Kevin Frances also embraces everyday objects as his subject. The purity of material and directness of process that woodcut offers is reflected in the quiet simplicity of Karen, which figures a stack of shelves holding an artist’s paints and brushes.

Curatorial Essay for IPCNY’s New Prints 2013/Winter.

Co-Authored by Allison Rudnick and Chris Santa Maria.

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This Thursday, January 31, is the opening of the RISD Graduate Printmaking Show OUT OF PRINT! The reception is from 7-9pm.
The show runs January 31 until February 24.
Sol Koffler Gallery, 169 Weybosset Street, 1st floor Providence, RI
Paloma Barhau…

This Thursday, January 31is the opening of the RISD Graduate Printmaking Show OUT OF PRINT! The reception is from 7-9pm.

The show runs January 31 until February 24.

Sol Koffler Gallery, 169 Weybosset Street, 1st floor Providence, RI

Paloma Barhaugh-Bordas
Manuel Bova
Catherine Cole
Kevin Frances
Amanda Hu
Genevieve Lowe
Wangui Maina
Seojung Min
Roque Montez
Jessica Murray
Jonathan Palmer
Diego Rodriguez-Warner
Saman Sajasi
Justin Sorensen
Cole Swavely
Elisabeth Walden

Bye Upper Barn, bye Skowhegan. 

(photo from first day, not last)

Bye Upper Barn, bye Skowhegan.

(photo from first day, not last)

Appliances!

Appliances!

Outside the model looking in

The Useful Life of a Tube of Toothpaste: a Play in Ten Acts.

My contribution to the 2012 Skowhegan participant box set exchange.

The Useful Life of a Tube of Toothpaste: a Play in Ten Acts.

My contribution to the 2012 Skowhegan participant box set exchange.

Act 1, Scene 1

Scale model for a series of prints.

Off to Skowhegan!

This summer I’ll be attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. It’s pretty exciting. Stay tuned for photos and updates!

Off to Skowhegan!

This summer I’ll be attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. It’s pretty exciting. Stay tuned for photos and updates!

Shiny new website! Thanks to Yifan, I have a brand new, amazing website! From now on, I’ll be using this tumblr as a place to post news about what I’m up to, where you can see my work, and some behind the scenes stuff. Hope you enjoy!

Shiny new website!


Thanks to Yifan, I have a brand new, amazing website! From now on, I’ll be using this tumblr as a place to post news about what I’m up to, where you can see my work, and some behind the scenes stuff. Hope you enjoy!