what a feeling to finish 31 new paintings....

looking forward to seeing you all you east coasters soon...
LINEAGE GALLERY

my next solo show(and last one for quite some time) is coming through great, some very different work, the inspiration around me here in the forest is abundant and motivating. "Seasonal Detritus" will be opening on august 31st, 6 - 10 pm at the LINEAGE GALLERY in philadelphia, PA. it will be up for about 3 weeks. the new body of work will be available for preview after wednesday. to view this link, you'll need to contact the lineage gallery site...

below is one of over 30 new pieces in the show next week.
"Winters Breath" • 24" x 18" • acrylic on board

we are going through some cosmetic/directional changes and new additions here at the studio, recently we just retired the totembookmedia.com url and have moved permanently to BLAINEFONTANA.COM. the current site is there now, we are looking forward to creating a new site first thing in september that will feature an array of new prints, products and original pieces only available on blainefontana.com. along with this will be another new site created solely to dedicate the design and commercial projects that have never been seen publicly. this new "design" site will feature countless projects that my studio and partners have produced over the last 4-5 years along with a new additional direction my studio is expanding on and adding. we hope that both these behemoths will be live by the end of september.

this blog will still remain as my more personal area for fans and friends to access the process of work, new developments, products and other intimate ongoings of my fine art studio.

our studio is finally getting comfortable to work in. with 80% of things put away and looking organized i felt compelled to share our new studio....

on the rare chance i seem to take some time off i've been enjoying the island immensly and some new activities to decompress. my brother and i find time to do some archery in our meadow in the evenings, beach cruiser rides on the loop in battle point park, my lady researching on the hammocks and 4th of july on the deck creating a custom 10' table made out off 4" x 10" s. i have also finally been reaquainted with my love for bonsai, i'll upload some picks of those soon.

the first project i had to get to when i moved in may was to complete my scion art installation tour project. this is my 3 straight year with them and have enjoyed the project more and more each year. this years them was very loose, any medium/media of our choice, just use the phrase "its a beautiful world". so i choose to commemorate our move and the emotions i had been experiencing here with a piece titled "it s a wonderful life, outside the city". the scultpure has 2 tap lights inside to illumnate the frosted windows along with an incense stick that serves as a chimeny...

LONG OVERDUE UPDATE

its been to long since i've updated this, our move from Long Beach, CA to Bainbridge Island, WA has become a bigger beast than anticipated. we have been here 45 days, and still, we have a ton of boxes yet to be opened. during this acclimation, we have managed to create a 1/2 working studio in the new house, finish some outstanding deadlines and orders, and managed to meet some new peeps in the puget sound. i'll be uploading some great video's and photos of the place, studio, getting down lumberjack style, etc...

i'd like to inform everyone that the "Metamorphosis Orchestra" print is now available in my store. there are only a handful of these left. its a phenomenal deal for the size, # of colors and quality of this print. it nearly looks like the original painting, excluding the burnt umber aging process i do in nearly all my paintings.

LIMITED ADDICTION OPENING AND WALL MURAL

thank you all who attended the show. you denver peeps sure know how to make a person feel welcome. the show was a great success and i had a great time..