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The Saint Paul Art Crawl kicked off last night and continues today & Sunday!  A great way to spend a cool October weekend.  I’ll be brewing coffee & baking cookies in my studio all day, so stop by, warm up and check out my paintings & special guest Lawrenz Jewelry.  We are in Studio 308 of the Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative.  While you are here there area  many other wonderful artists showing in the building, Marla Gamble & Diane both jewelry designers, Tacoumba Aiken, Alexandra Rozenman, Gina Winther & Mathew Max on 4th floor, Barbara Gilhooly, Tressa Sularz, Ken Friberg’s photography, Patrick Maun (tiny landscapes in the stairwell), Evita Newman & more!  Don’t forget to check out the $5 art vending machine outside the Black Dog Cafe too!

Here are some photos from Friday night at the Lowertown Lofts Cooperative- All photos of guest musicians, “Boys in the Barrels”, a wonderful bluegrass band, were shot by photographer Michael of Construction by Design.

Just returned from a wonderful show at the Cedar Cultural Center & a few hours of sketching, if you missed the show please check out Megafaun’s tour list HERE, (and buy their LP (the vinyl comes with artwork hidden inside)  Also check out Happy Apple’s site HERE. They are amazing musicians.

Gallery of Sketches Below

The Daredevil Christopher Wright,  who I’ve mentioned before… have their new album release coming up on May 19th! You can learn more at Amble Down Records, and also discover more great music.

A preview of the album is available online streaming at Volumeone.org

Here is a tiny study I did over Thanksgiving of my friend Ania.

Have been working all week on sketches for a project that I’m planning to have finished before the Holidays, next week!  It is a piece that when finished will be hanging up very high on a wall inside an old window frame inside of a house.

My music of the evening, Josh Leahy

Wisconsin Public Television featured Daredevil Christopher Wright on 30 minute music hour last week, click the photo to view the video, this is great!