Greetings from Tokyo!

Hi All,
Greetings from Tokyo! I arrived six days ago and have seen an incredible amount, almost all of the major spots in Tokyo, and then alot of the hidden gems. I am travelling alone so I can take my time and go wherever I want. My brother lives in Tokyo so I do always have a place to go back to which can be a tricky part of traveling. I do miss my studio but my brother had a spot all set up for me when I got here that I use as a painting area. My first day I walked around his neighborhood (Azabu Juban) and Roppongi Hills, in the last week I have also visited Asakusa with famous temples, Shibuya with a famous crosswalk that hundreds of people cross at a time, as well as places like the Tsukijui fish market (gross but awesome) and a huge beautiful garden that used to serve as a duck hunting pond and retreat for the royal families. I had tea in a teahouse that sat right on the water...Ulysses S. Grant visited there during his presidency to discuss "the state of the world"! and the only Parasite museum in the world. It's great! I also ate beef tongue last night!
More updates later, below is a picture of me in Kamakura. Enjoy!

Emerging Line

Hi All,
Below is the press release for Emerging Line, my most recent show. Emerging Line is my first show in New York City, as well as the first show that I have hung drawings rather than paintings. Two of my very close friends Ebenezer Archer Kling and Justin Paszul are in the show as well. Emerging Line is the first show to be held at the brand new Temporary Gallery in the Lower East Side. Click on the image below for details, and I hope you can make it to the show! Also, the two drawings that I have in the show are in my last post. Hope all is well.

New Drawings

Hi Everyone,
Due to a recent and large donation of paper I have been been working primarily with charcoal and pastel on paper. Below are two of my recent drawings. I am continuing to work with similar shapes and patterns while addressing more complicated ways of dealing with space and becoming more ambitious with my mark making. Hope all is well!

Happy Birthday Ebenezer You Can Have This Drawing. 30"x40" Charcoal and pastel on paper. 2007

Nessy in 1776. 30"x40" Charcoal and pastel on paper. 2007

New Hampshire Institute of Art Bienniale

Hi Everyone,
I have recently had a painting accepted into the New Hampshire Institute of Art's Biennial which was open to artists from all over New England. You can see an image of "Combine" the accepted painting, in one of my earlier posts. The juror was Pamela Clark Cochrane, the director/owner of The Clark Gallery in Lincoln where I showed six of my paintings earlier in the year.
Also representing Montserrat in the Biennial is student Bradford Rusick and faculty members Judith Brassard Brown and Fred Lynch as well as fellow alum Mike Wells. The opening will take place on November 15th from 5-7 pm in the main building at 148 Concord Street. I hope to see you there! For more information visit www.nhia.edu/

A New Show!

Hi Everyone, again I apologize for the distance between new entries. I have taken a new job at Montserrat College of Art working as an Admissions Representative. It's a great job, but it is time consuming, I am traveling all over Massachusetts and spent all last week in Connecticut. Anyways, I do have a new show coming up. I had a painting accepted in to "Equinox," the Fall Member's show at the Copley Society of Art on Newbury Street in Boston. This is the third show that I have been accepted into that is affiliated with the Copley Society. The opening is October 18th , I won't be there because I will be traveling in Chicago, but I hope that you can make it! Below is the painting that I submitted, there are about thirty pieces in the show, with a wide variety of styles. You can get more information about the show at www.copleysociety.org.

Sharmi, Acrylic and pastel on panel. 28"x30". 2007.

New Work!

Hi Everyone,


Below are some images of new work, all completed within the last two months. I am excited to be entering some of them into the New American Paintings Northeast Competition as well as some other local open calls.


Also, I still have three paintings up at the St. Botolph Club and will soon have two paintings that were on display in the Clark Gallery hung somewhere in Boston through the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum's Corporate Art Loan Program!!!

Enjoy the paintings!


Justin's Wallpaper. Acrylic and Pastel on Panel. 30"x28"




Bradford, Stop Eating So Many Goddamn Jelly Beans. Acrylic and Pastel on Panel. 28"x30"




The Tailor. Acrylic and Pastel on Panel. 22.5" x 22.5"



Sharmi. Acrylic and Pastel on Panel. 28" x 30".

Stay tuned for more news about my upcoming shows!

Commission Completed!

I have finally completed my first professional commission! A local woman had seen my work in the Copley Society's 18th Annual Student Exhibition, and then saw three more of my paintings as part of the Copley Edge show and decided she wanted one for herself. The woman contacted the Copley Society and we got together for a meeting in which she gave me color swatches of the room she wanted the painting for. We talked about the technical aspects of the commission such as material, canvas size and how long I had to complete the painting.


It was odd doing a painting knowing it was already bought and for a specific person but once I let go of that idea, I had a great time with the painting. Also, because the woman wanted the painting to be light enough to easily transport, I had to paint on canvas for the first time in over a year, it took some adjusting to but ended up being fine. Below is the finished piece, it is titled " Two Tabs A Day" and is 48" by 48, acrylic and pastel on canvas.

This was a great experience and I hope to be getting more commissions soon!