New Painting

Working on a new painting and decided to take a picture. You can see how I work with my painting on a bar stool. Oh, maybe you can't. Well I do with a pillow desk top thingy on the bar stool. I keep my drawing next to me to keep me on the right track. It was hard to get the face looking like the drawing until today. I started Last Friday. It's hard to control those brushes sometimes. Anyway, here I am, hopefully I will have a lot more done next week. Everyone take care and have fun and Happy Thanksgiving!

At the Thingy

Well, Christ Church Cathedral here in Lexington buys artwork. One of their paintings is mine. They were getting a new painting of one of their Bishops unveiled Friday and did a show of artworks in their collection. When they did the unveiling they invited the other artists to stand and be reconized. I was kind of pushed to the back and the person talking to each artist overlooked me, but Jess mark called her attention to me out loud and I wasn't forgotten. He has been very good to me, Thanks Jesse!

Gallery hop

I don't know how long this will last or if for sure I'll be there, but it is cool. This Church bought my painting a few years ago and they are doing a thingy for all the artists they have bought art from. Her is the announcement: RECOGNITION OF PARTICIPATING ARTISTS IN THE HISTORIC
ART COLLECTION AT CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL AT 6:00.

Come early and pick up a name tag just beyond the welcome desk.
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The platform will be set up with the Dulcimer Choir placed to the right
The mike will be on the left of the platform with room for the
presenter; the participating artists can stand in front of the platform
facing the audience. Your names will be read off and appropriate
thanks be given for your contribution to the art collection.

Jesse Mark will recognize the participating artists:
Aoibheall Mize, Cliff Sullivan, Donna Jones, Grace Perreiah,
Jacob Evans, Jean Epperson, Jill Plaisted, Marijim Reeves,
Sarah Gray, Tom Gaither, Tom Wigginton and Tom Sturgill for his mother.

PARKING IS FREE IN THE CHURCH LOT AT CHURCH AND UPPER
NORTHEAST CORNER AFTER 5:00.

New Drawing

Here is the drawing for my next painting, then I'll paint the drawing below. This will be the first painting I've done in a while, being that I've been working in Color Pencil. I enjoy both, but I like Color Pencil just bit more and I work faster in it. It just doesn't sell as well for some reason. Great news! I talked to a book publisher yesterday and might get some Illustration jobs. I'm working on a portfolio now and plan to send it to her in a few days. Wish me luck! Thanks!

Drawing last night.

A drawing I did last night of my wife Malissa by a stream side. Probably my next Color Pencil work. Probably do that after me next painting. I'll post some pics of that soon. Everyone take care and have fun!

Roots

Well here is Roots. I named it that both for the connection of one's self to the land, but also because there are a lot of Roots. This is a color pencil piece. I don't know if I got a good enough picture of it though. On the full size I don't know if you can see the model well enough. I did a detailed crop so you can see the model better. I have a few pieces in the works that I need to finish. I get excited and start new ones before I'm finished with the ones I'm working on. Guess I should do that now. Everyone take care and have fun!