Art in the Arbor 2012

Festival Artist Recognition!
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Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Festival Postcard:  James Morreau!

Winner of this year’s Early Bird Artist Selection for the Festival’s Publicity Postcard!

Final Preparations for St. James

The St. James Art Fair starts Friday.  I am fevershily making final preparations on several new paintings for the show.  I will be in a new location this year, on Magnolia, just off Third Street (Booth No. 809).  If you are in Louisville this weekend, the weather looks promising, so come by and see my new paintings!  Hours are 10-6 on Friday and Saturday, 10-5 on Sunday.

Abstract Flowers No. 1, 18x18" Acrylic on Canvas

Michigan Farmhouse, 30x40" Acrylic on Canvas

Art in the Arbor This Weekend

Art in the Arbor is this Saturday (10 am – 6 pm) and Sunday (10 am – 5 pm). Come out and see my newest paintings. I will be in Booth #60 (roughly in the center of the show, towards the back).

Works at Revelry Gallery

I recently placed three paintings with Revelry Gallery. These will be on display and for sale through the gallery from now until the end of June. Stop by and take a look, or you can still order directly through me, if you prefer (don’t worry, the gallery still gets their cut!).

Contemporary Landscape - Series VI, No. 04 - 20x24" - $300

Contemporary Landscape - Series V, No. 48 - 12x12" - $300

Contemporary Landscape - Series V, No. 31 - 12x12" - $150

Jekyll Island Painting Trip

Here are some images from my recent painting trip to Jekyll Island, GA. I drove down to meet my sister and her daughter, who were vacationing there for a week. I decided to drive so that I could bring my new plein air painting set up and do some painting. This was a mixed bag – It took me 12 hours to get there (not fun), but it was nice to be able to go wherever I wanted and set up my painting stuff with minimal hassle. I got some painting in and also did some sight seeing. As you can see, I got some good reference photos as well.

Sunset Jekyll Marina

Sunset Jekyll Club Hotel

Sunset Jekyll Marina

“ Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ”

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Dutch painter

Make Your Own Canvas Panels

You can make your own canvas painting panels at a much lower cost than you can buy them pre-made. In my new video, I show you how to make (8) 16×20” and (4) 11×14” panels for a total cost of $50. All my videos are available for free viewing on my blog. Check it out and send me an email if you have any questions.  Watch the video: click

New Oil Paintings

I have recently completed two new oil paintings.  They are both “impressionistic” but one is “more” impressionistic than the other.

Plein Air Painting – For Real!

Just to prove to you that I can suck it up and really do some Plein Air painting, here I am painting at one of my favorite locations, Seneca Golf Course.

Plein Air Painting – Sort of

We had a nice blanket of snow yesterday and I have been waiting for such an occasion to try some plein air winter painting. It looks so romantic in the videos I have watched! But it was very cold and windy yesterday – not good conditions to be outside, much less to paint. This morning was a little better, but I still could not bring myself to attempt to paint outside. So, I did the next best thing – I jumped in the car and took some good photos at a couple of sites nearby which I have wanted to paint. Now I just have to start painting some!