amycaseypaint

02:20 pm

Oneof my paintings is included in an online publication called Sixth Finch. check it out!

12:13 pm - interview

Jessica at the Shiny Squirrel blog did a little interview with me..she has been doing a series of short interviews with artists that includes a little glimpse into their studios.  Fun stuff..

Shiny Squirrel

11:54 am - upcoming show in Cleveland

nice to rejoin the world again! Been ridiculously busy ! (possibly because I am not such a great time manager)

I am all ready for the group show "There goes the Neighborhood" at The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland in which I will have 6 paintings, 4 of them brand spanking new.

The artists in the show besides me are:
Willie Birch, Kristin Bly, Cao Fei, Dionisio Gonzàlez, Leslie Grant and Nina Pessin-Whedbee, Matthew Kolodziej, Eva Struble, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Catherine Yass

Matthew Kolodziej and Kristen Bly are also based in Cleveland.


I updated my website finally if you care to see the new work: www.amycaseypainting.com/2009

The show at MOCA Cleveland opens June 5th, if you are reading this in Cleveland and want to stop by.

Also I am pleased to say that I was awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize this year as an emerging artist.  I am proud to represent! yay Cleveland!

Current Mood: happy

10:27 pm

working on some larger things in the studio! very early stage!




detail. the pencil is actually much lighter so it will come off the paper later, but its hard to see in a picture unless you mess with the contrast.
i dont always draw things in before painting, i think i just got carried away!

still working on printmaking, getting really close to actually finishing something ! really!

Current Mood: busy

10:41 pm - kittens and things

Did I mention I use a space heater in my studio? Leave for one minute and find no room left on my chair. The piece the girls are usurping space in front of is one of two pieces that will be at Aqua Art Miami this coming weekend where I will be showing with McCaig Welles and Rosenthal.

Also I am included in a group show at Zg Gallery called Infrastructure running November 28- January 3.

( a finished pic of the above piece and cat shenanigans behind cut. )

Current Mood: cold

07:10 pm - POV and stuff

here's the show at the pov evolving gallery in Los Angeles. It will be up until December 30 if you are about LA and get a hankering for some art.
( a few pics... )

Current Mood: pleased

06:49 pm - LA show

hi peeps.. getting ready for the show in LA at POV Evolving gallery. The great folks there are producing a limited edition print of a new piece. The print is 14 x 20 and $150..it's a limited edition of 25 prints.
please check it out here:

http://www.poveditions.com/home.php?id=56

The show will open November 15 at POV Evolving Gallery at 939 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012, if anyone happens to be in Los Angeles.

There is a preview of the show here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/jeremymora/AmyCaseyPOVevolvingGallery#

just about to run to the hardware store. i hope everyone is doing fantastic!

Current Mood: awake

01:22 pm - whiskey island/kansas

I'm pleased to have some of my work included in the recent double issue of Whiskey Island magazine, a literary magazine put out by Cleveland State University. I havent gotten to see a copy yet but i see the cover is rocking a painting by my friend Judy Brandon, so I know I'm in good company there.


http://www.csuohio.edu/class/english/whiskeyisland/current.html

There seems to have been a teeny misunderstanding about my titles- I think jpg titles must have been used instead of the actual painting titles-at least as they are listed on the website, but ah well. This goes to show I should be more mentally organized and more strict about renaming files before sending them out!

In other news, the Kansas City show:Parallax is coming right up:



Amy Kligman put the card together, I think it's lovely.

now im working hard to finish work for the show in Los Angeles in Nov. i'm painting bricks in my dreams, people.

Current Mood: determined

02:33 pm - changes

i was looking through some pictures on my computer and found an early version of fences. this painting is a good example of how much a painting can change as it goes along.
this early beginning(the brown at the bottom and the black are just paper taped on for composition help)


turned into

Current Mood: sleepy

07:25 pm - fancying up my studio

i found that the easy way to alleviate my knee pain was to buy a desk and a chair. go figure! here's my studio now(well, now-ish, this was taken a couple months ago):

the stripes on the left wall were there before i moved in)
some before pictures for reference of how far I've come:
( beware, cat pictures ahead )

Current Mood: silly

04:29 pm - FAVA

things have been pretty quiet, but lots of steady work to do and exciting things coming up. next(current!) show is at FAVA in Oberlin:



please note poor Glenn's name is not Greg, unless he's taken a fancy exhibition name. It's correct on the back of the card, not pictured
a bit more about the show is here:
http://www.favagallery.org/Landscape%20show.html

i'm gonna try to get to the reception on Sunday(August 17, 2-4 p.m)
I don't know John Benton, but Glenn's awesome. he really knows his way around a printing press.

in other news i have a painting on the latest edition of Pleiades, a literary tome of creative writing and criticism/review. i've been paging through it when i have moments.
i was interested in writing as a profession for a long time as a child until i went down that more practical road of painting. i think i made the right decision, or perhaps it was made for me. reading always has been an important part of my existence though. i think that was passed to me from my mother, who always seems to be in the middle of two or three books.



more about Pleiades:
http://www.ucmo.edu/englphil/pleiades/currentissue.html

02:24 pm - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

finally dropped off the work for the show in Pittsburgh. to finish up framing and painting and such i was up about 56 hours straight. im quite proud that i didnt stab myself with anything while framing artwork when about 97% delerious. anyways, no more of that tom foolery.




im trying to make it to the reception on the 12th.

upcoming stuff in: chicago, oberlin, kansas city and los angeles. stay tuned.

Current Mood: silly

10:42 am

trying hard to hit deadlines, so have been trying to keep my online procrastinating to a minimum. That includes emails, so I apologize!

the SPACES show opened last Friday, thanks to everyone who stopped by! If you missed it, there's still plenty of time-the show will be up until July 6. There are some interesting things in the show! I will have to go back and look at it again since the opening was kind of busy.

Artists besides me include Jake Beckman (New York, NY, multi-media), Jiří Černický (Prague, Czech Republic, multi-media), Todd DeVriese (Lubbock, TX, mixed media), Claudia Esslinger (Gambier, OH, multi-media), Kevin Everson (Charlottesville, VA, film), Colette Gaiter (Newark, DE, photography), Billie Grace Lynn (Coral Gables, FL, installation), Pipo Nguyen-duy (Oberlin, OH, photography), Patrick Robideau (Buffalo, NY, installation), and Karen Yasinsky (Baltimore, MD, drawing and animation). There's a nice little reference page here:
http://www.spacesgallery.org/08_Livinginyourimagination/08_Livinginyourimagination.htm

And Douglas Max Utter wrote up a nice article on the show if you still aren't convinced:
http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/51/finding-the-future


2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH 44113

Gallery Hours
Tues - Thu 11-5:30
Fri 11-7
Sat 11-5:30
Sun 1-5

www.SPACESgallery.org
info@SPACESgallery.org
216-621-2314

My work was featured in the local literary magazine MUSE, which is available at Mac's backs in Coventry.

The nice folks at the New York Times contacted me about including a painting on their Op ed page, which ran last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/opinion/14leamer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Next upcoming exhibitions are the July group shows at Moxie Dada in Pittsburgh and Zg Gallery in Chicago.

Happy Spring Everyone! I can't wait to tool about in my garden!

Current Mood: busy

12:25 am

i know i have to properly update my website, unfortunately i just haven't had a lot of spare time lately.

here's a painting i just sent in the mail to Louisiana:



i hope it got through the blizzard okay! tons of snow is very encouraging to stay inside and paint.

some upcoming shows that i'm included in:

March 20- April 25 2008
21st Annual McNeese National Works on
Paper Exhibition at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

April 18-july 6, 2008
Living in Your Imagination: SPACES 30th Anniversary at SPACES gallery

July 5- 26
URBANIC: Sightlines and Microchosms
at Moxie DadA in Pittsburgh, PA

Opening October 17
AmyCasey/AmyKligman/MinervaOrtiz @ Project Space, Kansas City, MO

i think thats quite enough to keep me busy at the moment!

also you can look out for me in the issue of hi-fructose coming out this month.
www.hifructose.com

i've got lovely dreams about things i'd like to try with my website, hopefully after i get things ready for the SPACES show.

Current Mood: busy

11:25 pm

i finished the couple of things im sending off to colorado. here's one of the paintings:




in real life it's whiter. i'm so freaking tired.
my new desk is awesome.

Current Mood: crappy

09:13 pm

been feeling lazy. i doused my laptop with my painting water and now have to copy and paste every time i use the letter v. yep that was three pastings already. oh well.

otherwise things are well enough. Besides the White Walls show, I've got some work in a group show at Zg Gallery and the show at limited addiction is coming up in February . I have a few other things in the works that may or may not happen.
studio pics coming soon.

Current Mood: discontent

03:59 am - website updated

even my mom knows it's time to finally update.

well i've been working doggedly for the past month to finish some paintings for the show at White Walls in San Francisco. http://www.whitewallssf.com/

all the new images are on the site, http://www.amycaseypainting.com/2007
but here's a couple to look at anyways:


house cluster 12 x 11.75


tiltawhirl 19.5 x 22

The other artists- Alex Lukas and Chris Pew look pretty awesome and I'm psyched about the show. I wish i could make it to the opening. jan 12

Alex Lukas
http://www.alexlukas.com/

Chris Pew
http://www.capsule9.com/

the ad has one of Alex's images, really nice:



i'm afraid i had to absorb myself so much to get things finished, i darn near neglected everything else- family, friends, my girls, the holiday season, sleep, correspondence and even personal hygiene. so i apologize for all that. really. happy new year everyone.

Current Mood: tired

12:09 am - good heavens

I've been busy but not exactly sure with what! I've been working on a couple of projects and my day job(s) and i need to get into gear because i will be showing some work in San Francisco in January at a gallery called White Walls.
heres an image of the piece that was in the Spaces benefit.



i think the color is a bit strange, but i was generally pleased with it.
hopefully i'll have some fun chock filled pics of the studio soon.

11:51 am - chicago

the chicago opening was fun, Lou went along with me and has some pictures up on his website that he took while he was there. http://www.loumuenz.com

things in the studio are a mess right now, because i'm moving things around. i really want to get a desk to allieviate my aching knees. I've painted for years sitting on the floor but i just cant take it any more. i start to pay more attention to the throbbing in my knees that to anything else.
i've been working on a piece for the SPACES benefit auction, hopefully i can pull off something good- it needs a lot of work right now.
more on the benefit which is i believe on saturday nov 3:
www.spacesgallery.org/

09:04 pm - updating

got the new stuff online now, things have been hectic trying to get ready for the show in Chicago this month. Everything is at the gallery now and the opening is October 19th.
Zg Gallery
300 W Superior St.
Chicago IL 60610

I'll be there for the opening, I'll be the nervous babbling one.

I'm going to be showing a few paintings in Denver, Colorado next year in February at
Limited Addiction Gallery. http://www.limitedaddictiongallery.com/

Current Mood: chipper