Clifford hogging the spot light!!

Clifford simply did not want to cooperate with me this afternoon. I think he felt that he was not getting enough attention and was determined to get some. As soon as I took this painting, titled "Method", to the deck to photograph it, Clifford decided to lay down right in front of it. Then I would get him to move and he would drop right down again. We repeated this about four more times before I gave in. I took this shot, turned off my camera, and spent a couple of minutes petting him. Then I was able to get my shot.

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Tic Tac Toe

This is one of my all time favorite pieces of art that I created. The title is "Tic Tac Toe" and it now lives with a wonderful couple in Chicago! I ran into M&J again in Chicago this year and they told me they had moved and showed me the photos of their new place. I asked them half jokingly when I could move in. WOW, is all I can say. Plus, I am a little biased when I say....I think my art looks fantastic in their new abode.

They have also bought a few Daily's in the past two years and this is how they had them hung. I like the grouping. But, it reminds me that I need to go and paint so off I go.



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Water Series....brought back

I thought I was done with my "Water Series". I loved it and at the time I was painting the series it had great meaning and an amazing calming effect when I needed it the most. The series was born right around the time Verne was laid off. I needed to paint it and it helped bring back a sense of being I was so very much lacking. I sold my last piece, "H20", and was happy to see it go to a good home.

Very early this year, I applied to a juried show with paintings from my "Water Series" and just found out that it was accepted for a very big show. Therefore, I am having to dust off the series and bring it back for the show. I am very happy with how this latest piece came out but it brought back those horrible memories of trying to keep the family afloat during that 2.5 years of no long term work, CRAPPY under-insurance of the self-insured, and never knowing if we would have enough to buy food for the week.

So I present "Aqua" in a very bittersweet return of a series. I only hope I can reclaim the feelings the series originally brought me

Art Fair

I just returned from a art fair and I had a great time despite the pouring rain we set up in. Yes, I said we. My son Parker got to come along with me. He has begged for years to come and I told him he needed to be 10 before he could come. He is actually a great help and I love the company. We had tons of laughs on the trip.

I had three different people come up and ask me about the red painting I had hanging on my front wall when I was there in 2007. After looking at records I believe it is the one pictured above. It is titled "Good Night Nin" and sold a little bit later in Louisville, KY. I really should start taking pictures of my booth at each event but I am sure that I will forget to do it or forget to label where it was taken.

It was great seeing some of my clients from the past and meeting new ones. I met a wonderful couple again. The husband is still sad about a painting that got away. I was fortunate enough to visit their house and see their fantastic art collection. I loved hearing about each piece and what captured their eye about it. There are so many people that want the art to match something in their room with out ever thinking outside of the box and seeing that yes, a red painting would look good in a predominately tan room. Or hearing that they love my work but their style of furniture is to traditional for abstract art. For the later, I usually ask them if they have ever looked at a Architectural Digest? I have scene so many images of a wingback chair with a Pollock, Richter, or other equally non-objectional abstract painting hanging above it and they look great together. So thank you Matt and Judith for being the type of collectors that let the art speak to you and could care less if the art matched a certain throw pillow on your couch!!!


PS.........I changed the photo out. A client of mine took a picture of it last year and sent me the jpeg....Thank you- Jack!

New Painting from my line series

I am finally trying to catch up with photos on my art work. I had a ton of fun with this. I love it and hope you all do as well. It is simply titled "Lined". This is a beginning of a new series based on a commission painting I did for a wonderful lady living in the Sheraton Hotel in St. Louis. She loves color and had a large majority of art that carried hearts in them. I came up with the idea to do a large heart all out of multiple colors of lines out of twelve 12x12 canvases. I cannot wait to see where this series goes.

Visuvius

This painting was titled by my 9 year old son. He insists my work reminds him of volcanoes. He has been begging for a volcano reference in one of my painting titles, so here it is. In a way it really does fit. Parker was on to something., I can see the hot lava seeping through the tranquil colors of land and water.

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Marianna

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The title of this new piece is Marianna. I will be bringing it to my show in Chicago at the end of the week. I am secretly hoping it will not sell because I would like to hang onto it awhile. But that is the life of an artist, you must sell to be able to continue to afford to paint.

Tranquility Series

This is from my softer side. I am not one to think much about the weather and I will almost always flip the channel when the local news starts droning on about the weather. But I have to say, it has felt like San Fransisco these past few days in St. Louis.

I think that's why I painted so tranquil today. It brought back wonderful memories of sitting in wonderful cafe's, sipping a great Pinot Noir, and reading a good book.

Quad

This is a side view of "Quad". The edges are also painted with the uneven lines.

Quad

The title to this new piece is "Quad". This was designed to hang vertically, horizontally, in a square, in a diamond, etc... You decide which way suits you.