Upcoming Shows and Summer Projects

I'm finally sitting down in an attempt to post on here! It's been a very busy summer and I'm a little burnt out - but I can't complain because everything has been good. God has blessed me so much, and each day I wake up feeling grateful. I can't say I always feel motivated, because my energy has its limits (I can paint in 20-30 minutes "bursts," for up to 5 hours, and then I'm exhausted), but I am excited about everything I'm doing right now, and glad to have plenty of projects to keep the cabin fever at bay. In addition to working on some really fun commissioned portraits (which, unfortunately, I can't show until they're unveiled in November), I've been accepted into quite a few juried exhibitions. Below is a list of the upcoming shows, a… Read more »

Upcoming Shows and Summer Projects

An Artist's Signature

What's in a signature? I had some interesting discussions over the past couple of months with several different artists, on the topic of signatures. The doctor's signature is stereotypically illegible; the teenage girl might sign all of her 'i's with hearts instead of dots (a running joke from an artist's panel I attended last month), and the size of the signature could have a lot to do with that person's own feelings of importance or self-worth (e.g., "John Hancock"). But what about artists? Why is an artist's signature so important? Over the years, I've carefully observed how artists sign their paintings. Some of them take care to scratch their name deeply into the wet paint, so that it can never be forged or scraped off. Others line up their let… Read more »

An Artist's Signature

P.S. - A Nice Surprise for 2011 - Feature in "Informed Collector"

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday morning to discover that I've been featured as a recommended portrait artist in The Informed Collector , one of the e-newsletters sent out by Canvoo, a major online art marketing site. The feature came as a result of "Twin Arts" being a finalist in the Raymar Fine Art Competition. You can check out the feature by clicking below: Read more »

P.S. - A Nice Surprise for 2011 - Feature in "Informed Collector"

Completed Twin Portrait

Okay, so by now I've had "Twin Arts" finished for a couple of weeks, yet failed to post it on my blog. Like most other painters, I tend to move ahead to the next project once I've finished a painting, no matter how invested I've been in it. My apologies! You can view detail shots on my official website. Read more »

Completed Twin Portrait