Go Figure

This graphite drawing on newsprint will be in the "Go Figure" show sponsored by the Santa Cruz Art League in Santa Cruz, California. It's very satisfying drawing the female figure knowing that the subject has been drawn and painted ever since man picked up a stick and started drawing, and is probably the most popular subject matter for artists of all time.

Atlanta Art Festival

I will be at the Atlanta Art Festival in Piedmont Park this Saturday and Sunday. Booth No. 078, Saturday 10:00 - 7:00 pm. sunday 10:00 - 6:00 pm. Come by. Last year they had a great drummer who played Home Depot buckets. Really.

Atlanta Arts Festival

I will have a booth at the Atlanta Arts Festival, September 18 and 18, in Piedmont Park. The show hours are 10:00am - 7:00 pm on Saturday and 10:00 am - 6:00 pm on Sunday. My booth number is 78.

Southern Appalachian Juried Show

I'm happy to have my painting titled "Deerwood's Farm" in the Southern Appalachian Artist Guild's 2010 National Juried Show. The show runs from October 16 - November 12, and is in the Art Center Gallery in the old courthouse in downtown Blue Ridge, Georgia. I saw the show last year and thought there was some really outstanding work represented.

Summer Colors Show

"Summer Colors" opens tonight at The Art Place - Mountain View in Marietta. It is a show of works by myself and Marietta artist, Laura Murphey. It is the first time I will have thirteen paintings on display in one place at one time. Show runs through July 30.

Metro Montage X

This mixed-media piece will be in the Metro Montage X show at the Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art. A bit of experimenting here with oil painting, photography, pastel and colored pencil. Quite a mix.

Metro Montage X

Eye of the Beholder

I did this painting for no particular reason other than having a little fun with painting on a different surface - a corrugated box top. The apples were painted/drawn on the indentations of tuna cans. Then I saw a juried competition "Eye of the Beholder: The Art of the Found Object," and entered the painting. I was pleased to see it was accepted and also to see that the sponsor, the Maryland Federation of Art, used it on their promotional pieces announcing the show. Another lesson in the fact that art can be done on "anything." And also that art is indeed "in the eye of the beholder."

Virginia-Highlands Summerfest

I will be at the Virginia-Highlands Summerfest this weekend. Saturday, 10-6:30 and Sunday, 11-6:0. A great festival in a fantastic neighborhood with lots of artists, jewelry makers, music and some suds if you desire.

The Nature of Landscape and Still Life

I will have two paintings in the upcoming "The Nature of Landscape and Still Life" show at dk Gallery on the square in Marietta. This is a wonderful gallery with fantastic artists. This is one of the paintings I will have in the show. The opening is this Friday, June 4th, from 6 - 9:00. They will have live Jazz and there will be a lot going on that night on the square....artists market in the alley behind the gallery.

Painting of me painting

I participated in a plein air paint out at the beautiful Smith-Gilbert Gardens in Kennesaw on Thursday and Friday. I really wasn't pleased with my word over those two days. Plein air painting is HARD. (I like to plein air paint but most of my work is done in the studio from photographs I take.) I did however, end up with something I was very pleased with in the end...it's just that I didn't paint it. This is a plein air painting of me painting at the paint out. Anyone who knows me realizes this captures me perfectly. It was painted by Kay Hibbard, a very talented Atlanta area artist. She was kind enough to let me take a photo of it and use it in my promotional materials. It's a great painting and a great example of plein air work.

Palette Knife Show

I was fortunate to have two pieces at the recent palette knife show at The Gallery at Paper Mill. This is a very small piece but I really like it because it is spontaneous. When I feel like I am tightening up with my paintings, I take a small canvas and do something with the palette knife. You don't have much choice but to be spontaneous. Donna Thomas does a great job with the gallery, hosting juried art shows just about every month.

Island Dream at High Country

This is a painting I have at High Country Art and Antiques in Blue Ridge, GA. Blue Ridge is a great little North Georgia mountain town with lots of great shops and restaurants, an old train depot, a cultural arts center and Blue Ridge Lake and the Toccoa River nearby. It's a great day trip or weekend getaway from Atlanta. And High Country is a fantastic gallery with great artists, pottery, jewelry and antiques. The gallery alone is worth the trip.

Winter Trees

Inman Park Festival

I had a booth at the Inman Park Festival this past weekend. Saturday was literally a washout, but Sunday was a great day with beautiful weather. I sold three paintings including this one from my "Views from the Road" series. This was painted from a photo I took at the Barrett Parkway exit off I-575 when wildflowers were in bloom. We can sometimes miss something beautiful on our "way to the mall" is we don't keep our eyes open for one of those unexpected little pleasures in life.