Shanghai friends / Rico

Over the weekend I drove my friends Simon and Linda around town for some sight-seeing. They're from Shanghai and have moved to Houston permanently. They've been in Houston for three months and had never visited the US previously. We drove through some neighborhoods, looked at some old homes and churches, theatres in downtown, etc. Structures which seemed so commonplace for me were quite majestic and very interesting to them. I found myself realizing how much of my city's architecture I took for granted.

Preparing for a show this weekend at Gallery 19 here in Houston. I'll be joined by painter Cintia Rico. She'll do a couple of portraits of me while I perform as well as portraits of gallery patrons.