You are cordially invited to an exhibition of Zen Chicken Zines with paintings, zines, projections, and wearable art.
January 10-February 7th, 2026.
Spellerberg Projects
103 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX 78644
Reception February 6th 6-9 p.m.
See you there on the first Friday of February in Lockhart, TX.
Folded Pen improv letterhead experiments are ready for letters to my pen pals.
I was awarded a summer Teaching Innovation Grant from the Center for Teaching and Learning at The University of Texas at Austin. Building upon a successful pilot conducted in Fall 2023 in AET 324J Visual Storytelling, this project proposes a comprehensive curriculum redesign. Students engage with professional visual storytelling techniques through in-depth analysis of their chosen favorites. Using innovative aesthetic mapping and a unique visual resource library, students collaborate on creative projects.
Teaching and learning through Zoom created a distance learning boot camp for both students and teachers all throughout 2020. To stay engaged as an artist, think of Zoom rectangles as compositions of light, dark, and personalities. I was able to create a whole sketchbook of graphite portraits because I was in a team-teaching course. When I wasn’t actively teaching I interacted with the students through drawing as well as in chat.
Zen Chickens come in all sizes. While most of them are 12 x 16 inches or larger, these little chicks were hatched as holdiday cards for 2019. The cards are experiments with Black 3.0 acrylic and rubber stamps of many kinds.
If you want a wearable art Zen Chicken the 41 x 52 inch scarf printed on 100% silk chiffon is available from Big Bertha’s Paradise in Austin, TX. Here is the artist wafting the chiffon scarf in the breeze.
I am happy to announce that I have started teaching as a Lecturer in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at The University of Texas at Austin.
I am teaching classes in Design Foundations and Portfolio.
Zen Chicken Word 2018
22 x 30″ ink, rubber stamp, watercolor and acryl gouache on 300 lb hot press watercolor paper
You are cordially invited to a reception for the Faculty and Staff Art Exhibition on October 18, 2018 from 5:00 – 6:00 pm at the Art Institute of Austin located near the intersection of IH35 and HWY 45 just south of Round Rock, TX.
3 new Zen Chicken paintings will be in the show including Zen Chicken Word 2018. I hope to see you there!
Zen chickens attracted fashionistas and art collectors Kelsey and Dana to a studio visit in August 2018 in which these 3 zen chickens found new homes.
I was delighted to host these brilliant fashion designers into my studio in August. Both having been to art schools they understood my art history jokes and references. We had a really fun visit. Thank you Kelsey and Dana!
Queer Style: Visual Activism and Fashion’s Fronteir with Aja Aguirre, Sonny Oram, Leon Wu and Anita Dolce Vita. SXSW Interactive 2016
I will once again be taking visual notes at SXSW EDU and SXSW Interactive.
Have iPad will Travel.