happy halloween!

I couldn't figure out what to be for Halloween this year, so I went to the thrift store and picked up some fake flowers and made a beard.

I now introduce you to Flower Beard Man.

 

 Melissa made a beard too! We made such a lovely pair!

Here are a couple more detail pictures of my beard:

obama's visit!

President Obama came to Charlottesville to support congressman Perriello in a big rally. It was a really big rally -- I read that 10,000 people showed up to hear him speak. Needless to say, the whole city was buzzing. The tea partiers had a protest, the anti-war folks had a protest; it seemed like everyone had something to say. It was pretty cool and also pretty funny. So, my (10 year old) friend Emerson and I decided to have our own rally (across the street from the tea party protest) to add to the hubbub. I don't have any pictures of us in action, but here are a few of our signs:

Someone also wrote an awesome article about our shenanigans:

screenprinting for PCA!

Today, Thomas, Avery and I printed shirts at an event hosted by Piedmont Council for the Arts. They were launching their Arts Access Project, so each of us made our own design and then we printed shirts on the spot for folks that attended the event.

A rainbow formed while we were printing!

And, I really like this window:

super nice review!

Peter Barnes from the C-ville Weekly just wrote a really thoughtful (and super nice) review of the show! It's particularly great because it is in the annual food and drink issue... yum!
Thanks so much!

Read it here.

fall times!

You know how there are those trees that explode into colors just a few moments before all the rest of them do?  There is one on my street and it is so flashy! That tree has so much swagger!

 

Also, I got an really sweet package from my Grandma a couple of days ago. From the contents of the package you can totally tell that we are related! Treats of all varieties! (I already ate some before I took this picture.)

 

i made a new flickr!

So, I had a flickr once upon a time, but i never used it and today when I tried to log in to it, I accidentally created a new account! oh well!

here it is:

New Flickr!

I will be adding more stuff to it shortly!

Also, watch this wonderful animation!

"Story from North America" by Garrett Davis and Kirsten Lepore
Music written and performed by Garrett Davis

More animations at http://www.kirstenlepore.com
and http://garrettmdavis.googlepages.com

some individual works!

A celebratory fake knuckle tat

Letterpress print (Waterfalls)

Two-color letterpress print (Leaf Diamond)

Acrylic and walnut ink painting on paper (Hole Diving)

Five-color screenprint on paper (Rainbow Food)

Acrylic and walnut ink painting on paper (Hole Face)

Shack made from found wood, drawers and old letterpress trays (notice the moss on the roof!)

Inside the shack (Canned Food Color Spectrum)

*The lanterns were made by my Grandpa!

Detail of one of the walls of the shack

a video and rainbow lights!

The Black Swans at The Garage from ross on Vimeo.

Also, check out these awesome photos of the lanterns (in the shack) that my grandpa made! Kristin took these at the opening!

pictures from the CHEER ON opening!

Fancy duds! Mom's pookie picture!

Me: "ehh"

Jesse: "oof"

Oh, that's right! There's art in here!

And lots of people!

 All of them were super nice and wonderful!

So many great folks eating so much delicious food!

Erin and mom pose for the camera! Kristin looks fancy in her great outfit!

Mom tries to get a pookie picture of dad!

Then we all have to pose! 

Later in the evening, Nelly Kate (above) and CJ Boyd played some toons!

>>>>>>AWESOME<<<<<<

awesome review!

Laura Parsons of The Hook wrote an awesome (and super nice) review of CHEER ON!

Read it here.

Also, I am going to post some pictures of the opening, the installation and the individual works over the next week or two. Email me if want to see the show but couldn't make it to the opening!