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Randy McCoy Studio Open for Winter Artwalk Events!

As many of you know my studio is often not open in the summertime for the artwalk events...but the winter is the best time for an artwalk in my opinion! So please be sure to stop by and see what is new in my studio for the winter!

Randy McCoy has a NEW Website!

Please visit the new website and look around.

www.randymccoy.com

Winterizing The Building

Thank you to everyone who visited our October Open Studio. Each month seems to bring a good mix of new and returning visitors. We appreciate those who make the trek to West Seattle. It's not as far as it looks, only 15 minutes from downtown Seattle. Plus we've got free parking. With our mix of artists it's a trip worth making.

Please plan on coming to visit us again Thursday November 12, 6-9p. In December, rumors say we'll be open for a holiday sale over a weekend. We'll keep you posted.

Filling up the walls at Joyce Gehl's studio

This month Joyce Gehl continues painting for her February solo show at Patricia Rovzar Gallery. Stop by October 8th from 6pm-9pm during our open house and see the new work-in-progress.

October Open Studios, of course we're open!

The hallways linger with the smell of wax and plaster. The whirring of woodworking tools overlaps with muffled NPR jazz.

Come visit us on Thursday October 8 from 6-9pm to see what we've been doing over the summer.

Watching Paint Dry at Joyce Gehl's studio

Joyce's studio this month is full of large-scale work in progress. Stop by for a glass of wine and to watch paint dry at the Sept 10th studio open house.

New Guitar

2009 Myka Hollow Dragon

The last several weeks have been very busy in the guitar shop. Since moving into the building many new projects have been underway with a few of them finishing up recently and shipping out their happy new owners. Check out the gallery for the latest updates: http://www.mykaguitars.com/gallery.htm

See you next Art Walk!~

~David

August at the studio

Summer at Joyce Gehl's studio. Four tulip encaustic paintings complete. Almost. And beginnings of the Invasive Beauty series.

Murals

Public murals and public sculpture are exciting, just don't fall off the scaffolding!

What's the difference between an Easy Bake Oven and my studio?

"For Atticus" by Lad

I'm blessed with a great western view of the sound and the Olympic mountains. So I shouldn't complain when things heat up in my studio on sunny summer afternoons. After a multi-day photo shoot during some very hot Seattle weather, (with photo flood lights ablaze), I now have paintings from the first half of 2009 posted to deckerFoundry.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

Paper garlands hang around and a few art fans check out the details on the szopka being restored by Alisa while they make their rounds on the Art Walk.

Thanks to Erik Bell for the photos.

Portraits

Portraits this week. Susan White, life size sculpture has found a home in the lobby of THE building.
Photo courtesy of Paul Vosper.

Green Furniture, 2009 Lad

Detail of painting finished July 6, 2009
Acrylic, graphite and oil pastel on canvas
(Viewable during July 9 open studio.)

View other recent paintings by Lad on deckerFoundry.com.

encaustic work

This month we are featuring the encaustic paintings of Mark Rudis Please stop on by for the opening reception.

Mark Rudis Paintings
Opening Reception Thursday July 9th, 6-9 pm
alternate viewing hours through August 9th--

We are continuing to offer classes and work on our own art work. Please stop on by and visit.

A fresh take on an old tradition...

Getting ready for upcoming events with these paper and paint posies.

Mutablefire Ceramic Studio

Finally, our ceramic studio is fully functional after the completion of our first kiln firing. This first firing has been highly successful. We look forward to more creative productions and more success down the road.

Lazy Susan

Working like a dog on finishing the Ambitious Susan sculpture. She will be upright, off the lazy Susan for the art walk, then she will travel up to Gage Academy for the "best of Gage" show.

Paintings are piling up in Craig Kosak's studio

I am working like mad to finish work for a solo show at Giacobbe Fritz Fine Art in Santa Fe this August. The show opens the same day as Indian Market - Santa Fe's big annual event - so the pressure is on to show up with a gallery full of great work. Most of the work you'll see in my studio is for the Santa Fe show, though I've started working on a few pieces for a solo show at Howard/Mandville Gallery in Kirkland in October - more about that later... My dog Tucker has been a huge help - I couldn't do this without him.

Almost there, still settin' up shop

The new space is mostly complete with just a few more tweaks to go (who am I kidding, that will go on for months!) but after only a month of building, painting, and remodeling I am finally ready to start working again!~ The next several weeks will be very productive as there are quite a few projects that are close to finishing up and even more to start. I will update the blog with some progress photos as I go along.

To see more of the work done at Myka Guitars please visit my online gallery:
http://www.mykaguitars.com/gallery.htm

I am looking forward to working in this new creative space. See you at the next Art Walk!~

~David