I have some prints hanging at the Albina Press in North Portland through July. There is also some excellent work from Ben Voldman, Jason Overby and Stacie Furniss, so if you're in the neighborhood stop in and check it out!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Show at the Albina Press.
I have some prints hanging at the Albina Press in North Portland through July. There is also some excellent work from Ben Voldman, Jason Overby and Stacie Furniss, so if you're in the neighborhood stop in and check it out!
I have some prints hanging at the Albina Press in North Portland through July. There is also some excellent work from Ben Voldman, Jason Overby and Stacie Furniss, so if you're in the neighborhood stop in and check it out!
Monday, June 01, 2009
No MoCCA for me.
Just a reminder - I will not be attending this year's MoCCA Festival in NYC. A lot of people have told me they are expecting to buy my new issue there, so I just want to clear that up before you arrive and are potentially disappointed! You can get my new issue mailed to you by sending me an email at s.oleksyk at gmail dot com - and I will be opening an Etsy store shortly, so it will be available there as well. Thanks for all the appreciation and anticipation!
In the meantime, you can read a new interview with me here at the Try Harder blog.
Just a reminder - I will not be attending this year's MoCCA Festival in NYC. A lot of people have told me they are expecting to buy my new issue there, so I just want to clear that up before you arrive and are potentially disappointed! You can get my new issue mailed to you by sending me an email at s.oleksyk at gmail dot com - and I will be opening an Etsy store shortly, so it will be available there as well. Thanks for all the appreciation and anticipation!
In the meantime, you can read a new interview with me here at the Try Harder blog.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Birds in the Beehive.
My friend Ben invited me to join him and another artist for a group show at the Albina Press, aka my FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP, in July! Whoo hooo! Of course, as soon as the elation wore off my first thought was, "I'd better get busy making some new prints!" So here's the first one. Two simple colors, an elegant lady, and her multitudinous chirpy pals. Having spent the last year in closer proximity to birds than I ever have before, of course, there's a part of me that recoils from the thought of birds nesting in hair - cause birds aren't birds without their turds.
More, as always, to come.
My friend Ben invited me to join him and another artist for a group show at the Albina Press, aka my FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP, in July! Whoo hooo! Of course, as soon as the elation wore off my first thought was, "I'd better get busy making some new prints!" So here's the first one. Two simple colors, an elegant lady, and her multitudinous chirpy pals. Having spent the last year in closer proximity to birds than I ever have before, of course, there's a part of me that recoils from the thought of birds nesting in hair - cause birds aren't birds without their turds.
More, as always, to come.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Endeavors.
After wrapping up the last chapter, I took a few weeks to take stock of the house and its grounds. So many projects to finish or start. I got some chicks!
Pip
Puff
I've been doing some light landscaping, spurred by a visit from my dad and his wife, which ended in a trip to the Portland Nursery. I now have a full shade garden out back and a new daphne bush out front, which will blossom in January and scent up the front yard.
I've started the first pencils on the new chapter, but the usual comedown has made it hard to dive back in - so while I still have momentum, and need a necessary short break from Ivy and her adventures, I've decided to start a new larger-scale art project. I'm not sure how long I'll be renting the downtown studio space, because while there is ample room in the shared area, my studio-mates like to keep it a lot more messy and chaotic than I can handle - so while I'm still there at least, I decided to break out the oversize paper and try something I haven't done since art school: large ink drawings. Stay posted on this; I've just started the visual research, and some interesting sketchbook stuff shall follow.
After wrapping up the last chapter, I took a few weeks to take stock of the house and its grounds. So many projects to finish or start. I got some chicks!
PipPuffI've been doing some light landscaping, spurred by a visit from my dad and his wife, which ended in a trip to the Portland Nursery. I now have a full shade garden out back and a new daphne bush out front, which will blossom in January and scent up the front yard.
I've started the first pencils on the new chapter, but the usual comedown has made it hard to dive back in - so while I still have momentum, and need a necessary short break from Ivy and her adventures, I've decided to start a new larger-scale art project. I'm not sure how long I'll be renting the downtown studio space, because while there is ample room in the shared area, my studio-mates like to keep it a lot more messy and chaotic than I can handle - so while I'm still there at least, I decided to break out the oversize paper and try something I haven't done since art school: large ink drawings. Stay posted on this; I've just started the visual research, and some interesting sketchbook stuff shall follow.
Friday, May 01, 2009
IVY Chapter 4 is out!
I cried. I pulled my hair. I paced. I fretted. I ground my teeth in my sleep, so much so that I had to get a night guard. But mostly, I drew. I drew my ass off, and the morning of my reading at Powell's, I finally finished the last page of my new chapter. And now it's hot off the printer and ready to land in your eager hands!
Riding the momentum from this furious burst of output seems to be the wisest thing for me at the moment. I'm dealing with the final aftershocks of personal turmoil, but overall my life has finally quieted down and opened up a little breathing room for the first time in 2009, and I want to jump in and wrap this book up in a powerful way. Going over my thumbnails from years ago, I realize there's so much more I know now about comic storytelling and concise, layered visual impact than when I initially plotted out the finale. I'm going to retool this last chapter and trust me when I promise it will deliver.
Signing at Powell's. (photo stolen from Tugboat Press's Flickr)
In the meantime, here is chapter 4 of 5... the Road Trip and Sex chapter. Reading this aloud in front of a full room at Powell's with Derek and Jesse was something of a potentially embarrassing moment for me - I guess I'm not as comfortable standing up and putting my face next to my drawings of partially-clad teenagers as I thought I would be - but it went well, I survived, and Powell's now carries my minis. I'm gonna try and get them into all Portland-area stores at least, and maybe even ship some out, so I'll let you know where you can find em. Of course, you can always get them straight from me. I have a PO box now!
PO Box 5532
Portland, OR 97228
Send candy.
I cried. I pulled my hair. I paced. I fretted. I ground my teeth in my sleep, so much so that I had to get a night guard. But mostly, I drew. I drew my ass off, and the morning of my reading at Powell's, I finally finished the last page of my new chapter. And now it's hot off the printer and ready to land in your eager hands!Riding the momentum from this furious burst of output seems to be the wisest thing for me at the moment. I'm dealing with the final aftershocks of personal turmoil, but overall my life has finally quieted down and opened up a little breathing room for the first time in 2009, and I want to jump in and wrap this book up in a powerful way. Going over my thumbnails from years ago, I realize there's so much more I know now about comic storytelling and concise, layered visual impact than when I initially plotted out the finale. I'm going to retool this last chapter and trust me when I promise it will deliver.
Signing at Powell's. (photo stolen from Tugboat Press's Flickr)In the meantime, here is chapter 4 of 5... the Road Trip and Sex chapter. Reading this aloud in front of a full room at Powell's with Derek and Jesse was something of a potentially embarrassing moment for me - I guess I'm not as comfortable standing up and putting my face next to my drawings of partially-clad teenagers as I thought I would be - but it went well, I survived, and Powell's now carries my minis. I'm gonna try and get them into all Portland-area stores at least, and maybe even ship some out, so I'll let you know where you can find em. Of course, you can always get them straight from me. I have a PO box now!
PO Box 5532
Portland, OR 97228
Send candy.
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