New Painting

Still progressing on this new painting. I have to work hard on the face because it's really small in the painting. I'm feeling more comfortable with the fields, I've been doing rocks and leaves for so long I was really used to them. Love Shaker Town.

Sixth and Main Coffee House Exhibit

Stream Walker sold at the exhibit opening Saturday night. It;s one of my favorite paintings, it has my wife in it. Also, I hung out with some my oldest friends, the people who are with me in the bottom picture.

Framing

Once again I find myself up at 2:00am in the garage working on this frame. I've learned some good things from my boss about making frames better and I was able to utilize some of that knowledge here. Big thanks to him. I'm pretty much ready for the show now. And I invited everyone of you, but if you can't come don't worry. I know most people can't, I just want to send out the invite to let people know I'm active and doing something. It's funny how many times people will see me and say "Still painting" or "You need to announce your shows more often". Strange because they are announced here and on me blog. Anywhoo, everyone take care and have fun!

New Painting

Here is the start of the new painting. I love to paint these hills at Shakertown. I just did a little then walked away but I think this is going to be cool. And this is on a canvas too.

New drawing

Here is the drawing for the next painting, or at least half of it. The drawing is about 11 inches tall, but I decided to do it much smaller because of the canvas I chose to do it on. Yes, canvas. I'm try to use them more, it saves me from having to use my time preparing the wood with a frame on the back for strength. I also found a good sale at Micheal's so I grabbed them. Plus, I wonder if people would buy them more if it was on canvas instead of wood. Canvas is so traditional and all. We'll see. Oh, what I did to finish it as a full, yet smaller drawing is scan it into the computer, print it and then draw a skirt, which took about five minutes. It's about six inches as a full drawing now.

Still painting

Here is where I am now. I'm not done but I'm getting closer. I've been working on a frame the last two nights.You can see it above. I've painted it with Stain markers, stain and color pencil. Right now I'm just gearing up for the Sixth and Main Coffee House show. I put another fence in this one. The other was out of proportion. I feel I'm getting better at capturing the day time light.

Exhibits

I shared a "support your local artists thing" earlier on Facebook, and mentioned my upcoming show in Shelbyville, but don't forget to see my art at Christ Church Cathedral here in Lex if you haven't yet. My piece Hunter of the Valley is there. It's not what I do now, but one of my older pieces. I try to keep showing different things, keep everyone on their toes. I don't want to be boring. This is no particular place but based on the different landscapes I've seen in Kentucky while camping and hiking at night. And I also read Great Horned Owls really like eating skunks.