Second Saturday's Glaborous Recline

The painting "Glaborous Recline" done in 2005 based on my trip to Italy, now has a new happy home in Houston. It was sold today to a gentleman who visited the first of what will be many "Second Saturdays" - an open studios at Winter Street Studios.

This is a red dot that I created to draw attention to the three artists at the end of our hall. John Todd Partridge and Van McFarland are amazing artists that I share the end of the hallway with and are active participants in the 2nd Sats.

It was a busy day for creating - this is a digital piece I created from some photos I snapped while I improvised making "red dots" from colored dots and spray paint.

I finished two paintings --- now I just need to title them.
Any ideas for titles will be greatly appreciated.

This is a digital piece that I created from photos I took at the YES Prepatory's fundraiser for Ghana.

Plenty of art events coming up this summer.

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A lot can happen in a week

I was gone to Toronto for my corporate job as an Online Marketing Manager for Direct Energy. I was there to with the team of people on the North American Web Project Team to compete for the company's Platinum Award for Teamwork and Collaboration. Each team must do a skit of their achievements. Ours was the basketball team - The Direct Energy Webtrotters - and I was the sportscaster "HowWeb GrowsSales" - and no that is not my real hair! (I know some evil queens are thinking otherwise!)

I created this image from some photographs I took during the dinner's entertainment from Cirque Du Solie. The theme was inspire.

I also took this photograph at the event which was held at Liberty Grand in Toronto. The night was truly top notch.

At the end of the evening, just like the Oscars - they review the nominations - 125 narrowed down to 25 (5 in each category) and then a winner!
As you can see here - one of my teammates, David - holding the Platinum Award - which are team took home that night for winning our category.

I was able to go to see my Parents for a day after that weekend. I took this picture of some flowers in the front flower bed. They reminded me of blue bonnets, although I was told they were not.

I had a great chance to visit with my Parents, and my friend Michael, and this time I even was blessed enough to visit the Harris Family. Even though we only had 30 minutes before I headed back to Toronto - we had a great visit. The girls are getting so big and so full of their own personalities. It is such a happy family with so much love. They introduced me to a new thing called - GeoBugs... little devices that you can track if you have one of these GPS systems, you bury them, log on to a computer and then track who finds them and where to do they go.

Back in Toronto - with time to take in the sights and take some unique pictures.....

It may be hard to make out in this picture - but across the street is a sign of a picture of a fire hydrant, directly across from the real hydrant.

Holding Hands

always nice to see.

(doctored to be more painted like)

This picture was taken to honor my friend, Sarah Jane. "Night Bike Rider" - notice the feet standing on the shadows of the bike.

This picture I call "Visualize Peace" - graffiti and posted bills shot.

And finally with Mother's Day upon us this weekend - this is so appropraite!

MOM YOU ROCK!!

P.S. - to all my artist friends, poet friends, and just friends - keep doing what you are doing becuase it is all amazing.

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SCARY

Armando & Cliff came to visit for the weekend. We spent time going to art galleries and shopping in various antique stores, vintage clothing stores located in the Heights & Galveston.
This is an old picture of Jim and a Doll from a trip to Denison, TX.


We took these pictures in rememberance of a scary picture we have of Jim.

It is a fun thing to do to find scary dolls and make faces to look like them.


Another scary thing to do is to find clothes you think your friends would wear and do a photo fashion show. This outfit is for you Karen!

And a weekend outing without my camera would not be complete without some photo digital documentation. It seemed like everywhere we went I would see these cones. Normally I would just pass them by, but they became sort of a photo project - three seperate places, three different photos, three different feelings.







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Art and Friendship

We visited the MFAH! Go into the light Michael A, Go into the light.

This has been a wonderful weekend. I created some digital art. I took lots of photos. I relived old memories and friendships.
The light from the studio.
Road markings.

Hopperesque building in Galveston.

Boys having fun!

SCAPES

These are some pictures that I have taken over the last few days while my friend Michael visited Houston so we could celebrate our birthdays.

Bedroom light

Door in Galveston

Livingroom nite glow

Gallery switch

Carwash abstract

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working and reworking

I was in the studio again this evening. I was there to finish working on 3 pieces that needed to be signed, varnished and the edges painted black. These are the pictures that I showed earlier in the blog that are italian landscapes.

But the beautiful thing about having a large space is that while things are drying, you can get inspired and do more work.

So I worked on the piece on the corner, I worked on another sitting on the table. Then I saw this picture of robert that I have not worked on in over a year. I took it off the wall, and just started. I am actually excited the way it is taking on new life. Stay tuned because I not sure how this Robert piece will end up.


I also worked on a piece that I started painting last fall. It was while I was in Dallas and painting in front of Urban Blossom. They had a customer who liked one of my other paintings that was very textured but it was in browns and he wanted orange, black & yellow --- well I tried, but I could never get it right. So I painted over the entire canvas while orange paint, and then began scratching out what was painted below it. It too also has an interesting rebirth, and am excited to see where this piece goes. I know that those clients that like orange will be calling becuase it is really interesting.

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Easter Bunnies Bring Paint

Today was a day to relax and paint. I have been working on some items so I thought I should show the progress. This next painting is not finished...


This is a painting that has been through many phases in it's life. But finally I am feeling like it is getting to the right place. It has been a human figure, it has been a landscape...and now something inbetween, something abstract, something in progress.











I sold a painting at Flavors from Afar last weekend. It was one of the paintings that have been inspired by my trip to Italy several years ago. At Flavors from Afar, an epicurian shop, with Italian olive oils, spices, cheeses, and so much more (even art!). This has left a hole where the last painting was hung, so I created 3 paintings to give some more spice to the collection at this location in Snider Plaza in Dallas, TX. This painting is based on mountains and dramatic sunrays.






Another thing that fasinates me about Italy is the trees. The seem to stand off by themselves. I do not know if this is by design or just strong character.


But you can see nothing but a line of trees, equally spaced, equally grown. It is very eloquent.





This was a very good Easter Weekend. I had visitors to the gallery, who returned with a relative who was visiting, and to make a few purchases. Jon & Connie who live in Houston are now the proud owners of "Thoughtful" and "Desperation". Their relative, brother was visiting from Las Vegas, but grew up in Tonawanda - very close to where I grew up. Small World. Thank you Pat & Sonya for introducing me to your Houstonian friends. Another great thing was calling my friend Denise, who was the person who gave me the word "Thoughtful" to work as a piece. You never know who you are going to meet and where the inspiration will come from.





Another interesting thing happened when my mother visited that I forgot to share. She was reading the paper as saw an article about NASA and the pictures of the North Pole of Saturn. Large Universe. It was very interesting the way the picture in the paper looked so much like my digital painting called "Spiral Life" --- maybe in an out of body experience I got there first and created it? A space oddity? You decide.



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AQUARIUM

Mom and Jackie visited the aquarium today.
This is a great shot of a sawnosed shark that kept looking at mom.


Jackie uses the perscope...probably to figure out why the train ride through the aquarium broke down when they were on it! hmmm.
This is the "electric" fish that mom saw.







Mom made friends with Sparky!

Mom leaves tomorrow to go back to Myrtle Beach. We had a great visit.
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Mom Blogs

"Here is what we look like today." - Dot

Mom and her friend Jackie, and Jackie's friend Nancy came to show Mom Houston. They visited the Pink House Gallery, and the Winter Street Studio and even went to the Houston Contemporary Museum of Art. I met them for a sandwich at Kraftsman Bakery (thanks Jackie) after which they tried to find the Flower Mart and visited the Big Heads.



Oh My!









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