This Friday is the opening a new show called "r/evolve" at the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation. The title holds two meanings: to revolve, as in rotate and return, and to evolve, as in change over time. Both feel true to how this work came together.

Everything here is new — I only started working in the circular format last summer, and this is the first time it's all been in one place. There are round paintings, a hand-painted acrylic sphere, a series of limited edition prints, and two Sonic Blossoms, painted PA speakers clustered into colorful flower forms that sit on rotating turntables. The centerpiece is a seven-foot circular landscape mounted so visitors can spin it themselves, like a Wheel of Fortune, a mandala, a planet. Which way is up?

Working in the round has changed how I approach making art. Without corners to navigate or edges to fit, the fixed vanishing point loses its authority. I've found myself drawn to the curved and wiggly over the straight and angular, to forms that meander and spiral rather than march toward a horizon.

The opening reception is this Friday, May 8, from 5 to 7 pm at the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, 248 Montgomery Street in Ojai. The show runs through May 25. I'd love to see you there.