Window painting for the Lincoln County Democratic Party Headquarters, Newport, Oregon, until the Nov. 2020 election.

"The Blue Wave". Bow to Hokusai.

Tempera paint on glass, 2019.

Peinture sur fenêtre, bureau du Parti Démocrate du Comté Lincoln dans l’Oregon, USA.

"La vague bleu." Merci à Hokusai.

Gouache sur vitre. 2019.

In 2019 on the Oregon coast legislation was finally passed limiting the catch of forage fish such as anchovies, as their population varies dramatically with fluctuations in ocean temperature and they are made vulnerable by unusual temperatures brought about by climate change.  Needless to say, population numbers of the humble anchovy affect other more celebrated species such as salmon, tuna, and humans.

Thanks to the Newport Public Arts Committee and the Summer Wind Motel for their support in commissioning this mural.

"What I Learned In School", acrylic and spray paint on concrete, 2019.

La loi Oregonnienne en 2019 a enfin mis en place des limites à la surpêche des espèces de petits poissons de "fourrage" tels l'anchois. La population de ces poissons peut fluctuer de façon dramatique avec des variations dans la température de l'eau marine, les rendant vulnérables aux changements climatiques. Bien évidemment, la population d'anchois a un effet sur d'autres espèces plus célèbres telles que le saumon, le thon et les êtres humains.

Merci au Conseil des arts publiques et au motel Summer Wind.

Ce que j'ai pu apprendre du banc (de poissons,) peinture acrylique et bombe sur béton, 2019.

Which story is being told, and by whom?

This mural will soon be installed on the south side of your friendly local Newport Public Library...

Thanks to the Public Arts Committee!

"Storyteller", 12x8ft, spray and acrylic paint, 2019.

Quelle histoire se raconte, et par qui ?

Cette peinture murale sera bientôt installée sur le mur sud de la bibliothèque de Newport, Oregon, aux États-Unis.

Merci au Conseil des arts publiques local !

"Conteur", 4m x 2,6m, peinture bombe et acrylique, 2019.

We applied ourselves to a linoleum block carving- stamping- t-shirt painting session, and now we have lots of logo-free shirts (and baby clothes) to give to our friends!

Emy and I did a little farewell at Café Mundo's final talent show: I did a live painting of the audience, with a mirror, while Emy played Amelie on the piano.

Thanks for all the fish (tacos)!

We are in Fontaine this year, with the fair city of Grenoble just over this bridge.

This drawing was done during a writing/drawing workshop proposed by the library.  It was a challenge!

Cette année nous nous trouvons à Fontaine: Grenoble est de l'autre côté du pont.

Ce dessin a été fait dans le cadre d'un atelier proposé par la médiathèque. Il ma sorti de mes habitudes !

Romainville, France.

Moss painting, moss transplanting, natural pigment and chalk painting: a successful community workshop to draw attention to the shared garden space at l'Université Paris-Sud!

 Chez Marion and Alex, a sea monster in the yard! (we'll wait til spring to see if it grows)

This stretch of the Hurbert & 2nd St. murals in Newport, Oregon is a forest scene with a multitude of local birds perched on (or playing with) a blue string.  The forest is colorful to the west and the birds are black and white; moving along the painting to the east the birds are more and more colorful and the forest slips into gray tones, eventually fading out to white and then a blackboard legend, where passers-by can read the names of the birds and try to match them to their images.

Ce pan de mur, le long de SW 2nd St. à Newport dans l'Orégon aux USA, montre une forêt avec de nombreux oiseaux locals perchés sur un fil bleu, dans un forêt coloré.  Tout à l'est il y a un tableau noir où l'on peut lire les noms des oiseaux afin de les identifier.

Banner art night with Jeff and Emy!

plein air bannerpainting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200 years later, the Nye Beach sky is blood red, imprisoned by terrible grey clouds.  Here we encounter the great-great-grandchilden of our valiant explorers of the air who long ago used to straddle seagulls as they flew.  The ancestors' vehicle has been adapted: concrete protects the cockpit from radiation, supported by four supplemental wheels.  Wetsuits have been replaced by integral jumpsuits more adapted to the toxicity of the air.  They are posing in front of a painting of Nye Beach, replica of the 1920s.

On the back, an advertisement proposes vacations at Nye Beach for 5 bitcoins.  A child poses in the company of an alien come to visit the area.

Newport, Oregon.

Painting a mural is long-term performance art.  Passers-by in cars honked, shouted "thanks!" or stopped in the middle of the road to look.  Among the people on foot or bicycles, we had our regulars who came by every day to see if anything had changed.  When everyone is involved, it's not just our mural, it really belongs to its neighborhood.