On Wednesday November 28th I will be giving a talk at the WVU Art Museum as a part of their regular ART UP CLOSE! lecture series. The talk will include a brief history of American comics, focusing on a few of the pioneers of the medium. Using some of the work included in the My... Continue Reading →

The WVU Print Club printed t-shirts during the student night reception of the "My Hero!" exhibition at the WVU Art Museum. WVU Printmaking students printed a steady stream of comics themed t-shirts in conjunction with other programming the museum staff had planned that night. The entire museum was FILLED with students and activity, it was... Continue Reading →

I have been making a lot of test prints for my upcoming solo show at the University of Rio Grande in Ohio in January 2019. Lately I've been printing laser cut acrylic intaglio plates. I've been printing tests with paper color... Tests with slight variations in ink color... And I've been playing with a faux-aquatint,... Continue Reading →

I am so excited to post these pictures from our visit with Brandon Sanderson. Brandon is an Associate Professor at UNC Pembroke, and was the FIRST artist coming to WVU under the new “WVU Master Printmaking Series in honor of Joe Hestick” funded by Beth Hestick. While at WVU, Brandon worked and worked our students!... Continue Reading →

I am so excited to post these pictures from our visit with Brandon Sanderson. Brandon is an Associate Professor at UNC Pembroke, and was the FIRST artist coming to WVU under the new “WVU Master Printmaking Series in honor of Joe Hestick” funded by Beth Hestick. While at WVU, Brandon worked and worked our students!... Continue Reading →

I am so excited to post these pictures from our visit with Brandon Sanderson. Brandon is an Associate Professor at UNC Pembroke, and was the FIRST artist coming to WVU under the new “WVU Master Printmaking Series in honor of Joe Hestick” funded by Beth Hestick. While at WVU, Brandon worked and worked our students!... Continue Reading →

The WVU Print Club did an amazing job at this year's Morgantown Arts Walk! They had three tables set up this year in front of the Mon County Courthouse, and it was a beautiful day outside! WVU Printmakers were selling prints and printing t-shirts on demand to raise funds for the WVU Print Club. There... Continue Reading →

This Saturday WVU Printmakers and I spent the afternoon at AIR for their annual fundraiser and BIG INK event! It was a ton of fun, and it was great to see so many people at AIR supporting a place that I love... BIG INK travels all over the country asking artists to make very large... Continue Reading →

Today, I spent the afternoon talking about keeping sketchbooks, making observations, and field notes with 4th graders at North Elementary ! This was the start of a new project I am working on with the North 4th grade team that is funded by a West Virginia Division of Culture and History STEAM grant. Students will... Continue Reading →