I illustrated a children's chapter book in early 2010, it is available now from
Click here to read a great write-up of the show!
I also gave a lecture at the Grosse Pointe Art Center on Friday Feb. 26:
Grosse Pointe Art Center Lecture
As part of the current Urban Edge exhibition at the Grosse Pointe Art
Center, you are invited to spend an evening at the Center featuring a
presentation by Taurus Burns, juror of the show. As an acclaimed painter,
Taurus will talk about his artistic development and the path his career has
taken since moving to Detroit. Living and working in Detroit since 1998,
Taurus Burns “makes paintings that challenge cultural and
notions of identity and acceptance.”
Taurus Burns is not on the “edge” - he is front and center and
we invite you to join the members of the Grosse Pointe Artists Association
for this illuminating lecture on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7 pm.
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Feb 21, 2010
Juried the Michigan Art Education Association Region 10 show at Gallery 194 in downtown Lapeer with fellow artist Bill Stolpin of Holly, MI. More info here.
On July 18 2010, artist Kathy Leisen and I facilitated a mural project for MOCAD as part of their monthly Family Day events. We worked with dozens of kids and parents to paint a fence by MOCAD's parking lot.
This kid was awesome!
Participants were encouraged to use stencils and hand paint images of animals that can be found in Detroit neighborhoods.
Mural Artist's Assistant, Summer 2010
Assisted local artist Clinton Snider in the painting of his mural design. The mural
is approximately 10'x23' and is located on the side of
1917 American Bistro, located at 19416 Livernois Avenue in Detroit
between 7 & 8 Mile
Eleven artists from eleven cities around the country were chosen by GlobalHue, a multicultural advertising company, to produce paintings for the upcoming national choir competition being sponsored by Verizon Wireless. I am the artist they picked out of Detroit!
How Sweet The Sound came to the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on September 20th. Here I am talking with the host Donald Lawrence about being an artist in Detroit.
Find out more about this event HERE
~Mobile billboards could be seen around town preceding the event~
Detroit A Cappella Soul Clap
Acrylic & Aqua Oil on Canvas
36" x 48"
*If you're on the Verizon Wireless network,
you can dowload the painting as a wallpaper to you phone
for $1.99 by texting "HSTS" to 8940
for
Kim D. Hunter's new book of poetry
"Edge of the Time Zone"
Available through White Print Inc.
Thank you to whoever invented the grid. Without it, street painting would be very difficult.
The Ghetto of Eden
Pastel on Street
12'x12'
eARTh Studio
Painting Workshop
October 17-19, 2008
click for more info about eARTh Studio painting opportunities
Oil on Canvas Stretched over Panel
36"x48"
@Southfield-Lathrup High School
April 28, 2009
Gave a presentation to students interested in pursuing art. Showed examples of my Detroit paintings and other special projects while talking about my development as an artist. Talked about doing commissions. Encouraged the students to seek mentors to help guide them on their career path in art.
@Washtenaw Community College
April 29, 2008
Before moving to Detroit in 1998, I attended Washtenaw Community College for 1-1/2 years. While I was there I studied under the artist Jon Lockard, who had a profound effect on my artistic development and inspired me to pursue a career as an artist. I went back to visit his Life Drawing class and while giving a presentation of my work I talked about the ideas and processes I use to create my paintings, the changes my art has gone through over the past 10 years, and my experiences as a working artist in Detroit.
The 2008 Birmingham Fine Art Festival
I was this year's featured emerging artist
Featuring Egyptian-Themed murals painted by local artists
The mural I painted for the Scarab Club
Acrylic on Canvas
48"x 72"
I have donated artwork to support the following fundraising events:
Artworks for Life, August 2010
Jewel Case, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, November 12 2007
Art Works for Life, sponsored by Midwest AIDS Prevention Project (MAPP), a non-profit agency that provides HIV/AIDS prevention education throughout the community. September 23 2007
Tick Tock, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, December 15, 2006
That DAM Box Show, Detroit Artists Market, September 6, 2006
At the 2007 Detroit Festival of the Arts
Sponsored by Art on the Move
A three day street painting event where high school, college, and professional-level artists paint a work of art on the streets of the festival.
*photograph by Dane Gussin
The street paintings were made using soft pastels, brushes, and water
at Utrecht in Detroit
August 2007
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I was one of the five Professional Artists
Mine was an original design based on the Historic Eastern Market district
located in Downtown Detroit
The Professional Level Paintings measured 12 x 12 feet
A public Art Project with over 80 Tigers painted by area artists
With an auction to benefit the Children's Charities Coalition
and the Detroit Tigers Foundation
The 4-foot tall, 100 pound tigers were
on display from April-June 2007
I started on a 36"x36" blank canvas at the beginning of the session
A Painting Demo at the Detroit Institute of Arts
September 23 2006
August '08
I painted the back door to Cass Cafe...
Lettering by Shari Bruegel
A commissioned mural for Caruso Caruso
located at 166 W. Maple Rd.
in Birmingham, MI
The mural was completed in March 2006. It measures approximately 7'x 25'
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An Artist-in-Residence Program in which I mentored a group of Detroit-area High School students through the creation of a large-scale public sculpture, displayed at the Detroit Festival of the Arts in September 2000.