August

I guess these are considered the dog days of summer, whatever the

season, I’m glad to be painting. The focus for now is on this piece

which is the new location of the radio station KDHX, known as the

Larry J. Weir Center for Independent Media located in Grand Center.

It’s a beautiful building that’s been rehabbed into a state of the art

media center and features a café plus music venue on the ground

floor. Needless to say KDHX plays a vital role in the city of St. Louis

for a variety of reasons and it’s a joy to be commissioned to paint this 

piece for a private individual. Yet this is just one of the many projects 

that I’m currently involved in and it’s great to be knee deep in work. 

There are two events coming up in August that I’d like to mention, 

both in the same week. First there will be a tiny show at the 

Tick Tock Tavern on Wed Aug 19 starting at 7pm. The Tick Tock will 

be celebrating all week their 1 year anniversary and have graciously 

invited me to share in that celebration by allowing me to show work 

on the wall that connects them with the tasty Steve’s Hot Dogs. Since 

the Tick Tock has been opened they have lined that wall with some 

simple illustrations I did of notable historic figures such as Albert 

Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt and General Douglas MacArthur. 

For the show, I’ll be painting one new piece that will be posted 

as the event gets closer. Also for this show I’ll have 

posters of paintings available for sale. Then on 

Friday Aug 21 will be the reception for the show “To Be 

Determined” at the East Central College Gallery located 

in Union, MO. This show features 8 new large pieces of 

buildings and places in the city of St. Louis, plus smaller 

older pieces. The reception will be from 5pm-7pm and I hope 

you can make it out to see this group of paintings. For now, back

to work.

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