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I was honored for the eighth time to participate in the Carmel Art Festival. The show works like this: the artists have two days to paint at least two paintings to offer up for auction. You must have the back of your canvas (or whatever you are painting on) certified before the contest. They usually [...]

The 2nd Annual Plein Air Convention was held in Monterey, CA this year. I missed the first convention last year in Las Vegas, but since Monterey is only 90 minutes from my home, certainly couldn’t miss this one! I registered for the convention quite awhile ago, but then a month ago they added me to [...]

Once again, I participated in the Los Gatos Art Festival this year. It was five days of non-stop activity! Below is a summary of each day. TUESDAY Tuesday morning was time to stamp the back of the canvas to ensure all paintings were done during the festival. I arrived at about noon, got my canvas [...]

Just returned from the Carmel Art Festival. The weather this year was great, and it was good to meet old artist friends and make new ones! Below is a brief day by day post on the experience… Wednesday Drove down to Monterey/Carmel to participate in the Carmet Art Festival. After checking into my motel, I [...]

Several weeks ago I received an email from a new opening gallery in Carmel, CA, wanting to show my work. I had been showing in Carmel up until a year or so ago, but that gallery became a victim of the poor economy. To make a long story short, I drove the 90 minutes to [...]

As an artist, I have long loved animation films of all kinds, and of course, Pixar rates among the top. Ever since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, I have realized the artists who make these films are some of the best in the world. The Oakland Museum is hosting a retrospective showcasing the creative [...]

James Harold Gallery in Tahoe City, CA, invited me to paint in their gallery this weekend and to show new paintings. They have been carrying my work for many years and I usually do some kind of summer show. I decided to go up to Lake Tahoe on the prior Thursday, drop of some paintings, [...]

I don’t do much advertising in art magazines, but decided to put one in the American Art Collector magazine in conjunction with the Nomadas del Arte show I will be showing in Dallas beginning early April –

Just returned from 4 days at Lake Tahoe. James Harold Gallery kicked off a solo show which will last most of the summer. The theme for this show is gallery wrap paintings. Gallery wrap means the canvas wraps around the support frame and has a 1 inch side. This side is painted so a frame [...]

Today was the main event for the Los Gatos Plein Air Event. I submitted three paintings the evening before to be auctioned off today. Below are quick snapshots of the three works I completed in the last couple days– “Just a Trickle” * 16×12 * Oil “Los Gatos Creek” * 12×16 * Oil “Hicks and [...]