Nude on Easel

Art Show In Durham

My show is up at Pleiades Gallery in Durham, NC. Pleiades is located at 109 E Chapel Hill St. near Pizzeria Toro and runs through August 23.

The front of the gallery features my recent work and another show running at the same time by artist Revere La Noue. In the back is a great selection of work by the other artists at the gallery.

The reception is Friday, August 15 from 6 -9pm. Hope you can make it out.

Working on Show

I'm currently working on images for an upcoming show at Pleiades Gallery in Durham, NC. This will be a two or three person show and will run through August.

Some things that will most likely be in the show.

Figuring Out His Face

Recent Progress

Latest Painting To Sell On Etsy

This is the most recent painting to sell on my Etsy page. Many thanks to those who have been purchasing the work. More will be up soon.

Recent Work

New Painting

I've added a new painting to my website.: http://www.koeb.com/paintings_progress.html

Small Paintings

Playing with Paint

Deer Hunter

Watercolor Sketch

Watercolor Study

Kid's Portraits

A friend recently asked me to paint portraits of his children as a Christmas present for his wife. These are small, 12 x 9 inches and painted mostly with acrylics and watercolors. A bit of a departure from what I usually paint. A few people have asked for paintings of their kids. I'm now taking commissions.

20 Over 40 Tim Bower

I've known Tim for over 25 years. We met in art school and he was by far one of the most talented and driven people at the school. I learned a lot from Tim, from how to put together a portfolio to how to scrape paint off a painting and create great textures. That doesn't even scratch the surface of what it meant to be in school with him. When I was living with my mom and needing a place to work, he offered his apartment in San Francisco for a couple weeks while he was gone. I was blown away.

It was there that I made the first piece I was proud of, a portrait of Laurie Anderson. Hell, I wouldn't know who she was or half the music I've grown to love over the years without him in my life sending tapes my way. Who else was going to send me a mix tape of Klaus Nomi, Meredith Monk, and too many others to name?

I have always been drawn to Tim's work. I find a humor and intelligence in it that plays thoughtful observation against witty comparisons. His work has a sense of space and of multiple realities overlapping and intersecting each other.

Over the years, Tim has moved through many approaches. From darker, moody editorial and romantic works to whimsical and biting political commentary, to surrealistic landscapes. His work is often whimsical, insightful, moving, and always thought provoking. He is a thinking artist, and one who takes his work but not himself too seriously.

Paintings at Jennings

Some of the paintings in my current show at Jennings Agency in Chapel Hill

Reception Tonight

I will be attending a reception of 19 of my paintings at Jennings Agency tonight in Chapel Hill. The event will be going from 5:30 to 7 pm and there will be free food and drinks.

Jennings is located at 104-A North Elliott Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Included in the show are these works:

Art Opening/Wine Party

Art reception for about a dozen of my paintings at Jennings Ad Agency in Chapel Hill on Nov. 3rd from 5:30 to 7:00pm. The show includes smaller works embedded in resin, oil paintings on canvas and wood panels.

Polka Dot

This painting has been modified since it was in this state, but I came across it while looking through and organizing files. It is oil on canvas and about 16" x 12". The current version is at Frank Gallery in Chapel Hill.

Painting of Gabriel with a Mitt

From a couple of years ago, based on a photo of Gabriel when he was about 3, with a mitt on his hand. Oil on wood, 24" x 14" approx.