my drawing class so far. It's really nice to go back to my roots of charcoal and getting dirty for a while. Since my last post, I've received some great news: Not only do I have 6 or 7 pieces going into a show at Splendorporium in Portland, OR for the show in October, I was also accepted into a juried show at the Bush Barn Art Center in Salem, OR as well! This is the first juried show I've been accepted into in about 6 years, and the first as a "professional" artist. The only hang up is that these shows both open the night of October 7th. I'll be a busy guy that night.

In the mean time, I thought maybe I would post some pics here to give people a chance to see my work. Just remember to respect my work, and don't download it. It's kind of lame when people do that, and part of the reason why I'll be taking down the facebook account in a few months.