Tuesday, 31 December 2019

SUMMARY 2019


HINDSIGHT ON THE EVE OF 2020
2019 marks three years since I firmly settled back in Albuquerque, and almost 10 years since I started this blog (March 10, 2010).  It's time to look back, first at 2019, and then at what I've done in the past decade.  Click on the photos or text below, for more robust information.

2 0 1 9 in R E V I E W



Exhibitions of 2019


EVENTS

Events of 2019


BEST DRAWINGS OF 2019


BEST AI Drawings

Best AI Drawings: PART 1


Best AI Drawings: PART 2


BEST LONG POSES

Best Long Poses


BEST SHORT POSE Drawings

Best Short Pose Drawings: PART 1


Best Short Pose Drawings: PART 2


BEST GESTURE Drawings

Best Gesture Drawings: PART 1


Best Gesture Drawings: PART 2


BEST ABSTRACT LEANING Drawings


Best Abstract Leaning Drawings


Note: There are certainly other drawings that should have made the best lists, and might have had I choosen them on a different day, in a different mood.


 PREVIOUS DRAWINGS

I wonder if my drawing skilss have improved over the past decade.  Below are links to last year's best drawings (2018), the book I self-published of the best drawings of the previous six years (2011-2017), and the book I self published of earlier drawings (2008).


Best of 2018


My book of drawings
2011 -- 2017


Book of my drawings
published in 2008



MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
of the last decade

I have had a big hand in organizing several exhibiting print portfolios and three sculpture exhibitions since 2013.


2018- Present
Ambos Lados was organized on both sides of the border --
by Manuel Guerra and Horned Toad Prints in El Paso,
and by Taller Grafica Libre in Oaxaca.
I made a big effort by producing the catalog and setting up exhibitions



 DESERT TRIANGLE
PRINT CARPETA
2015 - Present
I organized the Desert Triangle project



HORNED TOAD II
PRINT EXCHANGE
2017 - 2019
Manuel Guerra organized the Horned Toad II Print Exchange,
and I supported him by making a catalog and organizing exhibitions



YAYBIG PRINT EXCHANGE
2014 - 2017
Joe Marshall organized the YayBig Print Exchange,
and I supported him by producing a catalog and organizing exhibitions



TUCSON SCULPTURE FESTIVAL 
2015

Tanya Rich organized the 2015 Tucson Sculpture Festival,
sponsored by The Drawing Studio, 
and I supported by producing a catalog and other support


TUCSON SCULPTURE FESTIVAL
2014

Tanya Rich organized the 2014 Tucson Sculpture Festival,
sponsored by BICAS, 
and I supported by producing a catalog and other support


TUCSON SCULPTURE FESTIVAL 
2013

I organized the 2013 Tucson Sculpture Festival (4th Annual)


CONCLUSION

I have been really busy drawing, making catalogs, and organizing exhibitions in the last decade, right through the last three years since I set roots again in Albuquerque.   I could barely keep up with 2019, but it was a very rewarding year.  


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Monday, 30 December 2019

Exhibitions and other events of 2019

I organized, and participated, in many different exhibitions in 2019, as well as lot of other interesting events.

E X H I B I T I O N S
DESERT TRIANGLE
PRINT CARPETA

We had one Desert Triangle Print Carpeta exhibition this year, in Las Cruces, New Mexico (November 1, 2019 -- January 4, 2019).


November 1, 2019 -- January 4, 2020
The Desert Triangle
showing at the Las Cruces Museum of Art


We have been showing the Desert Triangle since 2015 -- in Mexico City, Oaxaca, El Paso, Tucson, Albuquerque, Portland, Houston, Chicago, Riverside (outside of Los Angeles), Miami, and now Las Cruces.


AMBOS LADOS 
INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE

We put on 3 Ambos Lados International Print Exchange exhibitions, and one presentation in Oaxaca, in 2019.

DALLAS/FT WORTH
March 6 - 9, 2019
SGCI exhibition 
at UT Arlington (Dallas/Ft Worth)


SGCI exhibition 
at UT Arlington (Dallas/Ft Worth)


OAXACA, MEXICO
August 16, 2019
We gave formal presentation 
of the Ambos Lados project
at the IAGO in Oaxaca


SANTA FE
July 12 - August 2, 2019
Opening at Argos Studio/Gallery


SILVER CITY, New Mexico
October 2019
Opening during the 
4th Annual Southwest Print Fiesta


EXHIBITION
THAT I ORGANIZED
(but was not in)

I organized a relief print exhibition in Albuquerque, at Remarque Print Workshop in February -- called "New Mexico: Living Relief" -- showcasing prints from all across the state of New Mexico, and some from neighboring El Paso.  However none of my prints were in the show.


February 2019
New Mexico: Living Relief
exhibition of relief prints
from living artists across the state of New Mexico



GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(That I was in)

I participated in many group exhibitions in 2019.


EL PASO
January 31, 2019 
Horned Toad Print Exchange II
opening in El Paso


SANTA FE
May 2019
"Figuratively Speaking"
opening on May 10, 2019
at Argos Studio/Gallery


DURANGO, COLORADO
July 2019
"Practice: Celebration of Human Form"
Opening at the Durango Arts Center
on July 5, 2019


SANTA FE
April 2019

I side busted on Bob Richardson's opening at Evoke Gallery in Santa Fe, during his opening for the  "Interlopers: Works on Paper" exhibition.  I drew a picture of Bob Richardson, and put it on the invitational wall.  Evoke is one of my favorite galleries in Santa Fe.

Bob Richardson 
as his opening in the Evoke Gallery


My drawing of Bob Richardson
on the invitational wall


EL PASO
August 10 & 11, 2019

I donated prints to 2 shows raising funds for the victims of the tragic El Paso shooting at WalMart on August 3rd, 2019. One show was at the Roderick Artspace downtown, and the other at Galeria Cinco Puntos.
Fund Raiser exhibitions
for the WalMart shooting victims
in El Paso


SANTA FE
August 23, 2019
I participated in the "Shakespeare on the Wall" exhibition
at A Gallery Somewhere
during the month after August 23rd, 2019


TUCSON
September 14 -- August 21, 2019
My collaboration print 
was exhibited at Raices Taller in Tucson


AUSTIN
December 13 -- March 1, 2019
The collaboration print I produced with Raul Urias
was on display in Austin, Texas
in the "Unseen Prints from the Mexic-Arte Collection" exhibition




E V E N T S

I participated in a lot of drawing events and experiments, as well as attending special workshops, exhibitions and demos.

OAXACA
April 6, 2019
I drew at the IAGO in Oaxaca


ALBUQUERQUE
April 27, 2019
I drew with the Urban Sketchers group
of buildings in downtown Albuquerque


ALBUQUERQUE
May 24, 2019

We drew the acrobatic models
at Albuquerque Circus Arts


ALBUQUERQUE/SANTA FE
June/November
Adric made a Gallium Pencil for me
at QueLab hackerspace in Albuquerque


And in November in  Argos Studio/Gallery in Santa Fe
John Reger drew the model with the Gallium Pencil


SANTA FE
June 2019
I took the two week workshop 
with Anthony Ryder in Santa Fe


SANTA FE
June 13, 2019
We drew two models in Shakespeare costume
at "A Gallery Somewhere" in Santa Fe


ALBUQUERQUE
June 29, 2019
Dan Weldon 
gave a Solarplate demo
at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque


URUAPAN, MICHOACAN
July 28, 2019
Taller MAPECO gave us milk carton drypoint workshop
in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico


MEXICO CITY
August 5, 2019
We went figure drawing in the center of Mexico City
at the elegant Jose Luis Cuevas Museum,
and the next week my drawing was on the promotional flyer


PUEBLA, MEXICO
August 12, 2019
We had a great spontaneous drawing session in Puebla, Mexico


ALBUQUERQUE
August 28, 2019
I went to Mike Giant's Art Night


ALBUQUERQUE
November 20, 2019
We drew two models
at the New Mexico Expo (State Fair grounds)
organized by Don Johnson


SANTA FE
December 10, 2019
Dr Bell gave a lecture at Argos Studio/Gallery
about his historical print exhibition
"Politics as Usual"


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