American Way: Scratch Ticket Art up through April 1

Three pieces from "The Lottery" series are featured at the Bank RI Gallery in Wickford, RI, until April 1. American Way #1 (above), a smaller My Flag , and Mine, all mine.. fill the gallery with scratch ticket art. Go to Bank RI's Gallery Page for more information.

Gallery Location:
1140 Ten Rod Road, North Kingstown.

Gallery Hours:
Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

A Fine Suit installed at new Fidelity building

I just went up to the new Fidelity Investments building in Smithfield, RI to see "A Fine Suit" installed. Many thanks to installers Dan and Richard for making it an excellent time! I think my suit looks very handsome in his new alcove.

New Work in "Transformation and Time " Show

I have two new pieces, and am re-exhibiting American Way #1 in Transformation and Time: 19 on Paper., at the Krause Gallery in the Moses Brown School in Providence, RI, until August 29th. 19 on Paper is a new group I have joined which had had a revolving group of artist who work on paper sine the early eighties.
Go to 19 on Paper to find out more.

Reception Thursday, August 21st 5-9pm. Please join us!

So long, farewell, until we meet again...

I just sent off another suit creation for the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech. It is very hard to let go of your art! I had a mini panic attack today as I was packing it up; I will not see it again until 2011. The guy at UPS admired my well-crafted box. The credit for that goes to Teri Guynn, master shipper at my place of work. Even though I am a thrifty artist, I know my limitations, and find the best person to help me execute the job. Bye little suit! Have a safe flight!

Thank you Fidelity Investments!

Diana Gaston, curator for the Fidelity Investments art collection, purchased "A Fine Suit" for the collection. Thank you for such a wonderful and professional experience!

New Work

I am pleased to announce that I have been asked to create another suit for "The Paper Runway," a touring exhibition coordinated by the American Museum of Papermaking at Georgia Tech. I was one of 38 international artists selected, and the tour will begin in Santiago, Chile and end in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Seen in this post is a new piece I am calling, "American Way 1", which is created from blue, red and turned over scratch tickets.

Just in a day

I take a walk though my neighborhood in Pawtucket every evening. I live near a Rite Aid pharmacy and a convenience store that sell scratch tickets and various other lotteries. This is where I get the majority of my scratch tickets. Not by buying, but finding them on the street. I am just posting what a typical find can be. Friday night is always a big night and holiday weekends usually are,too.

When someone seems to win from these scratch tickets, they go right out and spend again on many more. In last weekend's find, in one pile on the sidewalk and street, along with a Dunkin Donuts unfinished coffee: 5 diferent kinds of $1 tickets; 3 varieties of $2 tickets; 2 $5 tickets; 1 $10 ticket. This totaled to 45 separate tickets totaling $70 in gambling losses. Whoever bought this pile of tickets probably won some money and recouped some losses. The whole area looked very frenzied! I mostly find them here and there, as if someone is walking and scratching at the same time.

I'm off for a walk now to see what I missed last night....