I’m not really sure how it happened, but last week’s post was deleted. Here are the images I had intended to post last week:
you should always say thank you, or at least say please, acrylic on panel, 10×10, $200
i need it as much as you need me, ink on paper, 30×22, $300
this is part of loving someone, ink on paper, 22×30, $300
these meant more when i was younger, ink and gouache on paper, 30×22, $300
i am a hero, ink and gouache on paper, 30×22, $300
i refuse to be forgotten, ink and gouache on paper, 30×22, $300
A really good thing happened this week: I was awarded “best in show” at the Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s exhibition Critical Mass. The winning painting is titled “I can’t be what I once was” (you can look it up on the website). Besides that cash award, there are some pretty exciting things that come along with the award. First, I will have a solo exhibition in the third floor gallery of Artspace in July. Second, the Shreveport Regional Arts Council will take out a 1/4 page ad in a prominent art magazine to publicize the show (Art News/Art in America). Third, the juror for the show, San Diego art critic Lauren Buscemi will write a review of the solo show to be published in local/national publications and websites. Needless to say I am very excited, and feeling very fortunate. Critical Mass is full of impressive artists living in Northwest Louisiana. If you are in the Shreveport area you should make it a point to stop by.
Graphite Galleries in New Orleans has been doing a wonderful job selling my work, but this means I am going to be producing like a mad man. I have the solo show in the Leslie Powell Gallery in May/June, the solo show in Artspace July/August, the group show in the Masur Museum of Art June/October, and the group show in The Shaw Center for the Arts October/November.
When it rains, it pours.
If you pray, pray for my wife.
Joshua Chambers 