Bon Voyage Boulder, Hello Summer Live Art Tour 2012!

"The only certain freedom's in departure."

Robert Frost

Viewing the "Flatiron" mountains over looking Boulder one last time in my rearview window as I drove away, I blew a kiss and hoped for a safe departure. The past 7 months in Boulder has been a beautiful, growing experience filled with great people I will never forget. Also very thankful for the support I had before my departure. Annie Wirth came to me with a conceptual commission based on Brazilian classical musician Egberto Gismonti's track "Ano Zero", translating in portuguese as "Year Zero". Here is my latest painting titled "Ano Zero."

 "Ano Zero"

Commission for Annie Wirth

Painted in Boulder, Co April 2012

For the summer I will be creatively evolving through a live art, festival tour alongside Rae Vena and Thomas Robertson-Forrest which will take us all over the country via mobile art hub/van including a kitty named KatZilla! With the tour still being developed, I am excited to announce the current spring and summer schedule. 

Live Painting Schedule Spring-Summer 2012 

1st Announcement 

May 10th-12th: Live Painting and Gallery Exhibition at Karma Music and Arts Festival on Poppy Mountain Campground in Morehead, Kentucky

May 16th: Live Painting the Nomadic Roots Pre- Festival Throw Down at The Camel in Richmond, Virginia

May 18th: Live Painting the Dominion Riverrock on Brown's Island in Richmond, Virginia

May 25th-27th: Live Painting and Gallery Exhibition at Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois

May 31st- June 3rd: Live Painting and Gallery Exhibition atWakarusa Music Festival on Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas

June 15th-17th: Live Painting and Gallery Exhibition in the "Pyramid" at Impluse Music and Arts Festival held on Durhamtown Plantation Resort in Union Point, Georgia.

June 21st-24th: Sonic Bloom Festival at Shadows Ranch in Georgetown, Co

TBA

June 28th-30th: Live Painting Nomadic Roots Festival at The Cove Campground in Gore, Virginia

Aug 23rd-26th: Live Painting at Camp Barefoot

Music and Arts Festival in Bartow, West Virginia

This past weekend was spent with Thomas Robertson-Forrest, Rae Vena, Tom Reed, Andrew Thompson, Wake Leah Lady, Mateo Malone and so many other beautiful artist at Karma Arts and Music Festival held on Poppy Mountain Campground outside Morehead Kentucky. I want to give a big thanks to Tom Reed for coordinating the art gallery and decorating the festival grounds with beautiful installations. Outside the art scene, the music and lights were a fantastic and entertaining display to enhance the beautiful campground as I conversed with new faces and spent a plethora of hours painting all weekend. 

The new piece is based upon my design interpretation and personal, inner vision of the Sun. As we are coursing through the spring and into summer, nature blossoms and humans hormonal levels peak. We see direct affects relating to our seasonal development and increase in exposure to the sun. I see it to be a fitting time to express such visions and look forward to developing the piece through the final stages during these shows this week. Come find me and say hello!

Painting This Week in Richmond, Va...

May 16th: Live Painting the Nomadic Roots Pre- Festival Throw Down at The Camel in Richmond, Virginia

May 18th: Live Painting the Dominion Riverrock on Brown's Island in Richmond, Virginia

As I am spending quality time home for a short while visiting family and friends, I am also preparing some new schwag for the festival market this summer. Check out my first sticker design promoting the website which will be up for grabs this summer and a new, two sided business card.

Sticker Design Spring 2012

Business Card Design 2012

Thanks for tuning in and keep in touch as the summer schedule and travels develop. If you are attending an event I will be at and would like more information on my participation, or have an event you would like to include my creative services into, send an email to chapinmathews@gmail.com.


Your support is always appreciated. Hope to see you this summer. 

Chapin Mathews

5.15.12 ♥

"Now is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Winston Churchill