Nine Minty Green Houses In The Visual Chronicle Of Portland

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A submission I recently made to The Visual Chronicle Of Portland, a city-owned collection of works on paper– prints, photographs, paintings and drawings– that focuses on artists’ views of the city’s social and urban landscapes- has been accepted, and at some point soon it will go on display.

David Chelsea is reading:
The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
by Edward Ball

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Camera Lucida: It’s Not Just For Nudes Anymore.

This weekend is the opening of Oakwood Gardens in Hillsboro, Oregon. I quote from the opening invitation by owners Mike & Julie Safley:

Camera Lucida
Camera Lucida

David Chelsea is reading
“Paying For It”
by Chester Brown

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Dark Horse Presents #2

2 frames from Snow Angel
2 frames from Snow Angel

It is Wednesday, June 22, and time for you to trot, gallop or canter down to your local comics shop to pick up a copy of Dark Horse Presents #2, the comics anthology which contains the second installment of my serial “Snow Angel” as well as the following features…
Sanford Greene and Chuck Brown: “Rotten Apple” Part 1
Robert Love and David Walker: “Number 13″ Chapter 1
Neal Adams: “Blood” Part 2
Howard Chaykin: “Marked Man” Part 2
Paul Chadwick: “Concrete: In a Wound in the Earth”
Carla Speed McNeil: “Finder: Third World” Part 2
Richard Corben: “Murky World” Part 2
Michael T. Gilbert: “Mr. Monster vs. Oooak!” Part 2
Patrick Alexander: “The Wraith”

David Chelsea is listening to:
I Think I Love You
by Allison Pearson

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What The Girl With The Keyhole Eyes Wants

Line Drawing
Line Drawing

Three stages of a single panel from The Girl With The Keyhole Eyes, a comics story which will be serialized later this year in Dark Horse Presents. The line and watercolor images are combined in Photoshop to create the final art.

David Chelsea is reading: “Portland Confidential” by Phil Stanford

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