This weekend
I will be opening my studio to the public as part of the Mission–wide Open
Studios event.
I’m lucky
enough to have a space at 1890 Bryant St. which many consider to be the jewel in
the crown of San Francisco’s artist community. Over the last eight years, as my
work has developed, the neighborhood and the building have changed too. This corner of the Mission district now accommodates Heath
Ceramics, fashion designers, small businesses, and a host of new restaurants
and bars; while the building, though still scruffy on the outside, now boasts elevators
and a complete new top floor of artist studios with fabulous views of the city.
During the
building’s painfully slow metamorphosis its tenants had to put up with working
in what was essentially a building site. Dust, noise, piles of building
materials, asphalt-stained water pouring through ceilings, no elevators - all part of our daily life. It was hard and
many of us grumbled.
But for me
there was a good side to all of this. I love building materials and holes in
walls and I get excited about spaces in a state of change - scars left behind
hinting at things ripped out. I started to go into the building on Sundays and sketch
quiet corners which seemed to be taking a breath between the noise and chaos of
weekdays.
At my Open
Studio this weekend I’ll be showing sketches and paintings of 1890 Bryant in 1890
Bryant - the building which allowed me to start my life as a full-time painter.
There’s a good feeling there.
Open
Studio
April
16th & 17th
12.00
– 6.00pm
1890
Bryant St. @ Mariposa
Studio
# 204
San
Francisco, CA
