I have to admit to feeling a bit overwhelmed by my exploration of the art scene yesterday in downtown Colorado Springs. It seems there are thousands and thousands of painters in Colorado. Coming from Mountain Home, AR and Albany, GA to The Springs has me feeling like a fish out of water. I can’t help [...]
“Roadrunner” — photo credit: AR Nature Gal After having a week to catch my breath after my long Christmas road trip, I decided to take a minute to log my miles. I have heard that whatever you are doing on New Year’s Eve / Day is what you will be doing all year long. [...]
Bring a fresh new look to one of your rooms with my original paintings. January is a time for organizing, throwing out the old, and bringing in the new. In an effort help freshen up your habitats, I am offering a January Studio Sale. Grab your favorite at Fifty Percent Off. During the [...]
I enjoy looking back on my art journey to see where I was five years ago. It helps me feel better about where I am right now artistically. In 2007, I created my first “serious series” of large paintings, called Urban Trees. I was surprised by their success. This beginning bit of sales activity helped [...]
I have a very, very humble little art collection of my own. I try to purchase one original painting per year. I also have honored to have bartered with other artist friends to acquire a couple additional originals. My collection of originals Not to brag, but then again to brag, I am the grateful collector [...]
I just got back from The Sheid. I finished hanging my solo exhibit for the lunchtime reception tomorrow. Hanging paintings in a glass room is more than a little challenging. I spent the better part of the morning fiddling with dangling metal rods, then balancing and begging each painting to straighten up and hang right from [...]
1999 Lunch at River City Brewing Company, Jacksonville, Florida. Small, nervous talk typical on a first date. We speak of dreams, kids, jobs, past, present, future. He speaks of Colorado. How much he always wished he could live there. Nature, mountains, and scenery. Love sprouts and grows. Marriage. Raising kids. Vacations. Richer, poorer, better, worse, [...]
I am excited to announce I will have a small, local exhibit in Mountain Home at The Veda Sheid Center on the campus of ASU. The exhibit has generously been sponsored by the Ozarks Regional Arts Council. Dates Free Artist Reception: 11/15/2011 at lunchtime. Come by and see me from 11:30am to around 1:30ish. [...]
A few people have been asking me if I am still going to try my 2 weeks alone art experiment. Short Answer: Yes Long Answer: Not anytime soon. I have accepted the fact that I won’t be able to get away this autumn for my two week solitary painting adventure. A recent death in the [...]
Last week I tripped and fell right into a painting that I absolutely loved. I titled it Possibility Flowers. Possibility Flowers was ridiculously easy to paint. No thinking. It just poured out. So my first thought was that Possibility Flowers isn’t the type of work I should pursue. Creating real art should be difficult and [...]
