Art Cards I have several paintings I’m working on, but this week is mainly devoted to getting my art, cards, prints, display and prices together for the Travis Heights Art Trail. The forecast says rain, but I’m setting up my display frame and tent with the sides, so come visit, whatever the weather!! I will [...]
Travis Heights Art Trail – Art Cards, Prints, Studio Clearance
November 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Sky & Cloud Demo @ Texas Pastel Society, San Antonio
November 15th, 2011 · 4 Comments
On Saturday, November 19, 2011, I’ll will be giving a demonstration on painting skies and clouds at the Texas Pastel Society. The meeting will start at 10-12 noon at the Tobin Library, 4134 Harry Wurzbach, in San Antonio. Here is the final painting, after the demo and after I finished it in my studio. The [...]
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Austin City Limits / Ladybird Lake – Work In Progress | Pastel Painting in Progress
November 2nd, 2011 · 3 Comments
It’s always a quandary on whether to show a work in progress, because pastel paintings – mine, anyway – take a while to become what I hope they will be. And sometimes, they never get to that point. But maybe this will show another artist one of the wonderful things about pastels – you can [...]
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tensile strength
October 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Real Gallery, Austin – Reception Sept. 24, 6-9pm
September 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment
26 Artists and 40 works of art at the new Real Gallery location at 11th & Navasota, Austin.
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Fires in Bastrop and Central Texas
September 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment
My good friend Jo Castillo and her husband lost their home this week in the fire that destroyed (as of today) 1,386 homes in Bastrop, Texas and 34,000 acres. Jo and I started out in pastels together many years ago and still paint together as often as we can. Bastrop is a beautiful area east [...]
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Fields’ Path
September 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments
My friend Sherry Fields and I are having a show entitled “Our Austin” during the month of September at Amplify Credit Union at 6th and Congress, downtown Austin. We chose five images and each created a painting from those photos. This one is from a photo I took during a visit to Sherry’s beautiful home [...]
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Bats from Congress Avenue Bridge, No. 2: The pastel painting process
August 21st, 2011 · 6 Comments
Pastel, 20″x16″ Painted on Ampersand pastelbord. I start by completing the basic drawing with pastel pencils then block in the large shapes with hard pastels (like Nupastels). Then I do the underpainting by blending these into the surface of the board with alcohol and an old brush. The underpainting can be complementary colors or the [...]
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The Old Bakery and Emporium
August 10th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Our show will be up for a month at the Old Bakery and Emporium at 1006 Congress, just south of the Capitol in Austin. Hope you can come to see the exhibit and all the other great items!
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Austin Pastel Society Juried Show – Round Rock ArtSpace
July 27th, 2011 · No Comments
Two of my paintings were accepted into the APS juried show at the Round Rock ArtSpace. I’ve not been to this venue before, and am looking forward to seeing it! This exhibit will be at ArtSpace, 231 E. Main Avenue, Round Rock, TX 78664, for the month of August, with a reception on Thursday, August [...]
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