berry holz

magnetic poetry playsets

2011-03-15T17:21:00.000-05:00

here are all four sticker playsets, nicely fanned.

playsets for magnetic poetry

2011-03-15T13:56:00.000-05:00

on the farm

playsets for magnetic poetry

2011-03-15T13:55:00.000-05:00

in the city

playsets for magnetic poetry

2011-03-15T13:54:00.000-05:00

on the moon

playsets for magnetic poetry

2011-03-15T13:51:00.000-05:00

the playsets for magnetic poetry are here - they are fun to play with!

prairie care

2011-03-15T13:41:00.000-05:00

raccoon. raccoon's mask was glowing scarily, so he was replaced by mallard.

prairie care

2011-03-15T13:39:00.000-05:00

loon.

prairie care paintings

2011-03-15T13:37:00.000-05:00

one of the paintings from the project for corporate art force - this one is squirrel.

dressing room

2010-09-08T20:09:00.000-05:00

thanks for that, shelby.

spotitive

2010-09-02T10:10:00.004-05:00

please come to spotArt on september 10th, between 7 & 11 for the reception.

magnetic poetry

2010-09-02T10:05:00.002-05:00

here is (preliminary) packaging for one of the play sets i've been working on for magpo. fun!

birthday bike

2010-09-02T09:54:00.003-05:00

my new bike is so beautiful. & the person who gave it to me is pretty nice, too.

mitrebox

2010-08-10T19:48:00.003-05:00

paintings are in the window at mitrebox for the month of august. sara & mary will do a beautiful number on anything you might need framed, no matter what window it's from.

twin cities design scene

2010-02-26T19:16:00.001-06:00

read what i wrote in the last post, if you please. so nice!

the write ingredients

2010-02-26T19:10:00.002-06:00

here is something that was very nice for me, let me tell you. turns out there are some really nice people out there in this town, and their blogs are super cool & pretty fascinating & fun to read.

birchwood

2010-02-15T14:09:00.003-06:00

the birchwood is hosting me again, through april 4. please come to the opening on wednesday, february 24 at 7:00 if you can!

endangered

2009-12-23T21:54:00.002-06:00

the Endangered show, a 3-person show with artists Kevin Margitich and Michelle Knowlen at Bluebottle Art Gallery & Store in seattle will open january 2. it has been pretty sad to work on this - disheartening doesn't come close, SO many species to choose from. but awareness is good, right? and i've seen a preview of Kevin & Michelle's work - both have treated the subject beautifully and thoughtfully, & it's good fun to see the differences.
i'll donate 10% of my take to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which will make a nice change from what prompts my usual giving-to-them habit, which is really only when i bring in an injured party. last time it was a pigeon.

the previous four posts are from the show, but this is breaking news: a preview is up, complete with every painting from all three of us. to see it, go here:
http://www.bluebottleart.com/preview.html

whooping crane

2009-12-23T21:53:00.002-06:00

cheat threetooth snail

2009-12-23T21:51:00.001-06:00

blue whale

2009-12-23T21:50:00.001-06:00

noble crayfish

2009-12-23T21:47:00.001-06:00

cards

2009-12-01T11:33:00.004-06:00

here are the cards nick designed. they are blank inside for your personalized message. you can get them here in town at:
i like you
and on december 11 at spotique, a holiday shopping event at spotart
in seattle, at bluebottle art gallery & store

i like you

2009-12-01T11:19:00.005-06:00

i like you, that super-awesome minneapolis shop of locally crafted objects, is now carrying some things, hooray! my brother nick designed a calendar & 'greeting cards' for me, and i like you is selling these, as well as some really tiny original paintings.

cafe wren

2009-12-01T11:05:00.003-06:00

i'm late in updating this blog like crazy! the show started 1 month ago and will be up until the end of december. cafe wren is the sweetest little restaurant. it's in an old farm house in luck, wi - a pretty drive from the cities, and worth it, food-wise. i highly recommend the tomato basil soup, it had melty chunks of cream cheese in it, mmm. the owners are very conscious of using local, seasonal ingredients, so it might not be on the menu if you visit, but based on what i've seen you won't go wrong with any other choice.

many many photos

2009-08-24T22:59:00.003-05:00

good back deck, i will miss you.

another

2009-08-24T22:58:00.002-05:00

lots of paints.

another

2009-08-24T22:57:00.002-05:00

another

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and another

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teeniest, tiny tiny bathroom. no one will miss it.

another

2009-08-24T22:52:00.002-05:00

another

2009-08-24T22:51:00.000-05:00

feeling nostalgic & public

2009-08-24T22:47:00.003-05:00

moving out from my tiny little apartment on saturday. it'll be a good move, but this was quite the little place to live for a year.

spotogee further

2009-08-24T22:42:00.002-05:00

another thing i turned in for the show, called 'iconic landscape with traincars & geese'. it might not get shown because it's not really in keeping with the rest of the stuff, but i like its pattern-y nature.

spotogee

2009-08-21T14:32:00.004-05:00

friday august 8th is the show at spotArt. many other artists, music and so forth will make for good fun! please go to the website for details.

i've thought long & hard on paintings for this one. while the recent rain has messed me up a bit for getting things done, let's not pretend that procrastination didn't have a hand in this frantic last minute painting & painting & painting that i'm up to...

i'm excited to see carisa's stuff.

minnehaha coffee

2009-06-01T17:17:00.004-05:00

paintings are now up at minnehaha coffee, at 46th & minnehaha. thanks to my agent scott (that's just a joke - he isn't really my agent) for getting me in touch with jeff, the owner, who i thank very much for having me.

i had a very good iced tea there the other day, called Sports Tea, which inspired me to try to make sun tea at home. that sun tea experiment did not turn out anything but bitter, so i will abandon my attempts & just go back for that Sports Tea that tastes good, instead.

morels are a better kind of art

2009-06-01T17:08:00.004-05:00

this blog is not for talking about morels, but i couldn't help it when i saw this picture still on the card. it is pretty tough to see the season end, i tell you. i need that the romulans to take me up to next may, please.

rat

2009-05-30T21:02:00.005-05:00

12"X24"

http://www.bluebottleart.com/

last month, rat, sheep, ox & rooster got sent off to bluebottle.

sheep

2009-05-30T21:01:00.002-05:00

12"X24"

ox

2009-05-30T20:56:00.001-05:00

12"X24"

rooster

2009-05-30T20:50:00.002-05:00

12"X24"

art-a-whirl

2009-05-13T00:19:00.002-05:00

gallery 360

2009-03-06T23:37:00.002-06:00

the opening for the show is tomorrow night.

birchwood show

2009-01-18T19:56:00.005-06:00

i feel like the same 6 people are going to be alerted to this 100 times, & no one else will...hope you're hungry!

tree

2008-12-23T08:54:00.003-06:00

my 3-foot modern tannenbaum, a fairly (ha!) nice
gift from tia (& souliyahn). it cheers the place up!

silvercocoon sale @ tia's house

2008-12-16T22:07:00.002-06:00

this thursday.

finally, a start on the chinese zodiac

2008-11-12T22:34:00.003-06:00

tim's commissioning of monkeys for oscar's room made for an easier segue into this series i've been barking about doing for weeks. if not months, really. so far it's monkey & rabbit, & pig is underway - that's mine, i'm a pig.

monkeys 12"X24"

2008-10-10T16:36:00.002-05:00

for tim & jocelyn's future baby's room.

butter wrapper 40"X24"

2008-10-10T14:23:00.001-05:00

sucker 12"X24"

2008-10-10T14:14:00.002-05:00

bluebottle, seattle

2008-07-04T15:03:00.005-05:00

thanks to shua, & through him, amy rice, i have things at bluebottle art gallery (in the store section, called the salon) in seattle. andrea porter has been so nice to deal with there, nice nice nice. the website is great, & look at the cool art & artists who have shown in the gallery. amanda visell!

spotawhirl

2008-05-26T18:38:00.003-05:00

lorie took this & the photo in the next post at spotawhirl, spotart's artawhirl show. thanks to all you friends who came & hung out there, as you all know i was freaking out...but of course everyone there is so nice, & now that grouping of paintings is sold, & everything is just fine.

so nice...it was such a fun weekend.

i'm getting those originals scanned this week & other things will go up in their stead.

the 4 posts following the one prior to this one are from that show, as are the 3 posted before the artawhirl invitation, if you can follow what i'm saying.

2008-05-26T18:36:00.001-05:00

rainy day 12"X24"

2008-05-26T18:35:00.003-05:00

nest 12"X24"

2008-05-26T18:34:00.000-05:00

hot & dry elephants 12"X24"

2008-05-26T18:33:00.000-05:00

apples are tempting 12"X24"

2008-05-26T18:32:00.000-05:00

taurus 12"X24"

2008-05-26T18:19:00.001-05:00

pure pleasure

2008-05-26T18:04:00.005-05:00

that was the name of placement gallery's artawhirl show. it was a beautiful show, so much beautiful stuff to see. thank you yuri for having me in the retail portion.

i'm walking in front of where yuri hung them, acting like i don't know lorie is taking my picture & ala hermione in azkaban, i am sort of shocked to see what my hair looks like from the back.

the next 4 posts are from that show.

http://placementgallery.blogspot.com/

little elephant 6"X12"

2008-05-26T18:03:00.001-05:00

triangle trees - orange 6"X12"

2008-05-26T18:01:00.001-05:00

triangle trees green 6"X12"

2008-05-26T18:00:00.000-05:00

bare trees w/ red 6"X12"

2008-05-26T17:55:00.002-05:00

banner artist

2008-05-22T14:33:00.003-05:00

being the banner artist is fun & an honor - thank you carisa & susannah.

artAwhirl

2008-05-11T18:00:00.003-05:00

eve 2

2008-05-11T17:52:00.002-05:00

crabby

2008-05-11T17:51:00.003-05:00

pelican

2008-05-11T17:50:00.002-05:00

1st attempt w/ airbrush

2008-04-01T22:16:00.001-05:00

eve

2008-02-21T21:20:00.000-06:00

marching birds

2008-02-21T21:17:00.002-06:00

purple trees

2008-02-21T21:06:00.002-06:00

snake & mouse

2008-02-21T21:05:00.002-06:00

turtle

2008-02-21T21:03:00.001-06:00

2008-02-05T22:17:00.000-06:00

little dog and bird

2007-05-01T21:14:00.000-05:00

goats

2007-04-30T20:31:00.000-05:00

forest fire

2007-04-30T20:29:00.000-05:00

orange trees

2007-04-30T20:27:00.000-05:00

stormy

2007-04-10T20:48:00.000-05:00

2007-03-25T19:37:00.000-05:00

little birds

2007-03-10T08:33:00.000-06:00

snail

2007-03-04T10:09:00.000-06:00

wheels

2007-03-04T10:06:00.000-06:00

geese

2007-03-04T10:05:00.001-06:00

2006-11-10T20:11:00.000-06:00

little whale

2006-11-10T20:07:00.000-06:00

little trees

2006-11-10T19:46:00.000-06:00

little black

2006-11-10T19:41:00.000-06:00

little geese

2006-11-04T17:15:00.000-06:00

trees

2006-11-04T17:14:00.000-06:00

owls

2006-11-04T17:12:00.000-06:00

birch

2006-11-04T17:11:00.000-06:00

yellow and brown

2006-11-04T17:09:00.000-06:00

purple

2006-11-04T17:07:00.000-06:00

fish

2006-11-04T17:05:00.000-06:00

mr. b

2006-11-04T17:03:00.000-06:00

neutral

2006-11-04T17:01:00.000-06:00

yellow

2006-11-04T12:47:00.000-06:00

geese

2006-11-04T12:29:00.000-06:00

chickens