Some long overdue updates are the order of the day. Here's what's been going on at Stickfort lately:

In partnership with POV Gallery, two limited edition prints of the painting "Kiddie Cars" are now available.

Check here to inquire about pricing and details.

"Kiddie Cars" 2008

Also, an update on the upcoming wave print. I've been slowly building the separations for this piece and it's way behind schedule. However, it is nearing completion and I expect to start printing soon. This print will be hand screened in 7 colors plus a layer of varnish. It's going to be worth the wait!

I also just finished up a small piece for the Soft & Furry show at Plastic Chapel in Denver. The creative folks over at Cypher 13 masterminded this show, based on three toy forms they designed and molded by hand. I would have loved to take on all three forms, but in the end only had time to complete my Groond (see show for details). The original forms were made of polyurethane, and so were easily carvable and paintable. The gallery of all the pieces together is here.

Groond

I've got another snowboard design with Gnu this year, and this time they gave me the Altered Genetics to play with! This board is packed full of the whole Mervin toolkit, with Banana-Traction, Die-cut graphics, and engineered core, and some kind of linticular topsheet. This board is top shelf, and I was honored to put my stamp on it. More screenshots here.

It got a real nice write-up in the latest issue of Outside as well!

Let's see, what else. Been taking some really good trips this year. Snowboarding in Chile with my sister, and some good canoe adventures and camping trips. I finally gave in and just started posting everything in my Flickr account here. So if you want to see what I'm up to when I'm not drawing, this is a good place to visit. Ciao!

Here's some scans of the new work up at Together Gallery in Portland. Please contact the gallery for availability. I know the Ghost Ride and Waiting For You pieces are sold, but Used Cow Lot may still be available.

Ghost Ride

Waiting For You

Used Cow Lot

Thanks to everyone for your overwhelming support. This poster was a big success. I've got a new one in the works that should be available towards the end of June.

I'm going to have a few pieces in a group show at the Together Gallery in Portland at the end of this month. Check it out if you're in the Portland area.

New posters for sale!

Three colors hand screenprinted on 100lb. French Kraft paper. Limited edition of 77. More details here.

Here's a couple of recent paintings as well. The wave is the prize for the 6.0 sponsored surf competition at Lowers down in Cali. Also a link to my interview here.

And this was a recently commissioned painting for Adam Bagerski. Sorry for the bad photo, I couldn't scan it due to the lip. I'm all about recycling cabinets.

New trip report from last summer. Hiking in the Eagle Cap wilderness with Louis Carlton. Good stuff.

It's been quite a winter this year. It seems we've had significant snowfall nearly every week of the last few months, and the backcountry has been excellent. Check here to see some photos that my compadre Bryan Ripka shot last thursday.

The Life and Limb show went off really well. I managed to finish all the pieces by my 8am Friday cutoff time, and Jen drove a fairly delirious but ecstatic artist to Portland in time to hang everything, grab a nap, and enjoy the delicious fruits of a couple of months labor. It was a fantastic turnout, with a surprise visit from my folks, the inlaws, some very good friends, and my sister all the way from Chile. Check out the exhibition section for some show photos, and then wander over to the painting section to see some closeups.

I've got a show coming up March 7th in Portland. All new works in an all new venue. Molly Quan of Life + Limb has offered up her wall space for the month of March. Check out the flyer here. I'll be mailing postcards out in the next few weeks, so if you don't think you're on the mailing list and would like to receive one, shoot me an email or pick one up at the show. Hope you can all make it!

Happy New Year to y'all. This dusty website has been neglected as of late, so I figured my first new year's resolution would be to update it every once in a while.

So much to report. I finally made some headway with the big update I've been working on. Mainly, getting some new work on the site. So far, we've got all the Nike work up, and the rest will come as time permits. Check out the new illustration section here.

There is also a new Available Works section. There are a couple of items on there right now, and I'll be adding more prints and paintings soon.

We started the kitchen/studio/living room/family room/3rd bathroom/dining room/laundry room remodel back in June, and it's finally just about done. What a difference! Of course, the studio is the last thing to get finished up, but with a bit of sheetrock, some paint, and some shelves, it's good to go. Itching to have my full studio space back, and I can't wait to start painting full tilt again.

Here's a couple of shots of the kitchen as it looks at the moment:

Those are new french doors leading into the studio!

I'm working on a slew of new paintings for the upcoming show in March at Life + Limb, so stay tuned for lots of new work coming up. Cheers!