I recently donated two portraits to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for its Secret Art Sale. The event raised funds for the Museum. All works were the same size; each was for sale for $350. Only after a work was purchased was the artist’s identity revealed.

Both portraits sold. One is of Richard Klein, Exhibitions Curator at the Aldrich (above; top). Richard reviewed my work four years ago at the Aldrich as part of its Radius: Emerging Artists program.

The other portrait is of Gregory Peterson, who purchased a work of mine two years ago at the same event (above; bottom). Gregory, a corporate attorney who sits on the Board of Trustees at the Aldrich, is a collector of contemporary realistic art. Visit his website at http://www.petersoncollection.org/.

This fall I participated in City-Wide Open Studios Art Festival (CWOS) in New Haven, Connecticut. I hung out with a number of my paintings at Hello My Name Is Gallery in Westville, talked with a lot of people, and saw some great art.

One of my works, Christine, was on display at CONNcentric (a juried exhibition that is part of CWOS), at Artspace in downtown New Haven.

Nathaniel is a former classmate from Germantown Friends School. My father, David Karp, worked for his father, Louis Kahn. My dad’s father, Leon Karp, and Lou were childhood friends. Nathaniel writes and directs. I caught up with Nathaniel at GFS for our photo/video session.

I’ve known Chrissy since college. We both became graphic designers in our twenties. Now we are both artists. The link to her website is http://www.chrissyconant.com/.

M Blash is Chrissy Conant’s nephew. I had met him briefly a few times before asking to paint him. M wrote and directed the film Lying.