Blue Cow, Blue Bird, Flamingo, and a Spaceman

Some new pieces! All are oil on canvas.

 Blue Cow

30" x 40"

 Blue Bird

24" x 36"

Flamingo

36" x 24"

Spaceman

36" x 30"

Holly

Holly Soda

24" x 24"

oil on canvas

Liquify

Liquify

44" x 22"

oil on canvas

Cherry Limeade and Tin Man

From March and April....
Frostie Cherry Limeade Soda and Tin Man are both 12" x 12", oil on canvas.

Crash

24" x 18", oil on canvas

Some new work

 Ravenous
60" x 36"

Coke

  36" x 24"

 The Real Thing

36" x 24"

 Gumby and Pokey
20" x 16"

The Coin Collector
20" x 16"

Refresh

Another new piece.

Refresh

30" x 24"

New pieces

Some new work.

 Round the corners off

30" x 40"

Catch a glance

40" x 30"

Ten seconds after the last

16" x 20"

Fall Back

Oil on canvas, 40"x 30"

Recently completed commissioned piece.

You can run...

40" x 30", oil on canvas

A new commissioned piece. Sadie Hawkins and Li'l Abner drinking glasses.

Midday

30" x 40", oil on canvas

A new painting.

Art and Words

24" x 48", oil on canvas

  This is a new piece for an upcoming, unique show in Ft. Worth, TX. The show is unique because it combines visual arts with literary arts. Ten visual artists and ten writers were invited to participate. The visual artists were given a written work to create a piece based on, the writers were given an image from a visual artist to write about. This painting is based on the short story I was given.

Rush

24" x 36", oil on canvas

 A new painting!

Tispsy Too

36" x 24", oil on canvas

This piece is available at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, CA.

White

36"x 24", oil on canvas

This piece will be available through Elliott Fouts Gallery.

Tipsy

36" x 24", Oil on canvas



Cascade

36" x 24", oil on canvas

This newly finished piece is from the live painting demonstration at Lovetts Gallery on Dec 3.

Refill

40" x 30", oil on canvas

New painting.





Splash

40" x  30", oil on canvas

A new painting!

It took hours and hours to get my photo reference for this piece...splashing wine around the studio plus trial and error with camera settings and lighting equals just what I wanted! Aside from the Jordan painting, I usually don't have to try to capture actual motion in my reference photos. Pretty happy with how this turned out.



Jordan Vineyard & Winery

I was recently invited to participate in a juried art competition sponsored by Jordan Winery to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Jordan Winery created a challenging art competition for four cities. Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Dallas artists were challenged to create a piece based on their theme of combining a "Jordan" element and a "host city(Dallas)" element....."In honor of its 40^th anniversary in 2012, iconic California vintner Jordan Vineyard & Winery has created the 4 on 4 Art Competition, a four-city initiative that challenges local artists to create a commemorative work of art that blends the elegance of Jordan wines with the flavor of each city". From the Jordan blog
My painting was selected to advance to the actual competition which was hosted by D Magazine and held at Rising Gallery in Dallas, TX. The event was last evening, and I was floored when I found out my painting was selected 1st place by the panel of celebrity judges. Mr. Jordan was on hand and couldn't have been nicer. I addition to supplying the prize for 1st place, he also purchased my painting and assured me it would hold a place of prominence in the Chateau. I was surprised and very honored to win and have Mr. Jordan think so highly of my painting.
Many thanks to Bryan Wetz of Rising Gallery who invited me to participate in the competition, the panel of judges, and the entire Jordan family.

If you want to see the other pieces entered in the Dallas show, check out the Jordan blog. I completely forgot to take my camera, and even forgot to take my iphone in, sorry for the lack of pictures! I'll try to round some up...but the event was packed, the art work was beautifully displayed and Jordan wine was flowing freely!

Click here to see photos of the event posted on the Jordan blog.

oil on canvas, 48" x 30"

Clorox 2

48" x 60", oil on canvas

This is a new painting I will be sending to Lovetts Gallery.

Contemporary Painters

Some of my work is in a new book coming out in April. It's actually available for preorder on Amazon now though. It was nice to see that I had a painting make the cover....not the only painting on the cover, but I'm not complaining. (mine is located lower left corner)

Orange

40" x 40", Oil on canvas

Done! Number five of five. Now to build a really big wooden crate to fit them all in.

Red orange

40" x 40", Oil on canvas

Number four of five.

Green

40" x 30", Oil on canvas

Number three of five.

Yellow

40" x 30", Oil on canvas

Number two of five.

Pink

40" x 30", Oil on canvas

I recently was commissioned to paint a series of five new pieces exploring the bottle/cloth theme. One down.

The Still Life - Elliott Fouts Gallery

For the month of October, I will be a part of a group show at Elliott Fouts Gallery. The list of artists in this show is amazing and it really is an honor to be included. The artists are: Christopher Stott, Teresa N. Fischer, Alvin Richard, James Neil Hollingsworth, Mary Ellen Johnson, Russell Harris, Jeff Cohen, Judy Nunes, Jelaine Faunce, and me.
The cherry on top was finding out that one of my pieces sold before the show even opened!
The Still Life

October 1 - November 2, 2011
Opening: Second Saturday, October 8th, 6:00 to 9:00 PM

The gallery can be contacted at [email protected]

American Art Collector

 I have a small mention in the October edition of American Art Collector, along with one of my paintings. Not a huge deal, but I thought it was(in the words of Larry David)..."pretty, pretty good"!

It is for an upcoming group exhibit at Elliott Fouts Gallery. More info on the show to come.

The Real Thing, opening night

Thanks to Neil Hollingsworth for supplying the photos below of the Real Thing opening at Mason Murer in Atlanta. Otto Lange's work on one side, and Neil Hollingsworth on the other...awesome!