Siamese Amongst the Rocks

Voting has begun in the 9th Annual EBSQ Ripped Off Show and will continue through the end of the week, 8 August. Siamese amongst the Rocks was inspired by Tracey Allyn Greene’s Siamese Cat. I love Tracey’s River Rock Portraits, as I am a lover of stones too. It seemed only natural to bring one [...]

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EBSQ Ripped Off 2009

The Ripped Off Show is an annual tradition at EBSQ, but this was my first time participating. What a blast!! I partnered with fellow EBSQ Artist, Tracey Allyn Greene, who you will remember from an earlier post created a Tree Frog painting on stone as her Rip of my Art. Tracey is well known for [...]

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The Pseudo Studio

The Pseudo Studio
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I pulled out my camera to take an updated photograph for the commission I’m painting and had to laugh. My cat, Shadow, has always loved to be by my side when I paint. It doesn’t matter whether I’m in a studio or my pseudo-studio (pictured here). She is completely passed [...]

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Black Bear here I Come!

I finished up the bottom portion of the Bear commission today. Tomorrow I will begin tackling the Bear!

I have one more woodpanel to paint after this one, but I think it’s going to be a landscape this time around. I’m picturing North Georgia Mountains in the distance with deer crossing a field in the foreground. [...]

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Commission Update

I have been so slow with this commission, but thankfully my client/former step-dad is very understanding. Not to mention he has his hands full with a new baby girl. Anyways, here are a couple pics of what I did today.

If all goes well I’m going to finish up the stones and start on [...]

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New Commission(s)

I have begun work on hopefully what will be the 1st of many new paintings for furniture maker Jan McLaughlin of Chimney Mountain Furniture Company. There really isn’t an amazing story to tell about how I got this commission – basically he’s my half-brother’s Father!! Sometimes it really is all about who you know. Jan [...]

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Their loss is your Gain

Sadly my painting, Well Traveled Memories, was not accepted into the Juried Exhibition in Athens, Ga. Honestly I’m not very discouraged over it. Artists have to deal with rejection all the time and the competition for this Exhibition is known to be steep! I was surprised though at the choice of Jurors for the Exhibition. [...]

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Free Spirits II – Original Acrylic Painting

Now available to purchase for only $30.00 is Free Spirits II.

I really love how these 2 small paintings turned out. They would look lovely hung together in a hallway or maybe a small powder room.
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Free Spirits I – Complete

I wanted to complete this on Friday and post about it, but I ended up sick with a sore throat. It’s Monday and the start of a new week and I’m feeling better! So starting where I left off I still needed to finish the pebbles around the central pebble.

Next I started on just a [...]

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Free Spirits – Step by Step

I started work today on the two small panel paintings titled Free Spirits. The panels are very different to paint on and it too me a little while to get my rhythm. They are made by Ampersand and measure 5 x 5 inches (each) with a 3/4″ profile. The surface is slightly textured but when [...]

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