Time Flies When You're............................

Since my last post I have been busy with traveling, networking and working. Busy to say the least. Kim Jackson of www.myartplot.com asked me via e-mail to write a review ( a month ago, it seems ) on the web-site. I am listed on that site and it has a face book appeal to me. I do not use that site for self promotion, but I feel that an artist should use what ever mode they are comfortable with and what works for them and their art. My Art Plot is free and very easy to navigate and of course there is very nice work done by artisans of all genres.

Well, on to other tid-bits from my life. I recently returned from Arizona. I had the most fantastic time there. I have wanted to go to Arizona since childhood. The state was everything and then some of what I had always visioned. The White Tank Mountains with the petroglyph's were wonderful. Sunsets were stunning, the art community is great.

Last night I attended the http://www.masqueradeoncharles.com/ Historic Charles Street Associations fund raiser gala. I had an extremely grand evening. The Tremont has some beautiful architecture and murals the building was perfect for the event. I can't wait until they upload photos on the site, since everyone had fun.

Baseball season is fast approaching so I have been very busy at work doing the graphics for the Orioles plus the other jobs that are pouring in. I am not complaining!!! with the economy the way it is I feel very lucky.

I am going to run off some prints of my artworks ( job perk!!), which I will of course sell at art festivals and other venues.

PEACE!!!

New Year New Stuff

I have not posted on this blog for some time. There has been so much going and not all of it was good. That’s okay, since things are just fine now and without the nasty things in life we would not appreciate the good. SOOOOO onto the good stuff…… My new year started off rather interesting; I have a new job now as Art Director for a graphics Co. here in Baltimore. We do graphics for the Ravens, Caps and the Orioles plus graphics for bands and other businesses. I have been there a month and feel very lucky to have this job that does not always seem like a job. I am still getting into a new schedule so I have not painted, but that will change very soon.

Body Language

The human brain weighs an average of 3 pounds in a man and 2 pounds 12 ounces in a woman. The capacity of the brain has been expressed as the # 1 followed by 6.5 million zeros. It is the size of 2 clenched fists held tightly together.

The human heart weighs between 9 – 11 ounces. It was thought long ago to be where human emotion came from. It is the size of 1 clenched fist. What is the capacity of the heart?

Why do they compare the brain and heart to a fist? Are we angry minded and mean hearted?

Humans are the only animals that cry and we are the only ones that kill our own species.

These are some of the things that piqued my curiosity years ago and prompted one of my art statements. I thought I would share this with everyone (You can read the art statement on my very first posting).

I have been busy getting ready for: Holiday Art Mart (11/28 thru 12/25) at Ukazoo Books in Towson and getting artwork for the Robert Andreasian Gallery in the Arts District, downtown. Plus the other shows coming in December and January. My writing and artwork will also be in the online publication Traipsing Turtle. Well I hope everyone has a wonderful and FILLING turkey day.

Exhibits for December and January 2008

I will be a part of a group show at the Irvine Nature Center in Owings Mills, Maryland in December. The piece in the show is Autumn Moon ( the header image on this blog). I am looking forward to this exhibit. The show is titled "One Good Turn: Fall Foliage". I am working on a print in whites/off whites for the January group show. I will be having a solo exhibit there in June and July ( lots of prints to get done). I am enjoying the Mourning Moon and have a pretty busy schedule this weekend. I will be attending two art receptions as well as going to the American Visionary Art Museum. Have a great week end!!!!

Baltimore

I am back on the EAST coast and wow! even though I have been gone 11 months ( almost to the day). I am dealing with culture re-adjustment. The air is more clogged with fumes, some of the people here have a different attitude than what I'm used to. I will be OK. I have applied at several arts organizations and have belief that there will be a very positive outcome in the employment area of my life. I am 1/2 way unpacked, TSA ransacked both pieces of my luggage!!!! MONSTERS they are!!! I will be painting and busy doing some art this week. I want to thank everyone who sent messages to me wondering why I had not posted. Transistions are NEVER easy. I will be posting on a regular basis again and thanks for your concern, till next time...........PEACE

Brain on Nature or Nature on The Brain..........

Last night my sleep was disturbed. I tossed and turned, woke, all to often. What dreams I had were very intense and vivid. Thoughts just going, going, going and then the odd feeling........ you just KNOW somethings going on or about to happen ( good or not ). Much like animals with weather. Maybe it's due to transition.

I want to thank those who have e-mailed me about my Yule cards. With everything that's going on it is very refreshing to have conversations as well as orders for them. I miss the days when I had great conversations on all sorts of art topics. Speaking of ART....I will be in an Mail Art Exhibit at the Atelier Deux Mondes in Metz France. The theme for the exhibit is TWO WORLDS. and it can be viewed at the Gallery blog from October 2008 thru April 2009 ( I will post link when the exhibit opens ).
I have done several of these before and they are always a fun and challenging experience. The challenge for me is to create on such a small surface ( 5" x 7" largest ). I am looking forward to seeing other artists versions of the Two Worlds theme.
I am also doing the Painting Cans Show in Madrid, Spain. I like this one just as much as the mail art show, since it's crushed cans with pull tabs, that are painted and then sent to the Gallery/Space. I will post this link at a later date as well ( the site is under construction at the moment).

The image shown is from when I lived in Olympia. It is a tree that's right outside, but I used a photo program to alter it. I love the way it looks like a brain. I will use it for one of my encaustics at some point.

Sanquine Shades of Autumn

I love this time of year, this fall season. I remember writing in one of my journals that I love Autumn, the way the color on peoples faces change and the crispness in the air. Soon, I will be able to make that crunchy sound of leaves. I just love this season it makes me feel perky, the baking of pies, cider and all that comes with it. I'm getting carried away there.........
I'm working on sets of original, signed & dated Yule cards. there are 12 in each series and cost $20.00 per pkg. I will mail images with an e-mailed request ( Top right sidebar ), due to the new copyright issues ( laws ) I do not wish to post them. I will be taking some to a few venues in Olympia. I want a few more retail spots and have been networking on this. I think it's called administrative work, the real time consumer :( . I would much rather be creating, of course. So any who...... I am a very disapointed football fan...... these are things that happen in sports. I have joked about giving up being a fan! ( cough, cough, wink, wink..) RIGHT!!! onto a different subject. I had the chance to see and hear ALBINO! a band from California. They were at the Eastside on 4th. WOW!! they KICKED ASS!!! I would so love to see them again.
My Son Jason will be 26 on the 26th jeeezzzz where does the time go?? AND He and my Daughter inlaw have been married a year!!
I edited my last entry since I found this really cool poem, so check it out.

PEACE!!!!