12/10/05 One more Holiday Sale! Last minute shoppers: Red Bat Press will be in the Urban Art Network Holiday Art Sale on Sunday, Dec 18th at the Crystal Ballroom in downtown Portland (1332 W Burnside) from 2-8 pm.

12/08/05 BikeCraft Fair a Success! This is the first year for this fair of bike-only gifts organzied by Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org From Bike Sweaters to Sprockettes bike dance team calendars - many unique gifts were to be found. The new Bike characters debuted; "The Micycles" & "Tour de Elephant" were especially popular. Check out Dave Sharp's photos from the event.

12/07/05 Red Bat on the Radio
Today Carye Bye of Red Bat Press was a guess on the Bike Show on KBOO community radio in Portland. Ayleen Crotty runs the show every first Wednesday. Carye joined Jonathan Maus to talk about the BikeCraft Fair. This was Red Bat's radio debut. You can listen to an 'podcast' by going to this link, and clicking on "listen to the Show." The interview takes place in the first 15 minutes.

12/7/05/05

Five new Art Postcards debut today at the BikeCraft Faire - "The Micycles" - a family of 4 mice on bikes, "Tour de Elephant" - an Elephant on a tall bike - play on the french word "Tour" which can mean tower or as in the "Tour de France" Bike Race. "Go Dog Racer, Go" is a speedy dog on bike, and "Catty Cruiser" a cool urban feline on a bike. These character join "Bunny on a Bike" Look for them online soon!

11/22/05 Friends of the Library Store in Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave.) in Downtown, Portland is now carrying the bridge postcards and a couple calendar cards. Since they carry mostly book-related cards, who knows perhaps a new bookish series may arrive in the Spring.

11/21/05 PayPal Shop at Last! Now it is easy to order from Red Bat Press with credit card or paypal acct. Every item in the Shop has a "add to cart" button. Add as much as you like, then check out. Check the Shop FAQ & Polices for details.

11/19/05 New Riches at Rimsky's Postcard just came out for our annual holdiay sale. Check out the Riches at Rimskys website for updates on artists participating.

11/18/05 More Holiday Sales in Portland! It is now confirmed that we are showing at da Vinci School Art Fair (2508 SE Everett Avenue) on Dec 2nd (4 - 8 pm) & Dec 3rd (10 am - 4 pm) AND Handmade Bazaar on Dec 11th at the Wonder Ballroom.

11/5/05 New Everybody Bike Tee

This new t-shirt was commissioned by Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org. The shirt debuts on November 9, 2005, but you can pre-order now. Sounds like there is a limited edition and some proceeds go to Shift to Bikes.To order or to see the tee details visit: The BikePortland.org Shop.

11/01/05 Holiday Art Sales, Holiday Art Sales! So far confirmed are Sunday Dec 4: Riches at Rimskys and the debut of Portland BikeCraft on Wednesday Dec 7 -- In this sale I'll be debuting a set of new bike-themed postcards. There are a few other art sales I hope to participate in: Handmade Bazaar (Dates TBA) and the new da vinci Arts Fair. I'll let you know!

10/30/05 Go to Retrospect for all your Bunny on a Bike Tee needs! Currently Retrospect, a handmade/local artist apparel and wares shop on Alberta, is the only shop carrying the famous Bunny on a Bike Tee. They retail for $20, and you can try one on in her fabulous dressing room (with paintings by Tripper Duncan!) Retrospect is at 1532/1534 NE Alberta in Portland. Phone: 503-284-9799 to find out what is in stock or stop by Wed thru Sun.

10/28/05New Red Bat Press 2005-2006 Catalog for Wholesale or Retail. Email me at redbat@redbatpress.com if you want a catalog. Just specify if you are a store or want one for yourself and I'll send one your way!

10/24/05 Pirate Fashion & Blue Mermaid head to the Atlantic! For the month of October 2005, a group of maritime-themed postcard prints were on view in the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Five year ago when I lived in San Francisco I befriended Dee Thonnard who was a seasonal ranger at the San Francisco Maritime Park. Now back on the east coast, Dee organized a print show with linoleum block prints by her, and wood-block prints by me in the Spadefish Art Gallery at the Aquarium where she now works. Thanks Dee!

10/19/05 If you didn't catch it in the last post... Four Portland Bridge Postcards are now done! This summer I biked all 10 Portland Bridges during the annual BridgePedal. Two of the bridges are usually CAR ONLY. Riding all the bridges has inspired me to make prints of some of my favorites. So far we have St. Johns Bridge (also 2005 calendar), Broadway Bridge, Hawthorne & Steele Bridge. Will there be more bridge postcards? I'm not sure.. am I missing your favorite bridge?

10/18/05 Red Bat Press congratulates fellow art friends Susan, Torie, Cathy, and Rachel of SuperCrafty. Today they had their new how-to Book Release Party at the Doug Fir in Portland. Red Bat Press raffled off a series of 4 Portland Bridges with the Hawthorne & Steel Bridge Postcards debuting. Check out the SuperCrafty website to find out how to get the book. In fact, I have a small cameo in the book. Cathy Pitters writes about a social-craft action project where we collected trash for a sculpture we created for the St. Johns Window Project in 2004.

08/22/05 Current Project update. Two postcard series in the works - Musical Horns & Portland Bridges. So far two postcards of each are completed, but look for 4+ postcards to complete the two series by the end of this year. Also 2006 calendars are in the works, and hopefully 3 - 4 designs will be completed by Mid-Sept.

08/08/05 Red Bat has been making some appearances in Portland Again. Check out the Red Bat Sightings

07/05/05 Without announcement, Red Bat Press participated in First Thursday in Portland for July. It's been a long time -- A few summers ago the Police started ticketing artisans that weren't in the official Street Gallery, so we stayed away for while. But this summer Red Bat Press's nice Friends Janet Julian, Steve, Meredith, Ted, and Tripper have extended an invitation to join them in their community tent for the rest of the Season. Stop by this August 4, September 1, and October 6th at NW 13th at Hoyt on First Thursdays.

05/18/05 Handmade Bazaar has been announced for the Weekend of June 11 & 12th at Liberty Hall. It is one weekend later this year, which means I will be in town and will at least try to take part on the Sunday.

05/4/05 A few Red Bat Postcards are now at Blue Bottle Art Gallery in Seattle. They found me and loved my work. I haven't been to the shop, but the website is very nice.

05/4/05 I plan to set up along Alberta Street for the 6th annual Art Hop. This year's theme is ART MOVES. The Bunny on a Bike and Bunny on a Bus do just that!

05/2/05 It was great fun being out at Last Thursday again (April). The first one I've been a street artist this year. It was so nice to see old friends from Alberta, and meet new ones. I set up outside of La Palabra & Fold which is on the 29th north-side block.

04/13/05 This Saturday April 16th: Bike Swap! I'll be tabling with my friend Melissa at the Eagle's Lodge (50th & SE Hawthorne), 5 - 9 pm. I'll have all my bike related goods for sale. Melissa will be selling a new off-set printed Bike poster she designed. $1to get in. Benefit for North Portland Bike Works

04/13/05 Another Red Bat Stamp by the USPS!! This stamp is part of the Northeast Deciduous Forest Series. It is an Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus Borealis). Click picture to enlarge or go to USPS website to order!

04/12/05 New Postcard for Riches at Rimskys Sale on April 30th. Designed by Cathy Pitters. For more info on the sale go to website

04/06/05 It's post April Fools, that means. All 2005 Calendars are TWO Bucks. Get them before they are gone - Some designs have just a few left! Go to the Shop and click on Calendars to see what's left.

03/28/05 Save the Date! The Bunny on a Bike film short is debuting at Filmed By Bike on April 15th (tax day) at the Clinton Street Theater. Greg Pitters created this flick from film footage and photos from the First Bunny on a Bike ride in 2004. I've only seen clips, so I myself can't wait to see the full movie debut!

03/28/05 Thanks to all of you who came out to the 2nd Annual Bunny on a Bike Ride. It was quite a wet & rainy day, but we still had 5 families come to the egg hunt and 25 Bunnies on Bikes. I will post photos soon. I printed 6 souvenir bike fortunes for the event that were inside eggs and handed out at the tea party

03/21/05 Buckman Art Show & Sale now has a website.

03/14/05 Save these April Dates. Red Bat Press will be in two sales this April:

April 8-9th, Art Show & Sale at Buckman School - 320 SE 16th Ave Friday Preview, 5 - 9 pm, $5 admission, Saturday 10 am - 6 pm, free

April 30th, Riches at Rimskys Spring Sale. Go to website for details.