Pollen Path Fundraiser and Art Exhibit at Lost Eden Gallery

I will have a few small pieces in this show at Lost Eden Gallery in Salt Lake City. The eventt is a fundraiser for Restoring Ancestral Winds.

Political Discord: Las Lagunas Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA

“Hanahaki President”, 30” x 24”, acrylic on canvas

This painting of Trump is in a show called, Political Discord this month at Las Lagunas Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA. I kept seeing this image of the screaming angry president, puking up flowers and then I was turned on to something called hanahaki disease, which is a fictitious disease in MANGA caused by unrequited love. A flowering tree starts to grow inside the stomach of the victim, and they begin to cough up blossoms, eventually choking to death as the plant grows and grows inside of them. And the only cure? LOVE.

Did you know that Wikipedia has an entire page dedicated to fictitious diseases? Fascinating.

Contact me if you’re interested in this piece.

A MANGA hanahaki victim

Often I am Permitted to Return to a Meadow | Audrey Zelia Smith & Chan Bird

September 6th-8th I was was one half of a two person pop-up at show at Georgia Art Space in the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver with a sound performance by poet and sound artist, Eric Baus. Georgia is owned and curated by the poet, performance artist and librarian, Sommer Browning and they have monthly pop-up shows.

Here are some photos of the weekend.

Meditation Paintings, Saguache, CO 2019

My show at The Range in Saguache, CO opened on March 8th and runs through the first week of April. Thanks to The Saguache Crescent newspaper (the last linotype paper still in print), for the mention and to Adrienne Garbini and Alex for a beautiful show at your gallery. I’ll be sitting in the gallery to host a silent meditation on Sunday, March 17th from 9-9:30 am