Category: Blog
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A Creative Empire exists…I have proof…
coRK Arts District. Not an ordinary artshow. The warehouse is located a stone’s throw from freight train tracks and the rumble is a seismic event. The warehouse is air conditioned, uhm…sort of. Additional proof that Eutopia has balmy weather, and a high chill factor for winter months. But as Nicole Cole so elliquintlyexplained, an artist…
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Friday with the Arts
Friday! What’s on for arts? Tonight in Jacksonville, at coRK studio/gallery “Cube+Cubism” opening. Where? 2689 Rosselle Street Jacksonville, FL. 32204 Around the corner from BoldBean Coffee Shop on College Street, Riverside, Five Points area. corkartsdistrict.tumblr.com (Overstreet, artist featured on the cover of last week’s Folio) Why? Because this gallery is usually closed to the public,…
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A Big Thank You to Tim’s Wine Market
Thank You Michael and Kathryn for letting me hang a show on the walls for First Friday ArtWalk, August 2nd…and a month of Fridays to follow. Thank you Greg A. Morris for the shout-out and endorsement. While I’m at it… Thank you Conrad van Wyk for reacting to my latest dog portrait with a…
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Doing what makes time disappear…
That’s how you know you’re doing what you really love doing. Flashback: For as long as I can remember there’s been a strong influence and motivation to pursue projects related to art and science. Question: How do you know what you are innately programmed to do in life? I’ve been told that it shows it…
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Some days it’s just the couch and movies
Saturday morning I had big plans to get things done in the studio. Some days are kinetic and some inert. NPR has science Friday and Jean’s house has Science Saturday. A study of kinetic energy vs. inertia. The couch was my base. Let’s talk science (oh I’m excited)…general Orthokinesis by an artistic macro organism…
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Positive Inspirations
Of course we all have convoluted and complicated lives, the trick is embracing the positive things going on. Minimizing the negative things and moving into a productive mode for our goals. Sometimes this deadpans…that’s OK too…take a nap…ride a bike…try not to ruminate. What helped my artistic process this weekend? I went to the Riverside…
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Thank you Faux Paws
Celebrate! Great opportunity with business endorsement from a local family-owned store owner. The pet portraits are getting front counter promotion compliments of Walt Talbott at Faux Paws. His shop is located in the courtyard by the city gates, next to the St. George Inn. I’d like to take a moment to reinforce the power of…
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Doeya…at the beach…
Sometimes there is an empathic flow that feeds a painting. That happened right after Melissa gave me a crisp photo of her German Shephard, Doeya. I intentionally kept the brush strokes loose and visible. I really enjoyed doing this painting. Maybe it was the easy energy between Melissa and Doeya which made it come together. …
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Sugah’s coat as brush acrylic and a Moth in Shadow
Reflect and correct. It’s a work in progress. Might need one or two doodads of paint still…still thinking about it. New lead with FauxPawsLLC.com. A warm thank you goes out to Walt for his support and good intention for promoting pet portraits through this website. Especially the sentimental notion of memorial portraits. We will keep…
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The importance of preliminary sketching…
It helps work out the kinks and disproportions before getting into paint. My creative process requires a good bit of reflective thinking and reconsideration. Sometimes ideas flow quickly without glitches and sometimes my brain gets in a tangle on the way to an end point. I had to take a step back from this head…