Still working on finishing up the main colors in the body of this magnificent bird. I’m also working on getting the roundness of it’s body shape in place. And there are some drawing issues I need to work out. Pulled in a few colors from the bird into the background. Will likely next tackle more… Continue reading Great Blue Heron: Day 2
I’m delighted to announce that my beloved Raccoon painting has found a new home! She sold at the RAL Art Center today to a new-to-me patron. Since I took her photo last Spring, she has begun bringing around her four cubs (I think they are called cubs and not pups). So I hope to get… Continue reading Raccoon Painting Re-homed
For me 2021 was not as taxing as 2020, but 2021 sure offered more then total lockdown. As a fully vaccinated person, I feel a bit more relaxed about venturing out and have spent time volunteering at the RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock… I would say it really has been my entire social life for… Continue reading As We Enter the New Year: 2022
I have a deep appreciation for an interesting, well developed and beautifully painted still life. I’m trying to learn more about how to set one up and it remains, for me, as challenging as ever. Some of the sources I have checked strongly recommend a theme or a story. In other words, all the items… Continue reading Still Life Set Up
As many of you know, I went through a fairly deep and extended period of what I think was mourning… for the loss of my mother, the closing of two of three galleries where I showed work, and for the overall stress of just miserable world events. I took a class with Thomas Bradshaw in… Continue reading A New Series
Today is the first day I’ve awakened in a very long time and felt like even thinking about painting. First, of course and leaning over everything like a glowering vulture has been COVID19. We are far from past the worst, in face, I suspect at this point we are just entering the portal of the… Continue reading Inertia
Well, it’s getting interesting out there. As COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the U.S. and the stock market is eating itself alive, a lot of artists, including me, are standing back in shock. For many, we are just beginning to get our feet under us again in a serious way following the financial debacle of… Continue reading All Our Vulnerabilities
I got an email today letting me know that the Sheltering Arms Art Selection Committee has selected one of my painting submissions for purchase. It will be displayed at their new rehabilitation facility in Richmond, Virginia scheduled to open in June. Needless to say, I’m psyched! Beach Passage has found a new home.
I delivered my paintings for the Colonial Williamsburg People and Places show at the Stewart Gallery today. I hung around long enough to take a couple of photos as the gals there were deciding where and how to hang them all. Can’t wait until Friday evening to see the whole show. Bob Carlson has some amazing… Continue reading Paintings Going Up In the Gallery
It has been a bit of a crazy two weeks. Most of it has been spent doing something related to health (mine and others). But that is not to say I’ve been avoiding art and creativity. Today I packed up all the paintings for the “Colonial Williamsburg: People and Places” two man show at the… Continue reading All Kinds of Creativity
I’ve been a very neglectful blogger. My apologies. I think I’m dealing with the February doldrums. For some reason I seem to struggle with motivation during the month of February. I have theories, but let’s just call it Seasonal Affect Disorder for it truly does seem to be an annual thing. If I were smart,… Continue reading The Blacksmith Painting
Last year I did not enter a lot of competitions other than those at the RAL Art Center. I didn’t figure I’d enter many this year either, but it turns out I’m already applying to enter three! I’ll, of course, keep you posted if I get into to any of them. The hardest thing about… Continue reading Spring Competitions
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