Not Even #3 and Not Even #4 on the Auction Block

T. Renner, "Not Even #4," 2008, acrylic on cardboard, 12" x 12".

I've donated two paintings, "Not Even #3" and "Not Even #4," to an auction to be held on Saturday, October 10, to benefit NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri.

Fabulous at 40!: NARAL's 40th Birthday!

What: Come help NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri celebrate our 40th birthday! Come and enjoy dinner, entertainment, a silent auction, and a live auction with Ray Hartmann. Please RSVP at the contact phone number or email to purchase your ticket prior to the event at $100 per ticket, or at the door for $120. A portion of your ticket is tax-deductible Come out to help us celebrate!

Date: Saturday, October 10th

Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m., ends around 10:00 p.m.

Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel 7750 Carondelet Clayton, MO 63105

Cost: Tickets are $100 prior to the event and $120 at the door.

Contact: (314) 531-8616 or jeff.farris @ monaral.org

T. Renner, "Not Even #3," 2008, acrylic on cardboard, 12" x 12".

Crosses at Crave

T. Renner, "Cross #7," 2009, oil on paper, 8" x 10".

Just a reminder that I have a show of seven paintings, including the above and the below, currently on display at Crave Coffee House until October 31. Crave is located near the Saint Louis University Nursing School at the corner of Caroline and Theresa.

Note: "Cross #7," was previously named "Cross #14."


T. Renner, "Cross #1," 2007, acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10".

Composition for Gene Autry

T. Renner, "Composition for Gene Autry," 2009, acrylic on paper, 17" x 17".

Portrait of Erik Satie

SOLD! T. Renner, "Portrait of Erik Satie," 2009, acrylic on paper, 17" x 17" SOLD!

Improvisation for John Coltrane #1

T. Renner, "Improvisation for John Coltrane #1," 2009, acrylic on paper, 7" x 5".

Chance Redux

T. Renner, "Self-Portrait: Ink Blot #'s 1-7", 2008, acrylic on paper, 5" x 7".

The above paintings were on display at Subterranean Books during February and March of this year as part of an show called "Works on Paper (Chance)." I'm re-posting them because I couldn't help but think how well they would have fit in with the current "Chance Aesthetics" exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University.


Installation view photograph by John Montre.

Requiem for Jim Carroll #2

T. Renner, "Requiem for Jim Carroll #2," acrylic on paper, 7" x 5", 2009.

Requiem for Jim Carroll #1

T. Renner, "Requiem for Jim Carroll #1," acrylic on paper, 7" x 5", 2009.

Study After Francis Bacon #3

T. Renner, "Study After Francis Bacon #3," acrylic on paper, "7 x 5", 2009.

Study After Francis Bacon #2

T. Renner, "Study After Francis Bacon #2," acrylic on paper, 2009.

Study After Francis Bacon #1

T. Renner, "Study After Francis Bacon #1," acrylic on paper, 2009.

Sculpture (Kansas City #3)

T. Renner, "Sculpture (Kansas City #3)," 2008, digital photograph.

Looking through my photo folders this morning, I came across this shot at a sculpture I made while visiting the Kansas City Art Institute last March.

Below is another sculpture I made on the same trip:


T. Renner, "Sculpture (Kansas City #1)," 2008, digital photograph.

This is a photograph of a small sculpture I made on a trip to Kansas City, Missouri, last March. I visited the campus of the Art Institute of Kansas City, which was oddly deserted because, I guess, it was spring break. Anyway, I left a couple of sculptures on site. I wonder what was made of them?

And another:


T. Renner, "Sculpture (Kansas City #2)," 2008, digital photograph.

Here's another photo of a sculpture I made while visiting the Kansas City Art Institute last March. I love the shadows, and I wish I'd kept the sculpture instead of leaving it on the KCAI grounds.

Wouldn't it be fun to make this thing in feet rather than inches!

Catharine Magel, an internationally known artist working in ceramics, mosaic, and painting, commented (via Facebook) on "Sculpture (Kansas City #1)":

"Great sculpture from your visit to KCAI. I loved it there!!!! The sculpture fits the aesthetics or one of the aesthetics valued there."

Crosses at Crave

T. Renner, "Cross #1," 2007, acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10".

I have an exhibition of several paintings now hanging at Crave Coffeehouse, located on Saint Louis University's Medical Campus all through September and October.