Upcoming Shows

Getting pretty tapped out on energy and new work with the number of shows I’ve had this year. That said here’s what the current schedule looks like:

CURRENT - September, Lost In Introductions, Trap Gallery, Kansas City MO

Dan is super chill and easy to have shows with.

Upcoming

October, Bemis Charity Auction, Bemis Center for the Arts, Omaha NE

doing the auction again

November, Omaha Bug Symposium, OutrSpaces, Omaha NE

This will be at the new location for Outrspaces and will feature a very large pile of mantis work. There will be a few new pieces but it will mostly be stuff from MOAH.

October 11-December 6 2019, Etymology solo show at Fred Simmon Gallery

Originally thought this was in 2018. Huge relief to have more time on it. Teaching his been ulra busy. Will feature mostly semi-abstract and planetoids from the Etymology series.

July 2019, Introductions, solo show at Lauritzen Gardens

This will feature the portraits from the 2014 Gaze of the Mantis show that was at Gallery72 and then 5-10 additional portraits. I might add the busts to it as well.

Captive vs Wild caught mantis size

Here's a quick little size comparison between captive female and wild caught female Chinese Mantis.  The captive raised from hatch and the wild caught was found here in Omaha NE.  The wild caught is about 25% bigger than the captive.  This is known thing in the mantis community.  Similarly fertility is also markedly higher in wild caught specimens.  The assumption is that is has to do with nutrition, particularly the lack of pollinators as a food source.  You can actually buy pollen to coat or gut load your feeders with.  Supposedly it increases size and fertility but I haven't messed with it enough to have an opinion.