Myself and 30+ artists have created art inspired by the terrible Oil Spill in the Gulf for a Seattle event/exhibition called Oil Spilling on the Ridge. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to help restore our precious environment and the animals who are being impacted by this. This event will not only involve fine art, but several fine poets and musicians who have also been moved by this tragedy. This will be a powerful event.

At the new Art on the Ridge at 8005 Greenwood Ave. N., is where the first portion of the event is held. http://www.phinneywood.com/2010/07/07/monthly-artwalk-friday-night/

There will be live cello music, poetry readings, and a meditation for the animals of the gulf. It should be noted that there have been a few fund raisers for the people of the gulf who have been affected by this ecological disaster, but this benefit is for the animals and birds specifically. It promises to be heart-wrenching but positive.

Below is the painting I did specifically for this event. Originally I had envisioned a Gold Eagle dripping with oil in flight. After seeing so many terrible images of birds whose wings were sopped with the black ooze I decided that a more positive image would be more satisfying. Thus, no oil on this bird. Just the majesty of our countries symbolic feathered friend.

Gold Eagle ©2010 BeeryMethod

The second part of this event will be held downtown Seattle at the Columbia Club. Tickets to the event are $35 which go directly to the Nature Conservancy. Paintings from the Oil Spill show will be featured at this event and auctioned off for the cause. Local FOX TV helped to promote this powerful exhibition: http://www.q13fox.com/videobeta/30bf9f2f-6217-4c80-b0f4-9948e4414f22/News/GULF-COAST-FUNDRAISER

To purchase tickets and find more info on this portion: http://oilspillwildliferescue.eventbrite.com/

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I had the pleasure of curating a show for UrbanLightStudios at the Greenwood Collective July 9th. For the show I was able to amass an extremely talented group of Seattle’s best street artists who are simply ‘killing it’ in the Pacific NW. Myself along with 14 other local artists are bringing the surreal this coming weekend.

Like a requiem of forgotten worlds, characters, and legends comes a collection of Seattle’s local street artists who bend the lightwaves of fixed reality. A mash up of styles and media that coalesce abrasive textures, demented beings, and unadulterated underground scenarios comes full throttled in a tricked out menage . This assortment of artists include some of the NW Pacific’s most prolific muralists, illustrators, cartoonists, tattooists, inkers, painters, and culture creatives who truly push through the looking glass and bring back pieces of layered dreams.

Where there is tentacles, beaks, bikers, and skulls there is an alien wonder and strange velvety familiarity. Regurgitating the links to childhood memories and make believe is merely the catalyst for propagating and producing worlds of mystery, urban mutations, and righteous nougat of the soul. Reaching into the inner depths of contemporary visual science while armed with paint cans, brushes, and warped genius this whimsical yet hard edged cartel has amassed the chimera of sub-pop underground culture. If you follow the white rabbit he will lead you right into the peculiar embrace of this eclectic exhibit.

Malice In Wonderland

+ Greenwood Collective

Artists Reception /Art Walk

July 9th 6-10pm

8537 Greenwood Ave Suite 1

Seattle,WA 98103

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