From right now, until September 19th 2024, BFF.fm has an auction going, including one of my paintings that I donated to the station. BFF is a non-profit community radio station in San Francisco, and I'm so happy to have the opportunity to suppor them this way.

The auction also includes some other pieces of art from more local artists, as well as a bunch of other fun things from all kinds of other local businesses - I've got my eye on the Craftsman and Wolves set.

BFF is also hosting their annual gala on the 19th, so if you're a local and it sounds like something up your street, check out tickets for that, too.

I’ll have some paintings up at the inaugural community show at The Faight Collective from this month, through to September.

They’re having an opening party (that I can’t make) on the 13th July, 6pm - 10pm and then all the art will be hanging in their space until mid-September. You can buy a ticket for the party over on their eventbrite.

On 11th February, from 11am to 6pm, I'll be doing a pop-up with Bernal Village Marketplace. I'll have a selection of prints, framed pieces and originals availble! Come see me!

Humble brag, but I have jetlag, and therefore I find myself wide awake at gone 2am. Seems as good a time as any for an update.

Recently:

• We just got back from a trip to Australia, for Web Directions Summit. Alex spoke, mostly about the lost decade and the cost of JavaScript on the web eco-system (the market for lemons). The usual.
• I had screen printed him his very own "Anti JavaScript JavaScript Club" t-shirt, to go with his stickers, and it was a hit with at least some of the attendees.
• Screenprinting is messy and laborious, so rather than do that for everyone else, we set up a drop-shipping thing for them, with the proceeds going to OWA. You can get sticker and t-shirt info at this link.
• After that, we popped over to Adelaide to visit some web folks Alex has been working with but never met. Had a very lovely time, and I got to pet wallabies! They're very soft! Also visited the natural history museum, botanical gardens and contemporary art gallery there. Very nice town, incredibly walkable, chill vibes.
• Spent some time (and a bit of Alex's) adding some new bits and bobs to the Deadpan Studio website, including RSS. I need to fiddle with it a little, but I'm glad to have it in even if it's a bit broken right now.
• I just love RSS. I think it's my favourite protocol. Everything should have an RSS feed.
• The last bit of art work I did was a flurry of activity to produce 5 small paintings to submit to an art show.
• The art show accepted them! Some of them are on display right now. I know I've already sold one.
• My paintings came down from the last show. None of them sold. But, I do now have some prints over at Wave's retail shop, and some of those have done.
• I've been testing out how it feels to say some different things to the question "What do you do?". Sometimes I say I'm semi-retired (sort of true) and do "jobs for good causes and paint a bit", sometimes I try "artist who keeps their oar in by contracting for friends" but a lot of the time I redirect with a self-deprecating joke. I'm struggling.
• Apparently /now pages are back in vogue. Just another place to feel guilty about not updating on the regular, imho. I absolutely would read yours, though, because I don't know how to keep up to date with everyone now the bird site finally died. Personal websites! Get one! Tell me about it!
• Wanna start a web ring?
• Did I mention I ❤️ RSS?

Opening on November 5th, STUDIO gallery is hosting their annual "tiny" show. The event showcases small works - all are under 7 inches in any dimension, and under $500.

I'll have 5 paintings in the show, 4 will be viewable in the gallery itself whilst the final one will be available via their online store.

The opening reception is noon to 6pm on November 5th at 1641 Pacific (between Polk and Van Ness) San Francisco, with a second reception to coincide with their 20th anniversary party on December 3rd. The show will run through until December 23rd.

I'll sadly only be at the first event. I hope to see you there!