At some point I told myself that this was the year to slow down, art-wise. Despite my lofty expectations, I have had a super busy first half of 2018. Here's a quick recap of what I've been up to since my last blog post in January, with a few pics below, as noted:
July 13 - August 18: 4 new works (pictured below) in the Parallax Exhibit at Summit Artspace, Akron
July: 2 steel and fiberglass butterfly collaboration pieces were part of the Man Of Steel/Jerry Schmidt and collaborators show at Beachwood CC Gallery in Beachwood
June-July: 1 new piece was part of the Size Matters Exhibit at Stella's Art Gallery in Mentor
June: Reggie (my dog) and I were part of the "CLE Artists and their Dogs" article, June issue of CLE Dog Magazine https://www.cledog.net/
May-June: My Translucent Wave was juried into the May Show at Lakeland CC Gallery (2d consecutive year for this show - see below)
April: Met with fourth and fifth graders in Mr. Ascherman's "Surfing and Geology" class at the Lilian and Betty Ratner School, Beachwood to discuss my experience as a lake surfer and surf artist (see below)
March - April: Six In Studio Exhibit at Cleveland West Art League, 78th St. Studios, Cleveland (see below)
February: donated three heart pieces for an auction to benefit Nalu Adaptive Foundation
And of course there's the other stuff like my full time day job, a wedding party for my oldest daughter in May, creating new work in the studio, surfing, hiking and gardening ...etc.
Parallax Exhibit at Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio
(through August 18, 2018)
Translucent Wave at The May Show, Lakeland CC, in May
Steel and Fiberglass Microshredder
at the Ratner School in April 
Cleveland West Art League, April