I have finally finished my painting of the Clematis in my side yard. I was inspired by the beautiful Spring Clematis blooming in mass on our side yard trellis. These Clematis are perennials that come back ever year, they love the cool spring and fall and will bloom twice a year, spring being their most [...]

Hope Rising, sponsored by the Fellowship Creative Team is an absolutely fantastic fine art event taking place at the Atrium Gallery in the heart of the Fort Worth Cultural Arts District. A group of 40 artist will be displaying their work at the Atrium Gallery from July 4th through August 4th. There will also be [...]

Went to the quarterly GAP meeting last night, they brought in Michael Mentler, from the Society of Figurative Arts, a well known portrait artist and teacher. He did a short workshop/demonstration on heads, faces and features, that was excellent. What a talented man and so knowledgeable about the human form. Two of many notable statements [...]

Our city is in the planning stages of a community garden, called Common Ground. I am so excited about the ability to have a larger garden plot than we have in our small side yard. This community garden will provide the opportunity for people to participate in a venue that will not only allow them [...]

I just received a copy of a very nice review of my acrylic work hanging at the Texas Discovery Gardens, I thought I would share it with you. It’s a piece written on the nbcdfw.com web page: “Puppets, petunias and photography get real this Tuesday” By ANDY YOUNG POST MODERN PANSY’S: When you step into [...]

Things are really warming up in our North Texas Garden, as we ease into summer. So many of our flowers are in full bloom and the butterflies are beginning to appear. We had several black swallowtail caterpillars on our fennel and dill, in fact they consumed most of the plant, but once they moved on, [...]

Had a great weekend, full of painting. Saturday was so much fun, painting at the gallery, meeting and visiting with the visitors at the “Nature of Flowers” exhibit in the Gallery of Texas Discovery Gardens. I also went through the butterfly house and got some great photos. I spent time painting in the beautiful botanic [...]

The last couple of weeks have been really busy, I haven’t been able to paint very much, but have accomplished many other things. Spring brings an abundance of flowers to our area, one of which is the beautiful bluebonnet. Needless to say I have been taking many photos to utilize as reference images for future [...]

I started a new painting last weekend at the GAP Show in Grapevine.  I was inspired by the beautiful Spring Clematis blooming in mass on our side yard trellis. These Clematis are perennials that come back ever year, they love the cool spring and fall and will bloom twice a year, spring being their most [...]

Although the weather was a bit dreary, we really had a great time at the GAP Art Show at the Lancaster Theater in Grapevine, this past Saturday. Karen and I had a great spot, thanks so much to all who braved the wet weather and came out to support the arts.  I was able to [...]