Today I ran a mini-comics workshop to West Virginia K-12 teachers at this year’s WVAEA conference. If you know me, you know that I am a firm believer in the use of comics to promote literacy and offer a bridge between the “academic” and visual art classrooms curriculum. Today we talked about the benefits of... Continue Reading →

Heading home from a successful NASAD conference in St. Louis. During this time I was able to sneak some time to see artwork out in the wild. St. Louis Art Museum, 21c hotel, Kemper Museum, Contemporary Art Museum, Grafik House, St. Louis Independent Comics Expo, Lisa Bulawsky at David Bruno. It was great to catch... Continue Reading →

A big thank you to Dr. Annie McFarland for bringing in visiting artist Drew Matott and conducting a paper making workshop for our students. We had a blast learning about paper making and learning about Drew’s work with Peace Paper Project conducting paper making workshops across the world! This paper is part of Dr. McFarland’s... Continue Reading →

We had a fantastic two day visit from Leigh Garcia, our 2023 Lost Arrow Printmaking Lecture in Memory of Joe Hestick. Leigh worked with WVU printmakers to print a series of intaglio prints on Kitakata paper to then be dyed and constructed into their final form back at their studio. Leigh also gave a fantastic lecture and... Continue Reading →

Greetings everyone, here’s a quick (text heavy) comic I made to shed some light on what is happening at the institution I work at, West Virginia University, and to thank all of you who have reached out over these last few days to offer support and help…I can’t fully explain what your text messages, phone... Continue Reading →

This summer I taught my elementary and junior high school printmaking summer workshop for BOPARC, Morgantown’s park district. This summer we made sketchbooks that featured a two color print that features their name. Students used a 4x4” template to create a repeating pattern that could be transferred onto the linoleum, carved, then printed in sections.... Continue Reading →

The prints and drawing gallery was closed at the Louvre, so lots of the standards from the collection.

Great visit to the Pompidou to see a small showing of Frans Masereel prints and work from the permanent collection.

Good trip to the British Museum to see prints in their permanent collection and some recent acquisitions…

In London for a few days, excellent trip to the Tate Modern to see some old faves and some new ones.