Hello All, This Saturday will be the public debut of “Our Electric Tethers,” a mixed media canvas piece I’ve been working on since June of last year.  The work will be on display at the Crest Hardware Art Show and Festival June 18th from 1-7pm.  Crest is located at 558 Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn, right […]

Hey all,   Before we get to part three of the year in review email, I just wanted to thank you all for taking the time to keep up with my creative pursuits.  Your participation in these emails, silent or vocal, helps me both to take stock of my progress and remind me that I […]

Continuing with Part II of the first Plain Dealer of the year, here are what I consider the accomplishments of my past birth year: . The Accomplishments of 26 . 1.  The Art Exhibitions – For perhaps the first time in my artistic life, opportunities fell into my lap and I took advantage of them.  One […]

Hello All, . Welcome to another edition of the Mike Varley Plain Dealer.  It’s that time of year again: the end of one birth year and the start of another.  With each birthday issue of the MVPD, I like to review the goals of the previous year, take stock of accomplishments and create some objectives for the year to […]

Hey Friends, A one issue hiatus from my usual format to relate some good news: I was selected by Curate NYC as one of New York’s emerging artists of 2010.  The submission guidelines were to send one postcard-sized photo of your work along with an artist statement or biography.  I submitted “All You’ve Ever Wanted Has […]

Hey all, Welcome to another edition of the Mike Varley Plain Dealer: All the News That’s Fit to Spit.  For those of you new to the email list, this is a quarterly update letter detailing my artistic triumphs and personal travails.  Or artistic travails and personal triumphs.  It really depends on the season. Hey all, […]

I’ve decided to start posting my regular quarterly email updates on the site.  Most of of have already seen this, but for those who haven’t, I use it to update friends on my art life, personal life, and any interesting developments I fancy. Friends, Welcome to another edition of the Mike Varley quarterly.  Lots of […]