Monthly Archives: April 2008

A weekend of art

Posted on April 20, 2008 by pearce

We made it over to the opening reception of the studio tour exhibit at the Kavli in Thousand Oaks, where we had the great pleasure of finding Gary Raymond with a pair of his completely fantastic sound sculpture works: “Pandora’s Box” and … Continue reading →

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Call to action!

Posted on April 19, 2008 by pearce

Mike Adams brought to my attention the fact that there is  a chance that artists might finally get better treatment under the law for the value of their donated works. Presently an artist who donates a work to a charity (people … Continue reading →

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A Labyrinth in the Park IV

Posted on April 19, 2008 by pearce

The Scandinavian Festival was absolutely great this year – it seems to have grown larger and was well attended. If you’re anywhere near Thousand Oaks CA on Sunday, do yourself a favor and go to the CLU campus and enjoy … Continue reading →

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Earth Day bottles XIV

Posted on April 19, 2008 by pearce

The Earth Day event at Simi was kicking off nicely when Elizabeth and I arrived there this morning. Mike Adams did a great job with the posters, which we mounted on stakes about the tree. He made the information signs … Continue reading →

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Earth Day bottles XII

Posted on April 18, 2008 by pearce

   In this picture I’m with good folks from our sponsors, Waste Management and the Simi Valley Town Centre. Tomorrow’s the opening day. Come and visit the installation. Here‘s the mall website.      Leticia Wilson rocks! 

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Storm X

Posted on April 17, 2008 by pearce

  Here’s the first sweep at the sky, an ultramarine blue over the white, easy on the medium. I’ll darken the sky a lot more because it’s way too bright right now and then I’ll work some details into the … Continue reading →

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Earth Day bottles XI

Posted on April 16, 2008 by pearce

It’s finished!     It was pretty easily done too, with the help of five friends who made light work of the last two hundred bottles.  Today was a truly international business – Laurence from France, Janet, Sheena and Charles … Continue reading →

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storm IX

Posted on April 15, 2008 by pearce

I’ve been working on the painting today after what seems like a very long break; it feels good to be back in the studio after all the work on the bottle piece.   The colour is a little off in … Continue reading →

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Earth Day bottles X

Posted on April 14, 2008 by pearce

Oh my. This is getting tiring. I grabbed about an hour at the Town Center today to put up another fifty bottles with Pablo, so there are only two hundred to go, which should be a piece of cake to … Continue reading →

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Earth Day bottles IX

Posted on April 12, 2008 by pearce

TWO stories in the Star: There’s a story in the Simi Valley edition here and a different one in the Moorpark edition here. They turned the Simi story around pretty fast – Jason was there only yesterday afternoon! 

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