I finally have a couple of the Plein Air pieces to show. This first one is the one that won Third Place in the show.
In the last two weeks I've been working exclusively on pieces for the St. Charles Plein Air Art Event. Including a couple Quick Paint Events, where you basically have three hours to complete an entire piece on location. My overall experience was great! Working outdoors was a nice change of pace, I couldn't have planned more beautiful weather, and my love of architecture was more than appeased by the abundance Read More
Last week I attended Works of Arf. A charity art event hosted by the Missouri Alliance of Animal Legislation (they also hosted PAB) to raise awareness for animal rights. Since the PAB (Puppies are Biodegradable) Show I've tried to participate whenever possible, and in this case I donated a pet portrait from my new website www.petillustrations.com. Additionally, I will donate 10% of the proceeds of any pet illustration commissions that Read More
Last Friday I replaced more than half of the pieces at Framations with new works. It doesn't even look like the same wall! I included a newly designed brochure as well, and am working on new extended information labels. To help advertise PetIllustrations and help a needy cause I've decided to donate 10% of the commissions I receive from Framations or MAAL (Missouri Allianance for Animal Legislation) to the MAAL organization. Read More
I've been very busy! I have two illustrations for my children's book in the final stages, and I completed a couple of smaller paintings that I started but never finished. I also received my first pet portrait commission that I will be posting on www.PetIllustrations.com and mailing out later today. I haven't launched my online marketing plan, in hopes that I get a few more local orders to 'test' the ordering Read More
This weekend is the opening reception for the latest OLAG show. I put three pieces in the show to be judged, including my two newest collages that I recently posted. Also we are going to choose a showcase artist among the winners at the reception for the website. I'm hoping to get some photos of the artist and winning pieces for the website, along with a show
Read MoreOLAG Website: I've been working on it and it's coming along nicely. Jesse hopes to have the gallery basics by the end of the week, and I've been working on adding content and getting the pages all put together. I should have something that resembles a real website to show the group this Thursday at the meeting. Children's Book: I haven't had much time to work on it, but I did Read More
I spent most of the weekend at Framations for the Spring Art Walk. There was a ton of wonderful artwork; particularly Suzanne Lowry's photography series of wooden figures. I think they would make a wonderful children's book! It was interesting to watch and see how other artists work their magic with potential customers. It'll be a while before I'm comfortable on my own, but I'm making Read More
Jesse and I have been working on the children's book. We've done some research on types of books and we went to the book store to get an idea of what is out there now. We are aiming at 2-3rd graders. We have an outline of the story nearly complete (the ending is a little rough), and three pages written so far. Which equates to about one third Read More