when i was little and my parents told me i could be whatever i wanted, i wanted to be a whale so a whale mask is perfect for me! so amped! a huge thank you to all at quintana galleries here in portland for making this possible! thank you thank you thank you! your galleries has inspired me for years so its beyond words to now have such a great piece of it 🙂

For the final artfest I was asked to be one of the main speakers during the artist talk session.

Over 20 teachers with 500+ attendees, it was a fun experience..i caught a fly off my face during the talk. 🙂

thanks to teesha for asking me to participate.

I also did an artist talk and q&a for the closing of my show with Michael Demeng  at Artisans on taylor. Thanks to all that came out as well as hanna for setting it up. 🙂

Posted about this earlier, but wanted to mention it one more time and show the flyer with my art.

I will be showing work at Lille Art Fair this April in France with Artisti Gallery.

More info can be found here…http://www.lilleartfair.com/exposants/artisti-galerie-3/

A collaboration painting I did with Lana Guerra is on the Cover of the most recent New Connexion Magazine.

Check out the magazine here..http://www.newconnexion.net/

Ill be having a show at Artisans On Taylor March 1st-April 2nd. I will be doing an art talk on Saturday night of the event at 7pm.Be sure to stop by, should be a good time!

its official my work is now hanging at contemporary fine art in la jolla, california.. really excited to be working with everyone there and a big thanks to leslie marchetti for connecting all the dots.. 🙂 just wanted to share a few images from my trip to meet with the owners and staff..

Just put three new prints up on my site..

check them out, and the rest of my prints, here…

http://jessereno.com/art/?type=print

Wanted to do a little post to let people that were interested in taking one of my workshops know that they have been selling out really fast. This means that if you were seriously thinking about taking one of my classes that you shouldnt hesitate to sign up.

Heres a list of whats coming up, sold out, and still open for registration….

• FEB 2012 (Pasadena, CA) – 3 day work shop at Zinnia February 24th-26th. Registration open now. SOLD OUT
• MAR 2012 (Virginia Beach, VA) – one 2 day workshop and one 1 day workshop at Art & Soul March 4th-6th. 2 DAY CLASS IS SOLD OUT.
• MAR 2012 (Port Townsend, WA) – Workshop at Artfest March 28th-April 1st. SOLD OUT.
• JUNE/JULY 2012 (Portland) I will be have 2, 5 day workshops here at my studio in Portland, OR. june 7-11 and July 26-30. BOTH CLASSES ARE SOLD OUT. if you would like to put on the waiting list, please email me.
• AUG 2012 (Berkeley, CA) – 3 day workshop at Teahouse Studio AUG 10th-12th. Registration now available!
• OCT 2012 (Portland, OR) – Art & Soul. 2 day class October 1st and 2nd.Register here. 1 day class October 7th Register here.

I will be showing work at Lille Art Fair this April in France with Artisti Gallery.

More info can be found here… http://www.lilleartfair.com/exposants/artisti-galerie-3/

I just sent a second shipment of paintings down to Puerto Rico to be on display at Galeria Exodo.

If you are in the area be sure to stop by and check it out! They have a wide range of my work. new and old, large and small.

http://www.galeriaexodo.com/artistas/jesse_reno/jesse_reno.html